The Tōkaidō Main Line (東海道本線 Tōkaidō-honsen) is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) connecting Tokyo and Kōbe stations. It is 589.5 km (366.3 mi) long […]
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Beaujolais
Beaujolais (French pronunciation: [bo.ʒɔ.lɛ]) is a French Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most […]
The Haçienda
Fac 51 The Haçienda (better known simply as The Haçienda) was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester England. It became most famous during the Madchester years of the late […]
Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple (महाबोधि मंदिर) (Literally: Great Awakening Temple) a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya marking the location where Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha is […]
Ferrocarril de Sóller
The Ferrocarril de Sóller Catalan pronunciation: [ˌfɛrukəˈriɫ də ˈsoʎə] (English: Railway of Sóller) acronym FS is an interurban railway and the name for the company which operates the electrified 3 […]
Mir Castle Complex
The Mirsky Castle Complex (Belarusian: Мірскі замак) is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus located in the town of Mir in the Karelichy District of the Hrodna voblast at […]
Wengernalp railway
The Wengernalp railway (German: Wengernalpbahn WAB) is a 19.091 kilometres (11.863 mi) long 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge rack railway line in Switzerland which runs from Lauterbrunnen […]
Jungfrau railway
The Jungfrau railway (German: Jungfraubahn JB) is an 1000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge rack railway which runs 9 kilometres from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station […]
Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway
The Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (French: Chemin de fer Montreux–Oberland Bernois German: Montreux–Berner Oberland-Bahn abbreviated MOB) is a railway operating in southwest Switzerland one of the oldest electric railways in the […]
Hejaz Railway
The Hejaz (also Hedjaz) Railway (Turkish: Hicaz Demiryolu) was a narrow gauge railway (1050 mm/3 ft 5 11⁄32 in track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina through the Hejaz […]