All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1043
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Cádiz progress
TWO new double-track sections on the Sevilla - Cádiz route were officially brought into service on July 27 in the presence of Spanish Development Minister Magdalena ?lvarez. In addition to track doubling, under a €700m project level crossings are being eliminated, with new alignments constructed in certain locations. The power ...
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CD Cargo to split
ON JULY 25 the Czech cabinet approved plans to hive off CD's freight business as an independent subsidiary CD Cargo. Target date for the split is April 1 2008, subject to the legislation being passed by parliament in November. The move will complete a railway restructuring programme started in ...
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Sensolab drives interior experimentation
Sound, touch and smell are the focus of a research programme being undertaken in France as designers seek to create a more comfortable travelling environment for passengers
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NewsSBB lifts ETCS speed limit
UP TO 180 trains a day are now running at 200 km/h on Swiss metals thanks to the introduction of cab signalling with ETCS Level 2 on the new line between Mattstetten and Rothrist. Swiss Federal Railways had intended to operate at 200 km/h with Level 2 when the 45 ...
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KCRC Lok Ma Chau branch opens
OFFICIALS from Hong Kong and Shenzhen, including Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen and Kowloon–Canton Railway Corp Chairman Michael Tien Puk-sun, participated in the celebrations on August 15 to mark the opening of KCRC's 7·4 km East Rail branch from Sheung Shui to Lok Ma Chau. Served by through trains from ...
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Strasbourg light rail network grows
THE FIRST extensions to open under Strasbourg's 2007-08 light rail expansion programme (RG 4.06 p202) were due to carry their first passengers on August 25. Line C was due to grow by 5 km from Esplanade to Neuhof Rodolphe Reuss, sharing track between Landsberg and Jean Jaurès with a ...
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NewsLimited vision in white paper's growth plans
'IT IS THE most ambitious strategy for growth on the railways in over 50 years', claimed UK Secretary of State for Transport Ruth Kelly, when she launched the white paper Delivering a Sustainable Railway on July 24. Together with an accompanying Rail Technical Strategy, the white paper outlines the government's ...
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Georgian Railways concession announced
ECONOMIC Development Minister Giorgi Arveladze announced on August 16 that the cabinet had approved the transfer of Georgian Railways from the government to UK-based Parkfield Investments Ltd. The concession period was originally announced as 89 years, but amended to 99 years when the Prime Minister signed the decree. Arveladze ...
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Product news
Low-emission engine certified MTU'S low-emission 12V4000 R33 locomotive engine has received US Environmental Protection Agency Tier 2 emission standard certification. The 2 250 hp engine is optimised for rail use, and equipped with MTU's second-generation common fuel injection, water-cooled exhaust and turbochargers, and advanced ...
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Mendoza bids
THE ARGENTINIAN government has invited bids for a turnkey contract to build a high speed line between Buenos Aires and Mendoza, currently 1 058 km by rail from the capital. As with the route to Córdoba where the Veloxia consortium has been selected (RG 8.07 p504), bidders have been asked ...
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NewsHitachi Class 395 EMU arrives in Britain
UK: The first of 29 Hitachi trains ordered for domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link was unloaded at the Port of Southampton on August 23. The vehicles were shipped from Kobe onboard MV Tarago, a roll-on, roll-off vessel operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, the company responsible for delivering ...
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Passenger Dedicated Lines will spearhead CR's inter-city speed-up
With a design speed of 350 km/h, the Wuhan – Guangdong Railway PDL is the world's longest high speed line currently under construction, at nearly 1 000 km
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Ballastless track harnesses technology transfer
THE MINISTRY of Railways has decided to adopt the Rheda 2000 KH ballastless track design for around 95% of the Wuhan – Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line. Design, supply and construction are being supported by Beijing Rail.One, the local Chinese subsidiary of the Rail.One group. Rail.One is responsible for the overall ...
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NewsVoestalpine buys into recycling
ON JUNE 29 Voestalpine Railpro signed an agreement to acquire 49% of René Prinsen Spoorwegmaterialen, with retrospective effect from January 1. A complete take-over of the firm will come into effect in two years. Based at Woudenberg in the Netherlands, René Prinsen Spoorwegmaterialen specialises in the removal and recycling ...
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Finance August 2007
Canada: Under a short line investment programme announced on July 5, the federal government is proving C$30m, the province of Québec C$20m and rail operators C$25m for the renewal of 1 641 km of track on nine short lines, upgrading to Class 1 loading standards and installation of sidings. Finland: ...
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Metros August 2007
Belgium: Work has been completed at Sainte-Catherine under a programme running until 2009 to refurbish 24 stations on the STIB metro and pre-metro networks in Brussels. The €100m programme is being funded by the regional and federal governments. Canada: On June 27 the TransLink board authorised a study for a ...
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Swiss lorry limits to stay
THE SWISS government has confirmed that rail will remain the preferred mode for north-south transit freight, approving in June the allocation of SFr1·6bn to support transit rail freight in 2011-18. The funds are specified in legislation that will replace the current law which expires in 2010 (RG 10.06 p641). The ...
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Trinity announces leasing deal
ON JUNE 28 Trinity Industries Inc announced the sale of $1·4bn of wagons over 24 months as part of a complex deal involving the formation of a new company. Trinity Industries has purchased a 20% equity share in TRIP Rail Holdings LLC, with the remaining equity held by five ...
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Central America going nowhere
THE BRAVE hope that privatisation would lead to a railway revival in Central America appears to be coming to naught. Just three weeks after Railroad Development Corp filed for arbitration in its dispute with the government of Guatemala (RG 7.07 p414), FVG Chairman Henry Posner III wrote to all customers ...
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Study says no to seat belts on trains
A MAJOR report published by Britain's Rail Safety & Standards Board on July 31 draws together the findings of several research programmes extending over five years into the case for using seat belts on ...