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2 unusual facts about Regional rail


Regional rail

There are of course trains that are something in between regional and inter-city, like the Oresundtrain (between Copenhagen and 3 cities in Sweden over 3 hours away) with stopping pattern like a regional train and pass prices attracting work commuters.

Six Hours Past Thursday

Two-thirds of the Six Hours Past Thursday story unfolds on the streets and in the office buildings, restaurants, and bars of Chicago's Loop, along with the suburban reaches on into the city by way of commuter train.


Abdullah Hukum LRT station

The station is currently the closest rapid transit station to Mid Valley City, but a KTM Komuter regional rail station is located far closer to the area.

Music City Stars

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the team was named for the city's association with music industry celebrities; it also referred the Music City Star, a regional rail service.

Orte railway station

Frequent regional trains link Orte with nearby destinations, including Rome, Florence, Fiumicino Airport, Foligno, Terontola, Terni, Perugia and Viterbo.

Potenza Centrale railway station

The more common regional trains link Potenza with closer destinations, including Salerno, Naples, Melfi, Foggia and Taranto.

Ticket machine

Recently, however, a handful of regional rail systems like Metrolink, and SEPTA have adopted the use of validation machines for at least some ticket types.


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Agnes Irwin School

In addition, the school is located within a mile of the Villanova stations for the SEPTA Regional Rail Paoli/Thorndale Line and the Norristown High Speed Line.

Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania

A station on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia - Baltimore line, now the Crum Lynne SEPTA regional rail station, was named by Pennsylvania Railroad vice president after Crumlin, Wales, where his mother was born.

Frankfurt Airport loop

A regional rail project called Regionaltangente West (regional tangent west) is being developed which would connect Neu-Isenburg with Bad Homburg and the NordWestZentrum shopping centre through the western fringes of Frankfurt.

Gare de Roanne

It is also a regional station of the TER Rhône-Alpes network (a regional rail network serving the Rhône-Alpes region), connecting by "express regional" (TER) trains.

Reading Terminal Market

Those efforts continued after SEPTA Regional Rail trains moved from the train terminal above the market to the new underground Market East Station below it in 1984.