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  2. New Haven Line - Wikipedia

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    The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut.Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

  3. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Also Centering spring cylinder. A cylindrical cast-iron holder in which an adjusting string is placed. Adjusting spring seat A casting, or a part of the bolster of a two-wheel trailing truck, forming a bearing for the end of the adjusting spring. Admission The opening of steam port to admit steam to one end of a cylinder. If the valve has no lead, admission takes place at the moment the piston ...

  4. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as " the T ") [3][4] is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light ...

  5. MBTA Commuter Rail - Wikipedia

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    Guilford's attempts to regain profitability, which included reducing employee headcount and pay, soon soured labor relations. This resulted in two strikes by Guilford employees; the first shut down the commuter rail system from March 21 to May 12, 1986.

  6. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Wikipedia

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    In December 2007, the airline announced it was moving its headquarters into the facility, previously named the "North Hangar." The 203,000-square-foot (18,900 m 2) hangar includes 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2) of hangar bays for aircraft maintenance. It has 17 acres (6.9 ha) of adjacent land and 1,400 parking spaces for employees.

  7. Michigan - Wikipedia

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    The Metro Detroit area in Southeast Michigan is the state's largest metropolitan area (roughly 50% of the population resides there) and the eleventh largest in the United States. The Grand Rapids metropolitan area in Western Michigan is the state's fastest-growing metro area, with more than 1.3 million residents as of 2006.

  8. List of suburban and commuter rail systems - Wikipedia

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    Metro-North Railroad: MTA – Metro-North Railroad: 6 124 1267 300,000 NJ Transit: NJ Transit: 11 160 1530 301,746 Orlando United States: SunRail: SunRail: 1 16 78.7 4,300 Philadelphia United States: SEPTA Regional Rail: SEPTA Regional Rail: 13 153 450 125,300 Portland United States: Westside Express Service (WES) TriMet WES: 1 5 23.7 1,400 ...

  9. 1 Line (Sound Transit) - Wikipedia

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    Following the failed Forward Thrust initiatives, Metro Transit was created in 1972 to oversee a countywide bus network, and plan for a future rail system. [14] In the early 1980s, Metro Transit and the Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) explored light rail and busway concepts to serve the region, [15] ultimately choosing to build a downtown transit tunnel that would be convertible from ...