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| x Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad |
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Heritage railway |
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG;) is a narrow gauge heritage railroad in the U.S. State of Colorado that operates over the 45 miles (72 km) of 36-inch (914 mm) track between Durango in La Plata County and Silverton in San Juan...
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| x Lochaber narrow gauge railway |
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The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge narrow gauge industrial railway. It was a relatively long line, built for the construction and subsequent maintenance of a 15 miles (24 km) long tunnel from Loch Treig to a factory near...
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| x Trans-Siberian Railway | |||||
| x Chattenden and Upnor Railway |
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The Chattenden and Upnor Railway (later known as the Lodge Hill and Upnor Railway) was a narrow gauge railway serving the military barracks and depot at Upnor and associated munitions and training depots. It was built in 1873 as a 18 in (457 mm)...
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| x Corris Railway |
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Industrial railway |
The Corris Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales.
The line opened in 1859, and originally ran from...
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| x Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad |
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The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS;) is a narrow gauge heritage railroad running between Chama, New Mexico and Antonito, Colorado. The track was originally laid in 1880 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Starting in 1970, the railroad...
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| x Mauritania Railway |
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The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. It consists of a single, 704-kilometre (437 mi) railway line linking the iron mining centre of Zouerate with the port of Nouadhibou, via Fderik and Choum. The state agency Société...
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| x Great Western Railway |
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835, and ran its first trains three years...
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| x Cornwall Railway |
The Cornwall Railway was a 7 ft 0+⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The section from Plymouth to Truro opened in 1859, the extension to Falmouth in 1863. The original section remains...
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| x East Fife Central Railway | |||||
| x Newburgh and North Fife Railway |
The Newburgh and North Fife Railway (N𝔫) was a railway in Fife, Scotland that provided services between St Fort and Newburgh. The line is closed.
The railway was incorporated on 6 August 1897. The line opened on 25 January 1909. The line was...
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| x Hilton, Southwick and Monkwearmouth Railway | |||||
| x South Wales Railway |
The South Wales Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway with Neyland in Wales.
The need for the railway was created by the need to ship coal from the South Wales Valleys to London, and secondly to...
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| x Feather River Route |
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The Feather River Route is a rail line that was built and operated by the Western Pacific Railroad. It was constructed between 1906 and 1909, and connects the cities of Oakland, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The line was built to compete...
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| x Ruislip Lido Railway |
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The Ruislip Lido Railway is a 12-inch (305 mm) gauge miniature railway, running around the popular tourist attraction of Ruislip Lido in Ruislip, Greater London, just 14 miles (22.5 km) from the centre of London. The railway runs from the main...
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| x Western railway line, Sydney |
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The Western Line is part of the CityRail metropolitan rail network in Sydney, and is the suburban section of the Main West line which connects Sydney with the west of New South Wales. It connects the Sydney CBD to the employment centre of Parramatta...
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| x Tokyo Subway |
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The Tokyo subway is an integral part of the world's most extensive rapid transit system in a single metropolitan area, Greater Tokyo. While the subway system itself is largely within the city center, the lines extend far out via extensive through...
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| x Semaphore railway line, Adelaide |
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Semaphore railway line was a railway in the north-west of Adelaide servicing the suburb of Semaphore and Exeter. It serviced two stations: Semaphore and Exeter. The line opened in 1882 and closed in 1978.
The line branched off at Glanville station...
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| x Belair railway line, Adelaide |
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The Belair railway line is a suburban rail commuter route within the City of Adelaide, South Australia, that runs from the Adelaide Railway Station to Belair in the Adelaide Hills.
The Bridgewater railway line from Adelaide to Belair / Bridgewater...
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| x Gawler railway line, Adelaide |
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The Gawler Central line is a suburban commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only rail route in Adelaide to have no interchange with another line at any station except Adelaide.
The Gawler Central line was...
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| x Grange railway line, Adelaide |
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The Grange railway line is a suburban branch line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
The railway line between Woodville and Grange opened in September 1882. This was a private railway, constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company....
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| x Noarlunga Centre railway line, Adelaide |
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The Noarlunga Centre railway line is a suburban commuter line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
Before the extension of the line to Noarlunga Centre line in 1978, a line ran from Hallett Cove station on a different route through Reynella,...
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| x Outer Harbor railway line, Adelaide |
Outer Harbor Railway Line is a rail route in Adelaide, South Australia, that travels from the Adelaide Railway Station to Outer Harbor. Its route encompasses many suburban railway stations, and shares part of its run with the Grange line.
The...
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| x Tonsley railway line, Adelaide |
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Tonsley Railway Line is a rail route in Adelaide, South Australia, that stems off the Noarlunga Centre railway line to end in Mitchell Park opposite Science Park and close to the Flinders University and the Flinders Medical Centre. There have been...
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| x Henley Beach railway line, Adelaide |
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The Henley Beach railway line is a defunct railway in western Adelaide. The line opened on February 5, 1894 and was an extension of what is now the Grange line. The line serviced five stations: Grange (old), Kirkcaldy, Marlborough Street, Henley...
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| x Willunga railway line, Adelaide |
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The Willunga railway line is a former railway which ran through the southern Adelaide suburbs. The line started at Hallett Cove and ended at Willunga. The track was more than 45km, longer than the current Gawler line (which is 42.2km). The line...
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| x Penfield railway line, Adelaide |
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Penfield railway line is a defunct railway in northern Adelaide which was used mainly for industrial purposes in the World War II years. It started just north of the Salisbury station on the Gawler line. The line then went north west and then turned...
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| x Northfield railway line, Adelaide |
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The Northfield railway line is a defunct railway in northern Adelaide which was used mainly for industrial purposes and cattle trains. The line branched off the Gawler line just north of Dry Creek station. The line went east from the Gawler line and...
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| x Fremantle railway line, Perth |
Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's western suburbs and connects Perth and Fremantle.
The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on 1 March 1881. It originally operated...
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| x Mandurah railway line, Perth |
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Passenger railway | Dec 23, 2007 |
The Mandurah Railway Line is an interurban railway line, running through the south western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Partly located in the median of the Kwinana Freeway, the line connects Perth with Western Australia's second largest city...
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| x Joondalup railway line, Perth |
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Passenger railway | Dec 20, 1992 |
The Joondalup Line, (incorrectly known as Currambine Line or Clarkson Line), is a suburban railway line in Perth, Australia. It runs through Perth’s northern suburbs, mostly traversing the median strip of the Mitchell Freeway, and connects between...
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| x Midland railway line, Perth |
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Midland Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's eastern suburbs and connects Perth and Midland.
The line was a part of the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on March 1, 1881. It originally...
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| x Burlington Northern Railroad |
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The Burlington Northern Railroad (reporting mark BN) was a United States-based railroad company operating between 1970 and 1996.
Burlington Northern Railroad was the product of a March 2, 1970, merger comprising the Great Northern Railway, the...
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| x CSX Transportation |
CSX Transportation (reporting mark CSXT) is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two...
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| x Norfolk Southern Railway |
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The Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) is a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the...
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| x Kansas City Southern Railway |
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The Kansas City Southern Railway (reporting mark KCS) (NYSE: KSU), owned by Kansas City Southern Industries, is the smallest and second-oldest Class I railroad company still in operation. KCS was founded in 1887 and is currently operating in a...
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| x Canadian Pacific Railway Limited |
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The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), known as CP Rail (reporting mark CP) between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major...
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| x Canadian National Railway |
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The Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.
CN is the largest railway in Canada, in terms of both revenue and the physical size...
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| x Lisbon Steam Tramways Company | |||||
| x Tokyu Toyoko Line |
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Passenger railway | Feb 24, 1926 |
The Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (東急東横線, Tōkyū Tōyokosen) is a major commuter railway line connecting Tokyo (Shibuya) to Yokohama of the private Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, Tōyoko (東横), is a combination of the first character of Tōkyō (東京) and...
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| x Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line |
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Passenger railway | Oct 11, 1963 |
The Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line (東急田園都市線, Tōkyū Den'entoshi-sen) is a major commuter line operated by Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa, with its western terminus of Chūō-Rinkan, to a major railway...
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| x Tokyu Tamagawa Line |
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Passenger railway | Aug 6, 2000 |
The Tōkyū Tamagawa Line (東急多摩川線, Tōkyū Tamagawa-sen) is a commuter railway line of Japanese private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It runs between Tamagawa and Kamata in southwest Tokyo, entirely within Ōta ward. The operator's name, Tōkyū, is...
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| x Tokyu Oimachi Line |
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Passenger railway | Jul 6, 1927 |
The Tōkyū Ōimachi Line (東急大井町線, Tōkyū Ōimachi-sen) is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It extends from Ōimachi in Shinagawa, Tokyo to Mizonokuchi in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
For distances and connections...
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| x Tokyu Meguro Line |
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Passenger railway | Aug 6, 2000 |
The Tōkyū Meguro Line (東急目黒線, Tōkyū Meguro-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tōkyū. As a railway line, the name is for the section between Meguro and Den-en-chōfu in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to...
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| x Tokyu Ikegami Line |
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Passenger railway | Oct 6, 1922 |
The Tōkyū Ikegami Line (東急池上線, Tōkyū Ikegami-sen) is a line operated by Tokyu Corporation. It runs through Tokyo, extending from Gotanda Station in Shinagawa to Kamata Station in Ōta.
New 3-car EMUs based on the Tōkyū 5000 series design were...
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| x Toei Mita Line |
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Passenger railway | Jun 30, 1972 |
The Mita Line (三田線, Mita-sen) is a subway line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) network in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Nishi-Takashimadaira in Itabashi and Meguro in Shinagawa. Trains often continues with direct...
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| x Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line |
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Passenger railway | Mar 28, 1961 |
The Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (東京地下鉄日比谷線, Tōkyō Chikatetsu Hibiya-sen) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. Its color on maps is grey. Stations on the Hibiya Line carry the letter H followed by a number.
The Tōkyō Metro 03...
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| x Belém to Cascais Railway |
The initial railway from Lisbon to Cascais ran only from Belém to Cascais, with the intention of extending the rest of the line through a second Rossio Tunnel to the main Lisbon station at Rossio. Much of the tunnel was built but the railway ended...
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| x Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway |
The Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway was chartered on June 18, 1885 as the Texarkana and Northern Railway, and was initially used for logging in the area around Texarkana. The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad gained control of the railway...
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