...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?
Restored Manx Electric Railway trailer car number 37 in 2004
...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?
Two trains of Lyon Metro Line D at Gorge de Loup station in 2009
...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?
A train of new 2009 tube stock departs Euston with a northbound Victoria line service in 2010
An Electrostar trains crosses the level junction at Dartford Junction on its way from Dartford to London Cannon Street in 2006
...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?
A train on the newer Line M2 of the Lausanne Metro in 2007
A Kururi Line train waiting for departure at Kazusa-Kameyama Station in 2005
...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?
The replacement Krasnoluzhsky Rail Bridge built in 2001 seen in 2008
...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"?
A Kintetsu Semi Express at Osaka Abenobashi Station heading to Kawachi Nagano in 2004
...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?
Kilcoole halt station signs in 2007
...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?
Platform screen doors and platform of Westminster tube station in 2005
...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?
Passengers of the Jezreel Valley railway wait at Yagur station in 1939
...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?
An illustration from Harper's Weekly News of a destroyed camelback locomotive left on the north end of the Winchester & Potomac Railroad in 1861
...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?
Map showing the complete Turkish high-speed rail network, including lines yet to be constructed
An Israel Railways EMD G26 locomotive pulling a ballast train south of Lod station in 2006
...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?
A short distance commuter train at Cúa Station in 2007
...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?
Imaida Station a few months before its closure in 2003
...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?
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