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Metronet is carrying out a three-month trial of Scotchguard Protector Graphic Film 8050 on the doors of trains on London Underground’s Metropolitan Line. The graffiti-resistant film is coloured to match existing paintwork, and can be replaced quickly without repainting.3M, UK EuroMaint has awarded Trelleborg Industrial a €2m contract to supply ...
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BNSF spends on capacity expansion
UNVEILING a $2·4bn capital programme for 2006 on January 24, BNSF Chairman, President & CEO Matthew K Rose said the railway was planning to invest 10% more than it did in 2005. 'We are increasing our capital investment programme to meet anticipated future volumes because we are confident that our ...
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Tunnel bids invited
EXPRESSIONS of Interest have been called for design teams to undertake engineering services on the proposed Trans-Hudson Express tunnel. New Jersey Transit hopes to have preliminary engineering completed during 2007, with the aim of having the link ready for revenue service in 2015. The winning bidder may also be ...
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Belgrano investment proposal
A CONSORTIUM of motorway concessionaire Sideco and Sanhe Hopeful Grain & Oil Group of China has submitted to the Argentinian government a proposal for reviving the 1000mm gauge Belgrano Cargas network. The plan involves a total investment of 2·46bn pesos over a period of 24 years. Taking a 73% stake ...
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Push-pull ban
A LEGISLATIVE committee in California investigating the January 26 2005 level crossing collision at Glendale, near Los Angeles, that killed 11 people and injured 200 has called for an end to push-pull working in the state. A sports utility vehicle had been deliberately driven onto the track, triggering a triple ...
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Bush budget backs new rail starts
TRANSPORT funding totalling $65·6bn is included in the Bush administration’s budget proposals for the 2007 fiscal year, which were announced on February 6.The budget allocates $8·9bn for the Federal Transit Administration, including $1·5bn for work on 23 existing projects and five more approved for federal funding in the annual New ...
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QR moves on Western Australia
JOINT venture partners Genesee & Wyoming Inc and Wesfarmers announced on February 14 that they had 'entered into a definitive agreement' for the sale of Australia Railroad Group's operations in Western Australia to Queensland Rail and Babcock & Brown for A$1·3bn. Under the deal, which has been under negotiation since ...
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Auburn closure
ON FEBRUARY 15 Bombardier confirmed that its Auburn plant in New York state would close by the end of May. The company had started negotiations on January 30 with the unions representing 160 people employed at the plant, which produces rail and aerospace components.’Closing down a site is never easy’, ...
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Alstom shares heavy haul build with Datong
The agreement signed by Alstom and the Ministry of Railways and its agent CNTIC in June 2004 will see the first of 180 locomotives take to the rails in China in January 2007.Based on the Prima design being supplied to SNCF, China’s Prima 2U will be a twin-unit locomotive intended ...
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Beijing starts work on airport link
CONSTRUCTION work began in January on the 27·3 km metro line to Beijing Capital International Airport, which is due to be completed in June 2008.Expected to cost 5·4bn yuan, the line is being built by a consortium of five Chinese companies. It will start from an interchange with Beijing Metro ...
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TGV Rhine-Rhône goes ahead
CONSTRUCTION work is expected to get underway in May on the first section of TGV Rhine-Rhône, after the final element in the complex financing package was put in place on February 8. French Transport Minister Dominique Perben welcomed the agreement, which followed his meeting on January 31 with regional presidents ...
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High speed creeps on to the UK agenda
A MODERATE head of steam is building up behind proposals for construction of a high speed line from London to northern England and possibly Scotland. But supporters should be aware that many pitfalls lie ahead before a sod is turned - if indeed that moment is ever reached in a ...
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Lloyd’s Register acquisition
BSL Management Consultants has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register, which has previously co-operated with the German firm on work for SNCB and risk management for Railcorp in Australia.Based in Hamburg and Berlin, the consultancy specialises in rail, tram, metro and bus transport. Lloyd’s Register says the acquisition will bring ’strategic ...
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Managing Acela yield
AMTRAK extended yield management pricing to all Acela Express and Metroliner services in the Northeast Corridor from February 6, having initially introduced it to the NEC last October.The previous three levels of fares which depended on time of travel have been replaced with five, designed to take into account the ...
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Metro extends to Terminal 4
THE PRESIDENT of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre announced on February 3 that a 2·5 km extension of Madrid Metro Line 8 from Barajas to the new Terminal 4 of the city’s airport is to be built at a cost of €52m. Tendering of a concession to build and ...
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Metros March 2006
Belgium:De Lijn has placed a €21m order with Siemens and Bombardier for an additional six unidirectional and four bidirectional low-floor trams. In 2007 there will be 112 of the vehicles in service in Antwerpen, Gent and along the coast. China: Alcatel has signed a €12m agreement to supply KCR with ...
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Intelligence March 2006
Argentina: The 150 km between Río Primero and Sumampa on the Nuevo Central Argentino network is to be upgraded at a cost of 40m pesos. Upgrading of the 150 km between Sumampa and Forres is already in hand. Asia: Advantage International and Black Sea Transit planned to launch a weekly ...
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Integrating ETCS Level 2 with TVM430 on TGV Est
INTRO: The Paris - Strasbourg TGV line is the first in France to be equipped with ETCS Level 2 for trains running through to Germany, but will also have the domestic TVM430 train control. Richard Hope explains how some complex system interface issues are being resolvedJUNE 2007 has been set ...
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Belgians opt for Level 2 and GSM-R
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel is installing ETCS Level 2 on two new high speed lines, and expects to convert its entire network in the longer term. Luc Lallemand explains his thinking to Harry Hondius
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Suburban spring
MUMBAI’S suburban trains are subject to high passenger loadings during the peaks, and coil springs in the primary suspension of the city’s EMU cars have proved unreliable with a short life expectancy.Indian Railways approached Trelleborg and requested a revised suspension design for new-build trains, which could also be retrofitted to ...