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FGC and train
The funicular connects at the bottom with metropolitan railways ( FGC, to reach the city center of Barcelona, via the Terrassa / Sabadell train lines ), and at the top it can be combined with a minibus ( line 111 ) to reach the top of the Tibidabo hill.
The second oldest line the Línia Llobregat-Anoia was opened in 1892 as an interurban tram using metre gauge tracks, which was taken over by the Companyia General dels Ferrocarrils Catalans ( CGFC ) in 1912 and transformed it into a train line ; CGFC being later taken over by FSB and FCC, followed by the broad gauge Lleida – La Pobla de Segur line in 1951 and operated by RENFE until it was transferred to FGC in 2005-2010.

FGC and Barcelona
It has three railway stations-one on the RENFE line from Manresa to Sant Vicenç de Calders ( via Barcelona and Vilafranca del Penedès ) called " Martorell ", and three on the FGC line from Barcelona to Manresa called " Martorell-Vila ", " Martorell-Enllaç " and " Martorell-Central ".
The first, operated by RENFE, connects with Barcelona and Lleida, and the second, operated by FGC, with Barcelona.
In some cities, RENFE shares the market with other commuter railway operators, such as FGC in Barcelona.
Its oldest line, the standard gauge Línia Barcelona-Vallès however dates back to 1863 which was built and operated by Companyia del Ferrocarril de Barcelona a Sarrià from 1863 until 1874, and Ferrocarril de Sarrià a Barcelona ( FSB ) ( with Ferrocarrils de Catalunya ( FCC )) from 1874 until financial difficulties forced FSB and FCC to be acquired by FEVE in 1977, which operated it until FGC took over the line in 1979.
FGC operates some of the Barcelona commuter rail network.
* L-prefixed lines ( L for Línia-line ) are treated as part of the Barcelona metro system, which consists of L1-L5 for the metro proper, L6-L8 on the FGC, L9 and L10 partially open and partially under construction, and L11, a short light rail line system in the northwest-see Barcelona Metro.
Two subsystems of the Barcelona commuter rail network are run by FGC.
A railroad line crosses the city ( the Rodalies Barcelona line from Barcelona to Lleida ) and another one terminates in the city ( the FGC line from Barcelona to Sabadell via Sant Cugat del Vallès ).
Today the network consists of ten lines managed by 2 different operators: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona ( TMB ), which manages the major underground lines ; and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya ( FGC, or Catalan Government Railways ), which manages three integrated commuter lines running out into the extended metropolitan area.
* FGC line R5, a rodalies de Barcelona line
An hourly service is operated between Monistrol-Enllaç and the summit, connecting with FGC trains to and from Barcelona and Manresa.
Half platform screens were installed first in Provença FGC station ( Barcelona ) around 1995.

FGC and .
Other terms in use, apart from female circumcision, include female genital cutting ( FGC ), female genital surgeries, female genital alteration, female genital excision, and female genital modification.
Elizabeth Heger Boyle writes that some organizations refer to it as female genital cutting because that is better received in the communities that practise it, who do not see themselves as engaging in mutilation ; she writes that state-sponsored groups tend to call it FGM while private groups use FGC.
Female genital mutilation ( FGM ), also known as female genital cutting ( FGC ), female circumcision, or female genital mutilation / cutting ( FGM / C ), refers to " all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other surgery of the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons.
FGC is extending its line to the north of the city, building three new stations, one of them will act as a rail hub with the RENFE line.
In the future, when the three new FGC stations and the two planned for the RENFE line are in use, the railway will also serve as urban transport.
The FGC was completed in 1930 and features of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71.
In social work, RP family group decision-making ( FGDM ) and FGC support collaboration within families, e. g., to protect children.
* FGC (, " Catalan Government Railways ") operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia.
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, " Catalan Government Railways "), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain.
They include of 600mm gauge route, of metre gauge route, of standard gauge route, and of broad gauge route, making the FGC one of the few railway companies to operate on four different gauges.
Whilst most lines are conventional adhesion railways, the FGC also operates two rack railways and four funicular railways.
FGC was founded on September 5, 1979 to manage lines whose ownership was transferred from the state-owned FEVE to the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1978 as part of the process of regional devolution under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Along the Llobregat valley, FGC runs on the right bank through Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Pallejà and on to Martorell ( Enllaç ), whereas the broad gauge line R4 runs on the left bank through towns Sant Joan Despí, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Molins de Rei and on to Martorell.
Lines R1-R4, R7 and R8 are run by Rodalies de Catalunya ( currently operated by RENFE ), R5 and R6 are run and operated by FGC.
On 1 January 2005, ownership of the non-electrified broad-gauge line from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur passed from RENFE to FGC.

train and 111
On March 3, 2008, twenty-two cars of a sixty-three unit Union Pacific freight train running between Colton and El Centro derailed near Mecca, causing a long-term evacuation of forty homes and precipitating the long-term closure of both the railroad and State Route 111 due to the leakage of both hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid.
The 6th Red Rifle Division captured the city on the 29th of November, with their 7, 000 infantry, 22 field guns, 111 machine guns, an armored train, 2 armored vehicles, 2 airplanes, and the Bogatyr class cruiser Oleg supported by 2 destroyers.
At 4: 23 p. m. on September 12, 2008, at least 24 passengers were killed in a collision between Metrolink commuter train 111 and a freight train.
Data from the train's black box showed that the train was travelling at 69 mph ( 111 km / h ) at the time of the derailment ; is the normal speed for trains travelling along this route when the switch is not set for the diverging route.

train and series
This is not only a compliment to Mijbil, of whom there are a fine series of photographs and drawings in the book, but to the author who has catalogued the saga of a frightened otter cub's journey by plane from Iraq to London, then by train ( where he lay curled in the wash basin playing with the water tap ) to Camusfearna, with affectionate detail.
In the New 52 Action Comics, a series set years before the events of Justice League # 1, Luthor is hired by General Sam Lane to capture Superman in his early years by setting a trap for him by creating an accident in a train.
Palin's first travel documentary was part of the 1980 BBC Television series Great Railway Journeys of the World, in which, humorously reminiscing about his childhood hobby of train spotting, he travelled throughout the UK by train, from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh, via Manchester, York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh and Inverness.
Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het ( tomorrow it will happen ), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about a group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot ( the devil's cave ), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst ( train journey to the future ) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans a soul.
Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in a so-called " wave train ".
* February 27 – A series of riots leaves hundreds dead, after 59 Hindu pilgrims die aboard a train burned by a Muslim in Godhra, India.
Pinkerton's agency solved a series of train robberies during the 1850s, first bringing Pinkerton into contact with George McClellan and Abraham Lincoln.
In the Legacy of the Force series ( 2006 – 2008 ), Jaina Solo asks Boba Fett to train her to help her defeat her corrupted brother and ends up helping fight against Jacen Solo's troops.
In more recent times, Terry Brooks Shannara series of epic fantasy features elves who train and ride rocs.
The last moments of the series depict Elric on board a train on his way to meet Oberth, determined to study rocketry with him.
In 1957, Odakyu Electric Railway introduced its 3000 series SE " Romancecar " train, setting a world speed record of for a narrow gauge train.
The Japanese M250 series train has four front and end carriages that are EMUs, and has been operating since March 2004.
* Reuben Houston " Rube " Burrow, The most wanted outlaw of the late 1880s, he committed a series of train robberies along with his younger brother James Buchanan " Jim " Burrow.
The Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys featured a train convention in Bangor
The first tilting train in regular public service was the 381 series electric multiple unit train operated by Japanese National Railways ( JNR ), which became entered revenue service from 10 July 1973 on the Shinano limited express between Nagoya and Nagano on the Chūō Main Line.
The 381 series EMU, the first Japanese tilting train to enter regular service
The first revenue-earning tilting Shinkansen train was the N700 series, introduced in 2007.
* SŽ series 310 ( InterCitySlovenija ), a high-speed tilting train operating between Ljubljana, Maribor and Koper
Annual festivities in Kinston include the Sand in the Streets concert series held at Pearson Park, the popular train rides, nature center, and planetarium located at Neuseway Park, and the Festival on the Neuse.
Boxing aficionado Ham Fisher, the creator of the " Joe Palooka " strip, moved to a large home on South Lake Shore Drive in Edithton Beach where he drew the series and where famous pugilists ( among them Joe Louis ) would train.
The beginning of the new series shows JSA veterans Flash, Green Lantern and Wildcat choosing members of the new generation of superheroes to train.
Despite claims to the contrary, the opening scenes of the first episode, taking place on a train, bear a striking resemblance to those of the first episode of the series Peyton Place ; the made for television film, Della ( aka Royal Bay starring Joan Crawford ) appears to be the inspiration for the story involving Elizabeth.

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