All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1098
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Lloyd’s Register acquisition
BSL Management Consultants has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register, which has previously co-operated with the German firm on work for SNCB and risk management for Railcorp in Australia.Based in Hamburg and Berlin, the consultancy specialises in rail, tram, metro and bus transport. Lloyd’s Register says the acquisition will bring ’strategic ...
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Managing Acela yield
AMTRAK extended yield management pricing to all Acela Express and Metroliner services in the Northeast Corridor from February 6, having initially introduced it to the NEC last October.The previous three levels of fares which depended on time of travel have been replaced with five, designed to take into account the ...
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Metro extends to Terminal 4
THE PRESIDENT of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre announced on February 3 that a 2·5 km extension of Madrid Metro Line 8 from Barajas to the new Terminal 4 of the city’s airport is to be built at a cost of €52m. Tendering of a concession to build and ...
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Beijing - Tianjin elevated design anticipates 350 km/h
The Beijing - Tianjin high speed line will be the first in China built for 300 km/h, and the alignment will ultimately permit 350 km/h operation.
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Metros March 2006
Belgium:De Lijn has placed a €21m order with Siemens and Bombardier for an additional six unidirectional and four bidirectional low-floor trams. In 2007 there will be 112 of the vehicles in service in Antwerpen, Gent and along the coast. China: Alcatel has signed a €12m agreement to supply KCR with ...
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Intelligence March 2006
Argentina: The 150 km between Río Primero and Sumampa on the Nuevo Central Argentino network is to be upgraded at a cost of 40m pesos. Upgrading of the 150 km between Sumampa and Forres is already in hand. Asia: Advantage International and Black Sea Transit planned to launch a weekly ...
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Integrating ETCS Level 2 with TVM430 on TGV Est
INTRO: The Paris - Strasbourg TGV line is the first in France to be equipped with ETCS Level 2 for trains running through to Germany, but will also have the domestic TVM430 train control. Richard Hope explains how some complex system interface issues are being resolvedJUNE 2007 has been set ...
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Belgians opt for Level 2 and GSM-R
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel is installing ETCS Level 2 on two new high speed lines, and expects to convert its entire network in the longer term. Luc Lallemand explains his thinking to Harry Hondius
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World Speed Survey 2005: The ones that got away!
MISSING a train can be traumatic, but sometimes there is a remedy. Missing the 8.55 Sunlander from Brisbane to Cairns in Queensland is no problem: the 11.00 Rockhampton Tilt overtakes it several hours down the track. Similarly, trains that were missed in my World Speed Survey 2005 (RG 11.05 p699) ...
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Suburban spring
MUMBAI’S suburban trains are subject to high passenger loadings during the peaks, and coil springs in the primary suspension of the city’s EMU cars have proved unreliable with a short life expectancy.Indian Railways approached Trelleborg and requested a revised suspension design for new-build trains, which could also be retrofitted to ...
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Sidetrack
Commuter Dave Askwith tried to brighten up his daily journey by putting up official-looking signs providing spoof instructions, warnings and information. He subsequently branched out into road, warning and council signs around Britain’s trains, shops and hotels. ’Some lasted several weeks before being pinched, or taken down by disgruntled staff’, ...
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Siemens scoops Saudi signalling
A CONSORTIUM of Siemens and Nour Communications Co has been selected to undertake a €91m renewal of signalling and communications on the Saudi Railways Organisation network.Under a contract announced on December 21, the consortium will provide a Simis computer-based interlocking, Vicos control system, and Trainguard 100 ETCS Level 1 equipment, ...
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Waverley redevelopment
SCOTTISH Minister for Transport Tavish Scott and the Chief Executive of Transport Scotland Dr Malcolm Reed visited Edinburgh Waverley station on January 9 to launch a £150m redevelopment scheme.Phase 1 will increase movements through the throat at the west end of the station from 24 to 28 passenger trains/h in ...
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Spending programme unveiled
MUCH-HERALDED plans to modernise and develop Argentina’s run-down railways are finally taking shape. The proposals are contained in a Presidential decree that came into force on January 4, setting out an ambitious programme to upgrade the commuter and metro networks in Buenos Aires, and to restore inter-city passenger services to ...
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Police reinforced
IT IS hard to say for sure what happened on board TER train 17430 from Nice to Lyon on New Year’s day, but numerous offences, including theft and sexual assault, seem to have been committed.The 10-coach train left Nice at 06.00, conveying among its 600 passengers a number of inebriated ...
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Pointers
Setting its budget for 2006-11, the Austrian government has allocated record development funding to ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG. €1·55bn will be invested in 2006, with €1·3 to €1·5bn in later years. An allocation of €100m for special projects this year includes €20m for planning the Semmering base tunnel.Feasibility studies have ...
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People
The appointment of Peter Hendy as Commissioner of Transport for London with effect from February 1 was announced on January 17. Norfolk Southern President & CEO Charles W Moorman has been elected Chairman of the Association of American Railroads for 2006. He succeeds CSX Corp's Chairman, President & ...
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Order revised
RUSSIAN Railways President Vladimir Yakunin confirmed on December 12 that terms had been agreed for a revised contract with Siemens for the supply of high speed trainsets, which is expected to be signed in March.Several agreements were signed last year for RZD to buy around 60 trainsets from Siemens, with ...
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Montréal spends
A THREE-YEAR programme of renewals and upgrading for the Montréal metro was announced by Société de Transport de Montréal on December 12. Total value of the capital programme is put at C$1·1bn, of which 57·4% will go on the metro.According to STM Chairman Claude Dauphin, ’in 2006 customers will see ...