...that
Barcelona Metro's El Coll – La Teixonera station, with its entrance situated under a steep hill, has the highest elevated station entrance on the whole network at 181.60 metres (595.8 ft) and the longest
lift on the network at 63 metres (207 ft)?
...that Capital Beltway station, opened by
Penn Central in 1970 and continued in use by
Amtrak until 1983, proved to be inadequate as a station since it was not
handicap-accessible and its waiting room, as originally built, had seats for just ten people and no restrooms?
...that when Bridgeton Cross railway station in
Scotland was closed along with both lines it served on 5 October 1964 as a result of the
Beeching Axe, the tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact, which enabled their reuse and reopening as part of the
Argyle Line project in 1979?
...that when
Amtrak announced the operation of a special Winter Park Expressexcursion train reviving the route of the Ski Train on February 25, 2015, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of
Winter Park Resort,
Colorado, more than 450 seats sold out in less than 10 hours prompting the addition of a second train which also sold out quickly?
...that the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway in
Scotland became the first railway to cross the river at
Ayr when construction was completed and the line was fully opened in 1856?
...that although the
Ulster Transport Authority70 Classdiesel multiple unit trains made use of readily available power and transmission units and were therefore cheap to operate, they were noisier and less comfortable than
locomotive-hauled rolling stock and ultimately replaced in the 1980s?
...that the
Tokyo terminus of the
Tobu RailwayTōjō Line was originally planned to be at
Shimo-Itabashi, and this is where the "0 km" post for the line is located (with its present terminus
Ikebukuro Station marked by km post "-1.9")?
...that by encouraging the North Cornwall Railway, the
LSWR planned to create railway access to previously inaccessible parts of the northern coastal area of
Cornwall as part of a drive to develop holiday traffic?