...that the
high speedKorea Train Express, which opened in March 2004, reduced travel time between
Seoul and
Busan from 260 minutes to 160 minutes, and a further improvement to 116 minutes is expected in 2010, when the route shifts to run fully on high-speed tracks?
...that in a Fell mountain railway system, trains are propelled and braked by wheels pressed horizontally on to a raised centre rail by springs, as well as by the standard vertical running wheels?
...that since the Mallard's record setting run in 1938,
England's East Coast Main Line has become one of the fastest railway lines in the
UK, with most of the line rated at 125 mph (200 km/h)?
...that on many
rapid transit systems,
stationturnstiles are often designed to operate only after a payment has been made, usually by inserting a
coin or
token or by swiping an electronic card?
...that because
head end power generated for electrical supply in
passenger cars must be delivered at a relatively constant frequency, the prime mover in an EMD F40PH must turn at a constant high speed (as much as 900
rpm)?
...that in the twelve minute long film The Great Train Robbery produced in 1903, scenes with the
gun pointing at the audience and the
train rushing towards the audience had audiences at the time screaming in fear, then laughing in relief.
...that
New Zealand's Kingston Flyer operates over a 14 km (8.7 miles) route that is a remnant of a route connecting to the
Main South Railway at
Gore, on which the original Kingston Flyer operated from 1878 until the mid 1950?
...that Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit, the current name given to a
metro system manufactured by
Bombardier Transportation, was originally named ICTS (an
acronym for Intermediate Capacity Transit System), and is sometimes referred to generically as advanced light rapid transit?