All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1108

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    Driver’s errors fox investigators

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    ON SEPTEMBER 6 the Aircraft & Railway Accidents Investigation Committee submitted an interim report into the crash of a JR West Series 207 EMU at Amagasaki on April 25 (RG 6.05 p299) to Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa. The report highlighted the driver’s unusual behaviour but did not explain what may ...

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    Dispatching software upgrade

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    ON AUGUST 22, Union Switch & Signal announced that it had entered into ’one of the largest software agreements in railroad history’, to upgrade train planning and computer-aided dispatching for Union Pacific.As well as implementing its Next Generation Computer Aided Dispatch System across the 53000 km UP network, US&S will ...

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    Dieter

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    Taipei Smart Card Corp and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have begun selling wristwatches containing an embedded smart chip, allowing passengers to use the timepieces to pay for metro and bus fares in the Taiwanese capital. TSCC said 11000 of the NT$1600 watches would be on sale by the start of this ...

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    Downer EDI profit up despite rail fall

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    ENGINEERINGservices group Downer EDI Ltd reported a 28% increase in profit after tax to A$104m for the year to June 30 2005. Overall turnover was up from A$3·42bn in 2004 to A$3·97bn, but the Rail division’s contribution fell from 12·0% to 9·1%.’This is our eighth successive year of earnings and ...

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    Smartcard deal

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    DENMARK is set to become the second country in Europe to introduce a national smartcard ticket accepted by all rail, metro and bus operators. The Travel Card project is being managed by Rejsekort A/S, a joint venture company set up by all Danish public transport operators. On September 13 Rejsekort ...

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    Danish noise

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    NOISE, vibration and machinery dynamics consultancy Ødegaard & Danneskiold-Samsøe has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register. There are over 40 specialist staff at the Danish firm, which has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyd’s Register Group but operates independently and retains its name and corporate identity. Managing Director John Ødegaard said ...

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    Ing concedes THSRC will be late

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corp has finally conceded that it will not be opening its 345 km line for business this month. Although trial running has made good progress, with 200 km/h attained at the end of August and engineers anticipating 300 km/h during October, THSRC Chairman Nita Ing was ...

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    Completion of South Line will more than double Metrorec traffic

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    Due for completion in 2006, the second line of the Recife metro will serve the airport and areas south of the city. Murray Hughes visited the line with Metrorec General Manager Sileno Sousa Guedes

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    Two contracts and one competition

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    A contractual structure that separates infrastructre and operating risks has been developed for the Metro Mondego light rail project in Coimbra, on which work is expected to resume after municipal elections this month

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    Two first classes

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    EUROSTAR restructured its provision of first class accommodation with effect from September 1, to provide separate services to suit business and leisure passengers. First class has been split into Business Premier and Leisure Select categories. The more expensive Business Premier offers shorter check-in times, access to lounges, a ...

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    China picks EMD

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    ON SEPTEMBER 7 Electro-Motive Diesel Inc announced that it had signed a contract to supply 300 locomotives to China’s Ministry of Railways.The 6000hp locos are to be assembled by Dalian Locomotive Works under a technology licensing agreement. Powered by the latest version of EMD’s 265H series engine meeting EPA Tier ...

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    Fuel cell future

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    Letter to the editor

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    CBM supports the Powder River fleet

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    INTRO: Chris Jackson reports from NebraskaREPRESENTATIVES from Alstom Transport and BNSF Railway inaugurated a locomotive test shop at Alliance, Nebraska, on August 24. The event marked the successful introduction of condition-based maintenance to BNSF’s fleet of AC-motored diesel locos used on coal trains from Wyoming’s Powder River basin.Alstom is responsible ...

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    Out-of-Round Railway Wheels - Causes and Consequences

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    by Anders JohanssonTHIS DOCTORAL thesis uses data from full-scale experiments and numerical simulations to study defects around complete wheel circumferences, as well as local defects such as wheel flats.Tread irregularities occurring on a range of rolling stock in Sweden have been assessed using out-of-roundness measurements. These found high roughness with ...

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    RandstadRail to get sneltram cars

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    INTRO: For the first time in Europe LRVs are being built to withstand an end loading of 800 kN. Harry Hondius reportsROTTERDAM operator RET has ordered 21 articulated LRVs from Bombardier Transportation for the RandstadRail project (RG 4.05 p209), with an option for a further 27 cars. Destined to work ...

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    CAF wins in Mexico

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    MEXICO’s Secretariat of Communications & Transport announced on August 24 that a consortium led by CAF of Spain had been awarded a 30-year concession to upgrade, equip and operate the 27 km commuter route between Buenavista and Cuautitl

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    Passenger News in Brief

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    Croatian Railways has returned to service the first of its dining cars to be refurbished by TVJ Gredelj. Finished in a similar livery to HZ’s modernised first and second class coaches, it is being used on EuroCity services. Bulgaria Air passengers travelling through the airports in Frankfurt and Berlin can ...

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    City News in Brief

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    OnSeptember 5 a consortium led by Systra of France was awarded a contract to undertake preliminary studies for a fully-automated light metro in Palermo. The first stage would run underground for 7·3 km from Oreto to Notarbartolo, serving 10 stations. Subsequent extensions would take the network to 23 km and ...

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    News in brief

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    On September 6 SRO President Khaled Alyahya confirmed that nine consortia had submitted applications to prequalify for the Saudi Landbridge project (RG 3.05 p134). ’The consortia include leading Saudi and international companies with activities in construction, shipping, investment, logistics and railways’, he said. International bidders include Bouygues, Siemens, Mitsui, Halliburton ...

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    Products in Brief

    2005-10-01T10:00:00Z

    An aluminium tool has been developed by Metronet Rail to speed the cleaning of electrical connections between London Underground cars. The insulated tool aids the opening of two sprung shutters on the ’Dutch Oven’ which covers the connecting studs, halving the time required for cleaning.Metronet Rail, UKRexquote’s 28 tonne Gigarailer ...