Portal:Trains/Did you know/July 2020

900 South station in October 2016

...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?

JR-West 117 series in original livery in August 2009

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

A train at the Market-Frankford platform of 15th Street station in December 2007

...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?

A 4 Train with an Kawasaki R142A consist leaves 125th Street in August 2014

...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%?

The main hall of Zvenigorodskaya station in March 2011

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

A train at Zuidbroek station in 2014

...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?

A T-68 tram emerges into the streets from Manchester Victoria station in June 1992

...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?

A train at Jingan station in July 2009

...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?

The facade of Zhengzhou East station in 2016

The California Zephyr on its first run in 1949 using EMD F3 locomotives similar to those used on the Zephyrette trains in times of heavy traffic

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

1210 at the Canberra Railway Museum in 2011

...that New South Wales Government Railways locomotive number 1210, built in 1878, was withdrawn from service in 1932, 1943 and 1958 before entering preservation?

A Z-3 class tram in December 2013

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

Exterior of the York ROC in 2019

The swing bridge at Selby in 2012

...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?

A Hachiōji Line train at Nishihino Station in 2006

...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?

The tracks and platforms at Yeoford station in 2006

...that the two tracks passing through Yeoford railway station are actually independent single lines?

The track and platform area of Yaxham station in 2009

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

The Yarm Viaduct in 2005

...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?

A Yamanote Line E235 series EMU in January 2020

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