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To Toronto with reluctance
AN ELECTRO-DIESEL works locomotive being built for the Toronto Transit Commission by ARVA Industries will feature switched reluctance drive from the Drive Systems Group of Texas-based company LeTourneau. According to the US firm the Toronto locomotive will be first to use switched reluctance motors. These have coils in the stator ...
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Railbus refurbishment
THE FIRST Czech Railways Class 814/914 two car-DMU to be rebuilt from a Class 810 by Pars Nova Sumperk re-entered service between Otrokovice, Zlín and Vizovice on May 25. Branded ’Regionova’, the unit is the first series rebuild, following on from a prototype completed last September (RG 12.05 p757).The cars ...
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Research progresses together
IF THERE WAS any doubt that a great deal of research is still being undertaken into the rail mode, this was rapidly dispelled by the seventh World Congress on Railway Research on June 5 - 9. Over 750 delegates from more than 40 countries assembled in Montréal to debate several ...
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Head of Jordan’s Executive Privatisation Authority Dr Mohammad Abu Hamour said last month that Aqaba Railway Corp will be privatised within the next year.China has completed a feasibility study for a 340 km railway linking Dali in Yunnan province with Ruili on the border with Myanmar. Work could begin shortly ...
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Procurement plans in question
SHOCK WAVES reverberated around the North American metro industry in June with the resignation of Rick Ducharme as Chief General Manager of Toronto Transit Commission.Quitting the week after a strike shut down the city’s metro and tram networks, Ducharme blamed political interference. He singled out TTC Chairman Howard Moscoe for ...
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The General Assembly of European Rail Infrastructure Managers has appointed head of Network Rail’s European Affairs Department Michael Robson to succeed Marc Falchi as EIM Secretary-General. His three-year term begins on September 1.Kang Gil-Hyun of Korail has been elected Chairman of the WCRR Organising Committee, in succession to Roy Allen, ...
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SBB Cargo restructured its domestic wagonload services on May 29. The Fokus project cuts the number of locations served to 323, which SBB says retains 96% of traffic with around 5150 wagons handled every day; services are also provided to 90 depots on Switzerland’s independent railways. SBB Cargo no longer ...
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Waving its ’legs’ like an giant insect above visitors to the VDEI show in Münster (RG 6.06 p339) was the Menzi Muck A91 4x4 Plus road-rail machine. Each road wheel is on an independently-movable hydraulic leg, and with the aid of spiked supports and its jib the machine can climb ...
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A procurement strategy to transform Russia's motive power
A programme has been launched to develop modern motive power to replace Russia’s ageing traction fleet. Boris Lukov reports on a strategic agreement between Russian Railways and Transmash Holding Group that will see hundreds of new locomotives of up to 14 types delivered over the next five years
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Mumbai Metro underway
INDIAN Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh formally laid the foundation stone for the first line of the Mumbai Mass Rapid Transit System in a ceremony at Vikhroli on June 21. Construction of the 11 km Versova - Andheri - Ghatkoper route is expected to get underway in October, following the ...
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Madrid LRT tenders
THE MADRID REGIONAL government has invited bids for two 30-year concessions to build, operate and maintain three light rail feeder routes in the Spanish capital. One contract, for which a budget of €292·9m has been set, covers the 5·4 km route from Pinar de Charmartín to Las Tablas. The second, ...
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US loco market still a two-horse race
As the domestic market booms, North American locomotive builders Electro-Motive Diesel and General Electric are striving to meet their customers' demands for ever-higher availability and reliability with a relatively narrow range of rugged, standardised products. David Lustig reports
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IRIS sets the quality standard
Dipl-Ing Guido Huke, Managing Director of Railistics GmbHDipl-Ing Jörg Friedel is responsible for quality management consultancy MAY 18 saw the formal introduction of a new set of international standards for the rail industry, allowing equipment manufacturers to apply to a certification body of their choice rather than go through direct ...
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Interiors segment proves popular
INTRO: More than 100 exhibitors reserve display space in Hall 6.2THE’Interiors’ segment being launched at InnoTrans 2006 is already proving to be a great success. Well over 100 exhibitors have registered to take part - half of them from outside Germany - filling to capacity the 6000 m2 allocated in ...
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Rift Valley hold-up
FURTHER delays seem inevitable before the Sheltam-led Rift Valley Railways consortium achieves financial close for its 25-year concession to operate the Ugandan rail network.Following a legal challenge by two former members of the consortium, Judge Egonda Ntende of Kampala Commercial Court ruled last month that 25% of the consortium’s shares ...
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NewsHigh speed needs an integrated network, says Pepy
THE PROSPECTS for Europe's growing high speed rail sector are 'very positive', according to the Chief Executive of French National Railways, Guillaume Pepy. But operators need to work together more closely if rail is to boost its market share. Looking back over the 25 years since SNCF opened the ...
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Russia rejoins ’global’ UIC
AT A MEETING of the UIC General Assembly in Montréal last month, the return to membership of Russian Railways after an absence of 58 years was approved unanimously. A series of joint ’technical discussions’ will now take place, leading to full membership for RZD in about a year.UIC Chairman Benedikt ...
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Higher productivity to help fund rising renewals spend
INTRO: French Transport Minister Dominique Perben has authorised higher government spending on track renewals, and is putting in place a performance contract with RFF to ensure the money is spent effectively. Murray Hughes reports from OrléansHISTORY was made in 1967 on the Les Aubrais - Vierzon section of the Paris ...
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Four for Saudi Landbridge
SAUDI RAILWAYS Organisation announced on May 31 that four consortia had been qualified to bid for the BOT concession to build and operate the Saudi Landbridge railway between Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Jubail. Preliminary tender information was released to the consortia on June 10. 'The Supreme Economic Council, chaired by ...