Sentences with phrase «first railway line»

The train takes its name from the towering rock face of Cóndor Puñuna (Condor Mountain) which presented a seemingly impassable obstacle during the construction of Ecuador's first railway line at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

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Engineers are today warning that the current High Speed 2 proposals must learn from the mistakes made during the planning of the first high speed railway line which connects London and the Channel Tunnel.

It's a walk I've been desperate to do since I started driving into the Scottish highlands when I had my first car, because it runs up an old railway line and from it you can see some really stunning views.

The area was explored in the 1790s but was not settled until the mid-1800s and grew rapidly after the completion of the first transcontinental railway line 20 years later.

The station was part of the Paknam Line, a Belgian - Danish joint venture, which operated Thailand's first railway from 1893 — 1959 linking Bangkok to the mouth of the Chao Phraya River (pak nam) where the ships were anchored.

Historically the world's first ever preserved heritage railway, the Talyllyn line travels across rolling green hills on route to Tywyn Wharf.

The first recorded purpose - built railway hotel was the Great Western Hotel, which opened adjacent to Reading railway station in 1844, shortly after the Great Western Railway opened its line from railway hotel was the Great Western Hotel, which opened adjacent to Reading railway station in 1844, shortly after the Great Western Railway opened its line from railway station in 1844, shortly after the Great Western Railway opened its line from Railway opened its line from London.

The section of the Eastern & Midlands Railway now known as «The Poppy Line» was first opened in June 1887.

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The historic river port of Goolwa is the site of Australia's first passenger railway line.

The Wadebridge and Bodmin Railway Line was opened in 1834 and was one of the first built in the world, it carried the first steam trains in Cornwall and was the first in West Britain to carry passengers.

Van Nuys was the first new stop on the San Fernando Line of the Pacific Electric Railway red cars system, which boosted its early land sales and commercial success.