Portal:Trains/Did you know/July 2020

July 2020

• ...that 900 South, which opened in 2005, is the first infill station constructed along an existing line of the Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system?

• ...that the 1979 introduction of 117 series electric multiple unit trains marked the beginning of JNR's effort to standardize its rolling stock?

• ...that SEPTA's 15th Street station in Philadelphia is the busiest station on the Market–Frankford Line, with 29,905 boardings on an average weekday?

• ...that in 1924 the proposed introduction of express service on what would become New York City Subway's 4 service would have made it possible to run 30 more trains per hour east of Atlantic Avenue, decreasing overcrowding from 325% to 185%?

• ...that Saint Petersburg Metro's Zvenigorodskaya station opened without a direct exit to the surface?

• ...that of the nine station buildings of SS Hoogezand etc type built in the Netherlands, the Zuidbroek railway station building is the only one extant?

• ...that passengers on rail services from the Greater Manchester area to one of the five Manchester station group stations can transfer to Metrolink trams between stops in Zone 1 for free with the appropriate ticket?

• ...that Taipei Metro's Zhonghe–Xinlu line caused its local neighborhood's so-called "Dark Ages" when the cut-and-cover method was used in its construction in the 1990s?

• ...that the calligraphic Chinese characters in the station sign at Zhengzhou East railway station were written by Wu Bangguo, the former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress?

• ...that Western Pacific Railroad's Zephyrette train introduced in 1950 was the longest RDC service in the United States?

• ...that New South Wales Government Railways locomotive number 1210, built in 1878, was withdrawn from service in 1932, 1943 and 1958 before entering preservation?

• ...that the Z-class trams used on the Melbourne tram network were designed based on trams used in Sweden in the 1960s?

• ...that the York Rail Operating Centre, which controls the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and the Scottish Borders, is the largest of Network Rail's twelve rail operating centres?

• ...that until 1960 the former York and Doncaster branch line's westbound and eastbound tracks were gauntletted over the bridge at Selby and were reformed from two lines over the bridge, to four on either side?

• ...that of the four 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge train lines in operation in Japan, the Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway's Hachiōji Line is both the oldest and shortest?

• ...that the two tracks passing through
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• ...that Yaxham railway station is the only station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway that retains a majority of its original features?

• ...that the 2,280-foot long (690 m) Yarm Viaduct, opened in May 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway, was the last work completed by Thomas Grainger as he died two months later in a railway accident?

• ...that sections of the Yamanote Line were running over 250% capacity in the 1990s, and remained above 200% for most of the 2000s?