Portal:Trains/Did you know/August 2011

= August 2011 =

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tokyu 5050 Series TY Line 20170825.jpg|A Tōyoko Line 5050 series EMU in 2017}}

...that a massive project to connect the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, the oldest portion of which opened in 1926, to the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line in Japan, allowing through service to {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}, {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}} and beyond, is expected to open in 2013?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tunisie mallet bg600.jpg|Mallet locomotive of the former Bône-Guelma railway in Tunisia}}

...that the network now operated by Tunisian Railways is primarily standard gauge in the north and metre gauge in the south due to the concessions that were granted for railway construction and operation in the late 19th century?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Ttukseom Resort Station.JPG|Ttukseom Resort Station in 2007}}

...that Ttukseom Resort Station on Seoul Subway Line 7 in the Gwangjin-gu administrative district of Seoul, is the only station in South Korea to be located on the underside of a bridge, having been built beneath Cheongdam Bridge?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|TAP Machine.jpg|A TAP machine at a Los Angeles metro station in 2008}}

...that because Los Angeles County Metro Rail in California has a mix of barrier free and faregated areas, fare inspectors check to make sure Transit Access Pass users have validated their card by using a wireless handheld unit?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Karlsruhe Traction Current Converter Plant.JPG|The traction substation at Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2009}}

...that the electrical power conversion equipment at early traction substations for railway electrification systems often consisted of one or more motor-generator sets containing three-phase synchronous AC motors and single-phase AC generators, mechanically coupled to a common shaft? {{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tokyu 8500 series EMU 011.JPG|Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway 8500 series EMU in 2008}}

...that after their withdrawal from service by Tokyu Corporation on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tōkyū Ōimachi Line in Japan, a number of 8500 series trains were resold to other operators in Japan and to KRL Jabotabek in Indonesia?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Thrissur Railway Station 2010.jpg|The platforms and tracks of Thrissur station in 2010}}

...that Thrissur Railway Station, which was opened in 1902, is the busiest railway station in the Indian state of Kerala in terms of number of trains with an average of 55 pairs of trains serving the station every day?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Former Train Station, Goods Shed In Thames.jpg|The former station and goods shed at Thames in 2010}}

...that when the Thames Branch connecting Thames with Hamilton, New Zealand, opened in 1898, The Minister of Railways, Alfred Cadman, drove the first train into Thames, headed by an F class locomotive?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|TCDD E8030.JPG|TCDD multiple unit E8030 at Sirkeci Station, Istanbul, in 2008}}

...that Turkish State Railways (TCDD) E8000 class three-car electric multiple unit trains, built by Alstom, Jeumont and De Dietrich and initially delivered in 1955, were the first electric trains delivered to Turkey?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tanjungmalimrailwaystation1.jpg|Platform 1 of Tanjung Malim railway station in 2007}}

...that unlike the four other stations along the Rawang-Tanjung Malim shuttle service (formerly known as the Rawang-Kuala Kubu Bharu shuttle service) route operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu in Malaysia, Tanjung Malim railway station is situated along three railways with three platforms?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tabira-HiradoguchiStation.jpg|The platforms and tracks of Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station in 2007}}

...that Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station, on the Matsuura Railway's Nishi-Kyūshū Line in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, is the westernmost station of the railway using traditional rail tracks in Japan?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Swastika, Ontario train station.jpg|The tracks, platforms and station building of Swastika railway station in 2006}}

...that despite its size with former entrances on street and platform levels, Swastika railway station, established in 1908 by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway in Ontario, Canada, only a small waiting room off the platform is in passenger use for Northlander trains of Ontario Northland Railway?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Summit Tunnel southern portal DI.jpg|Northern Rail Class 158 emerges from Summit Tunnel southern portal in 2008}}

...that Summit Tunnel beneath the Pennines between Littleborough and Walsden (near Todmorden), England, is one of the oldest railway tunnels in the world, having been built between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|2. Etappe Glattalbahn Glattbrugg, Unterriet.jpg|VBZ Cobra tram on the second stage of the Glattalbahn just before the Glattbrugg Unterriet stop in 2009}}

...that the Stadtbahn Glattal, a metre gauge tram system with through running to Glattal, north of Zurich, Switzerland, is sometimes described in German as a mittelverteiler (intermediate distributor) referring to the system's interconnectivity between the city's S-Bahn and bus lines?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Southern Pacific 9010.jpg|SP 9010 undergoing restoration work in 2010}}

...that the sole surviving mainline diesel-hydraulic locomotive in North America, Southern Pacific 9010, built by Krauss-Maffei in 1964 and as of 2010 undergoing restoration at the Niles Canyon Railway, was rebuilt circa 1970 by SP's Sacramento General Shops into a "camera car" for the purpose of shooting motion picture background plates for a ground-based locomotive training simulator?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|SAR Class 12AR 1540 Kaserne 160481.jpg|SAR Class 12AR 1540 at Kaserne in 1981}}

...that initial and in service repair cost considerations of South African Railways' Class 12A 4-8-2 steam locomotives led to the locomotives' original boilers being built without integrated combustion chambers, so much of the class was rebuilt with new boilers and remained in service through the late 20th century?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|HLR 7870 Antwerpen-Noorderdokken.jpg|NMBS/SNCB Class 77 number 7870 in 2007}}

...that the Class 77 diesel locomotives operated by SNCB/NMBS were designed by Siemens in the late 1990s for both shunting and mainline use and as such, sets of the class vary in the type of equipment they carry for operations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Class F.jpg|Preserved F 621 at the Swedish Railway Museum in 2004}}

...that when the production F class electric locomotives were delivered to Swedish State Railways in the 1940s, they differed from the three prototype units that had been trialled by only having two instead of three front windows, though the first three were later rebuilt?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|USA RD0 152 NS 2882.jpg|Two diesel locomotives of Norfolk Southern Railroad with high short hoods in 1987}}

...that many diesel locomotive models were originally designed with a short hood the full height of the locomotive (a high short hood) which provided extra equipment room and was often used to house a steam generator?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Shenyan metro Qinnian dajie.JPG|Entrance to the Shenyang Metro's Qingnian Dajie station in 2010}}

...that although several other metro systems were opened in Chinese cities, the Shenyang Metro was proposed as early as 1940 when a Japanese company planned a {{convert|52|km|0|adj=on}} long metro network for the city?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Severn Railway Bridge map 1946.jpg|Map of the Severn bridge and railways in 1946}}

...that the Severn Bridge Railway, connecting Berkeley Road railway station to Sharpness railway station via the Sharpness Branch Line, was formed in the 1870s to operate the line over the Severn Railway Bridge in Gloucestershire, England, and was amalgamated into the Severn and Wye Railway in 1879, the same year the bridge was opened?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tomamusahoroexp sikoku.jpg|The Tomamu & Sahoro Express on the Sekishō Line in 1989}}

...that the present Sekishō Line, connecting {{STN|Minami-Chitose|x}} and Shintoku Station in Japan and operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), was originally opened in 1892 by the Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company as the {{nihongo|Yūbari Line|夕張線|Yūbari-sen}} from Oiwake to Yūbari for transporting coal?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Seattle Streetcar Network Map Connections.png|Map of the proposed network as of 2009}}

...that current proposals for a new Seattle Streetcar Network in the U.S. state of Washington include lines to South Lake Union, Capitol Hill via First Hill, the University District, Fremont and Ballard, and may also include a revitalization of the Waterfront Streetcar, which was closed in 2009?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Sasstram.jpg|Sassari Tram at Sassari railway station in 2009}}

...that the Sassari Tram-train, also known as the Sassari Metro-tramway, in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, operates both on the tracks of an urban tramway network and also on the existing suburban narrow gauge railways operated by the Ferrovie della Sardegna?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Lisboa-Santa Apolonia Portugal.jpg|The platforms of Santa Apolónia Station in 2006}}

...that although all passenger services were transferred to Rossio Train Station from 1891 to 1957, Santa Apolónia Station is the oldest railway terminus in Lisbon, Portugal, having originally opened in 1865?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Sandsfoot Castle railway station in 2008.jpg|The former platform of Sandsfoot Castle railway station in 2008}}

...that Sandsfoot Castle Halt railway station, on the Portland Branch Railway between Weymouth and Portland in Dorset, England, a line that is now the basis of the Rodwell Trail, was originally opened in 1932 as part of a scheme that saw several halts to counter road competition?
...that Red Devil high-speed interurban trolleys developed in the 1920s by the Cincinnati Car Company for the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad were among the first lightweight trolleys, with side plates made from aluminum?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|JRW N700-7000series S1.jpg|N700-7000 series Shinkansen, like those now used in Sakura service, on a test run in 2009}}

...that the Sakura high-speed shinkansen service now operated between {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} and Kagoshima in Japan was originally introduced in 1951 as a daytime limited express service between Tokyo and Osaka?{{-}}

{{Trains portal/DYK image|Korail Saemaul PP-DHC (New CI).JPG|Saemaul DHC-PP DMU with new Korail CI colour in 2007}}

...that before the introduction of the KTX express trains in 2004, Saemaeul were the fastest class of trains in South Korea, making the journey from Seoul to Busan in less than 5 hours?{{-}}

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