May 2020

• ...that industrial archaeologists have found the remains of buildings including a broad gauge train shed for Brunel's original lines, a turntable, and engine sheds in excavations east of Westbourne Park tube station as part of the land clearance work for the Crossrail project?

• ...that Westall railway station on the Gippsland line in Melbourne originally opened in 1954 as a workers only platform for the adjacent Martin & King railway coachbuilding factory?

• ...that due to the original scheme to continue the extension to Denham, the Central line tracks at West Ruislip station continue for a short distance beyond the station before ending at buffers?

• ...that at its peak, West Penn Railways electric interurban lines extended 339 miles (546 km)?

• ...that the original proposal for the West Midlands Metro included plans to run into the former Wolverhampton Low Level station?

• ...that the West Highland Line in Scotland, on which the Glenfinnan Viaduct was a filming location for the Harry Potter series of films, is the westernmost railway line in Great Britain?

• ...that Metro-North Railroad's West Haven station, which opened in 2013 in Connecticut, is only the second new station on the New Haven Line in a century, after Fairfield Metro in 2011?

• ...that West Ham station was built with four platforms and served in that configuration from its 1901 opening until it was damaged by bombs in World War II?

• ...that by the 1890s, Concord Junction, which is now West Concord station, was a busier village center than Concord itself, with 125 trains stopping per day?

• ...that in 1945 Local campaigners urged that the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge West Clare Railway, which was the last operating narrow gauge passenger system in Ireland when it closed in 1961, be converted to the standard Irish gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)?

• ...that the city of West Chicago contributed $25,000 from the city's capital projects fund to alter the modern architectural style of Metra's West Chicago station to a vintage, 19th-century look?

• ...that West Brompton station's location on the West London line forms a borough boundary and its tracks are shared between Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham?

• ...that West Bank station on the METRO Green Line in Minneapolis is the westernmost station only served by Green Line trains?

• ...that in the 1990s, the Werdau–Mehltheuer railway was the route of Deutsche Bahn's "slowest" Regional-Expresses?

• ...that the July 2011 Wenzhou train collision, although being the third-deadliest high-speed rail accident in history, is to date the only fatal crash involving high-speed rail in China?

• ...that Taipei Metro's Wenhu line is one of only two lines worldwide to use VAL 256 type trains, the other being O'Hare International Airport's Airport Transit System?

• ...that the Wells and Fakenham Railway opened Wells-next-the-Sea railway station in 1857 hoping that it would help offset the area's downturn as larger ships began using other ports?

• ...that Arthur M. Wellington, who was chief engineer for several 19th century railroads North America, is credited as the originator of the saying "An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two"?

• ...that Wellington railway station, which opened in 1937, was the first major New Zealand structure to incorporate a significant measure of earthquake resistance?

• ...that in 1903, a number of old horse-drawn Wellington trams were converted into Wellington Cable Car trailers to increase the line's capacity?

• ...that in 1904 the London-bound Ocean Mails pulled by 3700 Class No. 3440 City of Truro was timed at 102.3 mph (164.6 km/h) on its descent of Wellington Bank, but to preserve their reputation for safety, Great Western Railway allowed only the overall timings for the run to be put into print?

• ...that the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Wellingborough Tramway, which was first opened in the 1870s, was the last industrial narrow-gauge railway operating in The Midlands ironstone industry when it closed in 1966?

• ...that a pair of Swiss E2E electric locomotives built in 1899 and formerly operated by Burgdorf Thun Bahn are the oldest preserved three phase locomotives designed for full service operation?

• ...that one of the turntables on the Weka Pass Railway was found in a scrap heap in Christchurch?

• ...that the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway connecting Germany and Poland includes one of the oldest extant station buildings in Germany, the original Wittenberg station built in 1841?