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A train of the narrow gauge Gulbene-Alūksne Railway at Alūksne station in 2011
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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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Exchange Place subway platform in Jersey City, New Jersey.

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit railroad linking Manhattan, New York, with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and Newark. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. PATH is one of the few rapid transit systems in the world that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. While some PATH stations are adjacent to New York City Subway, Newark Light Rail and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations, there are no free transfers as the four systems operate independently. PATH spans 13.8 miles (22.2 km) of route mileage, not including any route overlap. PATH trains only use tunnels in Manhattan and parts of New Jersey (specifically, Hoboken and downtown Jersey City). The tracks cross the Hudson River through century-old cast iron tubes that rest on the river bottom under a thin layer of silt. PATH's routes from Grove Street in Jersey City west to Newark run in open cuts, at grade level, and on elevated track. As of 2006, PATH has an average weekday ridership of 239,200.

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Raetian Railway
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Rhaetian Railway's Glacier Express on the Landwasser Viaduct entering the Landwasser Tunnel.

The Glacier Express is a 7½ hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2,033 meters (6,670 ft) in altitude. The entire line is metre gauge, and large portions of it use a rack-and-pinion system both for ascending steep grades and to control the descent of the train on the back side of those grades.

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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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Central Pacific locomotive
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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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WikiProject Trains (Shortcut: WP:TWP)

  • WikiProject Stations (WP:STA)
  • WikiProject Streetcars (WP:TRAM)
  • WikiProject Rapid transit (WP:RTPJ) inactive
  • By region:
    • WikiProject Metros of the former Soviet Union (WP:SOVMETRO) inactive
    • WikiProject Indian railways (WP:INRW)
    • WikiProject Trains in Japan (WP:TJ)
    • WikiProject New Zealand Railways (WP:NZR)
    • WikiProject Pakistan Railways (WP:PKR) inactive
    • United Kingdom
      • WikiProject UK Railways (WP:Rail)
      • WikiProject UK Trams (WP:UKTrams) inactive
      • WikiProject London Transport (WP:LT/WP:TUBE)
    • United States
      • WikiProject New York City Public Transportation (WP:NYCPT)
  • Fictional rail transport topics:
    • WikiProject Thomas & Friends (WP:THOMAS)

Note: WikiProjects marked as inactive are retained pending future editing activity

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