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1. Recently there has been an increase in rail traffic due to the fact that many products are coming in from abroad.
2. The train left at exactly 3 o'clock. Just 5 minutes before I had been stuck in a traffic jam.
3. A new school for diesel train drivers has been recently opened in Derby, Britain. The trainees attending the course are railway workers who have already received some practical experience on different railways.
4. This railway line is being upgraded to carry heavier volumes of freight and passenger traffic.
5. China has the world’s sixth longest railroad system. By the mid-1970s, all of its major manufacturing centers and provincial capitals had been linked by railway network.
6. When we came to the station, the train had already arrived and the passengers werehurrying to occupy their seats in the carriages.
7. Double-deck buses were being operated in Moscow within several months but they wereconsidered inconvenient especially during rush hours.
8. The Czech Railways is investing heavily to upgrade the Prague-Breslau railway.
9. In Japan, there are many narrow gauge lines in mountainous regions and tilting trains have been designed to run on these railways.
10. How fast was the train going when the accident occurred?
11. Steam was the main source of power until the mid-20th century, though electric power had been used from the early 20th century, especially in Europe.
12. Investigators were photographing the wreckage from all angles, and searching for a data recorder that had been aboard the freight train.
