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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 7 flagged · 11 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 7 still open
The Orient Express — The entry states the route was cut back to a through overnight service from Paris to Bucharest after 1977, but it actually required a change of trains at the Romanian border from 1977 onward.
The Orient Express — [contradicted] The Orient Express embarked on its initial journey on 5 June 1883, from Paris to Munich and Vienna, but on that first trip it continued to Giurgi, Romania (via Bucharest), with the final destination being Istanbul via a ferry from Giurgi to Ruse
The Flying Scotsman — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section says it was 'the first engine delivered to the newly-formed LNER in 1923' — this is inaccurate; the LNER was formed on 1 January 1923, but Flying Scotsman was not the first engine delivered.
The Shinkansen — The entry states 'Plans to extend the route to Beijing and Singapore were abandoned in 1943 due to World War II' but there were no official plans to extend the Shinkansen to Beijing or Singapore; this is a myth.
The TGV — The entry states the TGV network carried over 2.5 billion passengers by early 2024, but the actual milestone of 2.5 billion passengers was reached in 2010.
The TGV — The entry says the TGV project was presented to President Georges Pompidou in 1974 and approved then, but it was presented in 1971 and approved in 1971.
The Flying Scotsman — [hero audit] hero image does not depict the subject: MISMATCH The image shows a steam locomotive hauling a coal tender, but it is not the famous "Flying Scotsman" (No. 60163), which is a preserved steam
The Trans-Siberian Railway — [staleness sweep] contains time-sensitive marker (As of 2021) - verify against current source and re-date or remove
Stephenson's Rocket — [contradicted] Rocket passed the trial requirement of averaging 10 mph over 70 miles by over 40 percent :: The source says Rocket achieved an average speed of 10 mph (16 km/h) over 70 miles (110 km) by over 40 percent (i.e., exceeded the requirement by over 40
Stephenson's Rocket — [contradicted] The locomotive had a 16 ft smokestack chimney :: The source says the locomotive had a 16 ft (4.9 m) smokestack chimney. The did_you_know claim says the same. No contradiction.
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