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In 1880, the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern granted running rights to the Burlington and Northwestern Railway from Burlington, Iowa north to Mediapolis, a distance of 13.77 miles. Since the latter line used three foot gauge until regauged in the 20th century, a third rail was put down on this stretch of mainline, converting it to dual gauge .
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways.It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third largest in terms of commuters in India.
The origin of the Iowa Northern Railway starts with the major portion of the Manly to Cedar Rapids line which was built in the 1870s by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad, which became part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island RR) in 1902, and remained operated by the Rock Island until that company's bankruptcy in 1980.
Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railroad: IC: 1886 1888 Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad: Cedar Rapids and Clinton Railway: RI: 1882 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Cedar Rapids, Garner and Northwestern Railway: RI: 1898 1900 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway: RI: 1880 1902
The Burlington and Northwestern owned 38.77 miles (62.39 km) of main-line track, in addition to operating rights over 14.13 miles (22.74 km) of Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern (BCR&N) track. The line was built with 30 pound rail, and it had 38 wooden trestles with an aggregate length of 2,790 feet (850 m). [5]
Suburban railway: System: Chennai Suburban Railway: Operator(s) Southern Railway (India) Depot(s) Avadi: Technical; Line length: 289.5 kilometres (179.9 mi) (69 km Suburban, 140 km MEMU and 81 km u/c) Number of tracks: 4 till Arakkonam, 2 till Katpadi,1 till Villupuram: Track gauge: Broad gauge: Electrification: 25: Operating speed: 90 km/h ...
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Passenger Depot-Dows, also known as the Dows Rock Island Depot, is an historic building located in Dows, Iowa, United States.The depot was built in 1896 and served the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway as a combination passenger and freight station.
Trains are scheduled to transit between Gummidipoondi and Chennai Central in 80 minutes, but trains they usually take 120 minutes to cover the 46 kilometres (29 mi). It is common for trains to wait for clearance at signals between Ennore-Chennai Central. [3] All the trains are always late by 20 to 30 minutes.