Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
February 23, 2019 A fleet of six-car trains built for the Marunouchi Line of the Tokyo Metro, a major rapid transit system operating in Japan’s Greater Tokyo Area, first went into service on a regular basis. The first of these 53 trains, which are collectively called the Tokyo Metro 2000 series, had been formally unveiled... Continue Reading →
February 21, 2007 In central Greece’s administrative region of Attica (an area that includes the capital city of Athens), a railway station in the town and municipality of Vrilissia was opened to the public. This station is located on Vrilissia’s main thoroughfare of Pentelis Avenue. Pentelis railway station was officially inaugurated by Michalis Liapis, who... Continue Reading →
February 19, 1914 In the city of Oakland within the San Francisco Bay Area, a major addition to the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Sixteenth Street Station was officially opened. This station, in the years following the calamitous San Francisco earthquake in 1906, had gained ever-increasing importance for its role in helping to facilitate the renewed travel,... Continue Reading →
February 6, 2017 Following the completion of work on major innovations and upgrades, Doroteo Jose station of the Manila Light Rail Transit System (better known as the LRT) in the Philippines was officially reopened to great fanfare. Doroteo Jose station, which is part of the LRT’s Line 1 (LRT-1), is located on the major thoroughfare... Continue Reading →
January 31, 2011 In northeastern New Jersey’s Hudson County, a light rail station at 40 West 8th Street in the city of Bayonne was officially opened. 8th Street station is specifically based in Bayonne’s Bergen Point neighborhood. This station is the southern terminus of the 17-mile (27.-kilometer) Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) system in that region... Continue Reading →
January 23, 2006 A newly built ground-level train station in the Illinois village of Elburn, which is more than 40 miles (64.4 kilometers) west of Chicago, was formally opened to the public. Elburn station is the western endpoint of the Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) of the Chicago-area commuter rail system known as Metra. This... Continue Reading →
January 12, 2010 An inaugural ceremony was held for an addition to the rapid transit system serving Chile’s capital city of Santiago. This extension of Line 5 of the Santiago Metro covered 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) between Quinta Normal metro station (opened in 2004) at Catedral Street and Matucana Avenue; and Pudahuel metro station at... Continue Reading →
January 3, 2006 A light rail transit station in Edmonton, the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta, was officially opened. This station, which is part of the light rail system serving Edmonton (nicknamed “Festival City” for the various festivals that it hosts each year), is located at 114th Street at 83rd Avenue on... Continue Reading →
January 2, 1983 Pérez Bonalde station was opened as part of the 7.1-mile (11.5-kilometer) inaugural segment of the mass rapid transit system serving the capital of Venezuela. This station, which is located in the city’s parish (administrative division) of Sucre, was one of the eight stations of Line 1 of the Caracas Metro that made... Continue Reading →
December 27, 2008 In central Arizona, the light rail line known as Valley Metro Rail was officially opened to the public. This line, which is part of the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority, serves the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. The Saturday morning inauguration of Valley Metro Rail was marked by plenty of... Continue Reading →
