
Fun facts about trains
Did you know?
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The very first passenger tram
was horse-drawn
and entered in service
in 1807 in Wales, UK. -
There are 200 kilometers of cables
inside a high speed train,
that’s as many as
in an Airbus A380! -
Football legend
Dennis Bergkamp,
« the non-flying Dutchman »,
travelled only by car or by train,
for fear of taking the plane. -
More than 500
additional trains have
been put into service
during the 2018 Football
World Cup in Russia. -
The first ever dining-car
entered service
in the United-States
in 1868, onboard
the Delmonico train. -
The train is
the most ecological
form of motorised
transport! -
A train is referred to
as "high speed" if
it can exceed 250 km/h. -
Patrick and Sophie celebrate
their 40th birthday!
In March 1978,
the 1st high speed
trains were born
in Belfort, France
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The Qinghai-Tibet line
in China, which culminates
at 5.072m, is the highest
railway line in the world. -
50%
of urban
railway lines
have concrete
tracks.
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More than 80 of the
world’s 100 busiest
stations are Japanese. -
The 57.1 km-long Gotthard
Base Tunnel is the longest
railway tunnel in the world. -
One train alone can
carry more passengers
than an Airbus A380. -
A 200 metre-long
high speed train
weighs about 385 tonnes. -
The steam locomotive
used for the Hogwarts Express
in the Harry Potter films
was manufactured
on 30 april 1937. -
The average lifespan
of a train
is 40 years. -
Only the width of the train
can be a potential
problem when
crossing borders. -
The first metro on tires
entered service
on line 11 of
the Paris metro. -
To deliver a train,
the least used
mode of transport is…
the train! -
Train toilets
are guaranteed
3 to 5 years
(26,000 hours
of operation)
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In Australia, to improved
the accessibility of the trains,
you can install
your surfboard
on board the train. -
Track gauges may vary by more
than 1 m from one country
to another. -
Trains run on the left
in nearly half
the world. -
A train can run 30%
faster if it leans
in the curves. -
The world’s longest bridge
is a railway bridge in China
(Danyang-Kunshan), 164.8 km long. -
The USA has the largest
railway network
in the world with
224,792 km of rail track. -
The total area of contact
between the steel wheel
of a metro and the rail
is the size of a coin. -
Up to 40% of the braking
energy from one train can
be recovered to provide power
for either another train or
a passenger station. -
The "deadman" function
ensures that
the driver
of the train
is present
and conscious. -
There are 1 million km
of railway tracks
in the world
i.e. 25 times
the circumference
of the Earth.
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Motion
sickness
affects about
1 in 3 people.
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The Channel Tunnel,
which runs under
the sea for 38 km,
is the tunnel with
the longest underwater
section in the world.
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To supply power
to the engine of a train,
the electricity needs
to be at 3000 volts. -
A rail convoy
can be up to 7 km
which is twice the width
of Manhattan
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Nearly
10%
of metros
run on
rubber tyres
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