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Sales increase at Faiveley
FAIVELEY recorded net sales of €619·3m for the year to March 31 2007, in line with company's forecasts and up 8·9% on the €568·9m reported for 2005. Adjusting the figures to reflect changes to the group structure in the past year gives an increase of 7·4%, or 7·7% at ...
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Profits growing at Movares
MOVARES has reported consolidated operating revenue of €142m for 2006, slightly up on the 2005 figure of €140·8m. Pre-tax profit totalled €6·8m, up from €6·2m and demonstrating that new business is being found to replace the work on the Betuwe Route and HSL-Zuid which is now coming to an end. ...
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Wagon maintenance take-over
WATCO Companies announced the take-over of Millennium Rail Inc on May 1, with the rolling stock maintenance and repair business becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pittsburg, Kansas, based shortline operator and loco maintenance group. MRI has eight workshops in the USA, where it undertakes general repairs and speciality wagon ...
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Market June 2007
Brazil: CVRD has ordered a 96-stone rail grinder from Harsco Track Technologies for the 1 600 mm gauge Carajás iron ore line. The deal includes two years of training and support after delivery early next year. China: On May 21 the Ministry of Railways and Harsco Track Technologies signed two ...
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Metros June 2007
France: Test running of Alstom Citadis trams began on the first phase of Nice tram Line 1 in early May. Opening of the 8·7 km line between Pont-Michel and Comte-de-Falicon is planned for September. Hungary: On May 4 Siemens delivered the last of 40 Combino Plus 54 m long trams ...
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Protectionist instinct dies hard
AS WE HAVE reported, rail freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel has fallen sharply since the end of the Minimum Usage Charge agreement between Eurotunnel and the British and French governments on November 31 2006. One shipper still using the route revealed last month that SNCF had announced an ...
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Fortress buys Florida East Coast
FLORIDA EAST COAST Industries announced on May 8 that it had agreed a $3·5bn merger with the private equity Fortress Investment Group, which recently acquired RailAmerica. Unanimously approved by the FECI board, the deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2007. The 565 km Florida East ...
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Philippine Main Line South upgrade
WORK IS expected to start this month on upgrading of a 60 km section of Philippine National Railways' Main Line South, permitting the expansion of suburban services to the south of Manila.PNR General Manager Jose Maria Sarasola announced on May 2 that track strengthening, bridge reconstruction, station works and the ...
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Israeli national resignalling
ISRAEL Railways suspended all train services on May 11-12 to permit the commissioning of a new national signalling and train control system.ISR has adopted the Command 900 Safe Desk technology supplied by Thales from Germany. Formerly marketed by Alcatel as NetTrac 6653, this is a vital remote control system for ...
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News in Brief
Central Japan Railway President Masayuki Matsumoto confirmed on April 27 that the company hopes to launch revenue services on the first phase of the Chuo maglev line between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2025, with the planned Nagoya - Osaka section to follow. JR Central has allocated ¥6bn in its 2007 ...
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US safety in the spotlight
PROPOSALS for a radical reform of railway safety legislation were introduced into the US Congress on May 1 by James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. The Railroad Safety Improvement Act envisages redesignating the FRA as the Federal Railroad Safety Adminstration, with a specific objective to reduce ...
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WCRR debates capacity and sustainability
Roy Allen is President of Transportation Technology Center Inc, the research subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, and Chairman of the WCRR organising committee. As Vice-President, Operations & Regulatory Affairs, at the Railway Association of Canada, Mike Lowenger is Chairman of the WCRR Montréal planning committeeTaking place in Montréal ...
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Netherlands: Landmark station enhances Amsterdam
Linking two districts which are currently divided by the railway, Bijlmer-Arena will be one of the largest stations in the Netherlands and form a major interchange with metro and bus routes Rob Steenhuis, Managing Director, Arcadis Architecten FUNDAMENTAL to the architect's brief for rebuilding the station at Amsterdam Bijlmer-Arena was ...
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European Commission must act to liberalise rail freight
The European Union must enforce the spirit of its First Railway Package if the revitalisation of rail freight is to be achieved, argues Tony Berkeley, Chairman of the Rail Freight Group UK and a Board Member of the European Rail Freight Customer PlatformTHERE WAS a chilling reminder at the CEE ...
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Netherlands: Sweating assets now ProRail's priority
As major projects come to fruition, infrastructure manager ProRail is now concentrating on making the best use of its existing rail network. The ?1·1bn that the government has allocated to enhancements in 2006-12 will be spent on easing bottlenecks rather than new infrastructure, explains Peter Badcock PRORAIL's Infra Operations Manager ...
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Freight reforms make progress
Following the creation of new passenger businesses earlier this year, Russian Railways is preparing to transfer the bulk of its freight operations to a new operating company at the beginning of 2007 THIS MONTH the Russian government is expected to authorise the setting up of a new company to take ...
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CPR is ready to extend 100% Effective Friction Management
Michael RoneyGeneral Manager, Technical Services Canadian Pacific Railway Trials with electronic gauge face lubrication and top-of-rail friction management were delivering good results until deep seated shelling appeared on the gauge corner. This has now been successfully resolved by modifying grinders to work at a 60º angle THERE ARE few ways ...
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Yakutsk Railway heads for the Lena
Construction work is pressing ahead on the new line through Russia’s Sakha Republic, which is in on course to reach Yakutsk in 2010
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Dedicated freight corridors will boost rail productivity
A network of high-performance freight corridors is to be developed with public-private participation through a special purpose vehicle owned by IR A GROUP OF Ministers appointed by the Indian government confirmed on August 27 that a Special Purpose Vehicle is to be created to facilitate the development of the country's ...
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Porto Metro moves into second phase
Opening of the 1·5 km airport branch on May 27 saw the completion of the first phase of the Porto metro. Detailed design work has been completed for a 12·5 km extension of Line A, and planning has started for three more routes THE PLACING of an order earlier ...
