All Track Authority articles – Page 5

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    Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay SA

    Links the SBB station at Morges on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) with Bière and L’Isle in the Jura foothills. AddressAvenue de Riond Bosson 31110 MorgesSwitzerlandPhone+41 21 811 4343Fax+41 21 811 4344Emailinfo@mbc.chWebsitewww.mbc.ch Traffic Passenger journeys:0.75 millionPassenger-km:7.99 millionFreight Tonnes:0.039 millionTonne-km:0.6 millionInformation year:2011 Company size No. of employees:45 ...

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    Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari Genel Müdürlügü (TCDD)

    As a result of legislation passed in May 2013, TCDD’s railway operations were separated out on June 17 2016 as TCDD Taşımacılık, leaving maintenance and development of infrastructure with TCDD. Turkey’s first line opened 1856. The State gradually acquired the railway companies which had built lines in Asiatic Turkey up ...

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    New Zealand Railways Corp

    KiwiRail is a state-owned enterprise at the core of New Zealand’s integrated transport network, consisting of four business units: KiwiRail Freight (which also provides locomotives for passenger services); KiwiRail Infrastructure & Engineering (which includes train operations and rolling stock maintenance; KiwiRail Interislander ferry services; and KiwiRail Passenger. The latter runs ...

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    Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp (MRVC) Ltd

    MRVC is a joint venture of the Ministry of Railways and the government of Maharashtra and was established in July 1999 to implement the rail element of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). Faced with extreme overcrowding and network capacity constraints, the project aims to segregate suburban operations from mainline ...

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    Qatar Railways Company

    Subsidiary of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company formed to develop rail infrastructure linking Qatar to Bahrain and the planned Gulf Co-operation Council rail network, as well as urban rail projects in Doha. Qatar Railways Company is co-owner with DB International of the Qatar Railways Development Co joint venture established ...

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    Saudi Railways Company (SAR)

    Opened 2011, series of rail projects to expand the network. See Saudi Arabia network map. This company is administering construction of the 2400 km North-South Railway network, on which the first freight trains began in March 2011, with the network open for all traffic mid-2013. Passenger services north from Riyadh ...

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    Royal Cambodian Railways (RCR)

    The railway from Phnom-Penh to Poipet, on the then Siamese frontier, was built in two sections in 1930-32 and 1939-40. In 1952, all lines falling within Cambodian territory were amalgamated as Cambodia Railways. A line between Phnom-Penh and Kompong Som (Sihanoukville) was opened in 1969. In 2009 a 30-year operating ...

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    Société de gestion du patrimoine ferroviaire du Burkina (SOPAFER-B)

    Operation of the former Abidjan-Niger Railway as a single entity came to an end in 1989, but was resumed again in 1995 when the mixed company Sitarail became the concessionaire on behalf of the Burkina and Ivorienne governments. Following privatisation in 1998, Sopafer-B owns the Burkina railway infrastructure, which is ...

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    National Railway Infrastructure Company, Bulgaria

    Nazionalna Kompanija Zelesopatna Infrastruktura (NZKI)

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    Railway Executive Board, Libya

    This department is supervising construction of the country’s railway through the Office for Implementation of Railway Projects. AddressPO Box 41748Al KhemesLibyaPhone+218 21 480 1165Fax+218 21 480 1162Emailinfo@railroads.org.lyWebsitewww.railroads.org.ly

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    MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd

    This company was set up to manage a project to build a 350 km high-speed line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Following an election in Malaysia in 2018, the two governments announced they would suspend the project until May 2020, later extended until December, whilst various aspects were reworked. Having ...

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    Tegernsee-Bahn Betriebs GmbH (TBG)

    This railway links Tegernsee and Schlaftlach, but is now an infrastructure authority only. Train services are operated by Bayerische Oberlandbahn, with through coaches run over DBAG to München. AddressBahnhofplatz 583684 TegernseeGermanyPhone+49 8022 9166 0Fax+49 8022 916618Emailinfo@tegernsee-bahn.deWebsitewww.tegernsee-bahn.de   Network data Gauge1435 mmLength12 kmRolling stock1 Diesel shunters2 Works & service wagons

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    Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (PBL)

    Now mainly a property developer, PBL leases its tracks to operators serving the port of Philadelphia. PBL’s infrastructure is used by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern, and is maintained by Conrail Shared Assets Operations. Address620 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106-3406USAPhone+1 215 592 7775   Network data Gauge1435 mmLength4·3 km

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    Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura Ferroviaria

    Argentinian federal railway infratructure authority, created 2008.

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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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    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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    Matterhorn Gotthard Verkehrs AG

    Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB)

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    ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

    See Austria network map. This subsidiary of ÖBB-Holding is responsible for management of the national rail network, provision and maintenance of the infrastructure, overseeing infrastructure projects, operations planning and allocation of paths, and collection of access charges. On December 9 2012 the 60 km Wien – St Pölten high speed ...

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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 ...