Portal:Trains/Did you know/November 2020

November 2020

 * ...that a line formerly known as the Bluebell Railway is an entirely separate line from the Bluebell Railway?


 * ...that in the 1930s, Basford Hall Yard, near Crewe, England, was the busiest marshalling yard in Europe, handing between 28,000 and 47,000 wagons every week?


 * ...that the 202 mi gauge Barsi Light Railway used standardized frames on its goods rolling stock and was an early adopter of superelevation in its track curves in an effort to maximise the loads that could be carried?


 * ...that Barkingside tube station was originally opened in 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway to stimulate suburban growth?


 * ...that in December 1866, Aldersgate Street station, now known as Barbican station, was the site of the first accident to include multiple passengers on the underground network?


 * ...that passenger service on the Barbados Railway was suspended after derailments occurred in the railway's first week of operations, with railway officials referring to the previous services as trial runs?


 * ...that in the middle of the 20th century, there were nine separate through routes at Bangor railway station in Wales?


 * ...that with most cross country services in Britain passing through Banbury in the 20th century, Banbury railway station, originally known as Banbury Bridge Street station, occupied one of the most strategic and important locations in the entire rail network?


 * ...that from 1897 to 1922, the forecourt of Bamberg station was the main hub of Bamberg trams, which was served by three of the four lines of the network?


 * ...that under Pennsylvania Railroad control, the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad was able to sidestep Maryland's refusal to grant a charter competing with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Baltimore-Washington line by building its main line to within 20 miles (32 km) of Washington and extending branch lines into the city?


 * ...that until the introduction of the 2015 timetable, Ballasalla station was the usual crossing point for trains on the Isle of Man Railway?


 * ...that V/Line's Ballarat service is the second busiest service in Victoria, Australia, behind the Geelong service?


 * ...that as many as 6 Thruway Motorcoaches can connect to a single train serving Amtrak's Bakersfield station?


 * ...that the first Bahnbetriebswerk, the equivalent of a locomotive depot (or motive power depot), in Germany was opened in 1835?


 * ...that 28 of the 135 Baden Class VI c 2-6-2T steam locomotives owned by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway were surrendered to France and Belgium as part of World War I reparations?


 * ...that until a late 1980s rebuilding project at Axminster railway station that extended the platform southwards, passengers had to pass beneath a narrow bridge arch to reach the 1930s extension at the north end of the site?


 * ...that merchants in Exeter, England, held a meeting to discuss the possibility of building a railway connection from Exmouth to the city, which would eventually become the Avocet Line, as early as 1825?