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The Market–Frankford Line and Metro-North Railroad are the only railroads in North America that use bottom-contact third rail, known as the Wilgus-Sprague system. [39] Its advantages include a reduced risk of electrocution for track workers and fewer disruptions due to icing conditions during winter weather. [40]
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.
In the 1990s, the Susquehanna acquired four RDC's from the Metro-North numbered #18, #11, #43, and #65. The new engines M-5 through M-8 would operate the On-Track shuttle service in Syracuse, NY. M-1, M-2, and M-4 survive today and are owned by the NYS&W Technical and Historical society. M-5 survives today on Conway Scenic Railroad as the #23.
This has allowed open access by any train operator to any portion of the European railway network. In the UK, the railway track is state owned, with a public controlled body (Network Rail) running, maintaining and developing the track, while Train Operating Companies have run the trains since privatization in the 1990s. [60]
The South Long Haul project map as of April 2021. The PNR South Long Haul, also known as the PNR Bicol, is a stalled inter-city rail line project in southern Luzon, Philippines. [2] It is part of the larger Luzon Rail System, [3] a network of long-distance standard-gauge lines being built by the Philippine National Railways throughout Luzon.
The system's track gauge is 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (1,429 mm) – 0.25 inches (6 mm) narrower than 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. [2] Also, at 40 inches (1,016 mm) above top of rail, [2] the floor height of the cars is lower than that of most other East Coast mass transit systems, including New York City, Boston [3] and Philadelphia.
The Stockholm Metro will test platform doors at Åkeshov metro station in 2015 and Bagarmossen metro station in 2021, the metro stations including Kungsträdgården metro station-Nacka Kungsträdgården metro station-Hagsätra metro station will have platform screen doors when it is completed between 2026 and 2030. [91]
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge rack railway in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu was opened in 1908 and is the only operational rack railway in India. [ 151 ] [ 150 ] These railways operate with its own dedicated fleet of locomotives and coaches.