Portal:Trains/Did you know/April 2015

April 2015

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Entrance to the El Coll - La Teixonera station in 2010
  • ...that Barcelona Metro's El Coll – La Teixonera station, with its entrance situated under a steep hill, has the highest elevated station entrance on the whole network at 181.60 metres (595.8 ft) and the longest lift on the network at 63 metres (207 ft)?
 
A platform of Dhanbad Junction station in 2012
 
HXD3D number 0061 in Beijing in 2014
 
Passengers await an arriving Amtrak train at Capital Beltway station in 1974
 
Bridgeton station tracks and platforms in 2008
  • ...that when Bridgeton Cross railway station in Scotland was closed along with both lines it served on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, the tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact, which enabled their reuse and reopening as part of the Argyle Line project in 1979?
 
The bodies of Ben Kilpatrick and Ole Hobek are displayed after the failed 1912 robbery
 
The observation car end of the Ski Train at Denver Union Station in 2006
  • ...that when Amtrak announced the operation of a special Winter Park Express excursion train reviving the route of the Ski Train on February 25, 2015, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Winter Park Resort, Colorado, more than 450 seats sold out in less than 10 hours prompting the addition of a second train which also sold out quickly?
 
Aerial view of Wellington in 2012 showing the people mover track
 
System map of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway in 1856
 
UTA 70 Class "Sealink" set enters Castlerock station in 1984
 
Tobu 50090 series set 51094 approaching Kawagoe Station on the Tōbu Tōjō Line in 2008
 
North Cornwall Railway route map
  • ...that by encouraging the North Cornwall Railway, the LSWR planned to create railway access to previously inaccessible parts of the northern coastal area of Cornwall as part of a drive to develop holiday traffic?
 
Tobu 9050 series EMU set 9151 at Shinrinkoen Depot on the Tobu Tojo Line in 1998
 
Construction of the Stock Yards branch in 1907
 
South African Class 37-000 number 37-014 at Capital Park, Pretoria, Gauteng, in May 2013
 
SLSF 4018 at Sloss Furnaces park in 2012
 
A Shintetsu 6000 series train at Suzurandai Station in 2009
 
A Seibu 30000 series train in 2008
 
Map of Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad and Northwestern Pacific Railroad in California
 
Sakuramizu Station building in 2011
 
A modern commuter train at Rehovot station in 2005