All Passenger articles – Page 15
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Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
Work on the 69 km initial segment between San Rafael and Sonoma County Airport began in late 2011, with services beginning on August 25 2017 serving 10 stations. A 3·5 km extension from San Rafael to Larkspur for ferry connections opened on December 14 2019. SMART aims to reopen the ...
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PT Kereta Api Indonesia
First line opened 1864. The State Railway (formerly PJKA) became a public corporation in 1990. The isolated West Sumatra line from Padang to Sawahlunto (148 km) includes a 36 km rack section. The three separate operations on Sumatra together total 1305 km, while Java has a 3370 km integrated network. ...
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Transdev North America Inc
Contract operator for streetcars in Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Address720 E Butterfield RdSuite 300Lombard, IL 60148USAPhone+1 800 225 8880Emailinfous@transdev.comWebsitewww.transdevna.com
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Westerwaldbahn des Kreises Altenkirchen GmbH (WEBA)
First line opened 1913; original lines now carry freight only. In 1994 the Betzdorf–Daaden line (10 km) was taken over from DBAG and is operated for passenger traffic, while Betzdorf–Dillenburg (41 km) is operated by WEBA subsidiary Hellertalbahn GmbH. DBAG’s Altenkirchen–Raubach line was taken over in 1998 for freight traffic, ...
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Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link
Opened 2010; see Bangkok network map. Promoted by State Railway of Thailand, this dedicated standard gauge link connects Bangkok’s new international airport at Suvaranabhumi to the east of the capital with Phaya Thai terminal in the city centre. It was opened August 2010. The line is projected to be extended ...
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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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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 line operators. The former terminus at Selnau was replaced in 1990 by a link to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, with a new station for Selnau and running tunnels constructed under the ...
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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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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 ...
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Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)
Set up by the National Department of Transport in March 2009, PRASA brings together ownership and management of commuter operation Metrorail, long-distance services operated under the name Shosholoza Meyl and the Premier Classe hotel trains, together with passenger road transport and property management. It was created by restructuring the former ...
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Makedonski Železnici Transport AD Skopje (MŽ-T)
MŽ-T has taken over running freight and passenger services from Makedonski Železnici (MŽ-I) which is now the infrastructure company. Address3 Makedonska brigada 661000 SkopjeNorth MacedoniaPhone+389 2 3248 701Fax+389 2 3248 719Emailmztransportad@mztransportad.com.mkWebsitewww.mztransportad.com.mk Traffic Passenger journeys0.8 millionPassenger-km80·1 millionFreight Tonnes2·4 millionTonne-km411 millionInformation year2014 Company size Employees1 181 ...
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SJ AB
SJ AB is the passenger operator established following the break-up of Swedish State Railways. It runs services on a core of profitable routes, being responsible only for operational and commercial matters, and also co-operates with other operators. The track authority Trafikverket controls the infrastructure. SJ also acts as contractor for ...