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On-line tickets printed at home
ON MARCH 12 Belgian National Railways launched a new facility allowing passengers to book domestic rail tickets over the internet and print the travel documents using their own printer. Online payment is made by credit or debit card. The railway had developed the technology itself, and claims that it is ...
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Locating trains on the Hochbahn
HAMBURG’S Hochbahn is to fit more than 300 metro cars with TagMaster heavy-duty radio-frequency identification tags as part of a total operations monitoring and control system being supplied by Vossloh Information Technologies.The 800 tags will be used to provide accurate information about train locations and travel direction, and 190 readers ...
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NewsGNER internet link
SWEDISH supplier Icomera AB announced on April 7 that it had been appointed to install its Wireless Onboard Internet technology on 10 refurbished Mk IV trainsets (RG 11.03 p698) used by British inter-city operator GNER. The deal follows successful trials with an initial three trains (RG 9.03 p550). Users ...
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Osaka gateway
WEST Japan Railway has announced plans to redevelop Osaka station by 2011, to create a showpiece gateway to the city. Work will begin this year on a new terminal building, designed for improved accessibility. Additional escalators and lifts will help to smooth passenger flows and simplify transfer between different services. ...
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SNCF under fire
A BOOK entitled La Machine Infernale published by Le Cherche Midi has ruffled the feathers of everyone involved in railways in France. Written by Nicolas Beau, a journalist with the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchainé, Marc Fressoz of La Vie du Rail and Laurence Dequay, a writer for the magazine ...
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Finance
Brazil:Railway projects have been allocated 4·5% of the US$13bn that the federal government is to invest through its 2003-07 transport infrastructure programme, hoping to attract a further US$13·96bn from state development bank Bndes, international funding organisations and the private sector. New legislation now allows infrastructure projects to be taken forward ...
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More than just a trade fair
INTRO: A high-quality supporting programme awaits specialist visitorsOne of the major factors behind the success of InnoTrans in Berlin is the convincing way it combines a trade fair with a high-quality supporting programme and static track displays. In 2004, as in previous years, this successful mix will be appreciated by ...
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ERTMS tests underway
TWOTRAINS are being used to test the ERTMS equipment installed on the Roma - Napoli line. One is an ETR500 trainset, the other is formed of a pair of Class E402 locomotives coupled at each end of a set of loco-hauled test cars. During a test run in March on ...
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Traction equipment ordered
UKRAINIAN locomotive builder GP NPK Electro-vozostroeniya has placed a €120m order with Siemens for traction equipment to be installed in 100 DS3 electric locomotives being built for Ukrainian Railways at Dnepropetrovsk.Developed jointly by the two companies, the DS3 is a mixed traffic design able to accept power at 3 kV ...
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Eurotunnel directors ejected
THE BATTLE was lost before the three meetings in Paris began on April 7 (RG 4.04 p181). Eurotunnel revealed on April 6 that proxy votes placed with the Chairman and his fellow directors were far fewer than the mandates held by Nicholas Miguet, who inspired this astonishing rebellion among 1·1 ...
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Torino show highlights industry developments
EXHIBITORS from 17 different countries will be attending the Expo Ferroviaria event in Torino on May 25-27, where they will present the latest developments in railway technology.The theme of the exhibition is the future of rail transport, covering the whole railway sector from high speed lines to metro and tram ...
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North-south corridor ready
CONTAINER TRAINS between Berlin and Tehran will start running in August, according to the President of Russian Railways Gennadi Fadeyev. That month will see the formal launch of the North-South corridor linking Europe with Central Asia and shipping routes from the Gulf to India. Fadeyev visited Germany at the beginning ...
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Concessionaires on notice
THE ARGENTINIAN government has warned the Buenos Aires suburban operators that they must provide the level of service required by their concession agreements, or face sanctions that might go as far as revocation. On April 17 the Head of the Cabinet Dr Alberto Fern
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Concession sought
OPERATION of the 781 km metre gauge Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway linking Djibouti with Addis Abeba is to be transferred to the private sector. The two governments decided last month to call for expressions of interest, and prequalification documents must be submitted by May 30.The concessionaire must set up a private joint ...
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Two-way communications
METRO and tram cars can exchange data with lineside equipment using the HCS-V communications system from Hanning & Kahl. Applications include route setting and the provision of real-time passenger information at stops or onboard.Unlimited quantities of data can be transferred to and from the HCS-V at a rate of 100kB/sec, ...
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Trenitalia tastes commercial success
INTRO: Both freight and passenger traffic on the Italian network have suffered because of a weak economy, but Trenitalia has made rapid strides in its drive to become a commercial business. Murray Hughes met Corporate Strategy Director Paolo Celentani in RomaIN THE two years since its launch Trenitalia has made ...
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Low-floor coaches refurbished
Trenitalia has started a programme to renovate its extensive fleet of piano ribassato cars with low-floor centre sections. Used on local and short-distance regional services, the cars are being stripped and refitted with new interiors and vandal-resistant seating similar to that provided in the TAF double-deck EMUs (below left). The ...
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CD orders tri-voltage locos
CZECH Railways has ordered a batch of 20 three-voltage Bo-Bo electric locos from Skoda, designed to haul freight and passenger services at up to 230 km/h. Selected in preference to a Taurus derivative from Siemens, they are the first Skoda locos ordered by CD for 15 years. Rated at 6000 ...
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Trambaix opens for business
ON APRIL 3 the 12 km Trambaix light rail network in Barcelona carried its first passengers. The new system is operated as three services, all running between Francesc Macià and Montesa where they diverge to serve Bon Viatge (T1) and Sant Martí de l’Erm (T2). Route T3 also runs to ...
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Passenger News in Brief
Scheidt & Bachmann is to use Trintech’s OpenPay 3000 outdoor payment terminal and PayWare card authorisation software to accept chip and PIN card payments at unattended ticket vending machines.Three air-conditioned ticket offices have opened in Shanghai dedicated to selling soft class sleeper tickets. From April 18 the number of daily ...