All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 15

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    DB Netz AG

    This is the subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG responsible for the railway infrastructure in Germany, founded in 1998. It comprises business units DB Netze Fahrweg (track), DB Netze Personenbahnhöfe (stations) and DB Energie GmbH (power and fuel). Its board members are directly involved in the running of the business. It ...

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    DB Regio AG

    This subsidiary of DBAG operates local and regional passenger trains. Subsidiary companies are DB Regio NRW GmbH, DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH (RNV), DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB), Elbe Saale Bahn GmbH, Usedomer Bäderbahn GmbH (UBB), S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH, S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, S-Bahn Nürnberg GmbH and several bus companies. In ...

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    Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG)

    DBAG is the core operations holding sub-group of Deutsche Bahn that combines all activities not primarily related to infrastructure, including: passenger and freight transport; corporate, legal and security; personnel; and logistics support functions. Its business units are: DB Fernverkehr AG (long-distance passenger) DB Regio (short-distance/regional passenger) DB Cargo (rail ...

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    Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB)

    Extensive tramway network with 12 routes (153 stops). See Dresden network map. In July 2019, DVB opened a short realignment of the line between Wasaplatz and Querallee southeast of the city centre. The route now follows Oskarstraße providing direct interchange at DD-Strehlen station with the Dresden – Pirna S-Bahn service. ...

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    Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG)

    First line opened 1897. Network comprises 3 routes, serving 79 stops. See Duisburg on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The original metre-gauge conventional tramway was regauged in the 1960s, with city-centre sections upgraded to metro (Stadtbahn) standards. Route 903 shares its alignment between Meiderich, Duisburg and Kesselsberg with Line U79, which ...

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    Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AG (EVAG)

    First line opened 1894; network now comprises 6 routes with 87 stops. In November 2018, EVAG ordered 14 ’Tramlink’ LRVs from Stadler, for delivery from late-2020 AddressMagdeburger Allee 3499086 ErfurtGermanyPhone+49 361 564 0Fax+49 361 564 4662Emailevag@stadtwerke-erfurt.deWebsitewww.evag-erfurt.de Traffic Passenger journeys55·46 million (all modes - 36·16 million tram only in ...

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    Forchbahn AG

    Local line opened 1912, running southeast from Zürich serving 20 stops. See Zürich network map. Infrastructure upgrades in the 1970s included two tunnelled sections to replace street-running in Forch and Zumikon, and low-floor LRVs from Stadler were introduced in 2004. FB operates as line S18 of Zürich’s S-Bahn, providing an ...

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    Freiburger Verkehrs AG (VAG)

    First line opened 1901; network comprises five routes serving 76 stops An extension from Robert-Koch-Straße north to Messe opened as far as Technische Fakultät on November 11 2015 (Line 4, 1·5 km, four stops), this being completed to Messe on December 13 2020 (1·0 km, 1 stop). A link along ...

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    Glacier Express AG

    Established in 2017 as a joint venture owned 50:50 by Rhätische Bahn AG and Matterhorn Gotthard Verkehrs AG, to market and develop the tourist train service between St Moritz, Davos and Zermatt. AddressBinzstrasse 388045 ZürichSwitzerlandPhone+41 848 642 442Fax+41 27 927 77 79Emailinfo@glacierexpress.chWebsitewww.glacierexpress.ch

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    Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK)

    Formed in 1992, HGK serves Germany’s second biggest inland port and 63 customers in the Köln area. Operates container shuttle trains from Rotterdam to Köln, and to northern Italy via Basel, with connections throughout Germany and to Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands in co-operation with other companies. ...

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    Hallesche Verkehrs AG (HAVAG)

    First line opened 1882; this tramway has 11 routes serving 125 stops. The extensive network serving the city also includes a long inter-urban line. This runs south from Halle to Merseburg and Bad Dürrenberg, end-to-end services running for over 30 route-km. The network’s most recent addition was a partly single-track ...

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    Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA)

    Opened 1912. Four lines with underground, surface and elevated sections, serving 93 stations. See Hamburg network map. Line U4 serving the Elbe river front opened on November 28 2012; the 4 km branch off line U2 reached HafenCity on August 10 2013, and was extended 1·3 km to Elbbrücken on ...

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    HLB Basis AG Standort Butzbach

    Butzbach-Licher-Eisenbahn

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    Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL)

    First line opened 1900. Runs passenger and freight services on its southern Baden-Wuerttemberg lines; also an open-access operator on other lines between Tübingen, Ulm, Aulendorf, Villingen-Schwenningen and Radolfzell. In 1997 it took over operation of local trains on DBAG’s Sigmaringen–Tübingen line; further local services added in 2001 and 2005 forming ...

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    Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft AG (KVG)

    First tram line opened 1877. Urban tram network now comprises 8 routes (110 stops), of which one route is an inter-urban line to Hessisch Lichtenau over a freight-only railway. The city also has three RegioTram regional lines established 2005-06. These were originally run by RegioTram Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (RTB), a joint ...

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    Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB)

    First line opened 1877. Runs tramway/pre-metro and interurban rail service between Köln and Bonn (12 routes, 238 stops). See Köln network map. Tramways being upgraded to light rail standards (Stadtbahn), with 47 km and 41 stations now in tunnel. Line 3 was extended to Görlinger-Zentrum in the northwest of the ...

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    Limmattalbahn AG

    Initial section opened 2019; single line serving 26 stops. See Zürich network map. Construction of a metre-gauge inter-urban tram-train route heading west from Zürich-Altstetten to Geissweid (Schlieren), Dietikon, Spreitenbach and Killwangen began on August 28 2017 (total line 13·4 km, 27 stops). The first phase to Geissweid opened on September ...

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    Linzer Lokalbahn AG (LILO)

    Offers passenger and freight service on its own lines Linz–Waizenkirchen (42 km), Neumarkt-Kallham–Niederspaching–Waizenkirchen (13 km) and Niederspaching–Peuerbach (4 km). Services are managed under contract by Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. AddressRathaus4041 LinzAustriaPhone+43 732 771670Fax+43 732 7070 54 9243Emailfriedrich.klug@ikw.linz.atWebsitewww.stern-verkehr.at Traffic Passenger journeys2 millionFreight Tonnes0·46 millionInformation year2015 Company ...

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    Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR)

    Martin Marietta Materials Inc

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    Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (ANTT), Brazil

    Amongst other responsibilities, ANTT manages the operating concessions of Brazil’s privatised railways. AddressSetor de Clubes Esportivos Sul - SCESLote 10Polo 8 do Projeto Orla70200-003 Brasília DFBrazilPhone+55 61 3410 1990Fax+55 61 3410 11400Emaildg@antt.gov.brWebsitewww.gov.br/antt