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  • Thumbnail for Indian Railways
    Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system...
    135 KB (9,056 words) - 12:55, 11 June 2024
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    Rail transport (redirect from Railway)
    century. The first passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825. The quick spread of railways throughout Europe and North America...
    108 KB (12,391 words) - 21:54, 14 June 2024
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    (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload...
    47 KB (4,937 words) - 16:48, 10 June 2024
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    its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, opening on 10 January 1863 as the world's first underground passenger railway. It is now part of the Circle, District...
    205 KB (19,175 words) - 09:57, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canadian Pacific Railway
    Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, known until 2023 as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited...
    134 KB (14,247 words) - 18:15, 24 June 2024
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    A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
    55 KB (3,602 words) - 06:18, 20 June 2024
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    elevated railways, in which case some are referred to as el trains - short for "elevated". Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways, usually...
    86 KB (9,185 words) - 03:58, 24 June 2024
  • Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence...
    48 KB (4,942 words) - 07:36, 13 June 2024
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    Railway, Eastern ... Union Pacific Railway: Reports Showing the Necessity and Advantages of its Construction to the Pacific By Union Pacific Railway,...
    84 KB (7,773 words) - 21:47, 19 June 2024
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    BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000...
    69 KB (6,451 words) - 17:42, 22 June 2024
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    National Railway Company (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered...
    101 KB (11,398 words) - 09:18, 24 June 2024
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    The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...
    103 KB (11,419 words) - 10:54, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ministry of Railways (India)
    The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the country's rail transport. Indian Railways is a statutory body managed...
    17 KB (1,189 words) - 13:15, 11 June 2024
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    Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers...
    64 KB (7,357 words) - 16:22, 18 June 2024
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    Track gauge (redirect from Railway gauge)
    rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible...
    54 KB (5,383 words) - 01:34, 13 June 2024
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    Tram (redirect from Street railway)
    Some trams, known as tram-trains, may have segments that run on mainline railway tracks, similar to interurban systems. The differences between these modes...
    154 KB (16,799 words) - 15:42, 20 June 2024
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    certain regions with wider legacy railways, including Russia and Uzbekistan, have sought to develop a high-speed railway network in Russian gauge. Spain...
    172 KB (19,487 words) - 22:11, 20 June 2024
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    Funicular (redirect from Funicular railway)
    (/fjuːˈnɪkjʊlər, f(j)ʊ-, f(j)ə-/) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized...
    27 KB (3,104 words) - 12:39, 19 June 2024
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    AG (IPA: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbaːn]; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the...
    39 KB (4,001 words) - 06:19, 16 June 2024
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    developed in the United Kingdom during the early 19th century and used for railway transport until the middle of the 20th century. Richard Trevithick built...
    145 KB (17,775 words) - 01:00, 21 June 2024
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