4-479: The Itami Line ( 伊丹線 , Itami-sen ) is a railway line of Hankyu Railway in Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan , connecting Tsukaguchi Station in the city of Amagasaki and Itami Station in the city of Itami . It extends 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi). The line opened, electrified at 600 VDC in 1920, and duplicated in 1943. The voltage was raised to 1500 VDC in 1967. The Itami station building collapsed during
8-683: A form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail infrastructure . An example is the term railroad , used (but not exclusively) in North America , and railway , generally used in English-speaking countries outside North America and by
12-574: The Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, and a temporary station opened 400m south of the original station three months later while the original station was torn down and rebuilt. A single track was restored to the rebuilt station site in 1998, and dual track service resumed in 1999. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages Railway line Rail transport terms are
16-741: The International Union of Railways . In English-speaking countries outside the United Kingdom, a mixture of US and UK terms may exist. Various terms, both global and specific to individual countries, are listed here. The abbreviation "UIC" refers to terminology adopted by the International Union of Railways in its official publications and thesaurus. Also Centering spring cylinder . Also Railway air brake . Also Main Reservoir and Reservoir . Also see Reverser handle . A metal casting incorporating
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