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  • Thumbnail for Rail trail
    A rail trail is a shared-use path on a railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has...
    43 KB (4,771 words) - 20:58, 19 November 2024
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    A dovetail rail or dovetail mount can refer to several types of sliding rail system found on firearms, primarily for mounting telescopic sights. Colloquially...
    9 KB (1,045 words) - 22:56, 26 September 2024
  • introduced as the Saver Return by British Rail in 1985, being rebranded to its current name on 7 September 2008. The Off-Peak Return is complemented by various...
    5 KB (399 words) - 22:05, 27 February 2024
  • extend to services which were not part of British Rail. National Rail should not be confused with Network Rail. National Rail is a brand used to promote...
    26 KB (2,805 words) - 10:16, 16 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Light rail
    Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology while...
    68 KB (7,306 words) - 02:33, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Regional Fast Rail project
    and 2006 aimed at improving rail services on the Victorian regional railway network (operated by V/Line), specifically to reduce travel times, enhance...
    37 KB (4,034 words) - 01:05, 19 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Namo Bharat Rapid Rail
    Namo Bharat Rapid Rail (also referred to as Vande Metro) is a short-distance service that operates on an inter-city rail network to connect major cities...
    15 KB (931 words) - 04:20, 20 October 2024
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    consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8%...
    109 KB (12,441 words) - 22:39, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Third rail
    A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through...
    48 KB (6,374 words) - 09:55, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cant (road and rail)
    road is curved; raising the outer rail or the outer edge of the road creates a banked turn, thus allowing vehicles to travel round the curve at greater...
    18 KB (2,205 words) - 18:17, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Urban rail transit in India
    highly populated. It consists of rapid transit, suburban rail, monorail, and tram systems. According to a report published in 2021, a total of 2.63 billion...
    147 KB (7,157 words) - 11:12, 22 November 2024
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    Retrieved 15 February 2019. "PM Modi flags off 'RapidX', India's first regional rapid rail service; all you need to know". Business Today. 20 October 2023...
    55 KB (4,166 words) - 20:02, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rail suicide
    Rail suicide is deliberate self-harm resulting in death by means of a moving rail vehicle. The suicide occurs when an approaching train hits a suicidal...
    118 KB (13,885 words) - 00:15, 24 November 2024
  • Rail shooter, also known as on-rails shooter, is a subgenre of shoot 'em up video game. Beginning with arcade games such as the 1985 Space Harrier, the...
    6 KB (644 words) - 20:45, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for High-speed rail in the United States
    Plans for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have...
    91 KB (10,024 words) - 16:39, 18 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lord Howe woodhen
    woodhen or Lord Howe (Island) rail, is a flightless bird of the rail family, (Rallidae). It is endemic to Lord Howe Island off the Australian coast. It is...
    7 KB (842 words) - 09:35, 7 February 2023
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    and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or unused locomotives stored off the main line...
    11 KB (1,384 words) - 22:24, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for UGL Rail
    UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel and electric multiple units and...
    13 KB (1,078 words) - 08:51, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for High-speed rail
    High-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using...
    173 KB (19,577 words) - 04:00, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Commuter rail
    Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central...
    65 KB (7,475 words) - 05:58, 17 November 2024
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