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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units).

As of 2018, there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. (World Bank (via Archive.org))


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An A train composed of R40M and R42 cars at 168th Street station in 2008

The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet is colored blue on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map since it runs on the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The A service operates at all times. The usual service pattern is between 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan and Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill, Queens via Central Park West / Eighth Avenue Express in Manhattan, Fulton Street Express in Brooklyn and Liberty Avenue / Rockaway Local in Queens. The A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system, at over 31 miles from Inwood to Far Rockaway. Five rush hour trips (designated "A" express train in the schedule) run from Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, Queens to Manhattan during the peak weekday morning commute hours and five trips run to Rockaway Park from Manhattan during the peak weekday late-afternoon commute hours. At all times, a shuttle train (S – Rockaway Park Shuttle) operates between Rockaway Park and Broad Channel. Take the A Train, a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn, referred to the A service which at that time from eastern Brooklyn up into Harlem and northern Manhattan, using the express tracks in Manhattan.

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Subway lines in Tokyo crossing the Kanda River
Subway lines in Tokyo crossing the Kanda River

Tokyo subway and commuter lines cross the Kanda River at Ochanomizu Station. The lowest level is the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line while trains of JR East's Chūō Rapid Line and Chūō-Sōbu Line stop at the station.

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The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906
The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906

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Trains of the Muzha Line in 2008
Trains of the Muzha Line in 2008

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The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service


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