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Tōhoku Shinkansen
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a 674.9 km high-speed rail line operated by JR East from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori, opened in 1982 and completed in 2010.
Tōkaidō Line (東海道線) (JR East)
The Tōkaidō Line (東海道線) is JR East's Tokyo-area commuter section of the Tōkaidō Main Line, running from Tokyo Station to Atami via Kawasaki and Yokohama.
Tokaido Shinkansen (東海道新幹線)
The Tokaido Shinkansen (東海道新幹線), also known as the New Tokaido Line, is Japan's original high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, opened in 1964 and operated by JR Central.
Token (railway signalling)
In railway signaling, a token is a physical object a train driver must hold before entering a section of single track, ensuring only one train occupies it.
Tokenless block system
The tokenless block system is a railway single-line signaling method in which signals and interlocking, rather than a carried token, authorize a train to enter the block.
Tokyo Metro (東京メトロ)
Tokyo Metro (東京メトロ), formally Tokyo Underground Railway, is Tokyo's larger subway operator, running nine lines over 195 km; it opened Asia's first subway in 1927 and listed on the stock exchange in October 2024.
Tokyo Station (東京駅)
Tokyo Station (東京駅) is a major railway terminal in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, opened in 1914, with a red-brick building designated an Important Cultural Property.
Tokyo subway
The Tokyo subway, also known as the Tokyo subway system, is the rapid transit network serving Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro and the Toei Subway through 13 lines and more than 280 stations.
Tokyu 5000 series (東急5000系電車)
Tokyu 5000 series is the name of two Tokyu commuter trains in Japan: a landmark lightweight 1954 design nicknamed the blue frog, and a 2002 stainless-steel train.
Tokyu 8500 series
The Tokyu 8500 series (東急8500系) was a Japanese commuter electric multiple unit operated by Tokyu on the Den-en-toshi Line from 1975 to 2023, with later service in Jakarta until 2025.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation (東急株式会社) is a Japanese railway holding company and regional conglomerate in Tokyo, founded in 1922, whose nine lines carry about a billion passengers a year.
Tom Thumb (locomotive)
Tom Thumb was a small experimental steam locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1829-1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first American-built locomotive on a common-carrier railroad.
Toronto streetcar system
The Toronto streetcar system is a network of 11 streetcar routes run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada, the largest streetcar system in the Americas.
Toronto streetcar system rolling stock
The Toronto streetcar system rolling stock is the Toronto Transit Commission's fleet on eleven routes, spanning PCC, CLRV, and ALRV generations before the current Flexity Outlook cars.
Toronto subway
The Toronto subway, also known as the TTC subway, is the rapid transit network of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's first subway system, opened in 1954 and serving 70 stations.
Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission, known in French as Commission de transport de Toronto, is Toronto's public transit agency and Canada's largest, averaging 1.1 million daily rides.
Torpedo car
A torpedo car, also known as a torpedo ladle car, is a torpedo-shaped rail vessel that transports molten pig iron from the blast furnace to the steelmaking plant.
Tottenham Hale station
Tottenham Hale station is a National Rail and London Underground interchange in Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey, serving Greater Anglia trains and the Victoria line.
Track ballast
Track ballast, also called railway or rail ballast, is coarse crushed stone placed beneath and around railway sleepers to support them, spread train loads to the subgrade, and drain water.
Track circuit
A track circuit is an electrical circuit using the rails to detect a train on a section of track, invented by William Robinson in 1872.
Track gauge
Track gauge, or railway gauge, is the distance between the inside faces of a pair of rails, classifying railways as broad, standard (1,435 mm), or narrow gauge.
Track geometry car
A track geometry car, also called a track recording car, is a rail vehicle fitted with instruments that record track geometry such as gauge, alignment, and cross level while traveling at line speed.
Track transition
A track transition, or railway transition zone, is a short length of railway track where the supporting structure changes abruptly, such as where ballasted track meets a bridge.
Traction motor
A traction motor is an electric motor used for propelling rail or road vehicles; three-phase induction motors, adopted in the 1990s, are now the dominant railway type.
Trailer-on-flatcar
Trailer-on-flatcar, or TOFC, popularly called piggyback, is a rail intermodal method that carries intact highway trailers on flatcars; the first regular service ran in 1926 between Chicago and Milwaukee.
Train horn
A train horn, also called a railroad horn, is a compressed-air horn or steam whistle on a locomotive that warns people of an approaching train.
Train operating company
A train operating company (TOC) runs passenger or freight train services on a railway network, a term used most specifically in Great Britain since privatization in the mid-1990s.
Train Order Operation
Train order operation is a rail dispatching method in which a dispatcher authorizes train movements by written orders supplementing a timetable, used in North America from 1851 into the 1980s.
Train Protection & Warning System
The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a British train protection system that automatically applies emergency brakes when a train passes a signal at danger.
Train reporting number
A train reporting number, also known as a headcode, is a short code identifying an individual train journey. In Great Britain it is a four-character code such as 1S23.