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  2. Local door operation - Wikipedia

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    Local door operation refers to a procedure and system in place on railway rolling stock on the United Kingdom railway network. It is where a single door on a train is operated by its train crew from a crew operated switch, often on a train door control panel operated by the train's guard. This differs from the Emergency Door Release or Egress ...

  3. Selective door operation - Wikipedia

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    Selective door operation is implemented at certain railway stations in the United States. In the New York City Subway, the 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-car-long platforms at 145th Street (and formerly the 5-car-long loop platforms at South Ferry) are too short to accommodate full-length trains of ten 51.4-foot-long (15.7 m) cars, so only the first five cars of the train opened their doors at these stations.

  4. Category:Passenger rail rolling stock - Wikipedia

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    Local door operation; S. Steam generator (railroad) Steam jet cooling; V. ... Vestibuled train This page was last edited on 7 August 2023, at 07:08 (UTC). Text ...

  5. Automatic train operation - Wikipedia

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    Automatic train operation (ATO) is a method of operating trains automatically where the driver is not required or required for supervision at most. [1] Alternatively, ATO can be defined as a subsystem within the automatic train control, which performs any or all of functions like programmed stopping, speed adjusting, door operation, and similar otherwise assigned to the train operator.

  6. Rail transport operations - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport operations are the day-to-day operations of a railway. A railway has two major components: the infrastructure (the permanent way, tracks, stations, freight facilities, viaducts, tunnels, etc.) and the rolling stock (the passenger coaches, locomotives, freight cars, etc.) Ownership and operation of these two components varies by ...

  7. British Rail Class 166 - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Class 166 Networker Turbo is a fleet of diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains, built by ABB Transportation at their Holgate Road Works in York between 1992 and 1993. They were specified by and built for British Rail , the state-owned railway operator in Great Britain at the time.

  8. High-speed rail is coming to the Central Valley. Residents ...

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    The 171-mile stretch of rail running between Merced and Bakersfield could be operational as early as 2030, with testing of the bullet trains slated to begin in 2028, according to the High-Speed ...

  9. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    The agency which oversees rail operation regulations and safety requirements for U.S. freight, passenger and commuter rail operations [104] Filet Converting a double-stack container train to single stack by removing the top layer of containers, allowing the rest of the train to proceed along track that lacks double stack clearance. The removed ...