...that as part of the Metropolitana di Napoli (Naples Metro) in Italy, the Montesanto Funicular, which originally opened in 1891, carries over 4 million passengers annually with an average of 12,500 passengers on workdays?
...that of the five active major stations in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Ladozhsky Rail Terminal, which opened in 2003 as the newest and most modern station in the city, is the only station in Saint Petersburg that where the tracks continue through the station at both ends?
...that red-brick main building of the Kyushu Railway History Museum, established near Mojikō Station in Kitakyūshū, Japan, in 2003, was originally the main headquarters building of Kyushu Railway, which came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907?
...that in 1985, the Jammu Tawi – Indore Express, often called the Malwa Express, was the first Indian train to arrive in Pakistan as a diplomatic gesture, but its subsequent regular weekly arrival in Lahore was discontinued after 55 days due to controversies?
...that when the Cook Strait Inter-Island Rail and Road Service started in 1962, a service now known as Interislander, Wellington to Christchurch, New Zealand, travel time was reduced by two hours?