...that Messe Nord/ICC station on the
S-Bahn in Berlin, Germany, originally opened in 1916 as Witzleben but then was out of use between 1980 and 1993 owing to the cessation of services on the route it served, finally reopening in 1993 and then receiving its current name in 2002?
...that the Arco passenger trains operated by
Renfe in Spain on the
Barcelona–
Málaga –
Sevilla–
Badajoz–
Almería–
Granada line consist of refurbished B11x-10200 series trains with
bogies rebuilt by
CAF that allow the trains to operate at speeds up to 220 km/h (140 mph)?
...that Anesrif, a transport business created in 2005 by the government of
Algeria to expand and modernise the Algerian railway system, is developing the
High Plateau line as well as a railway from
Tlemcen to the
Moroccan border at Akid Abbas, a southern loop line and the modernisation and
doubling of several existing lines?
...that after selling his interest in the
Oregon Steam Navigation Company, a company which he helped found in 1851 that controlled the shipping routes of steamers, railroads, and freight lines in
Washington and
Oregon, John C. Ainsworth founded the Ainsworth National Bank in
Portland and the Central Bank of Oakland in
California?
...that on the Zagreb Tramway in
Croatia, a 116 km (72 mi) long
metre gaugetram system whose origins can be traced to the first
horsecar line in the city in 1891, almost every
station serves at least two routes?
...that Yunoki Station in
Shizuoka,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was established as Magarikane Station in 1908, then renamed to Gokoku Jinjamae Station in 1942 due to its proximity to the Shizuoka Prefectural Gokoku Jinja, a
Shinto shrine to the war dead, and finally given its present name after
World War II?
...that prior to 2004, all long-distance trains serving
Seoul, South Korea, terminated at the nearby
Seoul Station, but with the opening of the
Korea Train Express (KTX), Yongsan Station took over some of Seoul's services and is now the terminus for high-speed and long-distance trains on a number of railway lines?
...that Y Griega Station, which opened in 1991 on Line 1 of the
Monterrey Metro in the Acero neighborhood of
Monterrey, Mexico, was named after the Y-junction that Avenues Colón and Madero make?
...that in conjunction with the new Wong Chuk Hang Station on the
MTRSouth Island Line in Hong Kong construction work also includes a new depot that will be underground and completely sealed, to avoid
noise pollution to surrounding areas, for service and maintenance of South Island Line trains?
...that the 8-mile (13 km) long White Top Railway in
Virginia, United States, was created to protect the Hassinger Lumber Company's rail operations at points of intersection with the
Virginia-Carolina Railway from possible condemnation for the V-C's own, expanding line?
...that of the Volgograd Metrotram line shares a surface-level
right-of-way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi) while the three downtown
stations were built underground over a total length of 3.3 km (2.1 mi), meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian
metro systems?
...that Val de Fontenay station, an
interchange station between
RER's
A and
E lines in Paris, France, is the busiest station on the A line in terms of trains, being served by every train running on the line?
...that following the success in
Bilbao of the first iteration of Urbostrams, built by
CAF in Spain, subsequent versions featuring
supercapacitors, allowing brief operation without an external electrical supply, have been ordered for use on systems throughout Europe?
...that the
UGL RailC44aci class
diesel-electric locomotive was designed to meet a tender issued by
Pacific National, in Australia, who required a locomotive to match the performance of their existing
90 class units when hauling heavy coal traffic, while still having the ability to work high speed
intermodal freight services, with the change between applications to be simple?