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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, originally Heathrow Central, is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line serving Heathrow Airport, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.
Heaton TMD
Heaton TMD, also known as the Heaton TrainCare Centre, is a railway maintenance depot in Newcastle upon Tyne operated by Northern Trains, opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway in 1847.
Heeresfeldbahn
A Heeresfeldbahn (German for "army field railway") was a lightly built, usually 600 mm gauge military railway operated by the German army to move supplies and troops.
Heilmann locomotive
The Heilmann locomotive was a steam-electric locomotive developed in France in the 1890s by engineer Jean-Jacques Heilmann, first run as La Fusée électrique in 1893.
Heisler locomotive
The Heisler locomotive was an American geared steam locomotive, patented by Charles L. Heisler in 1892 and built from 1894 to 1941 for logging and mining railroads.
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son (Henschel & Sohn) was a German engineering company founded in Kassel in 1810 that became Germany's leading steam locomotive builder and later made trucks and buses.
Heritage railway
A heritage railway, also called a museum railway, is a preserved or tourist railway line operated as a living attraction, typically running historic, often steam-hauled, trains.
Heritage streetcar
A heritage streetcar, also known as a heritage trolley or vintage trolley, is an original streetcar built before 1956 or a replica of one, operated in regular urban transit service.
High Speed 1
High Speed 1 (HS1), officially the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, is the UK's first high-speed railway, linking London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, completed in 2007.
High Speed 2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway being built in Great Britain from London Euston to the West Midlands, with a branch to Birmingham Curzon Street.
High-speed rail
High-speed rail, also known as HSR, is railway service at speeds of at least 250 km/h on new lines, pioneered by Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen in 1964.
High-speed rail in China
High-speed rail in China (中国高速铁路) is the world's largest high-speed network, at 48,000 km by the end of 2024, begun with the Beijing–Tianjin line in 2008.
High-speed rail in Europe
High-speed rail in Europe is a network of specially built and upgraded lines, concentrated in Spain, France, Italy, and Germany, with trains running above 250 km/h on new lines.
High-speed rail in India
High-speed rail in India: the 508 km Mumbai–Ahmedabad Shinkansen-technology corridor (350 kmph design, ₹1.08 lakh crore, 81% JICA-funded, first service expected August 2027) plus the Vande Bharat semi-high-speed programme and seven planned corridors.
High-speed rail in Indonesia
High-speed rail in Indonesia consists of the Whoosh line linking Jakarta and Bandung, opened in 2023 as Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, reaching 350 km/h.
High-speed rail in Morocco
High-speed rail in Morocco consists of the Al Boraq service, Africa's first and only high-speed line, running since 2018 between Tangier and Casablanca, operated by ONCF.
High-speed rail in the United Kingdom
High-speed rail in the UK consists of High Speed 1, a line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, and High Speed 2, under construction to Birmingham.
High-speed rail in the United States
High-speed rail in the United States is passenger rail expected to sustain speeds above 125 mph, now limited to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor with lines under construction in California and Nevada.
Hikari (train)
Hikari (ひかり, "light") is a limited-stop Shinkansen service on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines, slower than Nozomi and fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass.
Hiram Bingham (train)
The Hiram Bingham is a luxury tourist train operated by PeruRail between Cusco and Machu Picchu, Peru, named for the American explorer who publicized the Inca citadel in 1911.
History of rail transport
The history of rail transport, also called the history of trains, runs from wooden wagonways of the early 1600s through steam locomotion to electrified high-speed rail.
History of rail transport in India
The history of rail transport in India began with the first passenger train, from Bombay to Thane in 1853, and continues under the unified Indian Railways formed after 1947.
History of the New York City Subway
The history of the New York City Subway spans from the first IRT line's opening in 1904, through public unification in 1940, to renewed 21st-century expansion.
Hitachi Rail
Hitachi Rail is the railway business of Japan's Hitachi, Ltd., an integrated supplier of rolling stock, signaling, and maintenance with over 24,000 employees in more than 50 countries.
HO scale
HO scale, also known as H0 gauge, is a model railroad scale of 1:87.1 on 16.5 mm track, named for "Half O" and the most popular scale worldwide.
Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort)
The Hogwarts Express is a themed funicular railway at Universal Orlando Resort linking King's Cross Station in Universal Studios Florida and Hogsmeade Station in Islands of Adventure, opened July 8, 2014.
Hokkaido Shinkansen
The Hokkaido Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed rail line run by JR Hokkaido from Shin-Aomori through the Seikan Tunnel to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, opened on 26 March 2016, with an extension to Sapporo under construction.
Hokuriku Shinkansen
The Hokuriku Shinkansen (北陸新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed rail line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region via Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa, extended to Tsuruga in 2024 and planned to reach Osaka.
Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station
Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station (香港西九龙站) is the underground terminus of the Express Rail Link in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, opened in September 2018.
Hopper car
A hopper car is a freight wagon with sloped sides and bottom openings that unloads bulk cargo such as coal, grain, ore, and cement by gravity or air pressure.