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)?
Passengers await an arriving Amtrak train at Capital Beltway station in 1974
...that Capital Beltway station, opened by Penn Central in 1970 and continued in use by Amtrak until 1983, proved to be inadequate as a station since it was not handicap-accessible and its waiting room, as originally built, had seats for just ten people and no restrooms?
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 Expressexcursion 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
...that the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway in Scotland became the first railway to cross the river at Ayr when construction was completed and the line was fully opened in 1856?
UTA 70 Class "Sealink" set enters Castlerock station in 1984
...that although the Ulster Transport Authority70 Classdiesel multiple unit trains made use of readily available power and transmission units and were therefore cheap to operate, they were noisier and less comfortable than locomotive-hauled rolling stock and ultimately replaced in the 1980s?
Tobu 50090 series set 51094 approaching Kawagoe Station on the Tōbu Tōjō Line in 2008
...that the Tokyo terminus of the Tobu RailwayTōjō Line was originally planned to be at Shimo-Itabashi, and this is where the "0 km" post for the line is located (with its present terminus Ikebukuro Station marked by km post "-1.9")?
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
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