All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 55
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Kagoshima-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1912; two-line network serving 35 stops. The system comprises a core line running south from JR Kyushu’s mainline station to Takamibaba, from where route 1 continues south parallel to the coast via Takenohashi and Kōrimoto to Taniyama, whilst route 2 branches west to the high-speed station at Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae ...
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Kaliningradskaya Railway
The Kaliningradsksya (Kaliningrad) Railway Railway is a regional railway forming part of Russian Railways serving the the Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad and the surrounding Russian enclave in Northwest Federal District. AddressKievskaya ul 1236039 KaliningradRussiaPhone+7 4012 600749Fax+7 4012 600769Emailpershin-klgzd@mail.ru Network data Gauge1524 mmLength618 kmGauge1435 mm (across the Polish ...
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Kamianske Tramway
First line opened 1935; network now comprises 4 routes with 67 stops. The network radiates from the city centre along five routes, two of which are operated as a single cross-city line. Kamianske was called Dneprodzerzhinsk until May 2016. AddressUl Respublikanskaya 9a322631 KamianskeDnipropetrovsk OblastUkrainePhone+380 5692 32428 Network data ...
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Kano Light Rail
On August 30 2016 Kano state’s Ministry of Works, Housing & Transport announced provisional contracts for a 74·3 km light rail network. AddressKanoNigeria
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Kanto Railway
Operates two separate lines connecting with JR East’s Joban line on the northeast edge of Tokyo: Joso Line (51·1 km): from Toride north to Shimodate on JR East’s Mito Line; Ryugasaki Line (4·5 km): from Sanuki east to Ryugasaki. The Joso Line crosses the Tsukuba Express line with ...
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Karaj Urban & Suburban Railway Organisation
Light metro opened 2023. See Tehran & Karaj network map. Iran’s fifth largest city (25 km west of Tehran) is served by a heavy-rail regional route from the capital opened in 1999 and operated as Tehran metro Line 5 (see that listing for details). In Karaj it is classified as ...
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Kazan Metroelectrotrans
Opened 2005, Russia’s seventh metro. Single north-south route, serving 11 stations. See Kazan network map. The initial section of the Central Line (Tsentralnya Liniya) from Kremlyovskaya southeast to Gorki opened on August 27, 2005 (6·8 km, 5 stations). Extensions opened since are southeast from Gorki to Prospekt Pobedy on ...
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Keolis (UK) Ltd
Keolis is part of joint venture companies for several UK rail operations. The Govia consortium (Keolis 35%; Go-Ahead Group 65%) holds the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise, while the Transpennine franchise is operated by FirstKeolis (45% Keolis, 55% FirstGroup). In partnership with Amey, on July 15 2017 it began a 10-year ...
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Kermanshah Metro
Single route under construction, running northeast-southwest (13 km, 13 stations), part elevated and part tunnelled. AddressKermanshahIranWebsitewww.kuro.ir Network data Gauge1435 mmLength(13 km - under construction)Electrification(13 km - under construction)
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Kharkiv Metro
First line opened 1975; network comprises three lines with 30 stations. See Kharkiv network map. The first section of the Kholodnohirsko–Zavods’ka Line was opened on August 23 1975 from Kholodna Gora to Moskovs’kyi Prospekt (10·4 km, 8 stations). The second line was inaugurated with the opening of the Istorychnyi Muzei ...