All Track Authority articles – Page 4
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Network Rail
Network Rail owns and maintains the infrastructure and stations of Britain’s railways. It provides track access for passenger and freight operators, timetables their movements and operates the signalling. It is a company limited by guarantee, with members instead of shareholders; it is run on commercial lines but any operating surplus ...
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V/Line Passenger Pty Ltd
V/Line is responsible for operation and maintenance of Victoria’s broad-gauge regional rail network, over which freight service is operated by Pacific National Pty Ltd. V/Line runs passenger trains over seven routes radiating from Melbourne to Geelong, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Ararat, Bendigo, Swan Hill, Echuca, Albury (NSW), Shepparton,and Bairnsdale, extending to 1 ...
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Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd (TasRail)
First line opened 1871. The network was privatised in 1997 and purchased by Pacific National in 2004. Rail operations were reacquired by the Tasmanian Government in 2007, with TasRail established as a State-Owned Business responsible for infrastructure and operations in December 2009. TasRail has since invested in the safety and ...
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Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG)
SWEG operates several routes in Baden-Württemberg: Achern – Ottenhöfen (10 km, Schwarzwald) Biberach – Oberharmersbach (11 km, Schwarzwald) Riegel – Endingen – Breisach am Rhein (Kaiserstuhlbahn, 40 km) Bad Krozigen – Untermünstertal (Münstertalbahn, 13 km) Bühl – Schwarzach – Söllingen (freight only, 15 km) It also operates the ...
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Office for Implementation of Railway Projects, Libya
Construction started in 2008 of a line between Surt and Banghazi (554 km), but has been largely suspended due to political instability. AddressLibya
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Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Operates four local railways in north-west Austria: Gmunden – Vorchdorf (Traunseebahn: 1000 mm gauge, extended to operate as 17·2 km tram-train to Gmunden station from September 1 2018); Lambach – Vorchdorf (16 km); Linz – Eferding – Neumarkt / Peuerbach (58 km); and Vöcklamarkt – Attersee (1 000 mm gauge, ...
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Regio Infra Service Sachsen GmbH (RIS)
Owns some tracks of the Chemnitzer Modell over which City-Bahn Chemnitz operates passenger trains. In the freight sector, RIS does some short-haul for DB Cargo AG over its own tracks. AddressCarl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 18609127 ChemnitzGermanyPhone+49 371 2370 740Fax+49 371 2370 741Emailinfo@ris-sachsen.euWebsitewww.ris-sachsen.eu Company size Employees100 Network data Gauge1435 mmLength57 ...
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Südburgenländische Regionalbahn GmbH (SRB)
Operates the Oberwart–Rechnitz line (22 km) and is owner of the neighbouring Oberwart–Oberschützen line (7 km). AddressBahnstraße 17503 GroßpetersdorfAustriaPhone+43 3362 259125Fax+43 3362 259113Emailadolf.schuch@schuch-reisen.atWebsitewww.maerchenbahn.at Network data Gauge1435 mmLength29 kmRolling stock3 Diesel locomotives3 DMU cars1 Diesel shunters2 Steam locomotives
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VPS Infrastruktur GmbH (VPSI)
Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH (VPS) has split its operations and infrastructure into separate companies. Track in the Peine and Salzgitter areas is now the responsibility of VPSI. AddressAm Hillenholz 2838229 SalzgitterGermanyPhone+49 5341 213292Fax+49 5341 214504Emailvpsi-info@vps-infrastruktur.deWebsitewww.vps-infrastruktur.de Network data Gauge1435 mmLength84 km
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Transports Publics Fribourgeois Holding SA (TPF)
The former Fribourgeois and Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat railways (GFM) comprise heavy and light railway routes serving the rural area between Fribourg and Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). The metre-gauge Gruyère Railway links the MOB at Montbovon with Gruyères, Broc and Palézieux, whilst other lines run from Fribourg to Murten and Ins, and Romont ...
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Swiss Federal Railways Ltd
First line opened 1847; principal railway companies nationalised in 1902; first electrification 1904. SBB is a joint-stock company owned by the Swiss Confederation, but with an organisation independent of the government. Operations are based on four divisions: Passenger, Freight (SBB Cargo), Infrastructure and Real Estate. SBB is organized as a ...
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Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH
This local authority undertaking owns the lines from Düsseldorf to Kaarst and Mettmann over which service is contracted to Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn. AddressAn der Regiobahn 1540822 MettmannGermanyPhone+49 2104 305 0Fax+40 2104 305 105Emailinfo@regio-bahn.deWebsitewww.regio-bahn.de Traffic Passenger journeys6 millionPassenger-km69 millionInformation year2011 Company size Employees6 Gauge1435 mmLength34 km
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Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin SAS
Joint-venture between French (SNCF Réseau) and Italian (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) rail infrastructure companies to build the €10bn, 57 km Mont d’Ambin Base Tunnel between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France and the Susa Valley in Italy. Along with new approach lines, the base tunnel will enable a 270 km link from Lyon to ...
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Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados (OSE)
In 1962, the Peloponnessian Railways (SPAP) and independent railways in the northwest of the country were amalgamated with Hellenic State Railways, bringing all the country’s railways under state control. The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) was established in 1971 as a limited company owned by the state. OSE is now a ...
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neg Niebüll GmbH Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft
Opened 1895, runs local services on the lines from Niebüll southwest to Dagebüll Mole (harbour for sailings to Föhr-Amrum) and north to Tønder (Denmark) in Nordfriesland. Operates the infrastructure for these routes plus the short Tornesch–Uetersen branch northwest of Hamburg, and the rail terminals at Westerland/Sylt and Neumünster Gbf. ...
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Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH (PEG)
Owned by Arriva, operates passenger services in Berlin, Brandenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalia and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; took over operation of Dortmund–Enschede (Netherlands) in 2004; also in 2004 associated company Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn took over operation of DB lines in Brandenburg and Berlin. AddressPritzwalker Straße 816949 PutlitzGermanyPhone+49 33981 502 0Fax+49 33981 502 22Emailkundendialog@prignitzer-eisenbahn.deWebsitewww.prignitzer-eisenbahn.de Traffic ...
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TMR Transports de Martigny et Regions SA (TMR)
Formed by merger of the Martigny – Châtelard (MC) and Martigny – Orsières (MO) railways in 2001. TMR operates the Martigny – Le Châtelard ”Mont-Blanc Express” line to the Swiss border, the Martigny – Sembrancher – Le Châble “Saint-Bernard Express” with Sembrancher – Orsières connecting branch shuttle. It is the ...