...that a track transition curve, also known as a spiral easement, a mathematically calculated curve on a section of
railroad track where a straight section changes into a curve, is designed to reduce the effects of
centrifugal force experienced by trains traversing the curve and thus reduce the chances of a
derailment?
...that the Tokushima Line, which originally opened in 1899 between
Tokushima and
Kawata,
Japan, is officially nicknamed the "Yoshino River Blue Line" (よしの川ブルーライン) because it runs along the
Yoshino River?
...that after two
Turkish State RailwaysE52500 classelectric locomotives were scrapped due to damage incurred during the Tasvancil accident in 2004, two replacement units were delivered in 2004 and 2005 that are capable of 160 km/h (100 mph), a top speed that is higher than the rest of the locomotive class?
...that the Tweed Viaduct south of
Edinburgh,
Scotland, was originally built in the late 1890s to carry both a water pipeline from the
Talla Reservoir and the
right-of-way for the Talla Railway which served the reservoir's construction needs?
...that like other stations on the
Manila MRT Blue Line in the
Philippines, Taft Avenue Station is above-ground, but it is the only station that is at grade, lying directly on flat ground?
...that when SuperVia took over the concession in 1998 to operate
rapid transit trains in and around
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, the system carried 145,000 passengers per day with a punctuality of less than 30%, figures that SuperVia was able to improve such that in 2009 the system carried 510,000 passengers per day with an average
punctuality of 90%?
...that of the six
Amtrakstations in
Kansas, the one in Hutchinson had the fewest passengers boarding or detraining in 2010, with an average of twelve per day?
...that Suica cards, rechargeable contactless
smart cards used for fare collection on train lines in
Japan, are also increasingly being accepted as a form of
electronic money for purchases at stores and kiosks, especially within
train stations?
...that prior to the introduction of the
class 13 locomotives in 1997, class 20 locomotives, which were introduced in 1975 and capable of producing 5,150
kW (6,910
hp) in power, were the most powerful
NMBS/SNCBelectric locomotives?
...that
Statens Järnvägar in
Sweden created the Dm3 series of
electric locomotives, a class that is now being replaced with new
IORE locomotives, when the railway company ordered 19 center power units in the late 1960s to be used in the middle of existing Dm locomotives?
...that
Yongdu Station on the Seongsu Branch (between Sindap and Sinseol stations) of Seoul Subway Line 2 is the first station in the
Seoul Subway system to open with operating
platform screen doors and they are subsequently being retrofitted to other stations on the line?
...that when new
trams for the Saint-Étienne tramway in
France were delivered in 1991 and 1992, they were equipped with
trolley poles because
PCCs were still in use on the system, but the poles were subsequently replaced by
pantographs as the PCCs were withdrawn and the second batch of modern cars was introduced in 1998?
...that the Rome Tram system, which now covers 39 kilometres (24 mi) on six lines, was once the largest
tram system in
Italy, which included 140 km (87 mi) of track on no fewer than 59 lines at its height in the late 1920s?
...that when plans for the
Mandurah railway line in
Western Australia were changed rerouting the line along the Kwinana Freeway, the location for Rockingham railway station, which opened in 2007, was moved from
Rockingham's central business district to the outskirts of the city, and the station plans were updated to include a
light rail transfer point that, as of 2011, has not yet been constructed?