Messe Nord/ICC railway station as seen from the Berliner Funkturm in 2008
...that Messe Nord/ICC station on the S-Bahn in Berlin, Germany, originally opened in 1916 as Witzleben but then was out of use between 1980 and 1993 owing to the cessation of services on the route it served, finally reopening in 1993 and then receiving its current name in 2002?
Preserved class 10-12-D number 778 at the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in 2007
...that the Arco passenger trains operated by Renfe in Spain on the Barcelona–Málaga –Sevilla–Badajoz–Almería–Granada line consist of refurbished B11x-10200 series trains with bogies rebuilt by CAF that allow the trains to operate at speeds up to 220 km/h (140 mph)?
Gare d'Agha train station, Algiers, in 2006
...that Anesrif, a transport business created in 2005 by the government of Algeria to expand and modernise the Algerian railway system, is developing the High Plateau line as well as a railway from Tlemcen to the Moroccan border at Akid Abbas, a southern loop line and the modernisation and doubling of several existing lines?
John C. Ainsworth
...that after selling his interest in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, a company which he helped found in 1851 that controlled the shipping routes of steamers, railroads, and freight lines in Washington and Oregon, John C. Ainsworth founded the Ainsworth National Bank in Portland and the Central Bank of Oakland in California?
Two Crotram TMK 2200 trams at Dubrava tram station in 2009
...that on the Zagreb Tramway in Croatia, a 116 km (72 mi) long metre gaugetram system whose origins can be traced to the first horsecar line in the city in 1891, almost every station serves at least two routes?
Yunoki Station in 2006
...that Yunoki Station in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was established as Magarikane Station in 1908, then renamed to Gokoku Jinjamae Station in 1942 due to its proximity to the Shizuoka Prefectural Gokoku Jinja, a Shinto shrine to the war dead, and finally given its present name after World War II?
Yongsan Station facade in 2007
...that prior to 2004, all long-distance trains serving Seoul, South Korea, terminated at the nearby Seoul Station, but with the opening of the Korea Train Express (KTX), Yongsan Station took over some of Seoul's services and is now the terminus for high-speed and long-distance trains on a number of railway lines?
Z3 class tram number 183 in the 2009 version of the Yarra Trams livery
The tracks and platforms of Y Griega Station in 2007
...that Y Griega Station, which opened in 1991 on Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro in the Acero neighborhood of Monterrey, Mexico, was named after the Y-junction that Avenues Colón and Madero make?
The construction of Wong Chuk Hang station in early September 2011
...that in conjunction with the new Wong Chuk Hang Station on the MTRSouth Island Line in Hong Kong construction work also includes a new depot that will be underground and completely sealed, to avoid noise pollution to surrounding areas, for service and maintenance of South Island Line trains?
A White Top Railway lumber train pulled by a Shay locomotive
...that the 8-mile (13 km) long White Top Railway in Virginia, United States, was created to protect the Hassinger Lumber Company's rail operations at points of intersection with the Virginia-Carolina Railway from possible condemnation for the V-C's own, expanding line?
A tram at Lenin Square station on the Volgograd Metrotram system in 2007
...that of the Volgograd Metrotram line shares a surface-level right-of-way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi) while the three downtown stations were built underground over a total length of 3.3 km (2.1 mi), meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian metro systems?
Z22500 arriving at Val de Fontenay en route to Villiers-sur-Marne in 2007
...that Val de Fontenay station, an interchange station between RER's A and E lines in Paris, France, is the busiest station on the A line in terms of trains, being served by every train running on the line?
An Urbos tram operating in Bilbao, Spain, in 2010
...that following the success in Bilbao of the first iteration of Urbostrams, built by CAF in Spain, subsequent versions featuring supercapacitors, allowing brief operation without an external electrical supply, have been ordered for use on systems throughout Europe?
ARG unit AC4305 being delivered to Western Australia, via Melbourne, in 2009
...that the UGL RailC44aci class diesel-electric locomotive was designed to meet a tender issued by Pacific National, in Australia, who required a locomotive to match the performance of their existing 90 class units when hauling heavy coal traffic, while still having the ability to work high speed intermodal freight services, with the change between applications to be simple?
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