All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1060
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Combino rectification programme moves ahead
Harry Hondius reports on Siemens' progress with plans to reinforce the low-floor Combino trams as announced in 2005. A new hydraulic control system offers an elegant option that is being adopted in Basel
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Alstom offers AGVs to Italian private operator
ON MARCH 6 Alstom submitted the first bid for its distributed power AGV high speed trainset to Italian private operator NTV (RG 3.07 p124). The offer covered 25 AGV sets of 11 cars, with a further 10 sets as an option. Also included was maintenance of the fleet for 30 ...
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High speed across Andaluc?a
ON MARCH 27 the Andaluc?a regional government announced that it had awarded a joint venture of OHL and Vera a k43?6m contract to build the 12?5?km Marchena - Osuna section of a high speed line that will eventually link Sevilla with Granada and Almer?a. Work is expected to take 28 ...
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PTC starts to roll out across the USA
The big four Class I railroads in the USA, as well as Amtrak, have all been trialling Positive Train Control systems, and BNSF has now been cleared to install ETMS for revenue operation on its network
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Extra stations on Athens Line 3
Three stations on the northern section of Line 3 of the Athens Metro are to be constructed under a k90m deal signed on March 16 between state-owned Attiko Metro and an Aegek-Impreglio-Alstom consortium.The consortium will supply and install electrical equipment and trackwork at Holargo, Nomismatokopeio and Agia Paraskevi stations on ...
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Finance May 2007
China: Citic Securities, Citigroup and Macquarie Bank have been appointed to advise China Railway Construction Corp on a US$2bn initial public offering planned for the end of this year. Hungary: PricewaterhouseCoopers is to assess the assets of the passenger division of MÁV in preparation for a planned spin-off. South Africa: ...
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Intelligence May 2007
Asia: On April 9 Pakistan and India agreed an extension to January 19 2010 of their 2004 agreement for the operation of Samjhota Express cross-border services between Lahore and Amritsa via Wagah. Bosnia: During a visit to Sarajevo at the end of March, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader signed ...
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Market May 2007
Australia: On April 3 ARTC signed an A$85m deal under which Telstra will replace nine separate communication systems between Brisbane and Perth and in the Hunter Valley. When it is fully operational in June 2009, the integrated system will use 77 Telstra Next G base stations to cover 10 000 ...
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Metros May 2007
Belgium: On March 21 Managing Director of Brussels transport authority STIB Alain Flausch said he hopes to take up options to purchase between 135 and 150 Bombardier trams in 2007-11, enabling the elimination of high-floor PCC cars from the 1970s. Canada: The city of Calgary has selected the West ...
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Pointers May 2007
National Railways of Zimbabwe is planning to establish a mineral prospecting firm which General Manager Air Commodore Michael Karakadzai said will exploit 'under-explored potential' to earn critically-needed foreign currency. 'Since colonial days NRZ and Zimbabwean railways have jointly held mineral prospecting rights in South Africa,' he said.Reversing a cancellation by ...
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People May 2007
Ren? Cort?zar has been appointed Chile's Minister of Transport. Ludovic Orban has been appointed Minister of Transport in Romania. Last month Bob Scheuber announced he was to step down as Chief Executive of Queensland Rail by the start of May, taking leave ahead of his retirement on July 1. ...
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NewsLevel 2 to be installed on Nürnberg - München corridor
A decision to fit ETCS Level 2 on DB's main line between two major cities in south Germany means that three separate signalling and train control systems will operate in parallel on one route
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Full service with Level 2
ALL TRAINS running on Swiss Federal Railways’ Mattstetten - Rothrist line now use Level 2 ETCS. SBB announced on March 22 that the switchover had been completed on March 18, with around 250 passenger and freight trains operating every 24?h.Trains run at 2?min intervals at speeds of 160?km/h, making this ...
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ADIF spends k1bn
MEETING ON MARCH 30, the board of Spanish infrastructure authority ADIF gave its approval for contracts worth a total of k1?03bn to be awarded or put out to tender. According to the Ministry of Development, this is one of the largest investment packages approved at a single board meeting since ...
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Morocco's rail renaissance takes a major step forward
The renewal of Morocco's railway is now proceeding rapidly with the start of work on major projects that will determine the future shape of the network. As well as providing major investment, the government is restructuring the national operator to facilitate the involvement of the private sector in both new ...
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Seeing the lights
Creating a 'virtual railway' allows signal locations to be optimised with minimal disruption to traffic, simultaneously reducing costs and producing better results
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In search of a smoother ride on narrow gauge track
Lateral oscillation of rail vehicles is a major concern on narrow or metre gauge track because of short-wheelbase bogies. This problem could be addressed by modifying the Prud'homme limit for the vehicles and by improving the track panel resistance
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Ballastless track ensures a high-quality ride
Rheda 2000 ballastless track has been used in all station areas and pointwork on Taiwan's high speed line. The track design was adapted to suit the elevated structure and seismic protection standards. Special slab designs had to be developed to meet specific alignment constraints
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Market April 2007
Australia: Australian Rail Track Corp has awarded Union Switch & Signal a A$7m contract to supply its Phoenix train control system for the Network Control Centre South in Junee, New South Wales, which is to be completed in August. Europe: In February Mitsui Rail Capital Europe ordered seven G1206 diesel-hydraulic ...
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Metros April 2007
Canada: The tram route along St Clair Avenue West between Yonge Street and Vaughan Road in Toronto reopened on February 18, following a rebuild to segregate tracks in the median. The C$65m project to modernise the route will be completed in 2009. Turbo Power Systems has won a US$8m order ...