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2 unusual facts about Train stop


Train stop

In 1901, Union Switch and Signal Company developed the first automatic train stop system for the Boston Elevated Railway.

Watford DC Line

Train stops were provided (except at repeater signals) to allow LER trains to operate over the line without the special provision of a second man; this enabled the same practice to be continued with all other Underground and main line stock subsequently allocated to this line and which was provided with trip equipment.



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Bingo-Saijō Station

While it was formerly an express train stop, there are currently no express trains operating east of Miyoshi Station.

Catanzaro railway station

The new train stop, officially named Catanzaro but commonly Catanzaro Germaneto to distinguish it from the old structures, serves the government offices of the region and the campus of the Magna Græcia University, located not too far from it.