Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
September 28, 2022 Bródno station on Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system first went into service. This station, which marks the eastern terminus of that line, is located in the vicinity of Kondratowicza, Rembielińska, and Bazyliańska Streets in the Bródno neighborhood of Poland’s capital city. Construction on the station began in... Continue Reading →
September 21, 1856 The Illinois Central Railroad (IC) became the world’s longest railroad up to that time with the official completion of 705 miles (1,134.6 kilometers) of tracks. The southernmost point for that railroad was the city of Cairo. The IC line coursed north from that city, which is at the southern tip of Illinois, to... Continue Reading →
September 26, 2009 More than a quarter-century after its operations were halted, the trolleybus system in the city and commune (municipality) of Chieti in central Italy was brought back into service. The following month, Omar Cugini reported on this milestone was in the Rome-based magazine TheCommuter: News from the World of Mobility and Public Transport.... Continue Reading →
September 25, 2009 In the northernmost region of Norway, a terminal at the airport serving the town and municipality of Alta was officially inaugurated. This dedication ceremony took place a little over a month after the terminal had first been opened for public use. Alta Airport first went into service on May 4, 1963, with... Continue Reading →
September 19, 2005 In downtown Salt Lake City, a newly completed light rail station in the median of 200 West between 800 South and 900 South made its official debut. The 900 South Station serves all three lines -- Blue, Red, and Green -- of TRAX, a regional light rail system operated by the Utah... Continue Reading →
August 30, 1983 Miguel Ángel de Quevedo station of the Mexico City Metro, the rapid transit system serving the metropolitan area of Mexico’s capital, was officially opened. This station is part of Line 3, which is the longest of the Mexico City Metro’s 12 lines. Miguel Ángel de Quevedo station is specifically located at the... Continue Reading →
August 24, 2014 Metroway, a bus rapid transit (BRT) line serving both Arlington County and the city of Alexandria in Northern Virginia, first went into regular service. This route is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as part of its Metrobus system and has the distinction of being the first BRT line in... Continue Reading →
August 18, 2014 A new transit station between Terminals A and B at Dallas/Fort Worth (DWF) International Airport first went into service. DFW Airport is the primary international airport serving the metropolitan area known as the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex in north-central Texas. This airport, which is located approximately halfway between the major cities of... Continue Reading →
August 10, 1905 In a significant leg of her maiden voyage, the twin-screw steamship (TSS) Arahura circled the rocky headland long known as the Cape of Good Hope on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula. (At the time, this section of the present-day Republic of South Africa was the part of the British Empire... Continue Reading →
August 9, 1831 The first regular steam engine train run in the United States took place in New York. The small four-wheeled steam engine DeWitt Clinton, which had been constructed in the Empire State earlier that year and was among the first steam engines to debut in the United States, successfully completed the trip of approximately... Continue Reading →
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