North Shore Line (New York)
North Shore Line could refer to one of several railway lines: * Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, United States * North Shore railway line, Sydney, Australia * North Shore Line (New York), a former trolley line on the north shore of Long Island * North Shore Line (Singapore), a planned mass transit line in Singapore which was scrapped and succeeded by the Cross Island line. * North Shore Branch, Staten Island * North Shore Line, New Zealand, a proposed railway line in Auckland, New Zealand See also * North Shore Branch * North Shore Railroad (other) * Shoreline (other) * North Shore (other) * South Shore Line (other) * * North (other) * Shore (other) * Line (other) Line most often refers to: * Line (geometry), object with zero thickness and curvature that stretches to infinity * Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also ref ...
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Rail Transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles ( rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer ...
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