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Train World, the national railway museum of Belgium, is located at Schaarbeek railway station, incorporating the station building, and was open to the public for the first time on 25 September 2015, having been formally opened the previous day by King Philippe. [3]
Janes World Railways is a directory of railway activities worldwide. It is published annually by Jane's Information Services . Janes World Railways (JWR) provides details on railway systems and operators, manufacturers of equipment, technology and services, and consultancy associations.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Railway World was an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Great Britain. Founded by GH Lake in 1939 as Railways , in 1940 it was taken over by JW Fowler and renamed Railway World .
This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which is run as a tourist attraction , is usually but not always run by volunteers, and often seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past.
Rail World is a rail transport holding company. Its specialties include railway management, consulting, investment, privatizations , and restructurings . Its purpose is to promote rail industry privatization by bringing together government bodies wishing to sell their stakes with investment capital and management skills.
The MARS-1 system was created by Mamoru Hosaka, Yutaka Ohno, and others at the Japanese National Railways' R&D Institute (now the Railway Technical Research Institute), and was built in 1958. [12] It was the world's first seat reservation system for trains, and entered service in February 1960, initially only providing bookings for the Kodama ...
OpenRailwayMap contains data for railway line positions, as well as the following information about them: track type (i.e. bridge, tunnel, regular line); track line type and current use (i.e. main, branch, yard; construction, disused, abandoned); max rail speeds; train protection; track electrification and track voltage if applicable; and track gauge.