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This article lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e.g. diesel, electric, gas turbine, petrol) stock used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e. British Railways and post-privatisation).
During 1993–94, Indian Railways decided to look for a passenger coach design which would be lighter and capable of higher speeds compared to their existing rakes.The main features of the Railways' specification were high speed light weight coaches to run on the present infrastructure of the Indian Railways, i.e. the railway, track and environmental conditions in India at an operating speed ...
Route Availability (RA) is the system by which the permanent way and supporting works (bridges, embankments, etc.) of the railway network of Great Britain are graded. All routes are allocated an RA number between 1 and 10. Rolling stock is also allocated an RA (again between 1 and 10) and the RA of a train is the highest RA of any of its ...
Short train 1428: Stadler FLIRT: Regional services Four units per train 429/429.1: Stadler FLIRT: Regional services Five units per train 430: S-Bahn Services: Rhine-Main, Stuttgart: 440: Alstom Coradia LIREX Continental: Regional services 1440: Alstom Coradia: S-Bahn services: Nuremberg, Breisgau, Rhein-Ruhr, Regional services second generation ...
The Swiss classification system was created by the Swiss federal railways department, and applied originally to the rolling stock of private railways, operating under government concessions. In 1902, when the Swiss Federal Railways was founded as a government railway, that new railway also became bound by the system.
Variety of rolling stock in rail yard. The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can be un-powered, or self-propelled, single or multiple units. [1] [2 ...
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Midori services run between Hakata and Sasebo, often combined with Huis Ten Bosch services between Hakata and Haiki. [1]In the past, services were also combined with some Kamome services between Hakata and Hizen-Yamaguchi (now renamed to KÅhoku Station).