All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1058
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Siemens is thinking green
GREEN mobility is the focus of the Siemens stand, where metro trains supplied to Oslo will be used as an example of the trend towards environmental protection. Materials were carefully chosen, with life-cycle cost calculations taking in to account the final disposal of the trains which are 94% recyclable. An ...
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A new force in railway publishing
THIS ISSUE marks an exciting mile-stone for our magazine, as we launch a new publishing group dedicated to providing the very best news, business and technical information for the world's railway industry. With our portfolio including Railway Directory, Rail Business Intelligence and Metro Report, plus our websites www.railwaygazette.com and ...
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More extensions in Madrid
ON APRIL 11 two further extensions to the Madrid metro network were opened to traffic, both serving a new interchange at Pinar de Chamart?n which will also be the southern terminus of a light rail route to Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, due to open this month.The 7?km of metro extensions ...
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NewsEurostar records strong growth
REPORTING ITS first quarter results for 2007 on April 17, Eurostar announced a strong jump in traffic and revenue on its cross-Channel high speed trains. Passenger-journeys increased by 5?4% to 1?79 million, whilst sales revenues of ?142m were 13?2% ahead of the same period in 2006. Contributing to the higher ...
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End of the ’upside-down helicopter’
ON MARCH 16 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority retired the last of its Boeing light rail vehicles, replaced by newer LRVs from Breda and Kinki Sharyo.The occasion closes the book on an ambitious but ill-starred 1970s attempt by US defence manufacturers to diversify into the rail sector after the Vietnam War ...
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NewsELH stake sold
AAE Holding AG owner Andreas Goer has bought a 70% stake in wagon bogie maker ELH Eisenbahnlaufwerke Halle GmbH & Co KG, through Swiss-based G&S Rail Investments GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed, and ELH's previous owner Michael Schnaufer will retain a 30% stake in the business. 'After difficult ...
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Dubai looks at light rail
PLANS TO develop a network of light rail lines in Dubai were unveiled by the Chairman of the emirate's Roads & Traffic Authority Mattar Mohammed Al-Tayer at the Metro Rail conference in Roma on March 29. With Dubai's population expected to reach 5·25 million by 2020, RTA is forecasting ...
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Prototype DMU unveiled
The Slovak workshop ZOS Zvolen has rolled out a prototype of new Class 813/913 two-car DMU rebuilt from two Type 011 (Bzmot) non-powered trailers. The DMU consists of a Class 813 power car and a Class 913 driving trailer. It is powered by an EU Emissions Stage IIIa-compliant D2866 LUE ...
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Entente discordiale
ONE organisation seemed determined not to be impressed by the French speed record of 574?8?km/h attained by the V150 trainset on April 3 (p267). Not only that, but it actively set out to discredit the achievement in the UK media.The following briefing note was sent out to British journalists by ...
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Dieter
Concerned that Japan’s falling birthrate and aging population will combine to reduce the number of passengers from 2020, commuter railways in the Tokyo region have begun developing child care businesses in an effort to encourage families with two working parents and young children to live near the stations. Tokyo Metro ...
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Dulles deal done
VIRGINIA’s Department of Rail & Public Transportation announced last month that it had reached an agreement with the Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners consortium for construction of the first 18?7?km of the Washington DC Metro extension to Dulles International Airport. DRPT is due to request FTA approval this month for the ...
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Crossrail expands
SWISS open-access freight operator Crossrail AG announced on April 4 that it had received a licence from the Italian government permitting the company to run its own trains in Italy with effect from mid-2007. At present Crossrail is running seven trains each way per week between Novara and the Benelux ...
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Repositioning on course
VOSSLOH Group’s sales exceeded k1bn for the first time in 2006, climbing 7?7% from the 2005 figure to reach a total of k1?02bn. The company blamed restructuring costs for a 5?6% fall in EBIT to k82?7m for the year.Sales at the Rail Infrastructure division increased 5?9% to k613?9m, but EBIT ...
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North-South Railway contracts signed
THREE CONTRACTS totalling 7·1bn riyals were signed on April 3 covering construction of 1 765 km of the North-South Railway in Saudi Arabia (RG 4.07 p184). Minister of Finance Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf said the work would be completed in 42 months. The kingdom's Public Investment Fund has set up a ...
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NewsTashguzar - Kumkurgan line signalling contract
UZBEKISTAN: Computer-based interlockings and LED signals are to make their first appearance in Central Asia on Uzbekiston Temir Yollari's 200 km Tashguzar - Kumkurgan line, following the award of a €29m contract by Japanese trading company Mitsui on April 4. Consortium leader Bombardier is to supply Ebilock 950 interlockings, object ...
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Contactless tickets in Moscow
UPM Raflatac will be highlighting the contactless ticketing RFID inlays which will be supplied to Moscow Metro under a contract agreed in February. The Finnish firm is to supply the inlays in co-operation with Moscow-based Comvision, for use in tickets which are to be supplied by JSC Mikron.One of the ...
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ZEB consultation
PROPOSALS for the long-term programme to upgrade and expand the Swiss rail network went out to consultation last month.Building on the completed Bahn 2000 project, Zuk?nftige Entwicklung der Bahnprojekte will now be scrutinised by the cantons and other interested parties, paving the way for the government to draw up definitive ...
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NS Hispeed confirms December start
ON MARCH 27 NS Hispeed was unveiled as the marketing brand name for services using HSL-Zuid between Amsterdam and the Belgian border, now expected to commence on December 9 2007. The fleet of V250 high speed trains ordered from AnsaldoBreda are to be marketed as Albatros. As these sets will ...
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World transport comes to Helsinki
PUBLIC transport is an exceptional business, critical to our cities and economies. For over 120 years, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has existed to develop public transport knowledge and services. The Mobility & City Transport Exhibition has become a key tool in achieving a better mobility for people ...
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Faster fare collection
INIT will be showcasing its latest developments in telematics and fare collection, as well as proven technology to help make public transport faster, more efficient and thus more attractive.Passengers boarding a tram or bus can pass a pre-loaded smartcard over a PROXmobil or the EVENDsmart ticketing machine, which will deduct ...