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A Sprinter train departing Oceanside Transit Center NCTD route map. The Escondido Subdivision is shown in light blue. The Escondido Subdivision is shown in light blue. The Escondido Sub is a 22-mile (35 km) branch railway line between Oceanside, California , and Escondido, California , in the North County region of San Diego County . [ 1 ]
Japan's railways carried 9.147 billion passengers (260 billion passenger-kilometres) in the year 2013–14. [3] In comparison, Germany has over 40,000 km (25,000 mi) of railways, but carries only 2.2 billion passengers per year. [4] Because of the massive use of its railway system, Japan is home to 46 of the world's 50 busiest stations. [5]
This is the name for the concept of using a single train that is designed to travel on both 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway lines and the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge used by Shinkansen train services in Japan. The trucks/bogies of the Gauge Change Train (GCT) allow the wheels to be unlocked from the axles, narrowed ...
San Diego Trolley – 3 light rail lines operated by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Coaster – 1 commuter rail line; Sprinter – 1 commuter rail line, operated by North County Transit District. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) Bay Area Rapid Transit – 5 rapid transit lines, and one DMU light rail line, operated by San ...
Northeast Maglev (formally, The Northeast Maglev, LLC) is a private U.S. company proposing a maglev train system in the Northeastern United States. [2] The company aims to use the SCMaglev superconducting maglev system developed by the Central Japan Railway Company to provide 15-minute service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with an intermediate stop at BWI Airport, and ultimately ...
San Diego Cable Railway [30] Cable June 7, 1890: October 1, 1892 San Diego Electric Railway [3] [30] Electric December 31, 1887. September 21, 1892 June 1889. April 24, 1949 See San Diego Electric Railway. Reintroduced as LRT, 19 July 1981 (see below). San Diego Trolley: San Diego (second era) Electric Light rail July 19, 1981: Operated by MTS ...
(This was just three years after the first North American second-generation light rail system opened in the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta in 1978, and which used the same German Siemens-Duewag U2 vehicles as San Diego). [6] Other North American cities, particularly on the West Coast, began planning their own light rail systems in the 1980s ...
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...