All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019
All articles published this month.
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Transdev Wellington
Network of five services on four lines serving 49 stations: from Wellington on the lines to Johnsonville, Waikanae and Melling, plus two services on the route from Wellington to Waterloo, Upper Hutt and Masterton. Transdev has operated services under the Metlink brand since 2016 when it took over from Tranz ...
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Santiago de los Caballeros Monorail
Single monorail route under construction. Work on a 13·2 km line began in March 2022. This starts at Cienfuegos to the northwest of the city, running southeast to the city centre and then east along Av. Las Carreras to Monumento. From there it heads south to a loop around southeastern ...
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JSC Fushë Kosovë (Infrakos)
First line opened 1874; an independent railway operation was established as part of the new constitution of Kosovo in 2008. In 2011 the government restructured the railway, separating it between a company operating passenger and freight services (Trainkos), and an infrastructure company (Infrakos) with responsibility for owning and maintaining the ...
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UK Rail Leasing (UKRL)
Founded in September 2013, UKRL leased Leicester traction maintenance depot from where it offers rolling stock servicing, buying the site in July 2018. UKRL acquired a fleet of mainline diesel locomotives, leasing these to other operators from November 2014. In 2018 UKRL sold its fleet to GB Railfreight, ceasing to ...
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Riviera Trains Ltd
Established in 1995, RTL is a spot-hire company for long or short-term supply of rolling stock in the UK. RTL formerly owned a number of mainline diesel locaomtoives, but now concentraites on supply of coaching stock for hire to train operators or for charter and tour use. In 2006 RTL ...
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Locomotive Services Ltd (LSL)
LSL applied for a licence to operate mainline trains in 2017, operating an inaugural charter in March 2018. It has since grown its charter fleet of electric, diesel and steam locomotives. The company is owned by Jeremy Hosking, who owns a number of related restoration, maintenance and storage businesses working ...
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Harry Needle Railroad Co (HNRC)
Founded in 1998, HNRC began by processing redundant rolling stock and recovering spares from stock to be scrapped. From overhauling rolling stock it expanded to acquire its own fleet for hire, and in 2019 bought the ex-DB Cargo depot at Worksop. Stock is supplied to both mainline and heritage sectors. ...
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Europhoenix
Founded in June 2008, Europhoenix began by exporting surplus 25kV AC electric locomotives from the UK to eastern Europe. Europhoenix now also provides sub-lease and spot-hire of traction within the UK, and has acquired coaching stock for planned hiring to train operators. AddressStable Yard, Vicarage RdStony StratfordMilton Keynes MK ...