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Krauss-Maffei
Krauss-Maffei is a Munich-based German engineering company founded in 1838, once known for locomotives and Leopard tanks, now the KraussMaffei Group building plastics and rubber machinery.
Krauss-Maffei ML 2200 C'C'
The Krauss-Maffei ML 2200 C'C' was a six-axle diesel-hydraulic locomotive built in Munich in 1957 for the Yugoslav State Railways, where it ran as class 761.
Kriegslokomotive
Kriegslokomotive, also known as Kriegslok, is the German wartime steam locomotive designation, above all the class 52 freight locomotive, about 7,000 of which were built from 1942.
KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Express (केएसआर बेंगलुरु–एर्नाकुलम जंक्शन वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस)
The KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Express (केएसआर बेंगलुरु–एर्नाकुलम जंक्शन वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस) is a semi-high-speed Indian Railways service linking Bengaluru and Kochi, launched in November 2025.
KTM Class 26
The KTM Class 26, known as the Blue Tiger, is a class of 20 diesel-electric locomotives delivered to Malaysia's KTM in 2003 for passenger and freight service.
KTM Komuter Southern Sector
KTM Komuter Southern Sector, or Shuttle Selatan, is a KTMB commuter rail service in Johor, Malaysia, launched in 2026 with Kulai–JB Sentral and Pasir Gudang routes.
KTX-I
The KTX-I, also called KTX-1, is South Korea's first-generation high-speed train, a twenty-car TGV-derived trainset built by Alstom that entered service on April 1, 2004.
KTX-Sancheon
KTX-Sancheon is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem with domestic Korean technology, the second high-speed fleet in KORAIL service, entering use in 2010.
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
Kuala Lumpur Sentral, formally Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur and commonly KL Sentral, is a transit-oriented development in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, whose main railway station opened in 2001.
Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro (Київський метрополітен) is the rapid transit system of Kyiv, Ukraine, opened on 6 November 1960 as the first metro in Ukraine, with three lines and 52 stations.
Kylchap
The Kylchap is a multi-stage exhaust system for steam locomotives, developed by French engineer André Chapelon from Kyösti Kylälä's design, which improved draught while reducing cylinder back pressure.
Kyushu Railway Company
Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道), known as JR Kyushu, is the passenger railway operator on Japan's Kyushu island, created in the 1987 privatization of Japanese National Railways.
L (New York City Subway service)
The L, officially the 14th Street-Canarsie Local, is a New York City Subway service running at all times between 8th Avenue, Manhattan, and Canarsie, Brooklyn.
L'Enfant Plaza station
L'Enfant Plaza station: two-level Washington Metro transfer station under 7th and D Streets SW, opened 1977, serving Blue, Orange, Silver, Yellow, and Green Lines, third-busiest with 15,080 weekday riders in May 2025.
L0 Series (L0系)
The L0 Series (L0系), also called the L0 Series Shinkansen, is a superconducting maglev train JR Central developed for the Chuo Shinkansen, reaching a record 603 km/h in 2015.
La Trochita
La Trochita, formally the Viejo Expreso Patagónico (Old Patagonian Express), is a 75 cm gauge heritage steam railway in Argentine Patagonia, now operated by Chubut for tourism.
Lac-Mégantic rail accident
The Lac-Mégantic rail accident was a 2013 disaster in Quebec, when an unattended Montreal, Maine & Atlantic freight train carrying crude oil rolled downhill, derailed, and killed 47 people.
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, also called the Lac-Mégantic derailment, was a runaway freight train carrying crude oil that derailed, burned, and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on 6 July 2013, killing 47 people.
Ladbroke Grove rail crash
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash, also known as the Paddington rail crash, was a 1999 head-on collision between two passenger trains near Paddington station in London that killed 31 people.
Lahore Junction railway station (لاہور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن)
Lahore Junction railway station (لاہور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is Lahore's main station and Pakistan Railways headquarters, built 1859–1860 as a fortified castle-style brick building after the 1857 uprising, with the first train to Amritsar in 1860.
Lanxin Railway
The Lanxin Railway, also called the Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway (兰新铁路), is a 2,423 km railway from Lanzhou through the Hexi Corridor to Urumqi and the Kazakh border, built between 1952 and 1962.
Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway
The Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway is a 1,776 km high-speed passenger rail line from Lanzhou through Xining to Urumqi, opened on 26 December 2014 as China's longest and its first built in high-altitude, windy regions.
Las Vegas Monorail
The Las Vegas Monorail is an automated, driverless 3.9-mile elevated monorail on the Las Vegas Strip, linking the MGM Grand and SAHARA Las Vegas with seven stations.
LB&SCR E2 class
The LB&SCR E2 class, or Billinton E2, was a class of ten 0-6-0 tank steam locomotives designed by Lawson Billinton and built at Brighton Works between 1913 and 1916.
Leeds railway station
Leeds railway station, also called Leeds City station, is the mainline station serving Leeds, England, with 18 platforms, making it the largest station in England outside London.
Lehigh Valley Railroad
The Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR) was an American Class I railroad chartered in the 1840s to haul anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to Jersey City and Buffalo.
Level crossing
A level crossing, also known as a railroad or grade crossing, is a place where a railway crosses a road or path without a bridge or tunnel.
Level Crossing Removal Project
The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is a Victorian Government infrastructure program that removes level crossings in Melbourne, established in 2015 and expanded from 50 to 110 crossings.
Lewes derailment
The Lewes derailment was a 2026 railway accident near Lewes, East Sussex, in which the rear three carriages of a Southern passenger train overturned, injuring 30.
LHB coach
The LHB coach, developed by Germany's Linke-Hofmann-Busch, is a stainless-steel Indian Railways passenger coach that replaced the older ICF design with higher speed and greater capacity.