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Island platform

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An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. [1]

95 relations: Angel tube station, Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, Bowling Green (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), Braddell MRT station, Broad Street Line, Buchanan Street subway station, Bus rapid transit, Canberra MRT station, Capital Line, Channel Tunnel, Chicago Transit Authority, Clapham Common tube station, Corona station (Edmonton), Cut (earthmoving), Dover MRT station, Eastern Suburbs railway line, Edmonton, Embankment (transportation), England, Epping to Chatswood rail link, Glasgow Subway, Grafton railway station, Auckland, Great Central Railway, Green Line (Washington Metro), Gul Circle MRT station, Hillhead subway station, Hong Kong, Hurlstone Park railway station, Hutt Valley Line, Ibrox subway station, IND Eighth Avenue Line, Infill station, IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Flushing Line, Kent House railway station, Lewisham railway station, Sydney, Line 1 Yonge–University, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, Line 4 Sheppard, List of Auckland railway stations, Loading gauge, London, London Underground, Manila Metro Rail Transit System, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Metro Line, Metro Vancouver Regional District, Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line), Moody Centre station, Nationals Park, ..., Navy Yard–Ballpark station, New Jersey, New York City Subway, Newport station (PATH), One-man operation, Orange Line (MBTA), Osaka Metro, PATCO Speedline, PATH (rail system), Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line), Pennsylvania Station (New York City), Petone railway station, Philadelphia, Purple Line (CTA), Railroad switch, Railway platform, Red Line (CTA), Reverse curve, Right-of-way (transportation), Roxbury Crossing station, SEPTA, Side platform, Singapore, Subway (underpass), Sydney, Taft Avenue MRT station, Tokyo Metro, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toronto, Toronto subway, Track (rail transport), Train station, Tram stop, Union station (TTC), Valley Line (Edmonton), Washington Metro, Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) railway station, West Midlands Metro, Western Line, Auckland, Winson Green Outer Circle tram stop, Yau Ma Tei station, Yorkdale station, 1939 New York World's Fair, 34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), 34th Street–Penn Station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line). Expand index (45 more) »

Angel tube station

Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington.

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Ashton-under-Lyne railway station

Ashton-under-Lyne railway station serves Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, England.

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Bowling Green (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Bowling Green is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Broadway and Battery Place (at the Bowling Green), in the Financial District of Manhattan.

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Braddell MRT station

Braddell MRT station (NS18) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station located on the North South Line in Toa Payoh, Singapore.

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Broad Street Line

The Broad Street Line (BSL)—also known as the Broad Street Subway (BSS), Orange Line, or Broad Line—is a subway line owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

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Buchanan Street subway station

Buchanan Street subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway in Scotland.

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Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT, BRTS, busway, transitway) is a bus-based public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability relative to a conventional bus system.

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Canberra MRT station

Canberra MRT station (NS12) is a future elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line (NSL). It is located along Canberra Link in Sembawang, Singapore. The station was built after feasibility studies conducted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) confirmed that it was possible to be constructed. This is after the idea of a new MRT station between Sembawang MRT station and Yishun MRT station was first raised in the Land Transport Master Plan 2013. It will be the second infill station on the MRT network, with the first being Dover MRT station. Designed with a nautical theme, the station will have five entrances. An elevated sheltered footbridge built across Canberra Link will give passengers access to the platform which Marina South Pier-bound (city-bound) trains call. Construction started in mid-2015 and is expected to end in December 2019.

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Capital Line

The Edmonton LRT Capital Line is a light rail transit line running from northeast Edmonton to the south.

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Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche; also nicknamed the Chunnel) is a rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.

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Chicago Transit Authority

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service.

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Clapham Common tube station

Clapham Common is a London Underground station in Clapham within the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Corona station (Edmonton)

Corona station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Cut (earthmoving)

In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a relative rise (elevated landscape) to an earlier section of the route is cut out to make way for a further section of the route, whether canal, road or railway line.

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Dover MRT station

Dover MRT station (EW22) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West Line in Queenstown planning area, Singapore.

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Eastern Suburbs railway line

The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s.

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Edmonton

Edmonton (Cree: Amiskwaciy Waskahikan; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Embankment (transportation)

A road, railway line or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Epping to Chatswood rail link

The Epping to Chatswood rail link (ECRL) (originally a part of the Parramatta Rail Link (PRL)) is a railway line in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, which connects the suburb of Epping on the Northern line to the suburb of Chatswood on the North Shore line.

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Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Grafton railway station, Auckland

Grafton Railway Station is a station serving the inner-city suburb of Grafton in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Great Central Railway

The Great Central Railway (GCR) in England came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension (see Great Central Main Line).

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Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line is one of the six heavy rail subway lines that make up the Washington Metro rapid transit system in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Gul Circle MRT station

Gul Circle MRT station (EW30) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station along the East West Line located at the boundary of the planning areas of Tuas and Pioneer, Singapore.

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Hillhead subway station

Hillhead subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway, serving the Hillhead area of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hurlstone Park railway station

Hurlstone Park railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Hurlstone Park.

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Hutt Valley Line

| The Hutt Valley Line is the electrified train service operated by Transdev Wellington on behalf of Metlink on the section of the Wairarapa Line railway between Wellington and Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

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Ibrox subway station

Ibrox subway station is a station serving the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland.

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IND Eighth Avenue Line

The IND Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway.

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Infill station

An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations.

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IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line.

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IRT Flushing Line

The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the A Division.

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Kent House railway station

Kent House railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving part of the Penge and Beckenham areas in the London Borough of Bromley, south London.

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Lewisham railway station, Sydney

Lewisham railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lewisham.

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Line 1 Yonge–University

Line 1 Yonge–University is the oldest and busiest line of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Line 2 Bloor–Danforth

Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is a subway line in the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

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Line 4 Sheppard

Line 4 Sheppard is the newest and shortest subway line of the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

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List of Auckland railway stations

This is a list of the railway stations in the public transport network of Auckland.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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Manila Metro Rail Transit System

The Manila Metro Rail Transit System also known as the MRT Line 3, MRT-3 or Metrostar Express is a rapid transit system of Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit, or MRT, is a rapid transit system forming the major component of the railway system in Singapore, spanning most of the city-state.

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Metro Line

The Metro Line is a light rail transit line on the Edmonton LRT system, that operates from northwest Edmonton to southwest Edmonton scheduled to have begun operation by early 2014 but instead opened on September 6, 2015, at a reduced speed and frequency.

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Metro Vancouver Regional District

Metro Vancouver is a political body and corporate entity designated by provincial legislation as one of the regional districts in British Columbia, Canada.

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Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)

Mets–Willets Point (formerly Willets Point–Shea Stadium) is an express station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway.

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Moody Centre station

Moody Centre station is an intermodal rapid transit station in Metro Vancouver served by both the Millennium Line—part of the SkyTrain system—and the region's West Coast Express commuter rail system.

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Nationals Park

Nationals Park is a baseball park along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home ballpark for the Washington Nationals, the city's Major League Baseball franchise.

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Navy Yard–Ballpark station

Navy Yard–Ballpark is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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Newport station (PATH)

Newport (formerly known as Pavonia–Newport, Pavonia, or Erie) is a station on the PATH system.

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One-man operation

One-man operation (OMO), also known as driver-only operation (DOO), one person operation (OPO), single person train operation (SPTO), or one-person train operation (OPTO), is operation of a train, bus, or tram by the driver or motorman alone, without a conductor.

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Orange Line (MBTA)

The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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Osaka Metro

is the rapid transit network in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by.

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PATCO Speedline

The PATCO Speedline (also known colloquially as the PATCO High Speed Line, Lindenwold High Speed Line, or simply PATCO) is a rapid transit system operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation, which runs between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey.

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PATH (rail system)

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system serving Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, and Jersey City in metropolitan northern New Jersey, as well as lower and midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Pelham Parkway is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

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Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City.

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Petone railway station

Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Purple Line (CTA)

The Purple Line (or the Evanston Line) of the Chicago Transit Authority is a route on the northernmost section of the Chicago "L" rapid transit system.

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Railroad switch

A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.

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Railway platform

A railway platform is an area – normally paved or otherwise prepared for pedestrian use, and often raised to a greater or lesser degree – provided alongside one or more of the tracks at a railway or metro station for use by passengers awaiting, boarding, or alighting from trains.

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Red Line (CTA)

The Red Line, sometimes known as the Howard-Dan Ryan Line or the North-South Line, is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system.

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Reverse curve

In civil engineering, a reverse curve (or "S" curve) is a section of the horizontal alignment of a highway or railroad route in which a curve to the left or right is followed immediately by a curve in the opposite direction.

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Right-of-way (transportation)

A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land.

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Roxbury Crossing station

Roxbury Crossing station is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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SEPTA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, subway / elevated rail line, commuter and light rail line, and electric trolleybus services to nearly 4 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Side platform

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Subway (underpass)

In the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong and Commonwealth countries such as India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, a subway is normally an underpass for pedestrians and/or cyclists beneath a road or railway, allowing them to reach the other side in safety.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Taft Avenue MRT station

Taft Avenue station is a station on the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3), and is the line's only station in Pasay.

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Tokyo Metro

, commonly known as Tokyo Metro, is a rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto subway

The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

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Track (rail transport)

The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

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Train station

A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

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Tram stop

A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it.

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Union station (TTC)

Union is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Valley Line (Edmonton)

The Valley Line is a future, low-floor urban light rail line in Edmonton, Alberta currently under construction.

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Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, known colloquially as Metro and branded Metrorail, is the heavy rail rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area in the United States.

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Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) railway station

Waterloo Interchange railway station is a dual-platform suburban railway station located in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, serving the suburbs of Waterloo, New Zealand, Lower Hutt Central and Woburn.

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West Midlands Metro

West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram line in the county of West Midlands, England, operating between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via the towns of West Bromwich and Wednesbury.

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Western Line, Auckland

The Western Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban rail services that operate between Britomart and Swanson via Newmarket.

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Winson Green Outer Circle tram stop

Winson Green, Outer Circle tram stop is a tram stop in Winson Green, Birmingham England.

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Yau Ma Tei station

Yau Ma Tei, formerly called Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.

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Yorkdale station

Yorkdale is a station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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1939 New York World's Fair

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair), was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St.

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34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

34th Street–Penn Station is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

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34th Street–Penn Station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

34th Street–Penn Station is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_platform

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