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The second-generation "Free Gauge Train" set on a daytime test run on the Yosan Line near Kanonji Station in March 2012
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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units).

As of 2018, there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. (World Bank (via Archive.org))


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Map of proposed Ringeriksbanen railway line, from Sandvika to Hønefoss, Norway

Ringeriksbanen is a proposed 40-kilometre (25 mi) extension of the Bergensbanen railway from Hønefoss to Sandvika, Norway; reducing rail travel from Oslo to Bergen by 60 kilometres (37 mi) and 50 minutes. Currently trains from Bergensbanen to Oslo must traverse via Drammen on Randsfjordbanen and Drammenbanen, or via Roa on Roa–Hønefossbanen and Gjøvikbanen. The project was presented as part of the original proposal of Bergensbanen when approved by the Norwegian Parliament in 1894, but due to the narrow gauge on Drammenbanen at the time, a temporary solution via Roa was chosen instead. Later proposals have been launched, and parliament has voted over it in 1954, 1978, 1984 and 1992; only the last being passed, but not followed up by funding, and the Norwegian National Rail Administration has not allocated any date to start construction; detailed plans have however been produced.

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Tracks of the Uganda Railway near Mombasa circa 1899.

The Uganda Railway once linked the interiors of Uganda and Kenya to the Indian Ocean at Mombasa in Kenya. Today only the 5 mile (8 km) line between Kampala and Port Bell and the 120 mile (193 km) main line from Kampala to the Kenyan border at Tororo remain in use.

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The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906
The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906

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Aerial view of the Bourbonnais train accident
Aerial view of the Bourbonnais train accident

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The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service


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