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Speeding safety alerts nationally
DISSEMINATION of warnings about safety-related problems with rolling stock, plant and other equipment is being accelerated with the commissioning of a near real-time secure website and database, developed by Interfleet Technology on behalf of Britain’s Rail Safety & Standards Board.Replacing a fax-based system which could take hours to distribute National ...
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Kolkata airport rail link opened
INDIA’S first airport rail link was inaugurated at the end of July, when Kolkata Circular Railway services were extended from Dum Dum to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport.Construction of the airport branch was approved in December 2002 by former Railways Minister Nitish Kumar. Out-turn cost is put at Rs870m, against ...
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Fresh air under London
Powerful ventilation forms a key part of the safety systems in the Channel Tunnel Rail Link tunnels
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Electronic brain aids the eye
INTELLIGENT video surveillance products for railway stations and other large public areas such as car parks and sports stadia are to be marketed jointly by Bull and Keeneo under a technical and commercial agreement signed in June.Keeneo is a spin-off company from Inria, the French National Institute for Research in ...
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High speed network to expand again
AT A briefing in Nürnberg on August 8-9 DB AG unveiled its plans for the future development of ICE services. Priority for new line construction goes to a link from Frankfurt to Mannheim that would bridge the 80 km gap between the K
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East African concessions make progress
AFRICA: This month is due to see the transfer of operations on Tanzania Railways Corp's 2707 km metre-gauge network to Rites under a 25-year concession. The transfer is being partially funded by the World Bank and African Development Bank. Tanzania's Minister for Infrastructure Basil Mramba explained in Dodoma on August ...
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AEA out of rail
On August 11 AEA Technology announced that it was to focus on environmental consultancy, and had entered into a conditional agreement to sell its rail business to investment firm Vision Capital.As well as AEA’s rail activities in Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands, the deal includes energy-sector companies Kinectrics. ESI ...
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Access legislation now complete
WITH THE PUBLICATION of ministerial order FOM/2520/2006 in the official journal on August 2, the legal framework is now in place for new freight operators to gain access to the Spanish national network. Coming into force the following day, the order approved by Development Minister Magdalena Álvarez covers the licensing ...
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Kawasaki wins M-8 order
NEW YORK Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Connecticut State Bond Commission have selected Kawasaki Rail Car Inc to build a new fleet of dual-voltage EMUs for Metro North’s New Haven Line. Under the $522m base contract, Kawasaki will design and manufacture 210 M-8 cars, with an option for another 170 ...
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Korea to develop 400 km/h train
SOUTH KOREA'S Ministry of Construction & Transport announced on July 27 that it intends to develop jointly with the Ministry of Science & Technology a high speed train capable of running in service at 400 km/h. The project to build a 'High-Speed Electric Multiple-Unit - 400 km/h' is expected to ...
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Line 4 low bidder
THE METROQUATRO consortium is reported to have submitted the lowest bid for the public-private partnership to equip, operate and maintain metro Line 4 in Sâo Paulo. Bids were opened on August 10 following several delays including a legal challenge to the PPP concept by the metro workers’ union. Subject to ...
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CM2006 to examine thewheel-rail interface
BYLINE: Peter Mutton and Dr Bill Thomas*Co-Chairmen, CM2006BYLINE: * Peter Mutton is Associate Director of the Institute of Railway Technology at Monash University in Melbourne. Dr Bill Thomas is General Manager, Rolling Stock Engineering, at Queensland RailINTRO: The Seventh International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems in ...
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Finance September 2006
Europe: Norton Rose lawyers in 23 European jurisdictions have advised Dresdner Bank on a €273m securitisation of lease rentals from two wagon fleets owned by AAE subsidiaries; Allen & Overy acted for the AAE group. France: EIB has agreed to lend Marseille €150m towards the construction of its light rail ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2006 set to break more records
INNOTRANS: Held every two years, InnoTrans is firmly established as a vital showcase for the railway supply industry in Europe and beyond. The exhibition continues to grow, and this year's 10th anniversary event at the Berlin trade fair ground from September 19 to 22 is once again the biggest InnoTrans ...
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Metros September 2006
China: Shanghai Shentong Group has awarded Alcatel Shanghai Bell a €30m contract to supply its SelTrac communications-based train control system for the 33·1 km metro Line 6. France: The Val de Marne local assembly has backed the inclusion of a proposed east-west metro line in the forthcoming ...
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Market September 2006
Belgium: Infrabel has awarded Siemens a €105m contract to supply and install TBL1+ and ETCS Level 1 equipment at 4000 signals; Siemens will also be responsible for maintenance over 20 years. Germany: Angel Trains has placed a €25m order with Siemens for 11 Eurorunner ER20 diesel-electric locos. They will be ...
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Intelligence September 2006
Belgium: UK private equity company 3i announced on August 3 that it had completed the acquisition of ABX Logistics Worldwide from SNCB Holding. The latter has retained the local road distribution business in Belgium. SNCB transported 173 million passengers in 2005. The 2006 figure is expected to be 180 million, ...
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Air cargo trial will pioneer hub-and-spoke operation
Andrew Sharp, Director General of the International Air-Rail Organisation, looks at plans to operate high speed freight services to and from Leipzig/Halle airport
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World of tickets
THALES has announced a series of metro ticketing contracts involving contactless smart card technology.Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp has awarded a consortium of Thales, LG and local company Beikong a contract to replace the existing system of paper tickets inspected at gate lines with a contactless system covering 1184 ...
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Radio silence
ALMOST EXACTLY four years ago, on June 28 2002, the California Public Utilities Commission formally approved the use of Advanced Automatic Train Control on the Bay Area Rapid Transit network in Oakland and San Francisco. Being developed for BART under a $40m contract awarded to Harmon Industries in 1998 (RG ...