All News articles – Page 189
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Network Rail found guilty over Hatfield
FINES totalling millions of pounds may be imposed on Network Rail and Balfour Beatty this month, after the jury in the eight-month Hatfield trial found NR guilty of offences under Section 37 of the Health & Safety at Work Act on September 6.At the same time, the jury found three ...
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International focus on the value of speed
INTRO: eurailSpeed 2005 will examine the latest developments and the future outlook for high speed railways, focusing on the main theme of High Speed Rail - Railways’ Leading Asset for Customers and SocietyEurailspeed 2005, the 5th World High Speed Rail Congress, will be held in Milano, Italy, on November 7-9. ...
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Finance
Germany: On September 16 Sachsen-Anhalt Transport Minister Dr Karl-Heinz Daehre confirmed a further €3·3m of Land funding towards the 8·5 km extension of the metre-gauge Harz Railway from Gernrode to Quedlinburg. Work on the €6m project officially began on April 18 for completion in mid-2006.Iran: The Islamic Development Bank has ...
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Terminal expanded
SWISS intermodal operator Hupac held celebrations on September 9 to mark the expansion of its Busto Arsizio-Gallarate terminal near Milano. Italian Transport Minister Pietro Lunardi and his Swiss counterpart Moritz Leuenberger participated in the event.Hupac has invested SFr75m to increase capacity from 15 to 23 train pairs per day. There ...
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Nordic Rail highlights northern Europe
JÖNKÖPING is once again hosting the Nordic Rail exhibition, and on October 4-6, eyes will turn to developments in the rail industries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.The region’s suppliers will be present to highlight their products and services, while exhibitors from further afield will be heading to southern Sweden ...
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Driver’s errors fox investigators
ON SEPTEMBER 6 the Aircraft & Railway Accidents Investigation Committee submitted an interim report into the crash of a JR West Series 207 EMU at Amagasaki on April 25 (RG 6.05 p299) to Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa. The report highlighted the driver’s unusual behaviour but did not explain what may ...
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Dispatching software upgrade
ON AUGUST 22, Union Switch & Signal announced that it had entered into ’one of the largest software agreements in railroad history’, to upgrade train planning and computer-aided dispatching for Union Pacific.As well as implementing its Next Generation Computer Aided Dispatch System across the 53000 km UP network, US&S will ...
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Dieter
Taipei Smart Card Corp and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have begun selling wristwatches containing an embedded smart chip, allowing passengers to use the timepieces to pay for metro and bus fares in the Taiwanese capital. TSCC said 11000 of the NT$1600 watches would be on sale by the start of this ...
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Downer EDI profit up despite rail fall
ENGINEERINGservices group Downer EDI Ltd reported a 28% increase in profit after tax to A$104m for the year to June 30 2005. Overall turnover was up from A$3·42bn in 2004 to A$3·97bn, but the Rail division’s contribution fell from 12·0% to 9·1%.’This is our eighth successive year of earnings and ...
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Smartcard deal
DENMARK is set to become the second country in Europe to introduce a national smartcard ticket accepted by all rail, metro and bus operators. The Travel Card project is being managed by Rejsekort A/S, a joint venture company set up by all Danish public transport operators. On September 13 Rejsekort ...
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Danish noise
NOISE, vibration and machinery dynamics consultancy Ødegaard & Danneskiold-Samsøe has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register. There are over 40 specialist staff at the Danish firm, which has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyd’s Register Group but operates independently and retains its name and corporate identity. Managing Director John Ødegaard said ...
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Ing concedes THSRC will be late
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corp has finally conceded that it will not be opening its 345 km line for business this month. Although trial running has made good progress, with 200 km/h attained at the end of August and engineers anticipating 300 km/h during October, THSRC Chairman Nita Ing was ...
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Two first classes
EUROSTAR restructured its provision of first class accommodation with effect from September 1, to provide separate services to suit business and leisure passengers. First class has been split into Business Premier and Leisure Select categories. The more expensive Business Premier offers shorter check-in times, access to lounges, a ...
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China picks EMD
ON SEPTEMBER 7 Electro-Motive Diesel Inc announced that it had signed a contract to supply 300 locomotives to China’s Ministry of Railways.The 6000hp locos are to be assembled by Dalian Locomotive Works under a technology licensing agreement. Powered by the latest version of EMD’s 265H series engine meeting EPA Tier ...
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CBM supports the Powder River fleet
INTRO: Chris Jackson reports from NebraskaREPRESENTATIVES from Alstom Transport and BNSF Railway inaugurated a locomotive test shop at Alliance, Nebraska, on August 24. The event marked the successful introduction of condition-based maintenance to BNSF’s fleet of AC-motored diesel locos used on coal trains from Wyoming’s Powder River basin.Alstom is responsible ...
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Out-of-Round Railway Wheels - Causes and Consequences
by Anders JohanssonTHIS DOCTORAL thesis uses data from full-scale experiments and numerical simulations to study defects around complete wheel circumferences, as well as local defects such as wheel flats.Tread irregularities occurring on a range of rolling stock in Sweden have been assessed using out-of-roundness measurements. These found high roughness with ...
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RandstadRail to get sneltram cars
INTRO: For the first time in Europe LRVs are being built to withstand an end loading of 800 kN. Harry Hondius reportsROTTERDAM operator RET has ordered 21 articulated LRVs from Bombardier Transportation for the RandstadRail project (RG 4.05 p209), with an option for a further 27 cars. Destined to work ...
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CAF wins in Mexico
MEXICO’s Secretariat of Communications & Transport announced on August 24 that a consortium led by CAF of Spain had been awarded a 30-year concession to upgrade, equip and operate the 27 km commuter route between Buenavista and Cuautitl
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Passenger News in Brief
Croatian Railways has returned to service the first of its dining cars to be refurbished by TVJ Gredelj. Finished in a similar livery to HZ’s modernised first and second class coaches, it is being used on EuroCity services. Bulgaria Air passengers travelling through the airports in Frankfurt and Berlin can ...