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That region has lots of snow. I guess is for the snowfall to accumulate when pushed off the tracks by passing trains.

Some of us have been working on injecting a bit of European grandeur into North American stations. I proposed a new platform canopy system inspired by Vienna's HBF (Main Station) to which a barrel vaulted mid section was grafted on. An architect is quoted in the MSN article; I'm not that...

If traveling on a weekend or public holiday, GO Transit sells a $10 day pass good for one of the weekend days. Unlimited riding across all GO Transit rail and bus lines. It is NOT a 24 hour pass. This pass must be bought online via their website. Can’t purchase at ticket machines or via Presto...

Less than 6% of $98 New Jersey Transit tickets to MetLife Stadium sold From the Athletic: "Less than six percent of $98 tickets have been purchased for round-trip New Jersey Transit trains to MetLife Stadium during the FIFA World Cup. According to figures provided by a spokesperson for NJ...

It just keeps getting cheaper and cheaper! NJT train now mere $98! https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-reduces-ticket-price-98-fifa-world-cup-matches Under Governor Sherrill’s leadership, and at her direction, NJ TRANSIT has further reduced the ticket price for round-trip...

Good news! NJ Transit ticket prices reduced by $45. Now $105. Get em while you can. https://www.nj.com/news/2026/05/nj-transit-reduces-controversial-world-cup-ticket-prices.html...

Time to change the thread headline fare. The good news is the return fare will not be $100. The bad news is the return train fare will be $150. https://www.nj.com/news/2026/04/150-nj-transit-tickets-to-world-cup-confirmed-heres-what-else-to-know-about-getting-there.html Also, during the four...

Thanks for the tip! That is a good idea. I see the 08:00 departure now departs at 14:00 which affects my other trains and railway lines that I planned to cover that day, including potentially a hotel night. I was able to verify the change via the live departure board for Tours Station...

I'm trying to ride various endangered SNCF lines. Some have scant service. One example is Tours to La Roche sur Yon. But I'm getting different train timetable results between two SNCF websites. - https://www.sncf-voyageurs.com - https://www.sncf-connect.com Which website is the more accurate...

As Tuanton said, this is not the first time this has happened in SEPTA land. The funding situation is complicated. During a recent trip, there were a handful of PCCs running on the G--all in great shape--with buses covering the rest of the headways. Where the streetcar tracks were embedded in a...

I went to the festival this year and in a prior year. Both years using a railpass to travel about and catch the excursions at different locations. While a car can be more convenient, the organizers do post timepoints of key stations for each excursion, and with a bit of planning, one can get...

Thanks, Lxd2. This is helpful, as I did not recall a reversal. Looks like the proposed new station will add a reversal. And looks like I will need to make two trips to Kiruna cover the current and future new trackage.

Thanks Gloster, NWales58. Those links were useful and the Trafikverkets documents helpfully explain the proposed new station. So it appears the former railway station was south of the current station. How did trains from the south (say Stockholm) headed to Narvik enter the former station...

Because part of the city of Kiruna is being relocated east to avoid mine caused subsidence, I'm looking for a map showing the former (now demolished) Kiruna Station and the current location. Some Internet sources such as Wikipedia state the current location is temporary location. Does anyone...

The Acela seat numbering was a marketing concept designed to compete with airlines operating in the Northeast Corridor (they tend to use narrowbody aircraft with 3-3 seating labelled ABC DEF). With Acela, seats are designated AC DF with the marketing concept that unlike the airlines there is no...