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Wessex Trains 153302. A vestibuled train is a passenger train whose cars have enclosed vestibules at their ends, in contrast to the open platforms on early cars. Typically, a vestibule has doorways on either side to allow passenger entry and exit at stations, a door into the body of the car, and, at the car end, a doorway to allow access to the next car through a flexible gangway connection.
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 .
Connex South Eastern Class 423 at Waterloo East in February 2003 c2c Class 312 at Shoeburyness in March 2003. A slam-door train or slammer is a set of diesel multiple units (DMUs) or electric multiple units (EMUs) that were designed before the introduction of automatic doors on railway carriages in the United Kingdom and other countries, which feature manually operated doors.
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.
An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur – a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activity such as insufficient passenger ...
Pages in category "Closed railway lines in the United States" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Great Northern Railway (GN) Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway [7] Fernley and Lassen Railway; Fredericksburg and Northern Railway [8] Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad [9] Houston, East & West Texas Railroad [10] Houston & Texas Central Railway [11] Illinois Central Railroad (IC) Inter-California Railway; Intercolonial ...
The former South Ferry station on the New York City Subway solved the railcar door hazard by using gap fillers that extended out to the railcar door when the train triggered a switch on the tracks. The older station was closed in 2009, but was reopened between 2013 and 2017 as a result of damage to the newer station caused by Hurricane Sandy .