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Canadian wi-fi goes ahead
VIA RAIL has announced it will provide wi-fi on all trains operating in the Québec - Windsor corridor by November 2006. Parsons is funding the US$2·3m five-year project under a revenue-sharing arrangement with no risk for VIA, and the company will install equipment on 150 coaches, 22 stations and ...
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Leader goes ahead this year
NORFOLK Southern announced on December 5 that, following two years of testing, it had agreed to deploy New York Air Brake’s Leader onboard computers across its locomotive fleet. Leader provides drivers with real-time data on optimal driving techniques to suit the train’s length and weight and the gradients and curvature ...
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Rolling motorway agreement
MARCH 31 2007 has been set as the launch date for a rolling motorway service running for more than 1000 km across France, Transport Minister Dominique Perben announced on December 12. He said the autoroute ferroviaire would link Perpignan, close to the Spanish frontier, with Bettembourg in Luxembourg. With an ...
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Grain hopper fleet sale agreed
CANADIAN Transport Minister Jean-C Lapierre and Finance Minister Ralph Goodale announced on November 24 that terms had been agreed for the sale of the government-owned grain hopper fleet, which totals around 12000 vehicles. The hoppers are used at no cost to the major Canadian railways for the movement of export ...
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Australian acquisition
LLOYD’S Register Rail has completed the acquisition of Australian consultancies BlueField and Belrose.BlueField has experience of risk and safety across a range of industries including rail. Belrose’s rail expertise covers safety, risk, engineering management and train and station operations. The companies will be integrated into Lloyd’s Register Rail, whose Australian ...
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Acoustic monitoring of wheel squeal
EQUIPMENT is being trialled at Heathfield on ARTC’s Adelaide - Melbourne main line to detect and measure wheel squeal.Trains negotiating this sharply-curved and steeply-graded section generate high levels of squeal and flanging noise in a densely-populated area, and investigations suggest that a large percentage of wheels with high noise emission ...
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Demountable access platform
THREE-MAN access platforms designed and built by LH Access Technology can be demounted from Mercedes-Benz Unimog road-rail vehicles when not in use, allowing the host chassis to be used with alternative equipment.The platform has a working height of 10m with a reach of 7m; it can carry up to 350 ...
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Mixed signals on access charges
INTRO: Cost recovery levels and political priorities favouring passenger over freight traffic have a strong influence on infrastructure access charges. Freight markets need simple single-part charges to grow, whilst some passenger markets would benefit from the efficiency of two-part tariffsBYLINE: Lou Thompson and Stephen Perkins*INFRASTRUCTURE separation is a key plank ...
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Metros January 2006
Argentina: Buenos Aires metro operator Metrovías has put into service on Line D the first of four six-car trains purchased from Nagoya Subway. Arriving in Argentina during the 2001 financial crisis, they were stored in bond pending payment of import duties. Austria: Ascom Security Solutions has won a SFr3m contract ...
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Intelligence January 2006
Australia: QR's pre-tax profit for the year to June was up from A$191m to A$287m. Freight traffic was up 8·4% to 175 million tonnes, with QR winning all the coal contracts it bid for in Queensland, and taking 13% of the market in NSW. Brazil: A pre-feasibility study by the ...
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Railway Directory 2006
WITH the addition of maps of the networks in Madagascar, the Philippines and Venezuela, we are pleased to announce that Railway Directory now offers a complete suite of four-colour geographical maps of the world’s main line railways.Compiled and edited by Chris Bushell, with maps drawn by Andy Hellawell, the 111th ...
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T1 to meet Line 13
A PUBLIC enquiry began on December 12 for the planned extension of Paris tram route T1 from Saint-Denis to Asnières-sur-Seine, as part of the process leading to the Declaration of Public Utility. Due to enter service in 2010, the 4·9 km orbital extension running west from Saint-Denis will serve the ...
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Emissions laws drive diesel innovations
EUROPEAN Union regulations setting stringent limits on exhaust emissions from diesel engines used in rail traction will start to come into force on January 1. From now on engines fitted to new diesel railcars or multiple-units must meet Stage 3A of the European emissions limits for off-highway vehicles, while new ...
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NewsDublin dominates Irish investment
RAIL expansion projects in Dublin and across the country form the backbone of the €34·4bn Transport 21 investment package unveiled by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Transport Minister Martin Cullen at Dublin Castle on November 1. Bringing together many existing proposals into a 10-year package, Transport 21 is expected to make ...
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Finnish cut-off completed
THE LAST rail was laid on September 28 to complete the 74 km cut-off between Kerava and Lahti in Finland. Work on the project began in October 2002, and the line is expected to open for revenue operation in September 2006. Partially funded by Russia and the EU, the €331m ...
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NewsNarrow-gauge tycoons revive Poland's regional lines
Originally established by railway enthusiasts, SKPL has grown into a significant commercial operator of regional services on narrow gauge networks closed by Poland's state railway
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Shear strength of slab
The 115-YEAR old Jamestown Viaduct in Scotland has been strengthened by the installation of a reinforced concrete slab, which forms a composite structure with the existing trusses and cross girders. Principal contractor Mowlem installed steel diaphragm panels in the apertures between the cross girders, transferring shear forces between the slab ...
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Shared tickets
TORONTO Transit Commission Metropass season tickets have been made transferable. Monthly and weekly tickets can be passed between staff in a small business or to other family members, as long as only one person is using a particular pass at once.Student and senior passes can only be passed to other ...