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Other names include railway level crossing, [1] railway crossing (chiefly international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), [2] road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated). There are more than 100,000 level crossings in Europe and more than 200,000 in North America.
Xpress: Platform 13. / 52.43917°N 5.76389°E / 52.43917; 5.76389. Xpress: Platform 13 is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands which was launched as Superman The Ride in April 2000. The name was changed to Xpress in the season of 2005, and Xpress: Platform 13 in 2014. It was the first LSM-coaster in ...
The Flushing–Main Street station (signed as Main Street on entrances and pillars, and Main St–Flushing on overhead signs) is the eastern ( railroad north) terminal on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Downtown Flushing, Queens. [ 5] It is served by the 7 local train at all ...
A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed. [ 1] The driver interprets the signal's indication and acts accordingly. Typically, a signal might inform the driver of the speed at which the train may safely proceed or it may instruct the ...
Variations in traffic light operation. Swedish traffic light (left) for use by public transport vehicles only. All signals use white lighting and special symbols ("S", "–" and an arrow) to distinguish them from regular signals. The small light at the top tells the driver when the vehicle's transponder signal is received by the traffic light.
The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local[ 3] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red, since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line for its entire route. The 1 operates at all times, making all stops between Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street in Riverdale, Bronx ...
Flashing red (one flashing red light): proceed no faster than 15 km/h. The flashing red aspect is a variant of the semaphore: a driver may pass the signal with caution at a speed which allows the train to stop at any obstruction, at a maximum speed of 15 km/h after the signal. not used Distant (one yellow light): expect stop.
Main South Line. Technical. Track gauge. 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in) The South Island Limited was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) between 1949 and 1970. It operated over the almost 590 kilometres (370 mi) route between Christchurch and Invercargill. It was replaced by the Southerner .