All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 126
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Renfe Operadora (RENFE)
Renfe Operadora was established in 2005 when the former Spanish National Railways organisation was split into operating and infrastructure companies. The infrastructure is now managed by ADIF. In 2012 it absorbed the operations of the former Ferrocarriles de Via Estrecha (FEVE) metre-gauge network. Restructuring plans were agreed in September 2013, ...
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Operail
AS EVR Cargo was set up in January 2009 as a wholly-owned business of the renationalised holding company Eesti Raudtee, and rebranded in June 2018. In May 2020 Operail was granted an operating licence for Finland, and took delivery of the first of nine 1524 mm gauge locomotives on June ...
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Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR)
Established in 1996, this short line was formed by the merger of East Portland Traction with Molalla Western Railway. Its two disconnected lines are: East Portland Traction: south from East Portland (OR) to Milwaukie, ~8km operated since 1991; Molalla Western line: southeast from Canby to Liberal near Molalla (OR), ...
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Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
Owns and operates the line from Usk (WA) southeast to Newport (WA), then east to Priest River (ID) and Dover, following the Pend Oreille river. From Dover it has trackage rights over Union Pacific’s Spokane Division into Sandpoint (ID). Principal commodities are newsprint, recycle paper and lumber products. Trains on ...
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Tabriz Urban Railway Organisation (TURO)
Opened 2015, Iran’s fourth metro. Single route with 16 stations. The inaugural section at the east end of Line 1 from El Goli in the southeast running northwest to Ostad Shahriar opened August 28 2015 (5·8 km, 6 stations). On February 16 2017 this was extended west to Meydan-e Sa’at ...
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Saudi Railways Organization (SRO)
First line opened 1951.See Saudi Arabia network map. Connects the port of Dammam with the capital Riyadh by two routes; the direct line from Al Hufuf to Riyadh was completed in 1985. Also see the Saudi Railways Company (SAR) page for operations on other routes. Merger of SAR and ...
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Ositran
Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Infraestructura de Transporte de Uso Público
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Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk) Tramway
First line opened November 6 1959; four service routes. Services were suspended on March 12 2018 for two months due to bankruptcy of former operator Takhami Put. It was bought by regional administration owned Eptic on March 20 2018, which deployed 13 ex-Almaty trams to restart operations. AddressUl Ushanova ...
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Sporveien Oslo
Opened 1966. Five metro lines with 98 stations, plus six light rail/tram lines. See Oslo network map. Oslo’s metro has been created by a mixture of new construction and converted older suburban railways (such as the Holmenkolbanen of 1898). The first tunnelled section opened in 1928, extending the Holmenkolbanen ...
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Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Ostwestfalen-Lippe (VVOWL)
VVOWL plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Bielefeld area and the eastern part of Nordrhein-Westfalen. AddressNiederwall 4933602 BielefeldGermanyPhone+49 521 329 4330Fax+49 521 329 43316Emailpoststelle@vvowl.de-mail.deWebsitewww.vvowl.de