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    Volk's Electric Railway (VER) is a narrow gauge heritage railway that runs along a length of the seafront of the English seaside resort of Brighton. It...
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    Channel between 1896 and 1901. It was designed by Magnus Volk to extend his Volk's Electric Railway from its terminus in Paston Place to the village of Rottingdean...
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    Magnus Volk FII (1851–1937) was a British-German inventor and pioneering electrical engineer. He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the...
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  • 6189 Völk, a main belt asteroid Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, USA Volk's Electric Railway, a heritage railway in Brighton, UK "Volk", a...
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  • Office Railway opened to public since 2017 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Kent Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Kent Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton...
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    Falcon Works at Loughborough. Two of these were purchased by the Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton when they became redundant in 1949. They were converted...
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  • airport code for General Heriberto Jara International Airport Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton, England VerPublishing, of the German group VDM Publishing...
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    and Berlin Straßenbahn). The Volk's Electric Railway opened in 1883 in Brighton, and is the oldest surviving electric railway. Also in 1883, Mödling and...
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    Tram (redirect from Electric street car)
    successful electric tram. It initially drew current from the rails, with overhead wire being installed in 1883. In Britain, Volk's Electric Railway was opened...
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    He is also the second son of Magnus Volk, who built Volk's Electric Railway, and Anna Volk (born Banfield). Volk's younger brother Conrad wrote a biography...
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    the Northern Hub. The first electric railway in Great Britain was Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, a pleasure railway, which opened in 1883, still...
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    Avenue in 1932–38 and Golf Club Halt on the city boundary. The Volk's Electric Railway, opened in 1883, runs along the inland edge of the beach from the...
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  • Blackrock, Cork, Ireland Black Rock Halt railway station, in Gwynedd, Wales Black Rock Station on the Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton Black Rock (disambiguation)...
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    ISBN 978-1-906167-25-7. "Volk's Electric Sea Railway, Daddy Long Legs, The Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore Electric railway, Brighton, East Sussex, England...
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    Volk's Electric Railway opened in 1883 in Brighton, England. The railway is still operational, thus making it the oldest operational electric railway...
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  • not officially open to passengers until the following month. The Volk's Electric Railway was opened in 1883 in Brighton. This two kilometer line, re-gauged...
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    Siemens (see Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway and Berlin Straßenbahn). Volk's Electric Railway opened in 1883 in Brighton. Also in 1883, Mödling and Hinterbrühl...
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    at the beginning of the development of electric trains. The oldest electric railway in the world, Volk's Railway in Brighton, England, was originally electrified...
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    stands at the intersection of Brighton's busiest thoroughfares. Volk's Electric Railway runs along the inland edge of the beach from Palace Pier to Black...
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    There remain a number of bus services through Kemptown, and the Volk's Electric Railway passes the area along the beach. List of gay villages United Kingdom...
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    city of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the terminus stations of the Volk's railway, hosts a 200-year-old living wall, designated as a local wildlife site...
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    Volk's Electric Railway opened in 1883 in Brighton, England. The railway is still operational, thus making it the oldest operational electric railway...
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    Ouche Valley Railway (France) Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Volk's Electric Railway Wales West Light Railway (USA) Welsh Highland Railway West Lancashire...
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    Palace Pier. The ship was a temporary tourist attraction, with the Volk's Electric Railway opening out of season to serve the large number of sightseers....
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    has two narrow-gauge railways, the Hastings Miniature Railway, which is powered by a steam locomotive, and Volk's Electric Railway, which runs from Brighton's...
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    Part of the cost was repairs to the West Pier and the nearby Volk's Electric Railway caused by damage in the 1896 storm from the Chain Pier's debris...
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    Blackpool Tramway (category 600 V DC railway electrification)
    in 2022/23. It is the second-oldest electric tramway in the United Kingdom, the first being Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, which opened two years...
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    enlarging the running tunnels. The first electric railway in England was, in fact, the narrow-gauge Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, opened in 1883. The C&SLR...
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    November 2013. "Welcome to Volk's Electric Railway—the official site of the Volk's Electric Railway Association". Volk's Electric Railway Association. Archived...
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  • Retrieved 2013-04-22. McGraw Electric Railway List August, 1918. Trade Investigation and Directory Department of the Electric Railway Journal. 1918. Hilton,...
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