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PPP bidders prepare for handover
INTRO: As the long and often controversial process to set up the Public-Private Partnership nears completion, Metronet and Tube Lines are preparing to take over train and infrastructure maintenance on the London Underground network by the end of this month. Each consortium is planning a package of track renewals, resignalling ...
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UK bidders prequalify
the Strategic Rail Authority announced on May 21 that nine groups had prequalified for the new Greater Anglia franchise, which will operate all services from London’s Liverpool Street station. It will merge the existing Anglia Railways and Great Eastern franchises with the West Anglia portion of West Anglia Great Northern. ...
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Deadly trap at Potters Bar
MYSTERY surrounds the derailment of the 12.45 from London King’s Cross to King’s Lynn on May 10. Approaching Potters Bar at about 160 km/h on the Down Fast track, the last car of the four-car EMU left the rails on facing points. It quickly became evident that the points had ...
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BahnTrans in the clear
THE European Commission decided on May 7 to close its investigation into possible state aid for freight forwarding company BahnTrans, founded in September 1994 as a joint venture of Deutsche Bahn AG and Thyssen Haniel Logistik. DB sold its holding to SNCB in June 1998.Acting on a trade association complaint, ...
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Korea backs east coast route
CONSTRUCTION of a 504 km rail corridor up the eastern coast of South Korea is to be completed by 2014, connecting the port of Pusan with the Trans-Siberian landbridge. South Korea’s Vice-Minister of Construction & Transportation announced the go-ahead for the project on April 30, ahead of the second meeting ...
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Wuhan goes ATC
Alcatel confirmed on May 22 that it had been awarded a €15m contract to install automatic train control on the elevated light metro in Wuhan. According to the President of Wuhan Light Rail & Transport Co, Peng Jun, the 10 km initial section and 10 stations is due to open ...
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Five-year spend approved
AUSTRIA’S Ministry of Transport has authorised Austrian Federal Railways to proceed with a package of investment and project planning worth €1·7bn to the end of 2006. The 115 projects include four-tracking of the Westbahn between Attnang-Puchheim and V
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Taking a logical approach offers interoperability benefits
INTRO: Recent advances in data communications are enabling off-the-shelf equipment to replace purpose-designed links in transmission-based train control. The adoption of a common architecture based on standardised interfaces and modular design will enable operators to integrate proven equipment from different suppliersBYLINE: Peter LudikarProduct ManagerAlcatel Transport Automation SolutionsA CONFERENCE on Transmission-Based ...
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UK woes hit Alstom profits
Continuing problems with train deliveries in the UK during the financial year ended March 31 2002 slashed Alstom Transport’s operating profit to €101m, a reduction of 62% compared with the previous year. Operating margin fell from 6·0% to 2·3%. According to the company, ’the major negative impact on operating income ...
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Ipoh alliance
Malaysia-based Emrail has formed a strategic alliance with Barclay Mowlem for work on the Rawang - Ipoh double-tracking and electrification project.Barclay Mowlem will carry out flash-butt rail welding, sleeper laying and track surfacing. Rail Manager Graeme Spragg said ’the alliance will prove to be mutually beneficial, providing Emrail with technology ...
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Tamping by laser alignment
IMPROVED control of rail lifting when tamping pointwork is offered by an automatic laser alignment controller from Plasser & Theurer. A rotating laser transmitter unit is mounted on the lifting and lining measuring car, with the receiver fitted to the additional lifting device. During tamping, data from the laser is ...
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Corus Rail aims to grow
According to its Director, Projects, Jeremy Blake, Corus Rail Consultancy’s head office in York is now home to the UK’s ’biggest combined multi-disciplinary organisation under one roof’. Steel producer Corus aims to grow the turnover from its rail businesses ’significantly’ from the current level of £250m a year, of which ...
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South African machine ready to grind
SPOORNET’S rails are being reprofiled by two Speno 24-stone grinding machines built under licence in South Africa. Grinaker-LTA subsidiary Lennings Rail Services is using the Speno RR24M-12 and 13 rail profiling machines in the five-year contact with Spoornet. Most components were made locally for assembly and commissioning at the LRS ...
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I-95 upgrade
PUBLIC consultation began at the end of April for a $6·2bn package to upgrade freight railways in the US Mid-Atlantic Corridor linking Virginia to New Jersey. A study by the I-95 Corridor Coalition has recommended a programme of 71 improvement projects to relieve bottlenecks over the next 20 years. The ...
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Line 5 signalling
VALENCIA regional government in Spain has awarded Dimetronic a €2·8m contract to install signalling, control and telecommunications equipment on the 2·5 km section of metro Line 5 from Alameda to Parque Ayora. Due to open in the spring of 2003, the branch will have intermediate stations at Aragón and Manuel ...
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Köln - Frankfurt shuttles launch 300 km/h running
Ralf Roman Rossberg reports on service plans for German Railway's high speed line between Köln and Frankfurt
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Barcelona to spend i7·3bn
ON APRIL 25 Barcelona’s city transport authority ATM approved an infrastructure plan for 2001-10 that will see 282 km of new metro, light rail and suburban routes added to the Barcelona network. The programme is costed at €7·3bn, including €104·5m for increasing capacity on Renfe’s Badalona - Mataró route and ...
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Metro Report 2002
SUBSCRIBERS will receive with this issue a copy of our annual supplement Metro Report. Non-subscribers may purchase copies separately at £30 by contacting Esco Business Services (details on p281), or using the order form on our web site www.railwaygazette.comThis year’s edition includes an analysis of light rail, tram and metro ...
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Level 2 goes live
AT 04.44 on April 27, regional passenger train 5104 from Luzern to Olten became the first timetabled train carrying fare-paying passengers to operate using ETCS Level 2 on Swiss Federal Railways. On the 35 km Level 2 pilot section between Zofingen and Sempach, all trains are now controlled from Olten ...
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Line 1 extended
TEHRAN Urban & Suburban Railway Co has opened the northern section of metro Line 1 in the Iranian capital. It runs 7 km from Darvazeh-Dolat to the suburb of Mirdamad, serving eight stations. The 8·5 km southern section, including the Line 2 interchange at Imam Khomeini, was inaugurated in August ...