All Railway & train operators articles – Page 67
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Belt Railway Co of Chicago (BRC)
Founded in 1882, the Belt Railway connects lines radiating south and west from central Chicago. See Chicago network map. BRC is the largest intermediate switching terminal railway in the USA, moving more than two million wagons annually and serving 50 industries. BRC is owned jointly by BNSF, CSX Transportation, Norfolk ...
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Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
Formed in 1907, IHB provides a link around the west side of Chicago between O’Hare and northwest Indiana. See Chicago network map. As well as industrial switching and transfer services between the railways radiating from Chicago to the west and south, IHB serves several industrial complexes including several steelworks in ...
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Berchtesgadener LandBahn GmbH (BLB)
Set up in May 2009, BLB is a joint venture of Regentalbahn (owned by Netinera Deutschland GmbH) and Salzburg AG; it took over the 35 km Berchtesgaden–Bad Reichenhall–Freilassing line in December 2009 from DB Regio and ÖBB, running services on to Salzburg as S-Bahn Line S3 and S4. AddressHermann-Löns-Straße 483395 ...
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Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)
First line opened 1885; first electrification 1995. Network comprises main line north Padang Besar (Thailand border) to Woodlands (Singapore), with a secondary route from Gemas to Tumpat and the Thai border at Sungai Golok on the east coast. Though still wholly-owned by the Malaysian government, the railway is run as ...
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BT Berlin Transport GmbH
Subsidiary of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (BVG) created to operate open access passenger services. AddressTorstraße 4910119 BerlinGermanyPhone+49 30 21495 0Fax+49 30 21495 209Emailsek@berlintransport.deWebsitewww.berlintransport.de
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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL)
ERL has a 30-year concession awarded in 1997 to build and operate a dedicated airport express railway from Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station to the international airport terminals. Services began running in 2002 to the KLIA terminal, and on May 1 2013 were extended 2·1 km to KLIA2 terminal for budget ...
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Biotrén
This two-route network serving 24 stations across Concepción and its suburbs is operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of state railway Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) established in 2005 with services starting in 2006. Line 1 links Mercado southeast via the city centre to Hualqui. Line 2 runs southwest ...
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Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)
Serves local industries at Burlington, Iowa. Founded in 1985, it originally operated a 4·8 km section of former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad route north from Burlington, but has added six more short sections, including facilities in: Mt Pleasant, Le Mars and Ottumwa, Iowa; Montgomery, Rochelle and Qunicy, Illinois; ...
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Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad (BLKM)
Opened in 1973, this isolated electrified line hauled coal from Peabody Coal’s Kayenta mine in the Four Corners area of northern Arizona to the Navajo power station at Page. Power generation ceased at the end of 2019 with the railway mothballed, albeit with electrrification dismantled. AddressPO Box 850Page, AZ 86040-0850USAPhone+1 ...
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Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
This short line founded in 1999 runs from a connection with UP and G&W’s Dallas Garland & Northeastern Railroad at Greenville, to the northeast of Dallas, running east to Commerce, Sulphur Springs and Mount Pleasant, where there is a further connection with UP. In 2010 it took over UP’s 22·4 ...
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BNSF Railway Co
BNSF extends across 28 US states west of the Mississippi, and short sections of route into three Canadian provinces. See USA & Canada network map. Its principal commodities are coal, grain, intermodal containers, chemicals, metals and minerals. It operates 25 intermodal hubs across the network, with principal operating sectors earning ...
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Indian Railway Board (IRB – India)
First line opened 1853, first electrification 1925. The Railway Board functions reports to the Ministry of Railways, and exercises all the powers of central government in respect of railway regulation, construction, maintenance and operation. Major projects cover gauge conversion to India’s national 1 676 mm gauge, dedicated freight lines and ...
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Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn & Co KG (BOB)
Created in 1993, runs local service on the Friedrichshafen–Aulendorf line for DBAG; operational assistance is provided by Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL). AddressPO Box 238088013 FriedrichshafenGermanyPhone+49 7541 5050Fax+49 7541 505221Emailinfo@bob-fn.deWebsitewww.bob-fn.de Traffic Passenger journeys1·2 millionPassenger-km14 millionInformation year2006 Company size Employees100 Network data Gauge1435 mmLength42 kmRolling stock7 ...