All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1091
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Fastech 360 twins herald speed-up to the north
JR East's six-car small-profile Fastech 360 Z began dynamic tests on March 26 at the Shinkansen General Rolling Stock Centre in northern Japan. Murray Hughes reports from Sendai
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Series E331 takes ACT concept forward
INTRO: Building upon experience with its Advanced Commuter Train prototype, East Japan Railway has decided to adopt articulation for its latest Tokyo suburban EMUsWHEN the cherry blossom blooms in Tokyo, local residents flock to the parks and green spaces to hold hanami parties under the cherry trees. This year the ...
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Intelligence May 2006
Argentina: ALL Mesopotamica has received the first of four General Motors GT18MC locomotives which will be put into service this year. The ex-Spoornet locos are being transferred from ALL's 1000mm gauge operation in Brazil. Canada: RailAmerica transferred ownership of the right of way of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway to ...
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NewsBahn 2000 follow-on programme agreed
SWISS Federal Railways and the Federal Transport Ministry have agreed a further programme of enhancements to the national rail network (RG 12.05 p771). Details were announced by a government-SBB planning committee on April 7. Known as ZEB (Zukünftige Entwicklung der Bahnprojekte - Future Development of Rail Projects), the plan envisages ...
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SNCF to order 120 TGV Duplex sets
FRENCH National Railways has called tenders for 120 double-deck TGV sets. Bids for the contract, which covers a firm order for 40 trainsets and options for 80 more, are due to be submitted by the end of this month.SNCF confirmed on April 19 that the order could be placed this ...
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FasTracks route by route
West Corridor ($508·2m) This will be the first of the new projects to start. Final design is now underway, and construction will start in 2009 for opening at the end of 2013. The 19·5 km light rail line will link Auraria West station in Denver with Lakewood and the Jefferson ...
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NewsFasTracks will drive smart growth
Colorado's mile-high city has embarked on an ambitious 12-year programme of rail expansion which will shape economic development over the next 30 years. RTD General Manager Cal Marsella explains to Chris Jackson why a fiercely Republican community bought into spending $4·7bn on public transport
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Underneath Taiwan
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corp has ordered eight ride-on underframe inspection vehicles (RG 3.05 p160) for use in the maintenance of its Series 700T trainsets.Powered by 24V batteries, the trolleys will run on tracks within THSRC’s 320m long inspection pits. They will be equipped with lights, tool storage and a ...
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Snow service
WELL, it turns out that we were wrong about the Winter Olympics train service from Milano Malpensa Airport to Torino. We said last month (RG 3.06 p109) that passengers were obliged to resort to buses for the trip between Malpensa and the high speed line at Novara. Not so.Here is ...
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Renfe restructures
THE BOARD of Spanish national operator Renfe has approved a new management structure that will see six business units replaced by four areas broken down into 26 smaller units. Responsible for commercial passenger services, the High-Speed/Long-Distance Area is divided into five geographical business units, whilst the Suburban & Medium-Distance Area ...
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U-Bahn renewal
A MAJOR renewal of the U-Bahn fleet in Frankfurt-am-Main was announced on March 15. Mayor Petra Roth said the city was investing in the future.VGF has ordered 146 Flexity Swift high-floor LRVs from Bombardier for €300m, with options for 24 more. Due for delivery between 2008 and 2015, the Series ...
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Pointers
AFE has appointed Andean Development Corp to assist with structuring the tender process that will see a public-private partnership established to upgrade the national network in Uruguay (RG 12.05 p750). Minister of Transport & Public Works Victor Rossi has said that at least US$35m will be required for rolling stock ...
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Tilting to St Petersburg
TRIALS with a Finnish Pendolino trainset between Helsinki and St Petersburg are planned in the near future.In a Letter of Intent signed on March 14, Executive Director of VR Group Tapio Simosom and Vice-President of Russian Railways Mikhail Akulov agreed to establish a joint venture to buy and operate high ...
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Metros
Australia: The New South Wales government has dropped plans to replace rail services along the Newcastle waterfront with buses, and now plans to investigate options for introducing diesel tram-trains.Brazil: In February CPTM exercised an option with an Alstom-led consortium for 48 Metropolis cars, under a contract dating from 1994. They ...
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Market
Angola: This year China Northern is to supply a further two 1500 kW diesel-electric locos with a top speed of 90 km/h.Asia: Ansaldo Signal subsidiary CSEE Transport has placed an order with Faiveley Transport for 350 odometer and tachometer units to be installed on Alstom and Kawasaki trainsets under China’s ...
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Maintenance
CAPTION: Tianjin Metro is using three-car train lifting jacks supplied by Windhoff and CNR Sifang Rolling Stock Research Institute. The steel structure was built locally, using components and controls produced in Germany
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Kolkata stations
INDIA’S Eastern Railway began transferring some long-distance services from Howrah and Sealdah to a new Kolkata station on February 20. Designed to relieve pressure on the existing stations, the Rs900m Kolkata terminal is sited on a former freight yard at Chitpore where the foundation stone was laid on May 15 ...
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Second Indo-Pakistan link open
CROSS-BORDER services between Khokhropar in Pakistan and Munabao in India were revived following the departure of the first Thar Express from Karachi at 11.00 on February 17. Railways Minister Shamim Haider and the Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan were among official guests who attended a ceremony to mark ...
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Holiday with Homaridae
BETWEEN May and October VIA Rail offers a Maritime Learning Experience on its Montréal to Halifax eastern trans-continental trains. Launched last summer, this aims to 'immerse travellers in the culture of the region and celebrate its historical richness'. On-board staff have been schooled in local history, the region's ...
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Reflections help see underground
RADAR reflective strips are laminated into the Terram PW5 geotextile, enabling ground-penetrating radar to be used to confirm that the correct depth of ballast is present after a track renewal project. The non-woven material was developed by Terram in collaboration with Network Rail, and after tests in the UK it ...