The system was originally built as a patchwork of local rail links operated by small private railway companies.

A First ScotRail operated British Rail Class 318 | Class 318 departing Gourock railway station | Gourock.

* Newcastle and Central Coast railway line, a rail service operated by CityRail

The main line of the nation's railway network runs from Alexandria to Aswan and is operated by Egyptian National Railways.

There is a total of of railway in France, mostly operated by SNCF, the French national railway company.

Commercial railway services for both passengers and cargo were operated until 1974.

A railway service was once operated in Linden for the movement of bauxite ore.

There are also a variety of non-franchised public buses services, including feeder bus services to railway stations operated by the railway companies, and residents ' services for residential estates ( particularly those in the New Territories ).

: ( 2006 ) ( industrial railway operated by Bord na Móna )

There also are railway services operated by private rail companies, regional governments, and companies funded by both regional governments and private companies.

* 1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

Model railway engines are generally operated by low voltage direct current ( DC ) electricity supplied via the tracks, but there are exceptions, such as Märklin and Lionel Corporation, which use alternating current ( AC ).

Precursors of pneumatic tube systems for passenger transport, the atmospheric railway ( for which the tube was laid between the rails, with a piston running in it suspended from the train through a sealable slot in the top of the tube ) were operated as follows:

The last railway post office operated between New York and Washington, D. C. on June 30, 1977.

The international railway line to Malaysia is an extension of the Malaysian rail network operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu ( Malayan Railways ).

A special plaque commemorating the joint achievement of both the railway and Edison can be seen today in the waiting room of Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken, presently operated by New Jersey Transit.

The Great Western Railway operated a road motor service to The Lizard from Helston railway station.

* September 15 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives.

Today, the closest railway station to the county is Waterside Station in the City of Derry, which is operated by Northern Ireland Railways ( N. I. R.

The railways are operated by the Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Tunisiens ( SNCFT ), the Tunisian national railway.

The railway is operated mainly by volunteers.

The Vietnamese railway network is owned and operated by the state-owned enterprise Vietnam Railways ( VNR ), which operates a number of different subsidiaries involved in construction, communications, training, and other activities connected to railway maintenance.

# Armenia's railway, held by the Russian-owned South Caucasus Railway ( SCR ) ( formerly Russia ’ s state-run rail company, RZD )

Since early 2008, Armenia's entire rail network is managed by the Russian state railway.

In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.

It can be reached by underground railway ( although the stations are at a distance from the Park and at a much lower level below the hill ), by city buses, or by commercial tourist buses.

In 1888, Carnegie bought the rival Homestead Steel Works, which included an extensive plant served by tributary coal and iron fields, a 425-mile ( 685 km ) long railway, and a line of lake steamships.

The ACT is bounded by the Goulburn-Cooma railway line in the east, the watershed of Naas Creek in the south, the watershed of the Cotter River in the west, and the watershed of the Molonglo River in the north-east.

The early 1960s and 1970s ( up until his death in 1976 ) were marked by key works in Helsinki, in particular the huge town plan for the void in centre of Helsinki adjacent to Töölö Bay and the vast railway yards, and marked on the edges by significant buildings such as the National Museum and the main railway station, both by Eliel Saarinen.

Some also claim it to be the oldest subway tunnel in the world, as it was built by the cut and cover method under a city street, specifically for the purposes of improved public safety, attaining grade separation and enhanced railway operations.

Vehicle built by railway shop workers for the Danish resistance movement, near the end of World War II

* Railway gun: large-caliber weapons that are mounted on, transported by and fired from specially-designed railway wagons.

A major road, Route N194, travels up the valley of the Gravona River leading to Corte and is paralleled by a scenic narrow-gauge railway.

The town is served by Aberdare railway station and Aberdare bus station, opposite each other in the town centre.

Although this distinction was blurred by the 19th century arrival of the railway.

From 1882 the village was served by Aberfoyle railway station, the terminus of the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which connected to Glasgow via Dumbarton or Kirkintilloch The station closed to passenger traffic in 1951, and the remaining freight services ceased in 1959.

The Stuart Highway runs from north to south through the centre of the continent, roughly paralleled by the Adelaide-Darwin railway.

Trains: the city is serviced by Alfa Pendular ( Lisbon <-> Braga ; Lisbon <-> Oporto ; Faro <-> Oporto ) and Intercity ( Intercidades: Lisbon <-> Oporto and Lisbon <-> Guimarães ) trains, Regional trains, Suburban Trains ( Urbanos do Porto ) and also the Linha do Vouga, a narrow gauge railway to Águeda and Sernada do Vouga.

This axis is interrupted by a railway line and Bonn Hauptbahnhof, a building erected in 1883 / 84.

Ravenna railway station has direct Trenitalia service to Bologna, Ferrara, Lecce, Milan, Parma, Rimini, Venice and Verona.

Currently however, Trenitalia, the state railway system, highly developed on the coastal plain, traverses the mountains routinely through a number of railway tunnels, such as the one at Giovi Pass.

Train maintenance was carried out in Milan Greco workshop by the Italian railway operator Trenitalia.

Treviso Centrale railway station has Trenitalia trains to Venice, Udine and Trieste.

Trenitalia is responsible for the operation of regional passenger trains ( co-financed by regions ) in all railway lines managed by RFI ( also fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato ), except in Lombardy, where Trenord ( 50 % Trenitalia and 50 % Ferrovie Nord Milano ) operates all regional passenger trains.

Trenitalia ETR 500 Frecciarossa ( red arrow ) train waiting at a platform of the Milano Centrale railway station.

* Thello: is a private railway service created by a joint venture between Veolia Transdev and Trenitalia.

Barletta railway station is reachable by train from the FS Adriatic Railway main line ( Trenitalia company ), from the Ferrovie del Nord Barese ( FNB ) ( between Bari and Barletta ), and from the Barletta – Spinazzola railway ( Trenitalia ).