Trains are this week´s topic. As we have studied, trains have important advantages over other means of transport. This week´s challenge includes some questions about history and some others about current trains.
QUESTION 1
What was the first railway passenger line in the world? When did it start working?
QUESTION 2
What was the first railway passenger line in Spain?When did it start working?
QUESTION 3
What is track/ rail gauge? What is the difference between the Spanish gauge and the European gauge?
QUESTION 4
What is the longest railway line in the world? How many kilometres does this line have? What cities does this line connect?
QUESTION 5
What is Maglev? How it works?
QUESTION 6
What train holds the record of maximum speed in service? What cities does this train connect?
QUESTION 7
What is the highest railway line in the world? At what altitude do trains circulate in this line?
Remember to write your own answers. Don´t copy and paste!
3 comments:
Q1
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), opened in 1825, was 26 miles (40 km) long, and was built between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees via Darlington, and to several collieries near Shildon in north-eastern England.
Q2
The first railway in Spain opened on 28th October, 1848 between Barcelona and Mataro.
Q3
Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of 1,435 mm.
The difference is that Spanish guage is 1,672mm and the european is 1,435mm.
Q4
The Trans-Siberian Railway.
9,259 kilometres (5,753 miles)
It connects Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.
Q5
Magnetic levitation (maglev) is a relatively new transportation technology in which noncontacting vehicles travel safely at speeds of 250 to 300 miles-per-hour or higher while suspended, guided, and propelled above a guideway by magnetic fields.
Q6
The Maglev Line in Shanghai reaches speeds of 431 km/h (268 mph) and it conncts
Q7
The Qingzang railway, It is 5,072 m above seaa level.
Enrique Vazquez
Hello everybody!
Question 1:
The first line was from Darlington to Stockton, it started to work in 1825.
Question 2:
The first railway in Spain was from Barcelona to Mataró, it has 28.6 km and it opened in 1848.
Question 3:
The rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line.
The Spanish gauge has 1,672 mm and the European gauge has 1,465 mm.
Question 4:
The longest railway is the Trans-Siberian Railway which has 9,259 km.
The main route of the Trans-Siberian originates in St. Petersburg at Moskovsky Vokzal, runs through Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita and Khabarovsk to Vladivostok via southern Siberia.
Question 5:
The Maglev is a system of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles, predominantly trains, using magnetic levitation from a very large number of magnets for lift and propulsion.
Question 6:
The fastest train line in the world is the Maglev line in Shanghai, it can reach to 431 km/h. Which connects the underground station of Longyang Road to Pundong International Airport.
Question 7:
It's the Qingzang railway which reaches to 5,072 m above the sea.
Bye!!
The first passenger line was Liverpool- Manchester in 1830. The Stockton- Darlington line was not a passenger line, but a line that connected the collieries (coal mines)with the city of Stockton.
As for the rest of the questions, Javi´s answers are more complete. Congratulations!
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