The town became a regional transportation hub in 1839 with the arrival of the Michigan Central Railroad, and a north — south railway connecting Ann Arbor to Toledo and other markets to the south was established in 1878.

Dozens of Japanese railway companies compete in regional and local passenger transportation markets ; for instance, 7 JR enterprises, Kintetsu Corporation, Seibu Railway, and Keio Corporation.

Dozens of Japanese railway companies compete in regional and local passenger transportation markets ; for instance, 7 JR enterprises, Kintetsu Corporation, Seibu Railway, and Keio Corporation.

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

Entrance hall ( one of two ) of the new underground regional train station ( Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station | Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz ) in 2005.

Perpignan is served by the Gare de Perpignan railway station, which offers connections to Paris, Barcelona, Toulouse and several regional destinations.

Tourism is now a major part of the regional economy, with the narrow gauge railway between Durango and Silverton being an attraction in the summer.

The MMTB, along with the metropolitan railway assets of VicRail, were absorbed into the newly formed Metropolitan Transit Authority ( MTA ) on 1 July 1983, while the regional assets of VicRail were absorbed by the State Transit Authority ( STA ).

Reims is served by two main railway stations: Gare de Reims in the city centre, the hub for regional transport, and the new Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV 5 km southwest of the city with high speed rail connections to Paris, Metz, Nancy and Strasbourg.

Toulon is served by the Gare de Toulon railway station, offering services to Marseille, Nice, Paris and regional destinations.

The Ancona railway station is the main railway station of the city and is served by regional and long distance trains.

Current main railway station which the central hub of regional train services, used by about 50 000 passengers every day and passed by around 500 trains daily, is currently operating at full capacity.

The railway station of Brest, Gare de Brest, is linked to Rennes and Paris as well as regional ( TER ) services to Brittany.

* Bala ( SEPTA station ), a regional railway station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

The adoption of the factory system, which developed into the Industrial Revolution, enabled the transformation of Bacup from a small rural village into a mill town, populated by an influx of families attracted by Bacup's cotton mills, civic amenities and regional railway network.

Bacup followed the regional and national trend of deindustrialisation during the early and mid-20th century ; a process exacerbated by the closure of Bacup railway station in 1966.

Zutphen is an important regional railway centre.

Salisbury railway station serves the city, and is the crossing point between the West of England Main Line and the Wessex Main Line, making it a regional interchange.

Like other regional railways direct Aquila, Sulmona and Roccasecca, through a circuitous route mountain typically characterized by steep slopes, although in terms of localization of production facilities is to signal the passage of the railway in the industrial area of Valle del Sangro.

The railway station Gare de Bourges offers direct connections to Paris ( 2 hours ), Orléans, Tours, Lyon and several regional destinations.

The main railway station has connections to Paris and several regional destinations: Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Moulins, Le Puy-en-Velay, Limoges.

The Gare d ' Angoulême railway station offers connections to Paris, Bordeaux, Tours, Limoges and several regional destinations.

Other archaeologists think instead that the main purpose of the road system was a religious one, providing pathways for periodic pilgrimages and facilitating regional gatherings for seasonal ceremonies.

Some ANACs are very regional or local in scope, while others are state -/ province-or area-code-wide: there appears to be no consistent national system for them.

general: the system is expanding with the growth of mobile-cellular service and participation in regional development ; system is fully digital with fiber-optic cables linking the major population centers in the east ; fixed-line connections declined in recent years and now stand at roughly 8 per 100 persons ; mobile-cellular telephone density currently is about 80 per 100 persons

Canada's system, described below, avoids regional variability of federal law by giving national jurisdiction to both layers of appellate courts.

The second noteworthy characteristic is that the country borders on very different parts of the African continent: North Africa, with its Islamic culture and economic orientation toward the Mediterranean Basin ; West Africa, with its diverse religions and cultures and its history of highly developed states and regional economies ; Northeast Africa, oriented toward the Nile Valley and Red Sea region ; and Central or Equatorial Africa, some of whose people have retained classical African religions while others have adopted Christianity, and whose economies were part of the great Congo River system.

The Cambrian is divided into several regional faunal stages of which the Russian-Kazakhian system is most used in international parlance:

The natural gas transportation system comprises of trunk and regional natural gas pipelines, and more than 300 associated structures, connecting production rigs, the Okoli natural gas storage facility, 27 end-users and 37 distribution systems.

The book includes all needed surveying and structural calculations, and a novel simplified building system that copes with regional shortages of wood and steel, uses easily-stored inexpensive materials, and produces long-lasting classic buildings with small amounts of materials, design and labor.

Though the system can have variations in local, regional, and country level, the similarities-in systems or even in ideas-that schools share also enable the exchange among students at all levels which are also playing an increasingly important role in globalization process.

The development of a regional system of Human Rights protection operating across Europe can be seen as a direct response to twin concerns.

Expert system of this type can range from ones providing regional retail recommendations, like Wishabi, to ones used to assist monetary decisions by financial institutions and governments.

Finnish law is codified and its court system consists of local courts, regional appellate courts, and the Supreme Court.

The Manifesto supported the creation of universal suffrage for both men and women ( the latter being realized only partly in late 1925, with all opposition parties banned or disbanded ); proportional representation on a regional basis ; government representation through a corporatist system of " National Councils " of experts, selected from professionals and tradespeople, elected to represent and hold legislative power over their respective areas, including labour, industry, transportation, public health, communications, etc.

Hong Kong makes strenuous law enforcement efforts, but faces serious challenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine to regional and world markets ; modern banking system provides a conduit for money laundering ; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs, especially among young people.

India has a multi-party system, where there are a number of national as well as regional parties.

Shaka manipulated this system, transferring the customary service period from the regional clan leaders to himself, strengthening his personal hegemony.

The old caucus system of the Democratic-Republican Party had collapsed ; indeed the entire First Party System had collapsed and the election was a fight based on regional support.

The Ministry of Interior controls a system of regional governors and prefects modeled on the French system of local administration.

mostly cable and open-wire lines ; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals

However there are many regional variations in the rules ; in addition, the scoring system and the minimum hand necessary to win varies significantly based on the local rules being used.

Under the reformed system, four public regional universities were be created, and incentives are provided by the government to promote the upgrading of the existing nine private colleges and the creation of other degree-granting private colleges.

Mixed election systems combine a national or regional proportional system with single seat constituencies elected by a single winner system, attempting to achieve some of the positive features of each.