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.

While there is an official locality named Akibahara, which is also 秋葉原 in kanji, nearby ( as part of Taitō-ku ), the area known to most people as Akihabara ( including the railway station of the same name ) also include Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.

It is also reputed to be the only UK town with a railway station and a pub in the middle of a roundabout.

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.

There are also plans for upgrading for high speed operation and doubling ( where needed ) of the Plovdiv-Burgas railway.

In Indian English, bogie may also refer to an entire railway carriage.

The railway line of the Pan-European Corridor Vc, from the Hungarian border via Beli Manastir, Osijek, Đakovo or Vinkovci, Slavonski Šamac, to the Bosnian border, is also being modernised, the aim is to allow speeds of up to 160 km / h along the entire length.

Since 1995 Medellín has had a modern urban railway referred to as the Metro de Medellín, which also connects with the cities of Itagüí, Envigado, and Bello.

Chicago's first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, opened in 1848, which also marked the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Regional transportation networks have also changed significantly in recent decades with port modernizations, with new expressways and ongoing arterial highway construction, the abandonment of various low-capacity railway branchlines ( including the entire railway system of Prince Edward Island and southwestern Nova Scotia ), and the construction of the Canso Causeway and the Confederation Bridge.

( London's first deep-level tube railway, the City & South London Railway, had earlier also been built for cable haulage but had been converted to electric traction before opening in 1890.

A railway tunnel and a commercial truck ferry service also travel between Detroit and Windsor.

On 5 July 2008 a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also.

While long-distance trains can be run by any railway company, the companies also receive no subsidies from the government.

His first important commission was for two viaducts for the railway line between Lyons and Bordeaux, and the company also began to undertake work in other countries, including the church of San Marcos in Arica, Chile, which was an all-metal prefabricated building, manufactured in France and shipped to South America in pieces to be assembled on site.

To speed up the construction works, the Polish government in November 1924 signed a contract with the French-Polish Consortium for Gdynia Seaport Construction, which by the end of 1925 had built a small seven-metre-deep harbour, the south pier, part of the north pier, a railway, and had also ordered the trans-shipment equipment.

The start of the 20th century also saw the opening of a short lived railway station on the Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway line from Glasnevin Junction to Connolly Station ( then Amiens Street ).

Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster, which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the staunchion, causing the bridge to collapse.

Apartment blocks, generally three to four storeys in height, are also becoming more common in the vicinity of the railway station.

Trust members also make submissions on rail safety issues, including recommending that fines for safety breaches be dedicated to rail safety improvements, and campaigning for the establishment of an independent railway safety ombudsman.

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 ).

The city is also a major crossing point of railway lines and highways ( Autobahnen ), connecting European main lines in east-west-direction ( Berlin-Ruhr area ) and north-south-direction ( Hamburg-Munich et al.

A heritage railway demonstration operates at the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum.

CFL, the Luxembourg railway company, operates some 17 bus routes, mainly serving towns and villages not accessible by rail.

Sri Lanka Railways operates the country ’ s railway network, which includes about of track.

The State Railway of Thailand operates 4, 070 km of 1. 000-m gauge railway line ( 372. 63 km double track and 106. 01 km triple track ).

The city also operates a light-rail Stadtbahn network called RegioTram using Regio Citadis low-floor trams which run on both tram and main line railway tracks with four lines ( RT3, RT4, RT5, RT9 ).

The railway operates of yard track at Galveston, over a facility.

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.

A modern light rail line between the Bartolomé Mitre suburban railway station and Tigre ( Tren de la Costa ) inaugurated in 1996 operates in the northern suburbs.

The Kokkola railway station is a stop along Line 7, with service between Helsinki and Kemijärvi via Tampere and Seinäjoki, where the fast Pendolino bullet train operates.

SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV ( Train à Grande Vitesse, meaning " High-Speed Train "), In the 1970s, SNCF began the TGV high-speed train program with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network.

* Harlington Locomotive Society is situated on the High Street of the village ; the Society operates a trestle railway around the site of an old orchard.

London Overground ( previously known variously as Silverlink Metro and the North London Line ) also operates out of Kensal Rise railway station and provides regular services to Richmond in the west and Stratford in the east.

* The German railway authority operates a Hannah Arendt Express between Karlsruhe and Hannover.

Thomaston is also headquarters of the Naugatuck Railroad, a heritage railway and short line freight operator that operates of former New Haven trackage between Waterbury and Torrington.

The Conway Scenic Railroad, a heritage railway in nearby North Conway, operates a train to the town daily for sightseeing.

The Historical Association operates a small railroad museum in the summers, The Depot, focused on the 1873 narrow gauge railway between Painesville and Warren.

The Museum owns a historic depot and operates a historic tourist railway in the city.

The funicular railway operates by ' hauling ' up one carriage using electric motors to pull the haul rope as the other carriage descends at the same time.

Today the Severn Valley Railway operates as a heritage railway.

A shorter section of the same busway system operates from the railway station on the far side of Cambridge to Addenbrooke's Hospital and Trumpington.

He is now a resident of Filey where he operates his own ' green ' railway train.

This railway operates 24 km of track with much of the original rolling stock built as early as 1898.

Veolia Transport is one of the largest bus operators, operates also one regional railway line and one trolleybus network.