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  2. 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.

  3. History of Maryland Transit Administration - Wikipedia

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    History of Maryland Transit Administration. The Maryland Transit Administration was originally known as the Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority, then the Maryland Mass Transit Administration before it changed to its current name in October 2001. [ 1 ] The MTA took over the operations of the old Baltimore Transit Company on April 30, 1970.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport. Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. [1] Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, [2 ...

  7. B'nai Torah MetroWest Shabbat Service & Open House - Patch

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    97 Concord Rd, Wayland, MA, 01778. B'nai Torah MetroWest welcomes the community to join us at our Shabbat Service and Open House! Enjoy a beautiful service and meet Rabbi Emily Mathis, our new ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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".