Portal:Trains/Did you know/March 2022

March 2022

 * ...that the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995 delayed delivery of the first E501 series trains from March to December?


 * ...that the 60 km, gauge Eyre Peninsula Railway in South Australia used to be 777 km long?


 * ...that the United Kingdom's 1976–79 Labour government proposed electrifying the Exeter–Plymouth line, but the 1979–90 Conservative governments opted to not implement the proposal?


 * ...that CSX Transportation retains title to the real estate comprising the right-of-way on which the Evansville Western Railway operates?


 * ...that Euskotren's 3150 series railcars earned the nickname "Kiwis" due to their green and white paint scheme?


 * ...that Essen-Altenessen station, which opened on 15 May 1847, is one of the two oldest stations in modern Essen?


 * ...that EMD's MP15DC was developed following the successful integration of Blomberg B trucks on the SW1504 model locomotive?


 * ...that the second main station building erected for Essen Hauptbahnhof used iron girders to reduce the impact of subsidence from nearby deep coal mines?


 * ...that although Erlangen station was officially opened on 5 August 1844, the birthday of King Ludwig I, regular passenger service on the Ludwig South-North Railway didn't begin until October that year?


 * ...that the OSCARS, originally intended for longer journeys out of the Sydney basin, were used on the Epping to Chatswood rail link at its opening due to the steepness and noisiness of the tunnel?


 * ...that at the time of its closure in 1986, boardings and exits at Enfield station in Connecticut averaged five daily passengers spread between eight trains?


 * ...that ridership at Emerson Park railway station, in the London Borough of Havering, has increased by 600% from 59,000 in 2008 to 350,000 in 2018/19?


 * ...that excessive noise, vibration and heat complaints from drivers operating EMD Class 66 locomotives led to threats of industrial action in the UK in 2007?


 * ...that Embarcadero station, one of the two busiest stations in the BART system, opened as an infill station almost two years after service began through the Transbay Tube?