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Alternative fuels on test
LAST MONTH, three railways unveiled projects intended to reduce the rail industry’s dependence on diesel fuel. On June 14, Brazilian industrial giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announced in Rio de Janiero that it will use biological fuel on its Vitória a Minas Railway, following positive tests with two locomotives ...
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Alstom results show recovery
’THE RESULTS we are presenting today clearly demonstrate the ongoing recovery of Alstom’, said Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Patrick Kron, following board approval on May 30 of the group’s accounts for the year to March 31 2005. ’All key indicators are in line with or better than the guidance ...
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Slow progress through the Alps
A FIRE in the 12·8 km Fréjus road tunnel on June 4, in which two lorry drivers died, calls to mind the more serious fires in the 11·6 km Franco-Italian Mont Blanc tunnel in March 1999 and in the Gotthard motorway tunnel in October 2001.At the time several heavyweight names ...
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Cross-border co-operation accord
A LETTER of Intent setting out terms for the operation of TGV Est Européen was signed in Strasbourg on May 23 by SNCF President Louis Gallois and DB Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn. Also present at the event were the then French Transport Minister Gilles de Robien and his German counterpart ...
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X60 undergoes acceptance tests
INTRO: Harry Hondius MSc reports from SalzgitterSEPTEMBER is due to see the entry into revenue service of the first of 55 X60 low-floor EMUs, ordered in May 2002 by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik for use by Citypendeln operator Keolis. The contract with Alstom includes an option for 50 more sets. Total price ...
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2020 vision in green
AN ENTICING vision of attractive, sustainable and efficient public transport, contributing to a higher quality of life, was painted by speaker after speaker at the International Union of Public Transport’s 56th World Congress, which took place in Roma on June 5 to 9.Many of the factors needed to ensure high-quality ...
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People in the News - July 2005
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin was appointed President of Russian Railways on June 15, replacing Gennady Fadeyev who becomes an advisor to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. Dr Bill Emery has been appointed Chief Executive of the UK's Office of Rail Regulation; he also becomes a member of the ORR board. UK ...
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Reporting on 100 years of key developments in the rail industry
1905UK: July 21. First edition of Railway Gazette published.Russia: Regular through operations begin on the Trans-Siberian Railway after completion of Circum-Baikal railway.1906Switzerland - Italy: January 25. First train runs through the Simplon tunnel.1907USA: July 24. New Haven electric services begin to use New York’s Grand Central Terminal, marking completion of ...
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On May 22 Japanese Land, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa, and JR Hokkaido Chairman Shinichi Sakamoto participated in ceremonies at Shin-Hakodate to mark the start of work on the first phase of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which was approved in December 2004. The government is covering two-thirds of the ´470bn ...
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Thais talk tough
AT A MEETING in Bangkok on May 9, State Railway of Thailand Governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon was given 30 days to report back to the transport and finance ministers with a plan to turn round SRT’s financial performance.Senior managers had put forward plans that envisaged SRT’s 44bn baht debt being written ...
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Smarter ticketing
SMART Card Alliance has established a Transportation Council to promote the use of standards-based smart card payment in the transport industry.It is one of several councils being established by the association to focus on use of smart cards in particular industries. The Alliance will work with the American Public Transportation ...
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Siemens shells in Sacramento
BOZANKAYA LLC will take over as North American supplier of steel bodyshells for Siemens’ SD series of light rail vehicles from this summer. A newly-formed US subsidiary of a German firm, Bozankaya has leased a building in Sacramento near Siemens’ LRV assembly plant. Shells were formerly made by SuperSteel Schenectady ...
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UITP returns to Roma
INTRO: ’Public Transport 2020: Making the Connection - People - Environment - Business’ is the theme for the 56th World Congress of the International Association of Public TransportHaving previously staged its biennial World Congress in Roma in 1928 and 1971, UITP’s return to the Italian capital on June 5-9 marks ...
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Stadler’s profitable year
STADLER describes 2004 as ’a very profitable business year’ in its annual financial statement issued on April 26.Consolidated sales of SFr556m for the year were 25% ahead of projections, and significantly above the 2004 figure of SFr322m. The number of employees at the company’s plants in Bussnang, Altenrhein and Pankow ...
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Technology presented
INIT will make two presentations on June 7. In the morning Vice-President, Sales, Albrecht Simons will consider that it is ’time for an integrated vehicle IT’. This will be followed in the afternoon by a presentation from Chief Sales Officer Dr Jürgen Greschner on ’From Analogue to Digital: GPRS or ...
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Philippine revivals take shape
TENDERS are to be called by the end of July for reconstruction of the Phividec rail network on the Philippine island of Panay.The Chairman of Philippine Investment & Development Corp Ofelia Bulalong announced on May 11 that work would start this year for completion in 2007, with the aim of ...
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Workshop opens
RELCO Locomotives Inc has completed a locomotive rebuilding and servicing facility at Albia in south east Iowa. Complementing the company’s existing facility at Minooka, Illinois, the 40ha site contains a main locomotive shop, a self-contained blast and paint shop, office space and 3 km of track. The 8400m2 main locomotive ...
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NRC shortlist
NIGERIA’s Bureau of Public Enterprises has shortlisted nine consortia to tender for a contract to provide consultancy services for the planned privatisation of Nigerian Railways Corp.Around 20 companies had submitted expressions of interest before the deadline on April 20. Of these, four were disqualified for non-compliance. According to BPE, the ...
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Nantes tries tram-train
PROPOSALS to reopen the 64 km railway between Nantes and Châteaubriant as a tram-train route were unveiled for public consultation by the Pays-de-la-Loire region last month. This paves the way for a detailed planning study costing €4m.To be completed by the end of 2009, the project will see the restoration ...
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Market
Argentina: Coal mining company YCRT has called tenders for four locos and 60 wagons for its 750mm gauge railway between Río Turbio and Río Gallegos in Patagonia, where movements resumed last month.Australia: Barclay Mowlem has been awarded an A$2m contract to install a new crossover as part of the Bondi ...