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  2. Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | Wikipedia

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    MRT network map. The Mass Rapid Transit system, locally known by the initialism MRT, is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the island country's principal mode of railway transportation. The system commenced operations in November 1987 after two decades of planning with an initial 6 km (3.7 mi) stretch consisting of five stations.

  3. History of the New York City Subway | Wikipedia

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    In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.

  4. Kajang line | Wikipedia

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    The MRT Kajang Line, previously known as the MRT Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line, is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line servicing the Klang Valley, Malaysia.It is the second fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region after the LRT Kelana Jaya Line.

  5. High-speed rail | Wikipedia

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    Japanese National Railways (JNR) engineers began to study the development of a high-speed regular mass transit service. In 1955, they were present at the Lille 's Electrotechnology Congress in France, and during a 6-month visit, the head engineer of JNR accompanied the deputy director Marcel Tessier at the DETE ( SNCF Electric traction study ...

  6. List of academic fields | Wikipedia

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    Mind map of top level disciplines and professions. An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge.It is taught as an accredited part of higher education.

  7. Macon, Georgia | Wikipedia

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    Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia".

  8. Maglev | Wikipedia

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    Transrapid 09 at the Emsland test facility in Lower Saxony, Germany A full trip on the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train Example of low-speed urban maglev system, Linimo. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.

  9. City University of New York | Wikipedia

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    (BA), novelist and detective for the New York City Transit Police Department: Bill Baird: 1955: Brooklyn: reproductive rights activist and co-director of the Pro Choice League Barbara Aronstein Black: 1953: Brooklyn: Dean of Columbia Law School: Barbara Levy Boxer: 1962: Brooklyn: anti-war activist, environmentalist, U.S. representative, 1982 ...