Portal:Trains/Did you know/May 2020

May 2020

 * ...that industrial archaeologists have found the remains of buildings including a broad gauge train shed for Brunel's original lines, a turntable, and engine sheds in excavations east of Westbourne Park tube station as part of the land clearance work for the Crossrail project?


 * ...that Westall railway station on the Gippsland line in Melbourne originally opened in 1954 as a workers only platform for the adjacent Martin & King railway coachbuilding factory?


 * ...that due to the original scheme to continue the extension to Denham, the Central line tracks at West Ruislip station continue for a short distance beyond the station before ending at buffers?


 * ...that at its peak, West Penn Railways electric interurban lines extended 339 mi?


 * ...that the original proposal for the West Midlands Metro included plans to run into the former Wolverhampton Low Level station?


 * ...that the West Highland Line in Scotland, on which the Glenfinnan Viaduct was a filming location for the Harry Potter series of films, is the westernmost railway line in Great Britain?


 * ...that Metro-North Railroad's West Haven station, which opened in 2013 in Connecticut, is only the second new station on the New Haven Line in a century, after Fairfield Metro in 2011?


 * ...that West Ham station was built with four platforms and served in that configuration from its 1901 opening until it was damaged by bombs in World War II?


 * ...that by the 1890s, Concord Junction, which is now West Concord station, was a busier village center than Concord itself, with 125 trains stopping per day?


 * ...that in 1945 Local campaigners urged that the gauge West Clare Railway, which was the last operating narrow gauge passenger system in Ireland when it closed in 1961, be converted to the standard Irish gauge of ?


 * ...that the city of West Chicago contributed $25,000 from the city's capital projects fund to alter the modern architectural style of Metra's West Chicago station to a vintage, 19th-century look?


 * ...that West Brompton station's location on the West London line forms a borough boundary and its tracks are shared between Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham?


 * ...that West Bank station on the METRO Green Line in Minneapolis is the westernmost station only served by Green Line trains?


 * ...that in the 1990s, the Werdau–Mehltheuer railway was the route of Deutsche Bahn's "slowest" Regional-Expresses?


 * ...that the July 2011 Wenzhou train collision, although being the third-deadliest high-speed rail accident in history, is to date the only fatal crash involving high-speed rail in China?


 * ...that Taipei Metro's Wenhu line is one of only two lines worldwide to use VAL 256 type trains, the other being O'Hare International Airport's Airport Transit System?


 * ...that the Wells and Fakenham Railway opened Wells-next-the-Sea railway station in 1857 hoping that it would help offset the area's downturn as larger ships began using other ports?


 * ...that Arthur M. Wellington, who was chief engineer for several 19th century railroads North America, is credited as the originator of the saying "An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two"?


 * ...that Wellington railway station, which opened in 1937, was the first major New Zealand structure to incorporate a significant measure of earthquake resistance?


 * ...that in 1903, a number of old horse-drawn Wellington trams were converted into Wellington Cable Car trailers to increase the line's capacity?


 * ...that in 1904 the London-bound Ocean Mails pulled by 3700 Class No. 3440 City of Truro was timed at 102.3 mph on its descent of Wellington Bank, but to preserve their reputation for safety, Great Western Railway allowed only the overall timings for the run to be put into print?


 * ...that the gauge Wellingborough Tramway, which was first opened in the 1870s, was the last industrial narrow-gauge railway operating in The Midlands ironstone industry when it closed in 1966?


 * ...that a pair of Swiss E2E electric locomotives built in 1899 and formerly operated by Burgdorf Thun Bahn are the oldest preserved three phase locomotives designed for full service operation?


 * ...that one of the turntables on the Weka Pass Railway was found in a scrap heap in Christchurch?


 * ...that the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway connecting Germany and Poland includes one of the oldest extant station buildings in Germany, the original Wittenberg station built in 1841?