Public Transportation

Trams and such: A trip on HSL

Posted by Trainphilos on 13 October 2018 in Light Rail, Public Transportation, Railroad Travel / Tourism |No Comments

HSL (Helsingin seudun liikenne) is the regional transportation authority for Greater Helsinki responsible for all tram, subway (underground), commuter rail, bus, ferry and bike share services. Interestingly enough HSL does not own any rolling stock, but uses third party contractors to accomplish the day to day operation of the system. For example the tram system […]

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Taking a ride on “God’s Wonderful Railway”, aka The Great Western Railway Company

Posted by Trainphilos on 17 June 2018 in Public Transportation, Railroad Industry, Railroad Travel / Tourism |2 Comments

My readers will recall that in my last blog I described an OO scale model of the new UK Intercity Express Train (Class 800) which I had purchased. A few comments about the actual, real life Class 800 were also part of that particular article. More and more of these units are now finding their way […]

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La dolce vita: More train photographs from my friends traveling in Italy

Posted by Trainphilos on 10 February 2018 in Public Transportation, Railroad Travel / Tourism |No Comments

Just to make me envious, one of my friends sent me a couple of photographs while traveling in Northern Italy.  The first one is at Milano Centrale showing a Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) electric multiple unit. These are tilting high speed trains built by Alstom Italy. The Swiss Railways classify them as RABe 503, […]

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