Sentences with phrase «passenger railway»

Japan's major passenger railway company JR East has just launched what officials call «the world's fastest art experience» with a traveling art gallery aboard one of its bullet trains, or shinkansen.

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

The first, and of course the one we started with, is the Scenic Railway that boasts it is the steepest passenger railway in the world with a 52º incline.

No need to be alarmed by the name, the Skunk Train is a historic passenger railway that runs through forty miles of majestic redwood forests, scenic mountain meadows, and over 30 bridges overlooking the pristine mountain waters of Northern California.

Bank of American considers travel purchases to include airlines, lodging, car rentals, cruises, travel agencies, taxi and limo services, passenger railway, bus lines, timeshares, campgrounds, tourist attractions, amusement parks, aquariums, zoos and boat rentals.

Keep In Mind It does not include purchases (such as bus and passenger railway tickets) made through travel agencies and tour operators.

Visits to Elvis Presley's Graceland and the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway - the world's steepest passenger railway, climbing to an incline of 72.2 percent - also feature in some of our USA rail holidays.

The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the first steam hauled, public passenger railway in the world.

January 10 On this day in 1863, London opened the first underground passenger railway system.

-- 3 ThankYou Points for each $ 1 spent on purchases at airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies / travel aggregators / tour operators, gas stations, commuter transportation, ferries, commuter railways, subways, taxis / limousines / car services, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, timeshares, bus lines, motor home / recreational vehicle rentals and boat leases and rentals;

Ground transportation: Discover's definition of ground transportation here includes local and suburban commuter transportation such as: ferries, passenger railways, taxis, limousines, rental cars and charter / tour bus lines.

Generally speaking, passenger railways in Africa stay within one country only, with some exceptions.

At the same time, the Premier offers 3X on the following items: airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies, gas stations, commuter transportation, taxi / limousines, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, time shares, bus lines, motor home / RV Rental and boat rentals and also offers 2x on entertainment.

Ground Transportation is defined as local and suburban commuter transportation, including: ferries, passenger railways, taxicabs, limousines / rental cars and charter / tour bus lines.

• Earn two miles per dollar on all travel and entertainment purchases made with airlines, restaurants, hotels, bowling alleys, buses / charters, car rentals, cruise lines, movie theaters, passenger railways, taxicabs / limousines, time shares, travel agents and video rental stores.

Barclay defines travel as: Airlines, Travel Agencies & Tour Operators, Hotels, Motels & Resorts, Cruise Lines, Passenger Railways and Car Rental Agencies.

[P] urchases at airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies / travel aggregators / tour operators, gas stations, commuter transportation, ferries, commuter railways, subways, taxis / limousines / car services, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, timeshares, bus lines, motor home / recreational vehicle rentals and boat leases and rentals

Statement credits are possible only for travel purchases made in the last 180 days — the purchase categories that count as «travel» are: commercial airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, cruises, tour operators, vacation packages booked through airlines, travel agents, online travel sites, and commuter transportation including ferries, passenger railways, taxis, limousines and charter / tour bus lines.

The Post Purchase Travel Redemption must be debited to your Program Card Account and recognized by our systems with the Merchant Category Codes or identifiers: airlines & air carriers, airports, flying fields, and airport terminals; lodgings, hotels, motels and resorts, trailer parks and campgrounds; passenger railways, bus lines, steamship and cruise lines; travel agencies and tour operators, automobile rental agency, motor home and recreational vehicle rentals.

The Post Purchase Travel Redemption must be charged on your Program Card Account and recognized by our systems with the Merchant Category Codes or identifiers: airlines & air carriers, airports, flying fields, and airport terminals; lodgings, hotels, motels and resorts, trailer parks and campgrounds; passenger railways, bus lines, steamship and cruise lines; travel agencies and tour operators, automobile rental agency, motor home and recreational vehicle rentals.

Not only do you get triple points for all travel booked through AAA, but purchases made directly from other travel agencies, airlines, car rental agencies, hotels, resorts, cruise lines, passenger railways and commuter trains also qualify.

You can use your miles to: (a) «pay for travel» (Airlines, Travel Agencies & Tour Operators, Hotels, Motels & Resorts, Cruise Lines, Passenger Railways and Car Rental Agencies) purchases made within the last 90 days as a statement credit, (b) redeem for cash back as a statement credit, (c) redeem for gift cards or (d) redeem for merchandise.

Ground Transportation: local and suburban commuter transportation including ferries, passenger railways, taxicabs, limousines, rental cars, charter / tour bus lines (not including those purchased through travel agencies or aggregator sites)

Here's the list of what will be included: airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies, gas stations, commuter transportation, taxi / limousines, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, time shares, bus lines, motor home / RV Rental and boat rentals.

3 ThankYou Points for every dollar you spend on purchases at airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies, gas stations, commuter transportation, taxi / limousines, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, time shares, bus lines, motor home / RV rental and boat rentals;

For the Citi ThankYou Premier card, the list is more expansive: «purchases at airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel agencies / travel aggregators / tour operators, gas stations, commuter transportation, ferries, commuter railways, subways, taxis / limousines / car services, passenger railways, cruise lines, bridge and road tolls, parking lots / garages, campgrounds and trailer parks, timeshares, bus lines, motor home / recreational vehicle rentals and boat leases and rentals.»

Not exact matches

This job is split between two complementary roles: railway locomotive engineers are expected to operate the trains carrying passengers or freight, while communicating properly with their crew and traffic controllers; while yard locomotive engineers specifically operate trains at the yard, uncoupling and switching cars, and inspecting and refuelling the locomotives.

After two days of interrupted ticketing service and free rides for passengers, the railway's station kiosks went back online on Sunday.

Penn Station is the busiest railway station in North America, serving 1,000 passengers every 90 seconds, according to Railway Techrailway station in North America, serving 1,000 passengers every 90 seconds, according to Railway TechRailway Technology.

Bombardier is embroiled in a dispute with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) over a 1.9 - billion - Swiss - franc ($ 2.3 - billion) contract for 59 passenger trains.

To make matters worse, the remote destination largely lacked pre-existing venues and infrastructure suitable for hosting the games — hence, the $ 10 billion price tag attached to the largest project: a road and railway link built to take passengers from Sochi's coast to Krasnaya Polyana, a mountain resort that hosted the ski and snowboarding events.

A railway chaplain has sympathised with rail passengers who traveled on the first working day of 2018 and were hit with the largest fare rise in five years.

A Department for Transport spokesman said: «We are investing in the biggest modernisation of our railways since the Victorian times to improve services for passengers - providing faster and better, more comfortable trains with extra seats.

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More than 25 large - scale model railway trains and trolleys — including American steam engines and streetcars from the late 1800s to modern - day freight and high - speed passenger trains — travel across rustic bridges, along overhead trestles, through tunnels and past waterfalls that cascade into flowing creeks.

On the issue of regulated fares, he said the government must strike a balance between what taxpayers must pay in terms of state funding for the railways, and what passengers should pay for their improved service.

This in itself would be an amazing admission that two sets of figures exist for working purposes for one railway line and its passengers.

The investment has met with approval from Passenger Focus, the lobby group for rail passengers, which said that the main priorities for those travelling on the railways were more trains arriving on time, more and longer trains and increased chances of getting a seat.

Railways risk becoming obsolete unless the industry fully embraces digital technology and offers passengers enhanced services, a conference heard on Thursday.

He has previously been Vice-Chairman of the Recreation and Entertainment Committee, sat on the Enterprise, Innovation and Networks subject committee and was a member of the Railway, Infrastructure and Passenger Committee.

The Railway Workers Union announced the withdrawal of passenger services from Accra to Tema and Accra to Nsawam last week [Friday, December, 18] following government's failure to pay their three - month salary arrears.

The link between the cost of railways, taxpayer subsidy and what the passenger must pay has broken down.

This might be easier for me and my fellow commuters to stomach if botched privatisation hadn't left Britain's railways expensive to maintain and upgrade — hardly the fault of passengers.

Passenger organisations are refusing to accept the proposals, however, pointing out that those who use the railways want a quicker shift towards cheaper ticket fares.

Britain's creaking railway network is under increasingly pressure as passenger numbers rise inexorably.

Last year, Chris Grayling's preferred approach was to insist that the government had «always fairly balanced» the cost of modernising the railways between the taxpayer and the passenger.

The government wants to increase capacity on the railways to accommodate 180 million more passengers over the next seven years, representing growth of 20 per cent.

The Railway Workers Union announced the withdrawal of passenger services from Accra to Tema and Accra to Nsawam in December following government's failure to pay their three - month salary arrears.

The Liberal Democrats warned passengers are being forced of the railways because of the cost of train tickets.