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0 Series Shinkansen (0系新幹線)
The 0 Series Shinkansen (0系新幹線) was the first Shinkansen trainset and the first train to sustain revenue service above 200 km/h, running from 1964 to 2008.
1 (New York City Subway service)
The 1, also known as the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local, is a New York City Subway local train running at all times between Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, and South Ferry, Manhattan.
125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
125th Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line: express station at Lexington Avenue and East 125th Street in East Harlem serving the 4, 5, and 6 trains, opened July 17, 1918, with a planned Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 transfer.
2-10-2
The 2-10-2, known as the Santa Fe type, is a steam locomotive wheel arrangement first used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1903.
2-2-2
The 2-2-2, often called the Single, is a steam locomotive wheel arrangement with one leading, one driving, and one trailing axle, introduced by Stephenson in 1833.
2009 Walt Disney World monorail accident
A July 2009 collision at Walt Disney World in which the Pink monorail backed through an improperly aligned switch and struck the Purple monorail, killing operator Austin Wuennenberg, 21.
2015 Philadelphia train derailment
The 2015 Philadelphia train derailment was an Amtrak crash on May 12, 2015, in which train 188 derailed at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing eight passengers.
2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes
The 2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes were a series of national strikes by rail unions, mainly RMT and Aslef, over pay, job security, and working conditions from June 2022.
2023 Odisha train collision
The 2023 Odisha train collision, also called the Balasore train disaster, was India's deadliest rail crash in over two decades, killing about 296 people near Bahanaga Bazar in June 2023.
2026 in rail transport
2026 in rail transport covers the year's principal railway events: deadly crashes in Thailand and Spain, British operators entering public ownership, and Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion merger.
205 series (205系)
The 205 series (205系) is a Japanese commuter electric multiple unit introduced in 1985 as successor to the 201 series, later becoming the backbone of Jakarta's commuter network.
209 series
The 209 series (209系) is a commuter electric multiple unit built for East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from 1993 to replace the 103 series.
25 kV AC electric locomotives
A 25 kV AC electric locomotive draws 25 kV alternating current from an overhead catenary, the traction system most widely used on trunk railways in France, China, Japan, and India.
25 kV AC railway electrification
25 kV AC railway electrification is a single-phase overhead traction system delivering 25,000 volts at industrial frequency to trains through a pantograph, first trialed in France in the early 1950s.
30th Street Station
30th Street Station, formally William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is Philadelphia's principal railroad station, a Beaux-Arts building opened in 1933 and now Amtrak's third-busiest station.
3801
3801 is a streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific express passenger steam locomotive built by Clyde Engineering for New South Wales in 1943, lead engine of the C38 class.
4-4-0
The 4-4-0, known in North America as the "American," is a steam locomotive wheel arrangement with four leading and four driving wheels, dominant in the United States from the mid-19th century.
4-8-4
The 4-8-4, popularly known as the Northern type, is a steam locomotive wheel arrangement with four leading, eight driving, and four trailing wheels, first built for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1926.
5 ft 6 in gauge railway
The 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, also known as Indian gauge, is a broad track gauge of 1,676 mm used mainly in India, Argentina, and Brazil.
5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways
The 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways, or Russian broad gauge, are networks built to 5 ft (1,524 mm), redefined as 1,520 mm by the USSR in 1970.
500 Series Shinkansen
The 500 Series Shinkansen (新幹線500系) is a Japanese high-speed train built for JR West, first Shinkansen to run at 300 km/h in commercial service, in 1997.
6 (New York City Subway service)
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a New York City Subway service running at all times from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall in Manhattan.
7 (New York City Subway service)
The 7, also called the Flushing Local, is a New York City Subway service between Flushing, Queens, and 34th Street–Hudson Yards in Manhattan, running at all times.
700 Series Shinkansen
The 700 Series Shinkansen (新幹線700系電車) is a Japanese high-speed train type developed by JR Central and JR West, running on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen from March 1999.
7000-series (CTA)
The 7000-series is a class of rapid transit railcars built for the Chicago Transit Authority by CRRC Sifang America, entering service on the Blue Line in 2021.
A (New York City Subway service)
The A, also known as the 8 Avenue Express, is an express service of the New York City Subway running at all times from Inwood, Manhattan to Far Rockaway, Queens.
AAR wheel arrangement
The AAR wheel arrangement, also known as AAR classification, is a system developed by the Association of American Railroads for classifying locomotive wheel arrangements by axles.
Abbey Wood railway station
Abbey Wood railway station (ABW) in southeast London is the eastern terminus of an Elizabeth line branch and a Southeastern North Kent line stop. Opened 1849, rebuilt for Crossrail by Fereday Pollard Architects, RIBA London Award 2024, four platforms, step-free.
Abellio ScotRail
Abellio ScotRail was the train operating company that ran nearly all rail passenger services in Scotland from 2015 until the franchise entered public ownership in 2022.
Absolute block signalling
Absolute block signaling is a railway signaling method allowing only one train in each block section at a time, codified in Britain by the Regulation of Railways Act 1889.