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For example, this can be used to switch a car from being in a storage location, to being on the main line. [40] [41] The now-closed Sydney Monorail had a traverser at the depot, which allowed a train on the main line to be exchanged with another from the depot. There were about six lines in the depot, including one for maintenance.
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This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT) Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE) Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR) Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR) Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) Kansas City Transportation Lines (KCTL) Kaw River Railroad (KAW) Kendallville Terminal Railway (KTR) Kennewick Terminal ...
A Chongqing Rail Transit monorail train. Line 3 is the world's longest and busiest monorail line. A monorail is a railway system in which the track consists of a single elevated rail, beam or track with the trains either supported or suspended. The term is also used to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or ...
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
The following is a list of railway stations (also known as railroad stations in the United States), which is indexed by country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.