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    Products & Technology in Brief

    2009-02-19T06:00:00Z

    Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute is assessing the feasibility of detecting faults in level crossing barrier mechanisms by measuring electrical currents during the raising and lowering of faulty barriers and comparing to normal values. Two types of barrier are being used, with the aim of developing a means of identifying ...

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    Successful tests on Bangkok airport line

    2009-02-18T11:32:00Z

    THAILAND: Minister of Transport, Sophon Zarum, and State Railway of Thailand Chairman Youtdana Tupcharoen travelled on test run of Bangkok's Airport Express on February 12. In 2005 SRT awarded Siemens Mobility and Thai partners B Grimm and Sino Thai Engineering & Construction the contract to build a 28 km ...

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    Faster freight through MidAmerica

    2009-02-18T10:01:00Z

    USA: Canadian National and Norfolk Southern have announced an initiative to share tracks to create a MidAmerica Corridor which will shorten their routes for traffic between Chicago, St Louis, Kentucky and Mississippi. The plan comprises three elements. Subject to regulatory approval and the signing of definitive agreements, NS will ...

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    Tubes in the desert

    2009-02-18T06:00:00Z

    SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railways Organisation has installed a 900 m section of Tubular Track on its main line between Harad and Al Tawdihiyah. The line carries containerised freight between the Gulf port of Dammam and Riyadh, but sand is a perennial problem and teams are on permanent standby to clear ...

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    Series E5 design unveiled

    2009-02-17T10:00:00Z

    JAPAN: East Japan Railway unveiled the exterior and designs for its next generation of Shinkansen trains on February 3. A pre-production Series E5 trainset is due to be rolled out in June for testing, as a precursor for the fleet to operate between Tokyo and Shin Aomori following the opening ...

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    Emissions rules change the landscape

    2009-02-17T06:00:00Z

    ENGINES: At the end of 2008 Electro-Motive Diesel announced an order from Canadian National Railway for a further 40 SD70M-2 locomotives to be delivered in early 2010. These will use the 710 series diesel engine, which reached a milestone when the 7 500th engine was completed in late 2008. The ...

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    Wires going up in Iran

    2009-02-16T14:44:00Z

    IRAN: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin attended a ceremony marking the formal start of work to electrify the line from Tabriz to Azarshahr on February 9. The 46 km line linking central Tabriz to the university town of Azarshahr is being electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz under a ...

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    GSM-R preferred bidder named

    2009-02-16T10:27:00Z

    FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF announced on February 13 that it had selected a preferred bidder for the first major PPP project on the French rail network. The tDF consortium has been chosen to negotiate the final details of a 15-year concession to fund and install GSM-R across the network. The ...

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    Taking a fresh look at TEN-T

    2009-02-16T06:00:00Z

    EUROPE: ‘We have come to the conclusion that the situation is in need of review’, confirmed Jonathan Scheele, Director of Transport Logistics & Trans-European Networks at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy & Transport. He was participating in a panel debate on European corridors at the fourth Eurailfreight conference organised ...

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    Industry News in Brief

    2009-02-15T06:00:00Z

    Friction products manuafcturer Beijing Wabtec Huaxia Technology has been established as a joint venture of Wabtec and Beijing Huaxia United Friendship New Technology of Electrification Development Co. Iran’s Minister of Industries & Mines, opened the first phase of Iran Khodro Rail Industries’ rolling stock factory in Adhar ...

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    World rolling stock market February 2009

    2009-02-14T06:00:00Z

    Australia: Last month QR’s intermodal business placed a A$70m order with United Group for 12 C44Aci diesel locomotives for delivery from July to December this year. China: Faiveley has recived a €60m contract to supply Datong Locomotives with 489 sets of braking equipment over three years. Czech Republic: This ...

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    RhB studies Albula tunnel replacement

    2009-02-13T13:22:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Rhätische Bahn is developing proposals for a comprehensive renewal or replacement of the Albula tunnel on the Chur - St Moritz line. Opened in 1903, the 5 865 m tunnel is the highest transalpine bore at 1 800 m above sea level. A major examination in 2006 found ...

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    Putting the customer first

    2009-02-13T07:00:00Z

    REFORM: Belgian national operator SNCB has undertaken a radical restructuring of its freight business to create a more commercially-focused business. But, as group co-ordinator Geert Pauwels explains, there is a lot still to do to ensure the incumbent keeps growing in an increasingly-competitive market.

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    Agility Trains to supply Super Express fleet

    2009-02-12T10:14:00Z

    UK: Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced on February 12 that the Agility Trains consortium of Hitachi, John Laing and Barclays has been selected as preferred bidder for the supply of ‘up to 1 400’ vehicles as part of the government-led Intercity Express Programme. Under the £7·5bn train service provision ...

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    Dedicated Freight Corridor construction launched

    2009-02-12T10:14:00Z

    INDIA: Chairman of the United Progressive Alliance ruling coalition Sonia Gandhi formally launched the construction of the eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in a ceremony at Rohtas in Bihar on February 10 (RG 6.08 p383). The eastern DFC will run for 1 279 km from Ludhiana to Sonnagar via Kanpur ...

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    Diesel after-treatment agreement

    2009-02-12T09:00:00Z

    USA: GE Transportation and Tenneco announced an agreement for the joint development of after-treatment technology to clean the emissions from locomotive engines on February 4. Tenneco has acquired licensing rights to integrate GE's Hydrocarbon-Selective Catalytic Reduction technology into a complete after-treatment system for rail and other non-road applications. ...

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    Belgrano revival continues

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    ARGENTINA: President Cristina Fernández visited Barranqueras in Chaco province on December 29 to mark officially the re-opening to freight traffic of a 199·7 km section of the metre-gauge Belgrano network between the river port and Avia Terai. Following the reopening of the Pichanal - Joaquín V González route (RG 1.09 ...

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    Shanghai metro goes racing

    2009-02-11T14:00:00Z

    CHINA: Construction began in mid-December on the second phase of Shanghai Metro Line 11, which will connect the city to the Formula One motor racing circuit in Anting Town. The 21 km Phase II will start from Huashan Road in Puxi, passing through Changning, Xuhui and Pudong en route to ...

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    Skoda trams to Wroclaw

    2009-02-11T06:00:00Z

    POLAND: City transport operator MPK Wroclaw has selected Skoda Transportation to supply a further 28 trams. The 268m zloty contract is expected to be signed in March, with the trams to enter service between November 2010 and October 2011. They will be similar to the Skoda 16T type which ...

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    GO Transit orders 20 more locos

    2009-02-10T16:00:00Z

    CANADA: Toronto area commuter operator GO Transit has placed a US$85m order for a further 20 MPXpress diesel locomotives. The contract announced by the MotivePower subsidiary of Wabtec on February 10 is an option on an original order for 27 of the 3 600 hp locomotives, which are now ...