All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1072
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Swedish support signed
VOITH Turbo’s Rail Service Centre has secured its first service contract with Bombardier Transportation in Sweden.The agreement runs in parallel with Bombardier’s own contract to service a fleet of Itino DMUs until 2012, and covers heavy maintenance of drivelines as well as responsibility for logistics, repairs and work under warranty. ...
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Sidetrack
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp is exploiting the increased the headways between off-peak trains, by using the spare capacity for advertising. A ’Spectacular Mobile Showcase’ vehicle can be hauled between service trains, giving advertisers a new way to attract the attention of passengers waiting at stations. MTR’s Chief Executive Officer, European ...
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Siemens show
RECENTLY builtrolling stock from Siemens will form the largest single outdoor display. The German firm will be displaying three cars of a Spanish Velaro high speed train (right), a 54m long GT12N Budapest Combino Plus tram, a double-deck S-Bahn car from Zürich and an ÖBB Class 1216 triple-system electric locomotive. ...
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Steering security
ON SEPTEMBER 28 the steering committee of UIC’s recently-formed Security Platform will meet to finalise its programme of activities to co-ordinate the organisation’s approach to railway security.Creation of the Security Platform was approved by the UIC General Assembly in Montréal on June 7-8, and will build on UIC’s previous work ...
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Ropeless trick
WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentechnik GmbH will be unveiling details of a 300m test track which it will use to demonstrate a concept for a ropeless trolley able to shunt rakes of stock weighing up to 450 tonnes. A hydraulic lifting assembly will raise one axle on one vehicle, creating sufficient ...
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Rail.One shows track technology
RE-BRANDING of Pfleiderer Track Systems as Rail.One has been completed following its acquisition by AXA Private Equity in April (RG 6.06 p361), and the track supplier will be using InnoTrans to present its new name and its focus on rail infrastructure technology.Work began last month on the installation of the ...
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Rail work
CAREER Point in hall 4.1 aims to provide a simple and direct way for students, groups of school pupils and other newcomers to the rail industry to find out about the range of employment possibilities in the sector.Companies including Alstom. Balfour Beatty, Bombardier, Goldschmidt Thermit Group, Knorr-Bremse, AWV Leipzig, Siemens ...
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Promising Poland
STADLER has announced plans to establish a subsidiary to carry out final assembly of rail vehicles in Poland. The Swiss rolling stock manufacturer said it believes Poland possesses ’a rich railway tradition’ and considers it to be ’a very interesting and promising market with a market potential of over 1000 ...
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People
Taiwan’s Minister of Transport & Communications Kuo Yao-chi announced her resignation on August 7, her post being filled temporarily by Vice-Minister Tsai Duei.Nikolai Rudkovski has been appointed Minster of Transport & Communications in Ukraine. Vladimir Kozak, formerly head of freight forwarder Lemtrans, has been appointed Director General of Ukrainian Railways.Former ...
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Screening PATH passengers
PASSENGERS at Exchange Place station in Jersey City are being screened for weapons and explosives in the second phase of the Rail Security Pilot project being managed by the US Department of Homeland Security. Earlier this year the first phase of the pilot scheme tested X-ray checks of baggage.ProVision ...
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Questions remain over THSRC start-up
TEST running on Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp’s 346 km line between Taipei and Kaohsiung is being stepped up as the revised October 31 deadline for completion creeps nearer.Demonstration runs for politicians and journalists have been staged, but information about planned service levels, fares and timings remains vague. It is ...
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Power onboard
MEN Mikro Elektronik is using InnoTrans to launch a rugged onboard power supply module which complies with specification EN 50155 for railway use. Featuring an integrated heat sink, it is suitable for operation at temperatures between -40 and +85íC. The electronics are coated for protection against the effects of humidity, ...
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NEWS
Chinese officials confirmed on August 9 that the recently-opened Golmud - Lhasa railway is to be extended to serve Tibet’s second-largest city. Work on the 270 km extension to Xigaze is due to start in 2007 for completion within three years.CAPTION: Now on test in Sydney are the first of ...
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Port network to be rebuilt
PLANS are being drawn up to rebuild and modernise the 370 km rail network serving the German port of Hamburg.DB Netz and Hamburg Port Authority expect to complete a detailed document by the end of the year which is likely to propose construction of a new bridge over part of ...
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Mountainous price
Sir - As I have responsibility for the railway activities undertaken by the Transport & Tourism Division of the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific (RG 11.05 p728), the report on China’s completion of a feasibility study for a link between Dali and Ruili was ...
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Reliable monitor
ROWE Hankins Components is to showcase its new AC earth leakage detectors, alongside a service-proven range of speed and direction monitoring equipment. On display for the first time at InnoTrans will be the compact AC earth leakage detector, which monitors cable insulation and will give early warning of earth loop ...
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More money for Recife
BRAZIL'S FEDERAL Ministry for Cities announced on August 10 that it was releasing a further tranche of funding worth R$30m for Recife's urban rail network. The ministry has agreed to provide a total of R$78m, of which R$38m was released last May. Operator Metrorec is hoping to open the South ...
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Minsk speed-up
THE Slavyanski Express linking Moscow with Minsk was launched on August 1, replacing the previous Russich service. The Russian and Belarus railways have invested 2·2bn roubles in the project. Upgrading of the track and electrification, and the elimination of level crossings, has allowed the top speed to be raised to ...
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Maracaibo metro on show
RESIDENTS in the second-largest Caribbean city had their first look at their new metro network when the first trainset for the Maracaibo metro was unveiled to the public on August 2.Siemens is supplying seven three-car sets derived from the latest Praha design, but equipped with air-conditioning and overhead power supply ...