But that could change by this weekend as stations pass along the cost of their higher priced gasoline to drivers.
Elsewhere in the world, using trains to travel around rural areas is often impractical, as stations are few and far between and schedules are rarely synchronised.
As stations began running low, the situation snowballed, he said.
Such geosynchronous vehicles act as relay stations for telecommunications, and also as broadcasting platforms for satellite television.
Accordingly, it only makes sense that one of the city's chief mass transit providers, Tokyo Metro, would outfit as many of its stations as possible with free WiFi.
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Passengers on the train in front were instructed by their driver to move through the carriages to the front of the tube as it passed through stations as the runaway gained on them.
If chips are as hot as power stations, the thinking goes, why not use them as such?
Simple Celtic crosses and plaques were scattered down the mountain, serving as the Stations of the Cross.
The monitors also serve as collection stations for precipitation, drinking water, and milk samples.
Energy-watchers now fret about possible blackouts as power stations close and are not replaced.
The issue here is that many of these streaming services position themselves as radio stations.
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They are involved in guarding the UK's "critical infrastructure", such as power stations and railways, from vandals, protesters and thieves.
Such machines could be used for scientific research or surveillance, or as relay stations to transmit communication signals across long distances.
Grants to as many as 30 cities to encourage investment in EV infrastructure (such as charging stations) and removing regulatory hurdles.
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However, finding more spectrum means relocating existing services, such as television stations and federal government agencies, and this is a time-consuming process.
As polling stations closed, PA reported that in Dublin 38% of the electorate voted while in the north-west counties just 20% took part.
These purchase coins from main cash collection points, such as railway stations and temples, and deliver them at the customer's doorstep for a fee.
The other raw material for photosynthesis, carbon dioxide, will be supplied as the exhaust from industrial plants such as power stations, oil refineries and natural-gas processors.
The idea of converting ATMs to act as polling stations may be far-fetched, but the video suggests users could confirm their identities using their secure PIN number.
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With the arrival of the steamship, Pacific deepwater harbours were briefly eyed as coaling stations, until design improvements made possible non-stop travel from San Francisco to Australia.
All major public and private facilities in the capital - such as subway stations, cinemas, department stores - have been asked to hold at least one drill by November.
The other, filed in October of 2011 by the Bell County Board of Elections, seeks to block the fire department from charging a fee to use its firehouses as polling stations.
Queues formed early outside schools used as polling stations.
This month's update issued patches for 49 vulnerabilities, including one that plugs a hole exploited by Stuxnet, the first-known worm designed to target real-world infrastructure such as power stations, water plants and industrial units.
Meditations read out at each stage of the night-time procession - known as the Stations of the Cross - were composed by young Lebanese faithful, and some urged peace in a region "torn apart by injustice and conflicts".
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party led by former cricket star Imran Khan, asked for the army to be deployed in Karachi, after widespread reports of irregularities such as polling stations not opening and improper voting slips being given out.
The Japanese company, which is a big manufacturer of cell phones and infrastructure equipment such as base stations, once developed analog handsets for the North American market only to sell out of that business about 12 years ago.
And while Americans are increasingly considering all-electric vehicles for regular commuting and shorter trips, having your own charging station, let alone a solar-powered one, is still out of reach for most drivers, even as the stations start to crop up at auto dealerships and major businesses nationwide.
Over the past week, computer experts in Italy, Russia and the US have posted details online on a clutch of vulnerabilities they have found in various SCADA packages used to automate installations as diverse as power stations, water purification plants, oil refineries, food factories, breweries and steel plants.
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Despite this, the main radio stations will still be broadcast on FM and medium wave as usual while the digital stations - such as 1 Extra and BBC7 - will still be available on satellite, cable, through digital radios and online.
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