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Ministry of Public Works & Transport, Laos
The Ministry is responsible for construction of the country’s first railway, opened in 2008. In November 2010 plans for a through China - Thailand main line were announced, with groundbreaking for the 414 km line in 2015. The line opened on December 3 2021, initally with freight service only due ...
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Odense Letbane
Opened 2022, single light rail line serving 26 stops. See Odense network map. Construction of the first phase began in 2015. This connects Tarup in the northwest to Hjallelese station in the south via Odense Banegård Central and Syddansk Universitet (14·7 km, 26 stops). In December 2018 Keolis was a ...
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SIA Liepajas Tramvajs
Opened 1899; single tram route serving 18 stops. The north-south line connects Brīvības iela and the station in the north to Tukuma iela in the southern Ezerkrasts district, with the line extended southeast to Mirdzas Ķempes iela in May 2013. The last of a fleet of 14 LRVs from Končar ...
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Towanda-Monroeton Shippers’ Lifeline (TMSS)
Links Towanda and Monroeton, in northern Pennsylvania, carrying mainly timber, grain and fertiliser. In early 2010 it sold 2 km of route to the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, which also operates the route remaining in TMSS ownership. At Towanda there is interchange with Norfolk Southern (the former Lehigh ...
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Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line
This company was formed to take over operation of the former JR West Toyamakō Line in 2006. The branch north to Iwasehama has been realigned in Toyama, with a street-running approach to the north side of the main station. A tunnel opened on March 21 2020 extends the line south ...
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Macau Light Rail Transit (MLRT)
Opened 2019, China’s 39th metro. Three lines serving 14 stations. See Macau & Zhuhai network map. Work on this automated rubber-tyred light metro from Border Gate to Barra, then via the Sai Van bridge to Taipa, Cotai and the airport began in 2011. The Taipa Island section from Taipa ferry ...
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Newcastle Light Rail
Single light rail line opened 2019 serving 6 stops. Construction of a light rail link between Wickham and Pacific Park began in 2017 as replacement for a section of heavy rail into central Newcastle, which was closed at the end of 2014 as part of city centre redevelopment plans. The ...
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Oran Light Rail
Opened 2013. Single route serving 32 stops. Work on Line 1 began in December 2008, with the route opening on May 1, 2013, running from Es Senia in the south via the city centre and station, then east to Sidi Maarouf bus station. Operation and maintenance is by the Setram ...
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Palembang Light Rail Transit
Single elevated light metro line opened 2018, serving 13 stations. Linking Sultan Mahmud Badarudin II International Airport in the northwest with Jakabaring Sport City / DJKA to the southeast, this line was opened on August 1 2018 in time for the Asian Games. The train fleet was supplied by PT ...
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Santos Light Rail
Opened 2015; single route with 15 stops. The VLT RMBS consortium began full service on this west-east route acrosss the Ilha de São Vicente from Barreiros to Porto on January 31 2017 (11 km, 14 stops). Test running began in May 2015 and a limited public service on January 31 ...
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Sagami Railway (Sotetsu line)
Operates an intensive commuter service on its 24·6 km Yokohama − Yamato − Ebina Sotetsu main line, opened 1926-41, and on the 11·3 km Sotetsu Izumino branch opened 1976, extended to Izumo Chuo in 1990 and to Shonandai in 1999. It also owns the 2·2 km Atsugi freight line, which ...