All News articles – Page 272
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Detecting derailments
SPANISH narrow-gauge operator Feve has equipped a proportion of its wagon fleet with the 3DyFAT derailment detector developed by All Rail Systems. The mechanical device is installed on the wagon bogies, applying the brakes in the event of a derailment. The vertical and horizontal position of the bogie is tracked ...
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Dubai design deal
SYSTRA has been awarded a contract to undertake engineering design and draw up tender documents for the planned 50 km two-line metro in Dubai (RG 2.02 p66). The east-west Green line will link the airport with the port, and the north-south Red line will run parallel to the coast. The ...
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No date set to open Madrid - Lleida
FACED WITH MOUNTING delays, the Spanish Ministry of Development has been forced to abandon its timetable for opening the Madrid - Lleida high speed line (RG 3.03 p117), which will not now be carrying fare-paying passengers until it is deemed to be completely ready. Commissioning is being piloted by a ...
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Switching data
BERLIN’s Lichterfelde West and Botanischer Garten S-Bahn stations have been equipped with SmartSwitch data network switching nodes from Thales Communications and H
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Keeping control
ABB has developed a protection and control terminal for 50 and 60Hz power applications, derived from a 162/3 Hz design. Protection, control and monitoring functions are integrated to save space. The REO 517 can be used as a stand-alone multifunction unit, or integrated into an automated substation.ABB, SwedenReader Enquiry Number ...
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Zambia Railways concessioned
ZAMBIAN Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde and the Chief Executive of New Limpopo Bridge Projects Investments Eitan Dvir signed a concession agreement in Lusaka on February 14, under which a South African-led consortium will upgrade and operate the Zambia Railways network over the next 20 years. The consortium of NLBI, Spoornet ...
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DB plans giant coach order
German Railway is to call tenders ’in the next few weeks’ for around 1000 loco-hauled inter-city coaches. DB expects to place the contract in the autumn, with first deliveries scheduled for 2006. The contract is likely to be tied to purchase of DB’s workshops in Delitzsch near Leipzig, and DB ...
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Chinese venture launched
BOMBARDIER-CPC Propulsion Systems Co Ltd was officially inaugurated on February 26. The joint venture of Bombardier-Power (Mauritius) Ltd and Changzhou Railcar Propulsion Engineering R&D Centre will manufacture, market and maintain propulsion equipment for trams, metro cars and electric multiple-units.Production will start later this year at the new factory in Changzhou, ...
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CCTV progress
RAILWAY Safety has commissioned a six-month research project at Kingston University’s Digital Imaging Research Centre into how CCTV is used on Britain’s railways. It will focus on CCTV at stations, level crossings, bridges and depots, and how the British Transport Police makes use of images in its London control room. ...
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First reliability, then capacity
After his first 100 days in office, Netherlands Railways Chief Executive Dr-Ir Aad Veenman spoke to Andrew Grantham about the company’s future ambitions and the effects of the Railways Act now being debated by Parliament.
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Crossing camera
CCTV equipment from Andover Controls has been installed at an unmanned level crossing in southern England. Recording is triggered when one of the two cameras detects movement. The sensitivity of each area of the camera’s field of view can be adjusted to prevent false triggers from tree or animal motion. ...
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QR expands coal business
ON MARCH 14 Queensland Rail announced an A$41m contract for Siemens to rebuild three prototype Class 3100/3200 electric locos to provide ’a quantum leap in haulage capacity’ on coal trains. Siemens will design and supply electrical components, with the conversion to be undertaken by United Goninan North Queensland in Townsville. ...
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Passenger News in Brief
Eurostar has opened a travel centre at London Waterloo International, offering Paris metro tickets, car hire and hotel booking services, as well as tickets to all Eurostar and Eurostar Plus destinations.Amtrak has dropped the Acela Regional brand name with effect from March 17, to reduce passenger confusion with the Acela ...
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Products in Brief
Siegrist-Orel is supplying halogen-free cable markers to Thales Communications for use on TPWS installations in the UK.Saint-Gobain Pipelines is providing ductile iron access covers and steelwork to Carillion for block-paved areas on Nottingham Express Transit. A custom-designed 8m by 4m steel cover has been produced for the tram washing plant.Trelleborg ...
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Industry News in Brief
Electroputere expects to report a loss of 178·3bn lei on a turnover of 937·1bn lei for 2002. Losses for 2003 are estimated at 50bn lei, on turnover of 1800bn lei. The locomotive and electrical equipment builder is 62·4% owned by the Romanian Privatisation Authority.Following a decision to focus on its ...
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Brake sales up
KNORR-Bremse’s Rail Vehicle Systems division reported sales of €845m in 2002, a 3% increase from 2001. Growth came particularly from the European companies, while sales in North America showed a downturn. This reflected demand for wagons being down to a quarter of the level seen in 1999, with loco production ...
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Polish cuts bite deep
ON March 10 Polish State Railways withdrew 1059 daily passenger trains, around one-third of the total operated, after what Regional Operations Director Grzegorz Uklejewski called a ’most difficult decision’. Falling subsidies and mounting debts made cost savings ’essential’, he insisted. Timetable planning for this year had assumed a subsidy of ...
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Fighting 'the new battle of rail'
MARCH 15 came and went like any other day on Europe's rail network, but the date will be written into railway history. For it marked another stage in the European Commission's policy to lift rail freight's market share by opening up the 50000 route-km Trans European Rail Freight Network to ...
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Pajares base tunnel tender
ON MARCH 5 the Spanish Ministry of Development published the official notice inviting bids for the detailed design and construction of the 25 km twin-bore Pajares base tunnel, which is expected to cost a total of €1·1bn to build. The work has been divided into four lots, with bids for ...
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Bamako bidder
CANADIAN consultancy Canac has been selected as preferred bidder for a 25-year concession to operate the 1275 km Dakar - Bamako - Koulikoro railway linking Senegal and Mali. The two governments favoured the Canadian bid over an alternative proposal from SNCF International, Bolloré and Maersk. Final bids from the ...