In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels...

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...

Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The...

its own than a guard rail and provides support. Guardrails also apply in a technology context. Many public spaces are fitted with guard rails as a means...

Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively...

(4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) apart from LHS History of rail transport in Poland Railway lines of Poland Railroad Guards (Poland) Transport in Poland Rocznik statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej...

related to rail transport that occurred in 1966. January – GM introduces the EMD SD40. January – GE introduces the GE U28B. January 3 – British Rail begins...

Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking...

state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, although some rail lines and services, including high-speed intercity rails and...

Look up rail or rails in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport and related matters Railway track or railway lines...

9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rail transport in Queensland. Queensland Rail History of Queensland Rail...

Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally...

ticketing to 3 rail lines and some bus lines. Many passengers who ride the system also take various forms of road-based public transport, such as buses...

Rail transport in Saudi Arabia is an expanding mode of transport. Saudi Arabia Railways is the national railway operator. The Saudi Railways Organization...

offering electrified rail from Liverpool to Manchester. Northern Rail won Public Transport Operator of the Year 2007 at the National Transport Awards and was...

Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they...

British Rail, there were several grades of guard, depending on whether the guard worked on freight or passenger trains—and a purely operational guard grade...

Rail transport in China began in the late nineteenth century during the Qing dynasty. Since then, the Chinese rail network has become one of the largest...

from about 7000 km to only 3000 km. The sole regulator of Indonesian rail transport system is the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation...

greater Melbourne area. The metropolitan network is a suburban rail system designed to transport passengers from Melbourne's suburbs into the Melbourne central...

(formerly TfL Rail) are hybrids: Their services are operated via a concession awarded by Transport for London (TfL). They are part of National Rail as train...

Tranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Limited (New Zealand Rail Limited until 1995), was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was...

City Region set out a 30 year rail vision, outlining investments that would and could be made to improve rail transport in the region. This included replacement...

The rail is then known as grooved rail, groove rail, or girder rail. The flangeway has the railhead on one side and the guard on the other. The guard carries...

hazardous situations. There is no legal distinction between a guide rail and a guard rail. According to the US Federal Highway Administration, the terms guardrail...

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The Invergowrie rail accident happened in Invergowrie, Scotland, on 22 October 1979. The accident killed five people and injured 51 others. The 08:44 passenger...

mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas...

by Abellio ScotRail have additionally been fitted with door-control panels near the centre sets of doors for the convenience of the guard.[citation needed]...

There has been criticism of the way CityRail managed safety issues, resulting in what the NSW Ministry of Transport termed "a reactive approach to risk management"...