All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 49
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Gautrain Rapid Rail
‘Y’-shaped network serving Gauteng; see Johannesburg & Pretoria urban network map. This public-private partnership operates a 80 km, 10 station route linking Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Pretoria between 05:30 and 20:30 hours 7 days per week, with a dedicated link to OR Tambo international airport running beyond these hours. The 20 ...
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Gaziantep Municipality
Metropolitan Municipality of Gaziantep, Department of Transport Planning & Rail Systems
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Gebze Metro
Single metro line under construction. On September 29 2018 Kocaeli Municipality east of Istanbul began construction of a driverless metro, with tunnelling begun on June 14 2021. The line will run in tunnel from Darıca on the Gulf of Izmit northeast to Gebze mainline station (terminus of Marmaray services) and ...
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Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LTG)
The first railway in Lithuania opened in 1858. See network map of Lithuania. LG was legally established in 1991 from the former Baltic Railways administration of Soviet Railways. Operations are split between three main subsidiaries: LTG Infra is responsible for track, signalling and network management; LTG Link operates passenger services; ...
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Georgian Railway LLC
First line opened 1872, first electrification 1932. The remaining narrow-gauge section links Borjomi and Bakuriani. Address15 Tamar Mepe Avenue0012 TbilisiGeorgiaPhone+995 32 563400Fax+995 32 564764Emailgeorail@railway.geWebsitewww.railway.ge Traffic Passenger journeys:2.7 millionFreight Tonnes:10 millionInformation year:2017 Company size No. of employees:15,116 Gauge:1520 mmLength:1,529 kmElectrification1,486 km - 3.3 kV, DCRolling ...
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Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH (GVB)
First line opened 1892; network operated as three routes serving 40 stops. Gera’s tram network consists of two north–south lines, crossing at Heinrichstraße, with a branch from Zwötzen station to the southwest terminus at Lusan/Zeulsdorf operated as a third line. Vehicles are uni-directional, with turning loops at the five line ...
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Getlink
Getlink is holder of the concession, granted by the UK and French governments, to operate the Channel Tunnel originally until 2052, and later extended by 34 years. At 49·6 km, it is Europe’s second longest conventional tunnel (after the Gotthard Base Tunnel, with the Brenner and Mont Cenis base tunnels ...
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Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH (HSB)
The lines of the former Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn and Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn (first line opened 1887) were taken over from the former DR in 1993. The former standard gauge branch from Quedlinburg, on the Halberstadt–Thale line, to the former HSB eastern terminus at Gernrode was rebuilt as metre gauge and incorporated into ...
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HEAG mobilo GmbH
The network comprises a central loop with seven branches (ranging from 3 to 16 km) and 78 stops, worked by nine service routes. In 2005 HEAG Verkehrs-GmbH changed its name to HEAG mobilo, and is in charge of both operations and associated infrastructure. On August 7 2011 the northern branch ...
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Hellertalbahn GmbH (HTB)
Created in 1999 and jointly owned by Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein GmbH, Hessische Landesbahn GmbH and Westerwaldbahn des Kreises Altenkirchen GmbH, HTB has the concession to operate the Betzdorf–Dillenburg line. AddressBahnhofstraße 157518 BetzdorfGermanyPhone+49 2741 973575Fax+49 2741 973576Emailinfo@hellertalbahn.deWebsitewww.hellertalbahn.de Traffic Passenger journeys0·5 millionInformation year2005 Company size Employees50 Network ...
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Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn GmbH (IVB)
First tram line opened 1905; network now comprises five routes, plus an interurban route to Fulpmes (21 km) over the former Stubaitalbahn. See Innsbruck network map. On December 10 2017, a ‘Y’-shaped western extension to Technik West and Peerhofsiedlung opened (3 km, 8 stops). A branch opened on January 26 ...