All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1038
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Competitors force SNCF to act
OLIVIER Marembaud, SNCF's Deputy Director-General, Freight, was stung into calling a press conference on September 5 after La Vie du Rail revealed that wagonload service was to be withdrawn from 262 terminals in western France from November 30, and that another working document suggested wagonload would cease at a further ...
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UK study rejects double-deckers
BRITAIN'S rail network carried what is believed to be an all-time record of 46·5 billion passenger-km in the year to the end of March, up 7·6% on 2005-06. With passenger-journeys expected to grow by a further 22·5% in the next seven years (RG 9.07 p540), the Department for Transport asked ...
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Mechatronic bogie heralds 250 km/h on Swedish tracks
Riding the Gröna Tåget test train with mechatronic bogies, Murray Hughes reports on the Swedish research programme to develop the next generation of high speed train that will replace the X2000
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Market October 2007
Croatia: National Railway Equipment Corp has awarded TZV Gredelj a US$12·5m contract to repair and modernise six diesel-electric locos by June 2008. The contract will be followed by another for a further six. Europe: On September 24 Angel Trains ordered another 60 Traxx electric locos from Bombardier for €225m. Bringing ...
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Bulgaria places upgrade contracts
FIVE CONTRACTS have been awarded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport for upgrading work on the rail network. Astaldi of Italy has been selected for a €163m project to reconstruct and electrify the 143 km international corridor between Plovdiv and the Turkish border at Svilengrad. This work is expected to ...
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Urban Rail News in Brief
Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction has won a £55m contract for construction of Chinatown station on Singapore's Downtown Line, which will provide interchange to the North East Line when Stage 1 of the DTL opens in 2013 (RG 6.07 p332). On September 12 Chicago Transit Authority awarded a US$91·2m contract to ...
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Timken announces restructuring
BEARING and power transmission maker Timken announced a restructuring of its business during August, which the company expects to produce savings of up to US$20m through streamlining and the elimination of duplication. Two business groups have been formed, a Steel group which will continue to be headed by Salvatore J ...
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Intelligence October 2007
Argentina: President Néstor Kirchner has announced that 7m pesos is to be spent on rehabilitating the 284·8 km Puerto Deseado — Colonia Las Heras route in the province of Santa Cruz. A 6·9m pesos investment package has also been announced for the 750 mm gauge Ingeniero Jacobacci — Esquel route ...
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Through-running begins in Kassel
GERMANY'S third tram-train network following those in Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken has been completed in Kassel with the integration of on-street and local main line running on DB Netz. Although light rail vehicles began sharing tracks with main line freight trains on the line from Kassel to Baunatal in 1995, ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Croatian electrical firm Koncar has reported a net profit of 26·3m kuna on income of 1·39bn kuna for the first half of the year. Orders from Zagreb Electric Tramway accounted for 29% of the company's domestic sales. A management buyout has been completed at Mechan, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of specialist ...
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Major investment for Berlin region
MOSTLY funded by the federal government, a €3·5bn package to upgrade the Berlin S-Bahn, renew several lines in Brandenburg and build a link to the expanded Schönefeld airport was unveiled by DB Netz on August 23. Berlin will receive the majority of the money, with €2bn destined to be spent ...
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NewsHector Rail's growth strategy
A focused business plan and solid financial backing are enabling traction provider Hector Rail to target specific needs in Scandinavia and beyond
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More trams in southern Spain
THE ANDALUCÍA regional government has awarded a joint venture of Cosfesa, Modecar and Ortiz a €28·6m contract to undertake civil works on the first section of a 12 km light rail route serving Alcalá de Guadaíra on the southeastern outskirts of Sevilla. Work is due to begin during the last ...
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NewsSkåne springboard as Arriva expands
Arriva's experience of working with local governments helped the company win a nine-year concession to run the Pågatåg network in Sweden
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Finance October 2007
Bulgaria: BDZ is planning a 10-year bond issue to raise €120m to pay off debts, fund the purchase of new rolling stock and refurbish existing vehicles. Canada: Alberta's provincial and city governments have reached agreement in principle for a 10-year infrastructure plan providing municipal autonomy in investment; this will allow ...
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News in Brief
CSX is to spend $6·6bn on capital projects over the next three years, according to Chief Financial Officer Oscar Munoz. He confirmed last month that the railway plans to invest $1·7bn this year, around $1·6bn a year in 2008-09 and $1·7bn in 2010. Around 60% of the money will go ...
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NewsNexus funds Metro re-invigoration
TYNE & WEAR Passenger Transport Authority has put in place the funding for Phase 1 of its 20-year Metro Re-invigoration programme. Taking two years to complete, Phase 1 is costed at £56·1m. The UK Department for Transport has given 'initial approval' to a £14·3m scheme to replace 249 ticket vending ...
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Pointers October 2007
Minister of State for Railways R Velu told the Indian parliament in August that a survey had been completed for a 52 km railway between Sivok in Bengal and Rangpo in Sikkim. The cost of construction is put at R13·3bn.Under a pilot scheme for the revival of the national network ...