International Railway Photos

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Let's post photos of trains/railways lines here. Note only foreign trains apply.

Paris Metro at Marie de Clichy station.

Double deckered trains on the Paris RER line A.

Artwork inside Paris Metro's Varenne station. Statue is a replica of Rodin's "Thinker", which the real one is just near the station premise.

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KTM Antarabandar Locomotives

25204 Mutiara

YDM 6149

25204 Mutiara

25109 Pulau Perhentian

29119 Medang

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Paris Gare De L'Est Station for longhaul trains. External facade.

TGV train headed for somewhere in Northern France.

Diesel loco...

The left most loco was the loco for my night train from Paris Gare De L'Est to Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

SNCF is the French National Rail Company.

One last photo of the interior of Gare I'Est and Paris before I left for Berlin...

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State Railway of Thailand

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This was my sleeper compartment... It would take me about 13hours(overnight) to get from Paris Gare I'Est to Berlin Hauptbahnhof(Central Train Station)...

I had the topmost bunk... The compartment had 6 beds.
My flimsy bed...

It was an uneventful night and I managed to sleep throughout, despite the bed rocking whenever there was a change of tracks...

At around 9.05a.m local time in Berlin, we arrived into the Hauptbahnhof there...

That is the train car I came out from... Second class couche...

CityNightLine operated by DB(Deutsche Bahn).

At Berlin Hauptbahnhof~...

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State Railway of Thailand

HAHAHHAHAHA LOL!

The JR logo is still evident! It was a compartmente used by JR right?

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HAHAHHAHAHA LOL!

The JR logo is still evident! It was a compartmente used by JR right?

Yup. It's a gift to the Thai Railways. Similar to their gift to the Indonesian Railways, but theirs were EMUs. This picture was taken just 1 week before the derailment near Hat Yai,with the same rake. The coaches are attached on a train between Bangkok and Hat Yai. During a festive season (I forgot which one), there will be a train with the full rake of the JR Blue Train, but hauled with an SRT locomotive, plying the route of Bangkok - Chiang Mai.

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Bi-articulated tram in Berlin.

DB Deutsche Bahn Berlin Hauptbahnhof exterior...

Dresden Neustadt Bahnhof...

Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

EC 173, the train that I was on, actually started in Hamburg, passed through Berlin, then Dresden, crossing over into the Czech Republic, stopping in its capital Prague(using Praha Holesovice instead of Praha hl.n) and ending in Vienna Sudbahnhof(South Train Station).

Note that the EC 173 train has cars from the Austrian Railway operator OBB. Note that Gleis 3(Platform 3) of Dresden Hauptbahnhof only serves 3 trains per day!

This is so because Gleis 3(and one other platform) are through lines where trains carry on and go into the Czech Republic. All other lines(platforms) terminate at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. So that also means that there are only 3 border crossings for trains into Czech Republic per day.

Dresden has one of the longest trams in the world and they are proud of it...

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Tai Po Market Railway Museum

1911 third-class compartment, #302

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InterRegio Express train from Dresden to Nuremburg.

Driver's cabin and 2nd class cabin.

Then crossed to the adjacent platform at Nuremburg Hauptbahnhof for the InterCity Express ICE T(/3) train travelling at 200kmph to Munich Hauptbahnhof.

The internal speedometer display...

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YDM4 6663 with Ekspres Timuran 15Dn, Tumpat - Singapore via Gemas.
Otherwise known as, Devil 3 among railway fans.

YDM4 6697 at Gemas, Platform 2.

22115 Kuala Lipis stable at Gemas.

29105 with Train 206Up from Singapore to Prai Yard. Stable at Gemas.

25 Class Loco with Lambaian Timur 26Up to Gua Musang. @ Kempas Bahru.

Blue Tiger Class 26. 26107 @ Kempas Bahru.

ERL (Ekspres Rail Link) KLIA - KL Sentral

Rapid KL new 4 Car trainset.

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On the OBB Railjet, the high speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways, from Munich Hauptbahnhof to Wien Westbahnhof.

Real-time info system...

Economy Class(2nd class) seats...

The Railjet train at Gleis(Platform) 7 at Wien Westbahnhof.

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The Railjet train at Gleis(Platform) 7 at Wien Westbahnhof.

I'm surprised they use track-level platforms there. Are the step below the door of the coaches retractable?

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Trams in Vienna.
Amazing that even the two carriage trams have a small 1st class cabin while the rest is 2nd class.

Sudbahnhof (S) means the tram terminates at the Vienna South Train Station on the S-Bahn platform.

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I'm surprised they use track-level platforms there. Are the step below the door of the coaches retractable?

The step below the coaches are retractable, like most if not all of the InterCity and EuroCity trains operated by the Austrian Federal Railways, Österreichische Bundesbahnen(ÖBB).

Not sure for the Regional trains though, though I suspect the newer ones are equiped with retractable steps that fold inwards into the train cabin or swing inwards depending on the door arrangement.

And in Wien Westbahnhof, the photos are a bit deceptive. The platforms are not track-level, just a bit above the track level. This was so because at the time Wien Westbahnhof was built, it was very very long ago.

But Wien Westbahnhof will not exist in its present form for much longer though... Plans are underway to demolish parts of its infrastructure(together with the Sudbahnhof) to make way for a new and main Central Train Station in Vienna termed the Wein Hauptbahnhof.

That should be ready in a few years time.

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The Railjet, at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof...

A Taurus locomotive by the Österreichische Bundesbahnen(ÖBB)...

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Taking the InterRegio to the scenic city of Luzern... The train was delayed for four minutes. The Swiss expect their trains to depart by the second!

The facade of Luzern Railway Station...

On the narrow gauge railways of Die Zentralbahn... Going up the Swiss Alps and down, to Interlaken Ost.
The scenic landscape was breathtaking!

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24125 Megat Terawih at the headshunt of line 3, Tanjung Pagar Railway Station

Shot in 2003 if I remember correctly. Yes, I was short then as you can judge from the guy's height. And no digital cameras.

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Shall post the train rides in my more recent trip to East and Central Europe by the days...