1Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah
Mecca has a Metro line (Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Line) specifically for shuttling Muslim pilgrims between holy sites during Hajj. The rail line is only open one week per year, has trains every 2.5 minutes, operates at 100% capacity, and moves nearly 4 million people.
2Kotatsu train
The Japanese train company Sanriku runs a special train named Kotatsu during winters in Japan. Everyone on it sits on low wooden tables with attached blankets and a heat source underneath, mirroring a cozy living room atmosphere.
3Amtrak delays
The majority of Amtrak's delays are due to freight railroads giving priority to their own trains over passenger trains. Even though this is explicitly against the law, only 1 violator has ever been charged by the Department of Justice in the entire 47-year history of Amtrak.
4New York City subway
The New York City Subway still operates several train cars constructed in 1964 in regular service. This specific model owes its longevity to its superior durability, craftsmanship and structural quality. Retired cars from this model are shipped out to the Atlantic Ocean for artificial reefs.
5Wgasa Bush Line
A San Diego park's monorail was named the Wgasa Bush Line after managers requested an African-sounding name. WGASA is an acronym for "Who gives a sh *t anyways?"
6Train delay certificate
Trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers get a formal apology, and most times they will even get a "delay certificate." Delays that are over an hour will also appear on the news.
7Paris Metro
Paris Metro trains drive on the right rather than the left and its tunnels are narrower than mainline ones in order to prevent it from being absorbed into the national railway network.
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8Introduction of Trains
When trains were introduced in the U.S, many people believed that “women’s bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour,” and that their “uteruses would fly out of [their] bodies if they were accelerated to that speed.”
9Freight train
The average length of a freight train in the US is 2000 meters/1.25 miles long.
10Rail car
If you own your own rail car, Amtrak will let you attach it to one of their trains and go along for the ride.
