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ARR adopts PTC
ALASKA Railroad has awarded a $4·8m contract to Union Switch & Signal for installation of Positive Train Control on its 846 km network, for commissioning in the first quarter of 2007. PTC is intended to prevent collisions, enforce permanent and temporary speed restrictions and provide compulsory protection for track maintenance ...
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Making progress across Europe
Seven case studies provide examples of the many ETCS projects now underway in different countries.
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$350m loans for Venezuela projects
ON NOVEMBER 30 the Andean Development Corp announced that it had approved three loans worth a total of US$350m to fund rail and metro projects in Venezuela. The suburban railway under construction between Caracas and Tuy Medio (RG 9.04 p544) is to receive the largest single allocation, with US$200m to ...
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People in the News - January 2005
Pavel Sury has been named Director of Czech Railways' Brno region, succeeding Frantisek Raska who has replaced V? clav Padevet as Director of Safety Inspection. Milan Fryc has replaced Jirí Kol? r as director of the Ustí nad Labem region, and on December 1 Ursula Broschov? took over from ...
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Railway Directory 2005
READERS may now purchase the 2005 edition of our industry reference work Railway Directory, compiled and edited by Chris Bushell. The 110th edition of Railway Directory provides up-to-date information and contact details for the world’s railway operators. The city railways section lists metro, light rail and tram networks, while statutory ...
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DB AG stock market listing postponed
IN OUR September edition we asked whether German Railway was fit to be privatised with a stock market listing. DB AG’s half-year results published in mid-August included encouraging figures for freight traffic with a 7% rise in tonne-km to 41·6 billion and a small increase in passenger-km to 33·9 billion.However, ...
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NewsUpdate from Myanmar
Due to open this month, the Thanlwin River bridge will help to complete a missing link in Myanmar's rail network. Despite international isolation, the railway continues to expand, reports Dieter Hettler, a mechanical engineer who has been involved with the delivery of diesel locomotives to Myanma Railways
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NewsEurostar on track to hit market share target
Launched 10 years ago next month, Eurostar is reaping the benefits from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link with rising traffic and record punctuality. Chief Executive Richard Brown briefs Murray Hughes on Eurostar's future plans
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Vossloh variety
VOSSLOH Group’s Locomotives business unit will be exhibiting an Am843 loco built for Swiss Federal Railways, as well as a 2700 kW MaK 2000-4BB loco, designed for use at temperatures as low as -40íC.A redesigned rail fastening system for concrete sleepers will be displayed by Vossloh Fastening Systems, as well ...
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Trains and trams
ALSTOM will exhibit one of the 28 three-car Regio Citadis tram-train vehicles it is supplying to Kassel (p585). 50 similar cars have been ordered by Dutch operator HTM for the RandstadRail network between Den Haag and Zoetermeer.The youngest members of the Coradia LINT family are the 10 single-section and 18 ...
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Track technology
PFLEIDERER Track Systems will be showing its range of track designs for main line and urban use, including the Rheda 2000 ballastless track being installed on the Ingolstadt - Nürnberg line and HSL-Zuid. The Rheda City and Rheda MRT variants are intended for use on metro lines and tramways, and ...
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Track technology
VORTOK International will be launching its balise mounting system at InnoTrans. The mounts allow balises and other transponders to be fixed in place within minutes without having to drill into concrete sleepers.Also on show will be Rotorrail retrofit switch rollers, which do not require maintenance or lubrication. Rotorrail is in ...
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Testing takeover
WITH effect from July 6 Windhoff Bahn- & Anlagentechnik GmbH took over Archinger AG, a company specialising in the development of automated non-destructive testing processes for the railway, aerospace and nuclear power industries.Archinger has supplied wheelset testing equipment to companies including German Railway and Austrian Federal Railways. The Nürnberg-based company ...
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Springtime
CONTITECH Railway Engineering, ContiTech Elastomer Coatings and Calenberg Ingenieure will be exhibiting on a joint stand at InnoTrans.CRE will display primary and secondary suspensions, including air springs and rubber-to-metal bonded springs which are in service in countries that include China, India, France and Spain. The company’s multi-axial test rig allows ...
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Steel show
CORUS will be launching Silent Track at the BahnBau section of InnoTrans, where the full range of the steel-maker’s rail products and infrastructure services will be on show.Developed in conjunction with Southampton University’s Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, Silent Track uses tuned dampers to tackle rail noise at source, ...
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Security on trial
DURING the Republican National Convention being held in New York from August 30 to September 2, passengers using Penn Station below Madison Square Garden faced the possibility of disruption to their journeys while special security measures were enforced.Police had warned earlier that officers would be searching every commuter and inter-city ...
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Reinforced walls
TWO bridge abutments and the associated wingwalls on the City Airport extension of London’s Docklands Light Railway are being constructed using the Tensar Wall System, with modular pre-cast concrete facing blocks and granular fill reinforced by layers of geogrid keyed to the wall.AMEC is using recycled crushed concrete as reinforced ...
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PowerPack
VOITH Turbo will be exhibiting a PowerPack as the focal point of its stand at InnoTrans. The complete driveline includes a turbo transmission, final drive, cooling, flexible couplings, cardan shafts and an electronic control unit.Recent developments from the company that will be displayed include a transmission for smaller rail vehicles ...
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Powering up Switzerland
ENOTRAC will be highlighting its work designing and commissioning traction power supplies for the Mattstetten - Rothrist new line in Switzerland.The line is designed to carry a mix of 200 km/h passenger and 4000 tonne freight trains, meaning a wide range of simulations were required to optimise the designs of ...
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Transnordestina plans refocused
BRAZIL’s northeastern railway concessionaire CFN and the state governments of Pernambuco, Cear