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Electronic interlocking
An electronic interlocking, known in Germany as the Elektronisches Stellwerk (ESTW), is a computerised signaling system that sets switches and signals so train movements are only authorized when safety conditions are met.
EN 50128
EN 50128 is a European CENELEC standard for developing software for railway control and protection systems such as interlocking and automatic train protection, first published in 2001.
Ethio-Djibouti Railway
The Ethio-Djibouti Railway is a 656 km electrified standard gauge railway linking Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti, opened for service on 1 January 2018.
Eurasian Land Bridge
The Eurasian Land Bridge, or Eurasian Land Bridge Economic Corridor, is a rail freight route between China and Europe along about 12,000 km of railroad, chiefly the Trans-Siberian Railway through Russia and Belarus.
European Train Control System
The European Train Control System (ETCS) is the standard cab-signaling and automatic train protection component of ERTMS, replacing national signaling to let trains cross borders.
F (New York City Subway service)
The F is a New York City Subway service running at all times between Coney Island in Brooklyn and Jamaica–179th Street in Queens, serving 55 stations.
Ferrocarril Transístmico
The Ferrocarril Transístmico, today the Tren Interoceánico, is a Mexican freight and passenger railway linking the Pacific port of Salina Cruz and the Gulf port of Coatzacoalcos.
Ffestiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a 13½-mile narrow gauge railway in northwest Wales, opened in 1836 to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog.
First transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad and later the Overland Route, was a 1,776-mile line completed in 1869 connecting Omaha, Nebraska, with San Francisco Bay.
Fishplate
A fishplate, also called an angle bar or splice bar, is a metal bar bolted to the sides of two rail ends to join them in railway track.
Floating slab track
Floating slab track is a railway trackform in which a concrete slab carrying the rails sits on resilient bearings to reduce ground-borne vibration from trains.
Frankston line
The Frankston line, also called the Frankston railway line, is an electrified suburban railway in Melbourne running from Flinders Street to Frankston through the bayside southern suburbs.
Frauscher Sensor Technology
Frauscher Sensor Technology is an Austrian railway technology company, founded in 1987 and part of Wabtec since December 2025, making wheel sensors and axle counters.
Future of rail transport in India
The future of rail transport in India, also called the future of the Indian Railways, centers on near-complete electrification and a net-zero target by 2030.
Future Railway Mobile Communication System
The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is a 5G-based ground-to-train communication standard, defined by the UIC to replace GSM-R before its expected obsolescence around 2035.
Godavari Bridge
The Godavari Bridge, also known as the Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge, is a truss rail-cum-road bridge carrying the Chennai–Howrah railway line across the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India, inaugurated in 1974.
Golden spike
The golden spike is a ceremonial 17.6-carat gold railroad spike driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, to mark the completion of the first US transcontinental railroad.
Gotthard Base Tunnel
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a 57 km twin-tube railway tunnel under the Swiss Alps, the world's longest, running from Erstfeld to Bodio and opened in 2016.
Gotthard Railway
The Gotthard Railway is the Swiss north–south railway across the Alps, opened in 1882 with a 15 km summit tunnel and supplemented since 2016 by the world's longest railway tunnel.
Grand Paris Express
The Grand Paris Express is a 200-kilometer automated metro under construction around Paris, adding lines 15, 16, 17, and 18 with 68 stations from 2026 onward.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) was a Canadian railway company, incorporated in 1903, built west from Winnipeg to a new Pacific terminus at Prince Rupert.
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a British railway company, formed in 1897 by renaming the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, whose 1899 London Extension reached Marylebone.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
The Great Northern Railway was a transcontinental railroad running from St. Paul to Seattle, created by James J. Hill in 1889 and merged into Burlington Northern in 1970.
Green Line (MBTA)
The Green Line is a light rail line of the MBTA in Boston, running four branches over about 23 miles and descended from America's first subway, opened in 1897.
Green Line (Mumbai Metro)
The Mumbai Metro Green Line is the designation of Lines 4 and 4A, a 32.32 km fully elevated corridor under construction from Wadala in central Mumbai to Kasarvadavali in Thane.
Green Line (Namma Metro)
The Green Line, also called the Namma Metro Green Line, is the North-South corridor (Line 2) of Bengaluru's metro, running from Madavara to Silk Institute.
Grey Line (Namma Metro)
The Grey Line is a planned 12.5 km elevated corridor of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India, running from Hosahalli to Kadabagere with 9 stations, approved in 2024.
Gulf Railway
The Gulf Railway, also called the GCC Railway (مشروع سكة حديد دول مجلس التعاون), is a planned rail network linking all six Gulf Cooperation Council states, targeted for full operation in December 2030.
Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu Line (경부선) is the trunk railway of South Korea, running 441.7 km from Seoul to Busan. Opened in 1905, it carries KTX high-speed trains today.
Gyeongin Line
The Gyeongin Line (경인선) is the 27 km railway between Guro Station in Seoul and Incheon Station, opened in 1899 as the first railway built in Korea.