In 2001, Tranz Rail's long-distance passenger operations, under the guise of Tranz Scenic, became a separate company ; Tranz Rail chose not to bid for the contract to run Auckland's rail services, and the contract was won by Connex ( now Veolia Transport Auckland ).

NZR DQ class | DQ 6324 at Palmerston North in Tranz Rail's Cato blue livery in use 1995 — 2001.

New Zealand DF class locomotive ( 1979 ) | DFT 7145 in Napier in Tranz Rail's Bumble-Bee ( livery ) | " bumble bee " livery, in use 2001 — 2004.

On 24 December 2001 Tranz Rail sold the Auckland suburban rail network to the New Zealand Government for $ 81 million.

Tranz Rail won the Roger Award for The Worst Transnational Corporation operating in New Zealand on three occasions: 2000, 2001 and 2002, and was the first corporation inducted into the " hall of shame ".

* 2001 Central government purchased the Auckland railway network from Tranz Rail.

As part of a restructuring programme, in 2001 Tranz Scenic was incorporated as stand-alone subsidiary Tranz Scenic ( 2001 ) Ltd. Tranz Rail sold 50 % of Tranz Scenic to two directors of the Victoria, Australia, rail operator West Coast Railway for $ 33 million.

In 2001 Bombardier acquired Adtranz ( DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems ), a manufacturer of trains which were widely used throughout Germany and Great Britain.

The concept had been tested by the formation of Pilbara Rail in 2001, which generated more than $ 16 million in savings.

** Bombardier Voyager ( British Rail Class 220 ), a non-tilting train built 2000 – 2001

** Bombardier Super Voyager ( British Rail Class 221 ), a tilting train built 2001 – 2002

Wales & West ( legal name Wales & West Passenger Services Limited, company no 3011029 ) was was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Prism Rail that operated the South Wales & West franchise from October 1996 until October 2001.

In 2001 the Strategic Rail Authority decided to reorganise the South Wales & West and Valley Lines franchises, both being operated by National Express.

The bankruptcy of Railtrack in 2001 and its replacement by Network Rail following the Hatfield crash brought a reappraisal of the plans, while the cost of the upgrade soared.

The station and the railway that it served experienced several changes in management, being owned in turn by the London and Birmingham Railway ( 1837 – 1845 ), the London and North Western Railway ( 1846 – 1922 ), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ( 1923 – 1947 ), British Railways ( 1948 – 1994 ), Railtrack ( 1994 – 2001 ) and Network Rail ( 2001 – present )

On 2 April 2001 the Strategic Rail Authority awarded Stagecoach a new franchise after it beat bids from First / Ned Rail and Sea Containers.

Cross London Rail Links ( CLRL ) ( now Crossrail Ltd ) was formed in 2001 to deliver the scheme.

In 2001 Cross London Rail Links ( CLRL ), a 50 / 50 joint venture company between Transport for London and the Department of Transport, was formed to develop and promote the scheme, and also a Wimbledon-Hackney scheme.

The goods department of DSB, DSB Gods, was merged with Railion ( now DB Schenker Rail ) in 2001, and DSB now solely manages passenger rail service, including the operation of railway stations.

Two other excursion services were introduced by BC Rail in 1997 and 2001.

In 2001, BC Rail introduced the Whistler Northwind, a luxury excursion train that ran between May and October, northbound from North Vancouver to Prince George or southbound from Prince George to Whistler.

During the 2001 season, when both steam locomotives were out of service, BC Rail leased No. 4069, a restored Canadian Pacific Railway FP7A diesel locomotive.

On May 4, 2001, Chrétien appointed Pelletier chairman of Via Rail, a Crown corporation.

Freight traffic continued until the line was mothballed in 2001 and there has been no trains since 7 May 2002 when the annual Irish Rail weed spray train visited the line.

Clark was also the Co-Chair of the 2001 Liberal campaign, which included a platform that specifically promised not to sell BC Rail.

The Director of Passenger Rail Franchising was replaced in 2001 by the Strategic Rail Authority.

Railtrack collapsed in highly controversial circumstances in October 2001, and in October 2002 the company emerged from railway administration, a special state of insolvency for railway companies created by the Railways Act 1993, as Network Rail.

In 2001, the Carr Government rejected a proposed extension to Bondi Beach as a public-private partnership, but pledged to increase the capacity of the turnback at the station as part of CityRail's Rail Clearways Program in 2004.

In 2001, the other beneficiaries sold their interest in the estate to the Disney Corporation for $ 350m.

The Arcadia 2001 was licensed to many different companies and sold under different names.

BeOS PE and BeIA proved to be too little too late, and in 2001 Be's copyrights were sold to Palm, Inc. for some $ 11 million.

Previously, solid ink printers were manufactured by Tektronix, but Tek sold the printing business to Xerox in 2001.

Between June 12, 1995 and April 4, 2001, the Indians sold out 455 consecutive home games, drawing a total of 19, 324, 248 fans to Jacobs Field.

Compaq, already an Intel customer, decided to phase out Alpha in favor of the forthcoming Hewlett-Packard / Intel Itanium architecture, and sold all Alpha intellectual property to Intel in 2001, effectively killing the product.

The line was sold again to Gaslight Press in February 2001.

In 2001, BT sold its 50 % stake in Gibtel to GNC.

In 2001 Banks sold his World Cup Winners medal at Christie's auction house in London.

Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success ; it sold more than 4. 8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as " Crawling " and " One Step Closer " established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year.

The Big U went out of print until 2001, when Stephenson allowed it to be republished after realizing that this book that he considered inferior to his others was being sold at inflated prices for used copies because of its scarcity and collectors ' value.

In 2001 NSAIDs accounted for 70, 000, 000 prescriptions and 30 billion over-the-counter doses sold annually in the United States.

A copy of Quake was also sold in 2001, labeled Ultimate Quake, which included the original Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena.

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

* Pop singer Britney Spears donated $ 1 to the children of firefighters, police officers and EMT's who were killed on 9 / 11 from every ticket sold from her Dream Within a Dream Tour in 2001 and 2002.

On 2001, Break the Cycle sold 4 million copies worldwide making it one of the best selling albums that year.

In 2001, under AOL Time Warner, it was sold to the World Wrestling Federation.

On 2 January 2001, Renault Véhicules Industriels ( which included Mack Trucks, but not Renault's stake in Irisbus ) was sold to Volvo, which renamed it Renault Trucks in 2002.

Additionally, Microsoft sold Windows 2000 Advanced Server Limited Edition and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Limited Edition, which ran on 64-bit Intel Itanium microprocessors and they were released in 2001.

At times, over half of the brewery's output is directed overseas to the U. S. In 2010, more than 640, 000 hectolitres of the beer were sold in the United States, more than double the 2001 total.

In 2001, to save the team from folding, Minardi sold it to Australian businessman Paul Stoddart, who ran the team for five years before selling it on to Red Bull in 2005 who renamed it Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Despite having growing sales worldwide, Hyundai struggled in Japan, having sold only 15, 000 passenger cars from 2001 to 2009.

Psion had sold its sole manufacturing plant in 1999 and started to withdraw from its PDA markets in late 2001, shedding 250 of 1, 200 staff and writing-off £ 40 million.

Longs and Albertsons remained equal partners up though 2001, when Albertsons sold their 50 % interest to Longs.

In 2001, all international RC-branded businesses were sold to Cott Beverages of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and are operated as Royal Crown Cola International, which handles RC Cola products outside the United States.