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Level 2 switchover delayed to April
SWISS Federal Railways confirmed on November 28 that it would not, after all, switch the operation of all trains on the Mattstetten - Rothrist line to ETCS Level 2 in December. Target date is now April.Another step towards the changeover came on December 10, when freight trains running on the ...
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News1520 partners debate co-operation
Common technical specifications and improved border procedures will help the railways of Central Asia to work closer with their Russian neighbours to capture growing international business. Chris Jackson reports from Almaty
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Dominican Republic metro fit-out
ON OCTOBER 31 the Dominican Republic's Oficina para la Reorganización del Transporte confirmed a €99m contract for electrical and mechanical works on the metro line now under construction in Santo Domingo. The contract has been awarded to a consortium of Siemens and Thales, which will share the revenue 72:27. ...
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Karelian Trains gets go-ahead
CONTRACTS were due to be signed by the end of October formally establishing Karelian Trains, a joint venture of RZD and VR which will operate international passenger services between Helsinki and St Petersburg. The company will have a charter capital of €1m, according to RZD Vice-President Mikhail Akulov, and each ...
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NewsModalohr plans Europe-wide expansion
A long-distance piggyback service between Perpignan and Bettembourg is due to start in March 2007, and Modalohr President Philippe Mangeard envisages an expanding network which will reach Trieste, Rotterdam and central Europe by 2012
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Hybrid shunter conversion
ALSTOM Transport has developed a hybrid shunting locomotive for industrial applications in Europe. Built at the Stendal locomotive plant in Germany, the prototype 203 701 conversion of a former DB diesel-hydraulic is expected to receive formal certification next February and begin field testing in April 2007. A 200 kW ...
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Direct Line will reshape the Finnish network
Opening of the Kerava - Lahti cut-off will reduce journey times by up to an hour, triggering a complete reshaping of the national timetable. Chris Jackson reports from Helsinki
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Timetables, timings and tickets
INIT will be showing its integrated suite of planning and scheduling software which assists with the real-time optimisation of timetables. Demonstrations of the Mobile-ITCS tram and bus fleet management package will show how the computer-aided service restoration features can be used to minimise disruption to operations.MobileStopinfo can be used to ...
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Spring testing
REGULAR testing of parabolic and coil springs can be undertaken cost-effectively using the Spring Test Press developed by Ulbrich.It has an automatic assembly line to handle large and unwieldy parabolic springs, and automatically records data on spring force, bending and longitudinal elongation, storing the results on computer for easy comparison ...
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Swedish support signed
VOITH Turbo’s Rail Service Centre has secured its first service contract with Bombardier Transportation in Sweden.The agreement runs in parallel with Bombardier’s own contract to service a fleet of Itino DMUs until 2012, and covers heavy maintenance of drivelines as well as responsibility for logistics, repairs and work under warranty. ...
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Sidetrack
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp is exploiting the increased the headways between off-peak trains, by using the spare capacity for advertising. A ’Spectacular Mobile Showcase’ vehicle can be hauled between service trains, giving advertisers a new way to attract the attention of passengers waiting at stations. MTR’s Chief Executive Officer, European ...
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Siemens show
RECENTLY builtrolling stock from Siemens will form the largest single outdoor display. The German firm will be displaying three cars of a Spanish Velaro high speed train (right), a 54m long GT12N Budapest Combino Plus tram, a double-deck S-Bahn car from Zürich and an ÖBB Class 1216 triple-system electric locomotive. ...
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Steering security
ON SEPTEMBER 28 the steering committee of UIC’s recently-formed Security Platform will meet to finalise its programme of activities to co-ordinate the organisation’s approach to railway security.Creation of the Security Platform was approved by the UIC General Assembly in Montréal on June 7-8, and will build on UIC’s previous work ...
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Ropeless trick
WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentechnik GmbH will be unveiling details of a 300m test track which it will use to demonstrate a concept for a ropeless trolley able to shunt rakes of stock weighing up to 450 tonnes. A hydraulic lifting assembly will raise one axle on one vehicle, creating sufficient ...
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Rail.One shows track technology
RE-BRANDING of Pfleiderer Track Systems as Rail.One has been completed following its acquisition by AXA Private Equity in April (RG 6.06 p361), and the track supplier will be using InnoTrans to present its new name and its focus on rail infrastructure technology.Work began last month on the installation of the ...
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Rail work
CAREER Point in hall 4.1 aims to provide a simple and direct way for students, groups of school pupils and other newcomers to the rail industry to find out about the range of employment possibilities in the sector.Companies including Alstom. Balfour Beatty, Bombardier, Goldschmidt Thermit Group, Knorr-Bremse, AWV Leipzig, Siemens ...
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Promising Poland
STADLER has announced plans to establish a subsidiary to carry out final assembly of rail vehicles in Poland. The Swiss rolling stock manufacturer said it believes Poland possesses ’a rich railway tradition’ and considers it to be ’a very interesting and promising market with a market potential of over 1000 ...
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People
Taiwan’s Minister of Transport & Communications Kuo Yao-chi announced her resignation on August 7, her post being filled temporarily by Vice-Minister Tsai Duei.Nikolai Rudkovski has been appointed Minster of Transport & Communications in Ukraine. Vladimir Kozak, formerly head of freight forwarder Lemtrans, has been appointed Director General of Ukrainian Railways.Former ...
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Screening PATH passengers
PASSENGERS at Exchange Place station in Jersey City are being screened for weapons and explosives in the second phase of the Rail Security Pilot project being managed by the US Department of Homeland Security. Earlier this year the first phase of the pilot scheme tested X-ray checks of baggage.ProVision ...