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A working timetable (WTT) - (Fr. horaire de service (HDS) or service annuel (SA); N. America Employee timetable) - The data defining all planned train and rolling-stock movements which will take place on the relevant infrastructure during the period for which it is in force; within the EU, it is established once per calendar year. [1]
Greater speeds and the need for more accurate timings led to the introduction of standard railway time in Great Western Railway timetables in 1840, when all their trains were scheduled to "London time", i.e. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which replaced solar time. Until railway time was introduced, local times for London, Birmingham, Bristol and ...
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad becomes NYS&W Railway Corporation, the fourth corporate incarnation of the railroad. [158] [159] October 31: A "Rededication Train" runs, with the mayor of Hawthorne even rechristening the railroad [160] NYSW has 70 shippers and DO-run NYSW runs 8000 carloads in their first year of operations [161]
– Amtrak temporarily combines the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami. [148] November 16 – LRT Line 1 extends from Baclaran to Dr. Santos as part of the first phase of the Cavite Extension. [149] – Sanya to Ledong Tourist Railway opened from Sanya to Yazhou. [150]
– Tallinn-Tartu Line of the Estonian Railways is electrified between Tallinn and Tartu. [69] – Sevok-Rangpo Railway of the Indian Railways opens between Sevok and Rangpo. [70] – Line K of the Tren Interoceánico opens between Ixtepec and Arriaga. [71] – OC Streetcar opens between Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and Harbor ...
During March 2017, the DfT announced that the South Western franchise had been awarded to First/MTR. [14] At the time, it was stated that its franchise period was to commence from 20 August 2017 and run through to 18 August 2024, although the deal had included an option for the DfT to extend it for a further 48 weeks.
The whole company was rebranded Great Western Railway (GWR) on 20 September 2015, [28] with the introduction of a green livery in recognition of the former Great Western Railway which existed between 1835 and 1947. [29] [30] The new livery was introduced when HST interiors were refurbished, and on sleeper carriages and Class 57/6 locomotives. [31]
The Australind is a currently suspended rural passenger train service in Western Australia operated by Transwa on the South Western Railway between Perth and Bunbury. The Australind was suspended in November 2023 due to the shutdown of the Armadale line for upgrading, and pending retirement of the current rolling stock. The route has been ...