A diesel hydraulic multiple unit (DHMU) of the Teresina Metro in 2010
...that to reduce construction costs, the Teresina Metro in the
Brazilian state of
Piauí uses a pre-existing
metre gauge line, and to reduce interference with road traffic, new sections of the line were placed into a
cut in the centre of the city?
B 81500-series train at the Gare de Bercy, Paris, in 2006
...that
Spain's fleet of eight RENFE Class 354diesel-hydraulic locomotives have encountered a number of serious mishaps during the last decade, with three destroyed in two separate head-on collisions, another unit badly damaged after catching fire, and yet another damaged after a
derailment?
Preserved former Südbahn Class 23 No. 671, in Graz in 2006
...that at 8,371
metres (27,464
ft) in length, the Tauern Rail Tunnel in
Austria is the longest tunnel in the Tauern Railway Line, and that the highest point of the tunnel, at 1,226 metres (4,022 ft) above
sea level, is also the highest point in all of the railway line?
T1 number 5001 preserved in Prague in 2005
...that the first prototype of a T1 type
tram, the very first tramcar based on the American
Presidents' Conference Committee concept produced by
Czechoslovakian company
ČKD Tatra, has been preserved in Střešovice depot in
Prague, which has been converted to a tramway museum?
...that since Tampere railway station in
Tampere,
Finland, is situated in a central location of the city, the station and its
railway yard have served as divisors of the city's districts almost in the same way as
Tammerkoski such that Tamperean places are often located by saying which side of the station they are on?
A TMK 101 class tram at the Zagreb maintenance depot in 2008
...that the TMK 101, a 2-
axletram which was used in
Zagreb,
Croatia, from 1951 until December 2008, was the first modern type of trams produced in Croatia with automatic door openers, driver's and conductor's seats, electrical brakes, mechanical
brakes, air-operated brakes and a protective shield in front of the tram?
C62 class locomotive hauling the Niseko tourist train in 1994
The Icanadoul Mavi Express led by a DE24000 class locomotive in 2006
...that when the
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) was in the process of
dieselisation in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, TCDD signed a licensing agreement with Matériel de Traction Electrique of
France to build the new DE24000 class locomotives domestically by
TÜLOMSAŞ?
A T-Third Street train crossing the Islais Creek Channel in 2007
Spanish method: a way of placement of train platforms that allows passengers to simultaneously board a train from one side and exit from the other
...that the Spanish solution for crowd control at busy
stations is a method of using two
platforms, on both sides of the track, by one train to speed up embarkation and disembarkation where passengers exit the train on one side, and board from the other?
...that the Guangzhou Metro,
mainland China's fourth
metro and opened only in 1997, delivered 675 million rides in 2009, with route length expected to grow from the current 150
kilometres (93
mi) to 600 kilometres (370 mi) by 2020?
A DB Schenker-operated freight service operating in the UK in 2010
...that EU Directive 91/440, a directive for railways in the
European Union to allow
open access operations by companies other than those that own the rail infrastructure, was intended to foster competition but has encouraged larger operators to grow through acquisitions and may lead to a potential
duopoly between
SNCF and
Deutsche Bahn (DB) in western Europe?
A diesel hydraulic multiple unit (DHMU) of the Teresina Metro in 2010
...that to reduce construction costs, the Teresina Metro in the
Brazilian state of
Piauí uses a pre-existing
metre gauge line, and to reduce interference with road traffic, new sections of the line were placed into a
cut in the centre of the city?
B 81500-series train at the Gare de Bercy, Paris, in 2006
...that
Spain's fleet of eight RENFE Class 354diesel-hydraulic locomotives have encountered a number of serious mishaps during the last decade, with three destroyed in two separate head-on collisions, another unit badly damaged after catching fire, and yet another damaged after a
derailment?
Preserved former Südbahn Class 23 No. 671, in Graz in 2006
...that at 8,371
metres (27,464
ft) in length, the Tauern Rail Tunnel in
Austria is the longest tunnel in the Tauern Railway Line, and that the highest point of the tunnel, at 1,226 metres (4,022 ft) above
sea level, is also the highest point in all of the railway line?
T1 number 5001 preserved in Prague in 2005
...that the first prototype of a T1 type
tram, the very first tramcar based on the American
Presidents' Conference Committee concept produced by
Czechoslovakian company
ČKD Tatra, has been preserved in Střešovice depot in
Prague, which has been converted to a tramway museum?
...that since Tampere railway station in
Tampere,
Finland, is situated in a central location of the city, the station and its
railway yard have served as divisors of the city's districts almost in the same way as
Tammerkoski such that Tamperean places are often located by saying which side of the station they are on?
A TMK 101 class tram at the Zagreb maintenance depot in 2008
...that the TMK 101, a 2-
axletram which was used in
Zagreb,
Croatia, from 1951 until December 2008, was the first modern type of trams produced in Croatia with automatic door openers, driver's and conductor's seats, electrical brakes, mechanical
brakes, air-operated brakes and a protective shield in front of the tram?
C62 class locomotive hauling the Niseko tourist train in 1994
The Icanadoul Mavi Express led by a DE24000 class locomotive in 2006
...that when the
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) was in the process of
dieselisation in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, TCDD signed a licensing agreement with Matériel de Traction Electrique of
France to build the new DE24000 class locomotives domestically by
TÜLOMSAŞ?
A T-Third Street train crossing the Islais Creek Channel in 2007
Spanish method: a way of placement of train platforms that allows passengers to simultaneously board a train from one side and exit from the other
...that the Spanish solution for crowd control at busy
stations is a method of using two
platforms, on both sides of the track, by one train to speed up embarkation and disembarkation where passengers exit the train on one side, and board from the other?
...that the Guangzhou Metro,
mainland China's fourth
metro and opened only in 1997, delivered 675 million rides in 2009, with route length expected to grow from the current 150
kilometres (93
mi) to 600 kilometres (370 mi) by 2020?
A DB Schenker-operated freight service operating in the UK in 2010
...that EU Directive 91/440, a directive for railways in the
European Union to allow
open access operations by companies other than those that own the rail infrastructure, was intended to foster competition but has encouraged larger operators to grow through acquisitions and may lead to a potential
duopoly between
SNCF and
Deutsche Bahn (DB) in western Europe?