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UK Rail Leasing (UKRL)
Founded in September 2013, UKRL leased Leicester traction maintenance depot from where it offers rolling stock servicing, buying the site in July 2018. UKRL acquired a fleet of mainline diesel locomotives, leasing these to other operators from November 2014. In 2018 UKRL sold its fleet to GB Railfreight, ceasing to ...
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Riviera Trains Ltd
Established in 1995, RTL is a spot-hire company for long or short-term supply of rolling stock in the UK. RTL formerly owned a number of mainline diesel locaomtoives, but now concentraites on supply of coaching stock for hire to train operators or for charter and tour use. In 2006 RTL ...
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Locomotive Services Ltd (LSL)
LSL applied for a licence to operate mainline trains in 2017, operating an inaugural charter in March 2018. It has since grown its charter fleet of electric, diesel and steam locomotives. The company is owned by Jeremy Hosking, who owns a number of related restoration, maintenance and storage businesses working ...
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Harry Needle Railroad Co (HNRC)
Founded in 1998, HNRC began by processing redundant rolling stock and recovering spares from stock to be scrapped. From overhauling rolling stock it expanded to acquire its own fleet for hire, and in 2019 bought the ex-DB Cargo depot at Worksop. Stock is supplied to both mainline and heritage sectors. ...
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Europhoenix
Founded in June 2008, Europhoenix began by exporting surplus 25kV AC electric locomotives from the UK to eastern Europe. Europhoenix now also provides sub-lease and spot-hire of traction within the UK, and has acquired coaching stock for planned hiring to train operators. AddressStable Yard, Vicarage RdStony StratfordMilton Keynes MK ...
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Rovos Rail Tours
Operates luxury train tours throughout southern Africa. In early-2016 it acquired Shongololo Express, operator of cruise and safari trains. Address PO Box 2837Pretoria 0001South AfricaPhone +27 12 315 8242Fax +27 12 323 0843 Email reservations@rovos.co.za Website www.rovos.com Traffic Company size No. of ...
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Rocky Mountaineer Vacations
Operates the Rocky Mountaineer and Whistler Mountaineer tour trains over routes in western Canada. Address 369 Terminal Avenue Suite 101Vancouver, BC V6A 4C4CanadaPhone +1 604 606 7200Fax +1 604 606 7295 Email sales@rockymountaineer.com Website www.rockymountaineer.com Gauge: 1435 mm
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Tangula Luxury Trains
Operated by Tangula Railtours Ltd, a joint venture between RailPartners Inc and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Co, runs Beijing--Lhasa and Beijing--Lijiang trains. Address Suite E 10/F Crystal Century Tower567 Weihai Road200041 ShanghaiChinaPhone +86 21 6288 6777Fax +86 21 6249 2437 Email info@tangula.com.cn Website www.tangula.com.cn
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Wendelsteinbahn GmbH
Opened in 1912, the route includes a 6 km section operated by rack; also operates an aerial cableway. Address Kerschelweg 3083098 BrannenburgGermanyPhone +49 8034 3080Fax +49 8034 308106 Email info@wendelsteinbahn.de Website www.wendelsteinbahn.de Traffic Passenger journeys: 0.135 million Passenger-km: 0.42 million Information year: 2006 Company size ...
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Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH
SDG, renamed from BVO Bahn in 2007, runs daily services on three narrow-gauge lines taken over from DB in Saxony: Lößnitzgrundbahn (16·6 km, 11 stations), running from Radebeul, just northwest of Dresden, to Moritzburg and Radeburg; Weißeritztalbahn (26·3 km, 13 stations), running from Freital-Hainsberg, southwest of Dresden, to Dippoldiswalde and ...
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Vulkan-Eifel-Bahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
VEB runs freight and tourist trains over the Gerolstein--Kaisersesch line and to Euskirchen; freight transport services include transformer transport, dangerous goods and waste. Address Kasselburger Weg 1654568 GerolsteinGermanyPhone +49 6591 949 98710Fax +49 6591 949 98719 Email info@veb.de Website www.veb.de Traffic Passenger journeys: 0.025 million ...
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Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn AG
Licensed railway operator for passenger, freight and tourist traffic, linking the places named in its title; also runs tourist steam trains. Address Bahnhofplatz 14710 BalsthalSwitzerlandPhone +41 62 391 3101 Email info@oebb.ch Website www.oebb.ch Traffic Passenger journeys: 0.58 million Tonne-km: 14.58 million Information year: 2016 Company ...
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New Hope Railroad (NHRR)
Links New Hope with Ivyland and Warminster in Bucks County (PA) over former Reading Railroad tracks. Also operates heritage tourist trains. Address32 West Bridge StreetNew Hope, PA 18938USAPhone+1 215 862 2332Fax+1 215 862 2150Emailinfo@newhoperailroad.comWebsitewww.newhoperailroad.com Network data Gauge1435 mmLength28 kmRolling stock5 Diesel locomotives4 Steam locomotives
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Mount Hood Railroad (MH)
This tourist railway links Hood River and Parkdale, Oregon, through the Hood river valley. It also runs a limited freight service; principal commodities are fruit and propane gas. Address110 Railroad StHood River, OR 97031USAPhone+1 541 399 8939Emailoffice@mthoodrr.comWebsitewww.mthoodrr.com Network data Gauge1435 mmLength33 kmRolling stock3 Diesel locomotives9 Passenger coaches
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New York & Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE)
This Class III line started operations in 1978 over a 22 km section of former Erie-Lackawanna Railroad track north from Salamanca to Cattaraugus (NY). It later acquired the line between Gowanda, Dayton, Conewango and Waterboro, with connecting branch southeast from Dayton to Cattaraugus. However, the Cattaraugus – Salamanca section was ...