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June 2010

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Medstead & Four Marks Station in 2005
Medstead & Four Marks Station in 2005
Mawson bus/rail interchange looking north
Mawson bus/rail interchange looking north
Manseibashi Station some time between 1912 and 1923
Manseibashi Station some time between 1912 and 1923
  • ...that after the main station building of Manseibashi Station in Tokyo was closed and razed in 1943, the lot was used as the location for the Tokyo Railway Museum and the Transportation Museum until 2006, when the museum was re-focused towards railways and moved to Saitama, Saitama as the Railway Museum?
Maffei workers celebrating the completion of their 500th locomotive in 1864
Maffei workers celebrating the completion of their 500th locomotive in 1864
An M-series train at the Greenwood Subway Yard
An M-series train at the Greenwood Subway Yard
A rack-railway train of line C at the Croix-Paquet station in 2005
A rack-railway train of line C at the Croix-Paquet station in 2005
Ukrainian postage stamps commemorating Luhansktepovoz locomotives
Ukrainian postage stamps commemorating Luhansktepovoz locomotives
D2554 at Havenstreet Station in 1986
D2554 at Havenstreet Station in 1986
Line 15 under construction in September 2009 near the future Wangjing Station
Line 15 under construction in September 2009 near the future Wangjing Station
  • ...that the tunnels for Beijing Subway's Line 15, which is due to open in December 2010, will be up to 38 metres (125 ft) underground, making them the deepest in Beijing's subway system?
  • ...that in poor financial condition, the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, an interurban transit company in Pennsylvania, abruptly abandoned operations in September 1951 with no prior notice, an action that puzzled riders who were waiting to be picked up the next day?
A departing InterCityExpress next to a regional train at Landeck-Zams in 2007
A departing InterCityExpress next to a regional train at Landeck-Zams in 2007
Lam Tin station in 2008
Lam Tin station in 2008
LB&SCR locomotive Belgravia shortly after construction in 1872
LB&SCR locomotive Belgravia shortly after construction in 1872
Preserved LM-33 number 4275 and a trailer in 2007
Preserved LM-33 number 4275 and a trailer in 2007
158735 at Kyle of Lochalsh station in 2006
158735 at Kyle of Lochalsh station in 2006
Kumura Station building in 2005
Kumura Station building in 2005
  • ...that in 2008 Japanese newspapers and news programs reported on two cats found sleeping on the ticket gate machine in Kumura Station and subsequently the cats came to be known as the "Station Cats"?
An 8000 class electric locomotive of Korail pulling a freight train in 2007
An 8000 class electric locomotive of Korail pulling a freight train in 2007
  • ...that on January 1, 2005, the Korean National Railroad, commonly known as Korail, was split into the Korea Railroad Corporation (which retained the Korail name) to become the company that operates the trains and the Korea Rail Network Authority to become the company responsible for infrastructure maintenance?
An EW60 class EMU of Koleje Mazowieckie in 2007
An EW60 class EMU of Koleje Mazowieckie in 2007
Norman Kittson circa 1880
Norman Kittson circa 1880
A Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway EMU in 2006
A Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway EMU in 2006
A train at Kirk Michael station in 1965
A train at Kirk Michael station in 1965
  • ...that much of the Isle of Man Railway's marketing stated Kirk Michael railway station's name as either ’Michael or simply Michael, the apostrophe one assumes acknowledging the potential "Kirk" prefix, but in later times the station was given its full title?
Claude Kinder in 1909
Claude Kinder in 1909
Opposing trains on the Kiel-Flensburg Railway meet at Süderbrarup in 2007
Opposing trains on the Kiel-Flensburg Railway meet at Süderbrarup in 2007
  • ...that because trains on the Kiel-Flensburg Railway in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, reach a speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) with travel times over the 80 km (50 mi) railway around 75 minutes, the line is nicknamed schnellste Nebenbahn Deutschlands (fastest local railway in Germany)?
Kenepuru station in 2008
Kenepuru station in 2008
Kegi station shortly before it was closed in 2003
Kegi station shortly before it was closed in 2003
  • ...that Kegi Station located near Jinshin Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan, was originally to be named after the bridge, but when it came time to name the station, the residents in the area wanted it named Kegi, after the area in which it was located?
The Keadby Bridge in 2006
The Keadby Bridge in 2006
  • ...that the 163-foot (50 m) long electrically-powered bascule (lifting span) of Keadby Bridge in Lincolnshire, England, was one of the first of its type in Britain and when built, was the largest in Europe, but the bridge has not been lifted since 1956 and following capacity improvements in 1960 the bascule was fixed in position?
The front facade of the railway station in 2008 after redevelopment
The front facade of the railway station in 2008 after redevelopment
East Indian Railway Mail leaving Kalka Station circa 1906
East Indian Railway Mail leaving Kalka Station circa 1906
  • ...that the Kalka Mail passenger train, which began operation in 1866 between Delhi and Calcutta and then, starting in 1891, from Kalka to Calcutta, India, was the principal mechanism for British civil servants to move from the capital, Calcutta, to the summer capital in Simla?
The Kyoto Line at Jūsō Station in 2006
The Kyoto Line at Jūsō Station in 2006
Jokioinen railway station on the Jokioinen Museum Railway in 2008
Jokioinen railway station on the Jokioinen Museum Railway in 2008