...that Warrington Bank Quay railway station in
Cheshire,
England, received media coverage in February 2009 after a sign was erected prohibiting kissing from its drop-off point, but the signs were removed three weeks later and sold to raise money for
Comic Relief with
Virgin Trains spokesman Ken Gibbs admitting that the idea was just a bit of fun?
...that the Strategic Transport Plan, published by the
Portuguese Government in October 2011, showed that the Tâmega line required the highest level of subsidy (at
€2.50 per passenger per kilometre) of any railway in
Portugal?
...that before the 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
gaugeSwakopmund–Windhoek line in present-day
Namibia was built in 1897, the journey from
Swakopmund to
Windhoek took ten days, but the railway shortened the duration to two days?
...that the Super Tokkyū concept developed in
Japan involves building new 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
narrow-gauge lines along the routes of planned
Shinkansen built to high-speed Shinkansen standards, including its wider
loading gauge, 4,000 m (13,000 ft) radius curves, and total
grade separation, thus allowing
conversion of the lines to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge later?