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2017 In Rail Transport
Events January * January 1 – Phase I of New York City's Second Avenue Subway is opened for revenue service after almost a century of planning. * January 1–18 – First scheduled through railborne intermodal container freight service from Yiwu (China) to London via the New Eurasian Land Bridge and Channel Tunnel. * January 10 – Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway inaugurated throughout. * January 11 – Sale of English train operating company c2c by National Express to Trenitalia is agreed. * January 14 – A Serbian Railways train decorated with Serbian propaganda intended to run from Belgrade to North Mitrovica is turned back at Raška by order of the Serbian Prime Minister, amidst claims that the authorities in Kosovo would prevent it from crossing their border. * January 26 – Opening of Harbin Metro Line 3. February * February 23 – High Speed 2 phase one gets parliamentary approval in the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017, enabling constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raška, Serbia
Raška ( sr-cyr, Рашка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. The municipality has a population of 21,498 people, while the town has a population of 6,291 people (2022 census). It covers an area of 670km2 (259 sq. mi.). The town is situated on the rivers Raška River, Raška and Ibar River, Ibar. History The town and municipality bears the name of the historical Raška region. It was the first Nemanjić dynasty, Nemanjić’s independent country and the center of culture and the statehood of Serbs in the middle ages. Raška as a settlement was first mentioned in 1835 and the first Urban Plan of Raška dates back to 1844. From 1929 to 1941, Raška was part of the Zeta Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Demographics According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Raška has 24,678 inhabitants. Ethnic groups The ethnic composition of the municipality: Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Railway Company
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR; ), formerly the Saudi Railway Company, is the national railway company of Saudi Arabia. It is de facto a state-owned enterprise, as it is owned by the Public Investment Fund, PIF. Saudi Railways Organization was a major railway operator in Saudi Arabia, until it merged into Saudi Arabia Railways on April 1, 2021. History Saudi Arabia Railways, formerly the Saudi Railway Company, was established in 2006 to build, operate, and manage the North–South line (Saudi Arabia), north-south railway project. Approval to merge the Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railway Company was announced in February 2021. The merger took place on April 1, 2021, and the combined company is now called Saudi Arabia Railways. Lines ;West Line (Haramain High Speed Railway) * Medina - King Abdullah Economic City - Jeddah - Mecca ;North–South line (Saudi_Arabia), North Train (Riyadh–Qurayyat line) * Riyadh - Majmaah - Ḥaʼil - Al-Qassim Province, Qassim (Buraidah) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SL X10
X10 is a series of two-car electric multiple units which was formerly operated by Greater Stockholm Transport (SL) on the Stockholm commuter rail between 1983 and 2017, when the City Line project made them imcompatible with the X60 train sets. The X10 was operated in sets of up to five units, making ten-car trains, each unit consisting of one motor car and one unpowered car. They were completely compatible with the X1 introduced in the 1960s. 101 units were built by ASEA between 1982 and 1993. Between 1993 and 1999, 49 X10 units were rebuilt to X11 for the Skåne Commuter Rail and the Gothenburg Commuter Rail. They have a different interior more suitable for regional traffic and are slightly heavier and have toilets (X10 don't have them since most SL stations have toilets). From 1999 only 52 X10 remained and all of them belonged to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). They were refurbished with new interiors and repainted between 1998 and 2002 Two other variants are X12 and X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, High Plains (United States), high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, eighth-largest U.S. state by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 21st by population. The United States Census Bureau estimated the population of Colorado to be 5,957,493 as of July 1, 2024, a 3.2% increase from the 2020 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Native Americans in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River, South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains (United States), High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 715,522 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010 United States census, 2010, Denver is the List of United States cities by population, 19th most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Denver is the principal city of the Denver metropolitan area, Denver Metropolitan area (which includes over 3 million people), as well as the economic and cultural center of the broader Front Range Urban Corridor, Front Range, home to more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FasTracks
FasTracks is a multibillion-dollar public transportation expansion plan under construction in metropolitan Denver, Colorado, United States. Developed by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), the plan consists of new commuter rail, light rail, and express bus services. Six new light rail, electric commuter rail and diesel commuter rail lines with a combined length of will be constructed under the plan. It expands on previous transportation projects, notably T-REX, and includes 57 new transit stations and stops, 21,000 new parking spaces, of a bus service between Denver and Boulder and the renovation of Denver Union Station as a multi-modal transportation hub. Originally envisioned to cost $4.7 billion and to be completed in 2017, voters in the eight counties that comprise the RTD approved a 0.4 percent sales tax increase in 2004. By 2010, the budget grew to $6.5 billion while projected revenues dropped to $4.1 billion. The project is not expected to be finished until af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H Line (RTD)
The H Line, part of the light rail system operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado, was added to the system on November 17, 2006, with the completion of the Southeast Corridor project (the "T-Rex Project"). It is one of four routes that were originally part of the RTD's service plan for the corridor. The line was extended to reach Florida station on February 24, 2017 along with the opening of the R line. From 3:00am to 5:30am, some H Line trains originate at Evans Station operating southbound to Florida Station. Route The H Line's northern terminus is at 18th and California in downtown Denver. It shares track with the L Line (RTD) in Downtown Denver (Stout and California Street Stations) and the D Line and F Line (RTD) until it reaches I-25 & Broadway station, then follows the Southeast Corridor to a junction past Southmoor Station, and follows the I-225 branch of the system to Southeast terminus at Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R Line (RTD)
The R Line or Aurora Line/I-225 Rail is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail line that serves stations in Aurora, Denver, Greenwood Village, Centennial and Lone Tree. Opening on February 24, 2017, the line was designated as the "R" line, reflecting the letter R’s in "Aurora" and "RidgeGate". The line travels over newer and older portions of the RTD Light Rail system. The R Line was preceded by the G Line, which operated from 2006 to 2009 along the southern half of the route. The R Line is the only line in the RTD rail system not serving downtown Denver. Service south of Florida station was suspended from June 2023 until October 2023 due to maintenance on the Southeast Corridor between I-25 & Broadway station and Lincoln station. This project is temporarily paused until May 2024. The R Line is and will continue running the full route between Peoria and Lincoln; however, it will see limited service in the evenings throughout the rest of the project. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
