...that when construction proposals were accepted in 1875 for the Maria Pia Bridge, a railway bridge across the
River Douro in
Porto,
Portugal, the design proposed by
Gustave Eiffel which was soon accepted and built in 1877 was the least expensive of eight proposals being 31% less than the next lowest priced?
...that the roster of rolling stock on the
Manx Electric Railway on the
Isle of Man is unique insofar as the railway still operates with all of its original
tramcars and trailers, all of which are over one hundred years old, the latest dating from 1906?
...that Lyon Metro Line D, also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise), is the deepest
metro line in
Lyon,
France, and at 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, it is also the longest of the lines in Lyon?
...that because level junctions, particularly those of fine angles or near
right angles, can create
derailment risks, railway companies that operate over them often impose speed restrictions on all trains crossing them?
...that the current 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
gaugeKururi Line connecting
Kisarazu to
Kazusa-Kameyama via
Kururi in
Japan originally opened in 1928 as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line from Kisarazu to Kururi?
...that when new class 5000EMUs were delivered to
Korail in 2005 for use on the
Gyeongbu and
Gyeongin lines, the shape of the
driver's window and the position of the headlights earned the class the nickname "뱀눈이" which can be translated as "snake eyes"?
...that when the Minami-Osaka Line was completed in 1923, a line now operated by
Kintetsu Corporation, it was
electrified at 1500
VDC, then the highest voltage of any railway in
Japan, and it remains the only Kintetsu line to use 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
gauge track?
...that since Kilcoole halt in
County Wicklow,
Ireland, is the southern boundary of the Short Hop zone on the railway, a single ticket to
Balbriggan, 69 kilometres (43 mi) away, is less than a third of the price of a ticket to
Gorey, which is nearer at 64 kilometres (40 mi) away?
...that unlike anything previously attempted on the
London Underground, the physical design of stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, which opened in 1999, is characterised by cavernous, stark interiors lined with polished metal panels and moulded concrete walls and columns?
...that the larger
Hejaz Railway was originally built for ideological, religious, and to a lesser extent military needs, and was initially underutilized, but in time the potential was realized and the Jezreel Valley railway line quickly became a major competitor to the French
Beirut-
Damascus line for transferring products from the
Hauran to the
Mediterranean Sea?
...that although the first section of the Itō Line along the east coast of
Izu Peninsula in
Japan was opened in 1935, which connected
Atami with
Ajiro, construction was halted due to
World War II and not resumed until 1961, when the private-sector
Tokyu Corporation acquired the rights to complete the line from
Itō to
Shimoda and established the
Izukyū Corporation to manage construction and operations of this section?
...that in 1988,
Israel's
Knesset approved an amendment to the Ports Authority Law, merging
Israel Railways into the Israel Port Authority, henceforth to be known as the Israel Ports and Railways Authority?
...that according to the 1999
Constitution of Venezuela the renovation of the railways led by the Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado is a national priority, with new infrastructure being added, including the first new above-ground line constructed in
Venezuela for more than 70 years, the Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System inaugurated on October 15, 2006, by
PresidentHugo Chávez?
...that the Höllental Railway in
Lower Austria originally opened in 1918 to serve a
paper mill and was opened to passengers and general goods traffic in 1926 when it served tourist groups as a
feeder for the Rax Cable Car, the first
cable car in Austria which also opened in 1926?