All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 76
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African Rail Industry Association (ARIA)
ARIA aims to represent the collective interests of private sector companies supplying materials and services to the African railway industry, and provide a focus for industry, private and public sectors to work together. Formerly the RailRoad Association of South Africa NPC which was formed in 2000, it rebranded as ...
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Rhätische Bahn AG (RhB)
The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) – the largest train operator in the Swiss Alps – runs passenger, leisure and freight trains in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. The first section, from Landquart to Davos, was opened in 1889-90. It has UNESCO World Heritage status and operates famous services like ...
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Rheinbahn AG
First tramway opened 1896. Network now comprises 11 ‘Stadtbahn’ light rail routes via one of the two cross-city tunnels, and 7 conventional street tram lines with some segregated track. See both Düsseldorf city network map and Rhein-Ruhr regional network map. The first tunnel section opened in 1981, with the main ...
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SBB Cargo International AG
Joint venture between SBB Cargo AG (75%) and Hupac AG (25%) operating and guaranteeing end-to-end freight services between the North Sea ports, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. AddressRiggenbachstrasse 64600 OltenSwitzerlandPhone+41 58 680 0305Fax+41 58 680 0302Emailinfo@sbbcargoint.comWebsitewww.sbbcargo-international.com Traffic Freight tonne-km11 356 millionInformation year2017 Company size Employees800 ...
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Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (SOB)
SOB operates jointly with SBB the main line from Luzern to Romanshorn via Arth-Goldau, Rapperswil and St Gallen, the Voralpenexpress route. As well as its own routes from Romanshorn to Nesslau - Neu St.Johann, Rapperswil to Arth-Goldau and Wädenswil to Einsiedeln, SOB runs some commuter trains jointly with SBB in ...
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SZU Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG
Uetlibergbahn opened 1875, and Sihltalbahn in 1892. See Zürich network map. SZU was established in 1973 with merger of the two lines. In 1990 the Selnau terminus was replaced by a link to Zürich Hauptbahnhof. A new Selnau station and running tunnels constructed below the Sihl river access low-level platforms ...
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Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG (STOAG)
First tram line opened 1897, but all closed 1963-74. New single modern line opened 1996 with 13 stops. See Oberhausen on the Rhein-Ruhr network map The initial section of Oberhausen’s modern tramway, extending Mülheim’s Route 112 at Landwehr via Oberhausen Hauptbahnfof to Sterkrade opened on June 1 1996. It is ...
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Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)
Established in 1868, first electric tram in 1895. Network comprises 15 routes (25 km in tunnel) serving 207 stations, plus a funicular and a rack line. See Stuttgart network map. The city’s conventional tram network has been progressively upgraded and converted from metre to standard gauge. It is now a ...
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TX Logistik AG
TX Logistik, wholly-owned by the Mercitalia subsidiary of Italian State Railways, is one of the largest railways in Germany. Operates in four traffic sectors: container, intermodal, automotive and conventional block trains. Subsidiaries include TX Logistik GmbH based in Switzerland and TX Logistik Austria GmbH. AddressJunkersring 3353844 TroisdorfGermanyPhone+49 2241 1492 0Fax+49 ...
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Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG
First line opened 1872, upgraded to Statbahn from 1975; network now comprises 12 routes with 196 stops. See Hannover network map. The first of three cross-city tunnels was opened in 1975 (A: northeast–southwest), since when two further routes (B: north–south, and C: northwest–east) have been added. There is now 18·6 ...
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VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG
Regional light rail network serving the Glattal valley area north of Zürich; 13 km, 20 stations. See Zürich network map. VBG’s first route formed an extension of VBZ Zürich Line 11, opening to Auzelg on December 10 2006 (3·0 km, 4 stops). The route north from a junction on this ...
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zb Zentralbahn AG
ZB, created in 2005, comprises the Luzern-Stans-Engelberg Bahn (25 km) opened in 1898, which links Luzern with resorts in the Engelberg valley, and the Brünig line (Luzern—Interlaken, 74 km) formerly part of SBB. Both have sections worked on the Riggenbach rack system; that on LSE is the steepest conventional railway ...
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Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG (NEB)
NEB has operated local passenger services since December 2005, starting with route RB27 on the Heidekrautbahn north from Berlin to Schmachtenhagen and Groß Schönebeck. It now operates 11 RB routes, including route RB26 across the Polish border to Kostrzyn. On September 4 2023 NEB began operating a shuttle service east ...
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ÖBB-Holding AG
ÖBB-Holding AG, the holding company of the ÖBB Group, was established in 2004. The Republic of Austria holds 100% of its shares, and the share rights are managed by the federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation & Technology. ÖBB-Holding AG holds all shares in the subsidiary companies of the ÖBB Group, ...
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ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG
See Austria network map. This subsidiary of ÖBB-Holding is responsible for management of the national rail network, provision and maintenance of the infrastructure, overseeing infrastructure projects, operations planning and allocation of paths, and collection of access charges. On December 9 2012 the 60 km Wien – St Pölten high speed ...
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Pilatus-Bahnen AG
Opened in 1889, this line is the world’s steepest non-cable railway. It is operated using the Locher rack system, and climbs from Alpnachstad (440 m ASL) on the Luzern–Brünig route to Interlaken up to Pilatus Kulm (2073 m ASL). AddressSchlossweg 16010 KriensSwitzerlandPhone+41 41 329 1111Fax+41 41 329 1112Emailinfo@pilatus.chWebsitewww.pilatus.ch ...