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Southern Line (other)
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Southern Line may refer to: * Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Australia * Southern railway line, Queensland, Australia * Southern Line (Auckland), a suburban railway line in New Zealand * Southern Line (Cape Town), a suburban railway line in South Africa * Southern Line (Thailand), a railway line * Southern Line (İZBAN), a commuter railway line in İzmir, Turkey See also *South Line (other) *Southern Railway (other) Southern Railway or Southern Railroad may refer to: Argentina * Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Argentina * Southern Fuegian Railway, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Australia * Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Australia * Southern r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Southern Railway Line, New South Wales
The Main Southern Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs from Sydney to Albury, near the Victorian border. The line passes through the Southern Highlands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Riverina regions. Description of route The Main Southern Railway commences as an electrified pair of tracks in the Sydney metropolitan area. Since 1924, the line branches from the Main Suburban railway line at Lidcombe and runs via Regents Park to Cabramatta, where it rejoins the original route from Granville. The line then heads towards Campbelltown and Macarthur, the current limit of electrification and suburban passenger services. The electrification previously extended to Glenlee colliery, but this was removed following the cessation of electric haulage of freight trains in the 1990s. The line continues as a double non-electrified track south through the Southern Highlands towns of Mittagong and Goulburn to Junee on the Southern Plain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Railway Line, Queensland
The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The long line branches from the Western railway line, Queensland, Western line at Toowoomba railway station, Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick railway station, Queensland, Warwick and Stanthorpe railway station, Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Queensland state border at Wallangarra railway station, Wallangarra. History The first section of the Southern railway opened from the end of the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line railway at Toowoomba railway station, Toowoomba to Millhill to the north of Warwick, Queensland, Warwick, on 9 January 1871, the line terminating there to save the cost of a bridge over the Condamine River. In 1872, tin was discovered at Stanthorpe, but disagreement over the route to be taken through Warwick resulted in the approval to extend the line not being given until 1877. The difficult terrain south of Warwick required two tunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Line (Auckland)
The Southern Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban train services that operate between Britomart Transport Centre in central Auckland and Pukekohe via Newmarket. Routing From Britomart to Newmarket, Southern Line services use the Newmarket Line, then follow the North Auckland Line to Westfield Junction, and from thence onto the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) line as far as Pukekohe, the terminus of the Southern Line. In its entirety, this line follows the original 1875 North Island Main Trunk route between central Auckland and Pukekohe. The line, originally single-tracked, was duplicated, piecemeal, between 1909 and 1939. In 1915, the original single-track Parnell tunnel was bypassed by a twin-track tunnel. The older tunnel can be seen alongside the current one, between Parnell station and Newmarket Junction. History In 1930, the Westfield Deviation opened a new eastern route for the NIMT between Auckland and Westfield via Glen Innes. The route bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Line (Cape Town)
The Southern Line is a commuter rail line operated by Metrorail Western Cape, connecting Cape Town station in central Cape Town, South Africa with the Southern Suburbs and the towns on the west coast of False Bay, terminating in Simon's Town. History The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build a railway line from Salt River Junction to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December 1864. In 1876 the company was taken over by the Cape Government Railways, and the line, which had originally been built to the standard gauge, was rebuilt to Cape gauge. The extension to Muizenberg opened on 15 December 1882, and a further extension to Kalk Bay on 5 May 1883. The final extension, to the naval base at Simon's Town, opened on 1 December 1890. The line was electrified with overhead catenary in 1928. Operation The line runs on "Cape gauge" track, and is electrified with 3,000 V DC overhead catenary. Service on the line is provided by Electric Multiple Units of Class 5M2A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Line (Thailand)
Southern Line is a metre-gauge railway line in Thailand, owned by State Railway of Thailand (SRT), which runs through most of the provinces in the Central, Western, and Southern regions of Thailand. At 1,144.29 kilometres in length, it is Thailand's longest railway line. It consists of the Su-ngai Kolok Main Line which stretches from Bangkok Hua Lamphong to Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat Province, in the far south of Thailand, 1,140 kilometres from Bangkok. There are seven branch lines off this main line: # Thon Buri Line # Suphanburi Line which is also the part of Greater Bangkok Commuter rail # Burma Railway (or Nam Tok Line): from Ban Pong to Kanchanaburi Province # Khiri Rat Nikhom Line: from Surat Thani to Khiri Rat Nikhom # Kantang Line: from Thung Song District , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province to Kantang District, Trang Province # Nakhon Si Thammarat Line: 35.01km line from Khao Chum Thong Junction to Nakhon Si Thammarat (km 816.02). # Padang Besa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Line (İZBAN)
The Southern Line ( tr, Güney hattı) is an electrified commuter rail line running south from Alsancak Terminal in Izmir to Torbalı operated by İZBAN, using trackage owned by the Turkish State Railways. The route services the densely populated areas of western Buca and central Gaziemir as well as Adnan Menderes International Airport via the rebuilt airport station. Between 2010 and 2016 the southern terminus of the line was Cumaovası near Menderes. On 6 February 2016, the line was extended about south to Tepeköy in Torbalı and on 9 September 2017 extended further south to Selçuk. All stations are wheelchair accessible with elevators. The Southern Line has carried approximately 1 million passengers in the first six months from opening and carries an average 40,500 passengers daily, making it the busiest commuter rail line in Turkey, surpassing the Haydarpaşa-Gebze Commuter Line in İstanbul that held the record for over 30 years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Line (other)
South Line may refer to: *Glasgow South Western Line, Scotland *Main South Line, New Zealand *Østfold Line, Norway *PNR South Main Line, Philippines * Sounder South Line, Washington, United States *South Eastern Main Line, England * South-Link Line, Taiwan * South Line, Chennai Suburban, India *Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Australia *South Line, a former passenger line in Sydney, Australia, now split into: **Inner West & Leppington Line **Airport & South Line *South West Main Line, England * South West Line, Chennai Suburban, India *West South Line, Chennai Suburban, India *South Line, Tasmania, Australia See also *North–South line (other) * South Western Line (other) * Southern Line (other) *Southern Railway (other) Southern Railway or Southern Railroad may refer to: Argentina * Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Argentina * Southern Fuegian Railway, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Australia * Main Southern railway line, New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
