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Miami expansion package takes shape
MIAMI-DADE Transit Authority has appointed a prime consultant to assist with development of the long-planned east-west metro route. HNTB Corp will help with engineering design and undertake initial environmental impact studies.Construction of the 27·4 km line forms part of a multi-million dollar expansion programme approved by local voters in November ...
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Tehran expands
IRANIAN President President Mohammad Khatami formally inaugurated a further section of Tehran suburban Line 5 on March 15. The 35 km line from Sadeghieh to Karaj has been extended 9 km to Golshahr, with one intermediate station at Mahdasht. In the next few years Line 5 will be extended further ...
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European procurement turns professional
INTRO: Analysis of purchasing policies and benchmarking are helping to improve the procurement strategy of European rail operators and infrastructure companiesPHILIP van Beek, Head of Purchasing at Netherlands Railways, has a clear objective in his other role as Chairman of the European Railways Purchasing Conference. Simply put, it is to ...
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Tracks and trains on TGV Est
Sir - Nabla fastenings will not be used on TGV Est (RG 3.04 p147). Since the end of 2003 RFF’s policy has been to use the Pandrol Fastclip as its standard fastening for both new lines and renewals. The high capacity tracklaying trains have been modified to lay Fastclips.Nabla is ...
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Stuck down in the underground
FAST curing and fire retardance are offered by the Tredfast 4004 two-part epoxy adhesive which is being used to hold down floor coverings at London Underground stations. The adhesive will bond to metal, wood and concrete substrates with an initial hardening time of 4 h, making it suitable for rapid ...
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DMU heads north
NAMIBIAN President Sam Nujoma and around 600 high-level guests participated in a ceremony on March 12 to inaugurate Oshivelo station on the N$90m northern extension from Tsumeb to Oshikango. The naming ceremony for Dr Sam Njoma station reflected rapid progress with tracklaying. The Namibia Rail Contractors joint venture has been ...
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Reorganised divisions
WESTINGHOUSE Rail Systems Ltd has been restructured to reflect ’the quite different needs of main line and mass transit customers’, who will now be served by distinct commercial divisions.The two customer-facing profit centres will be supported by resources operating across both, including research and development. An export team has been ...
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Dining in style
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways has returned to traffic the first four of 45 dining cars which are being refurbished at a cost of €100000 per vehicle by ÖBB Technische Services GmbH in Simmering.Refurbishment was required because ’the majority of our dining cars no longer corresponded with the wishes of our customers ...
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Driving from the desktop
DEMAND for visual and interactive ways of teaching railway rulebooks is being met by FAAC with its Simulation-Based Training package. SBT bridges the gap between traditional video-aided classroom teaching and realistic but expensive full-size cab simulators.SBT is intended for use in initial, refresher and remedial driver training and assessment, and ...
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NewsDarwin traffic takes a hit
THERE were further developments at the end of February affecting the Adelaide - Alice Springs - Darwin route in Australia. Northline, Freightlink's second-biggest customer, decided to withdraw some of its business and tender to have it carried by road again. Freightlink Chief Executive John Fullerton put a brave face on ...
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Darling starts Trent Valley quadrupling
UK TRANSPORT Secretary Alistair Darling participated in a ceremony at Lichfield on February 22 to mark the start of work to quadruple a 19·3 km section of the West Coast Main Line between Tamworth and Armitage.Network Rail has set up a dedicated team to manage the two-year project, now costed ...
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Hipertrack cuts noise and vibration
TRIALS have been taking place near Foggia in Italy with two types of ballastless track that suggest it may be possible to dispense with special noise mitigation and vibration reduction measures. Part of the High Performance Rail Track research project, the tests were carried out under the Strategic Rail Research ...
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Flowing with the currents
Adequate insulation between tram rails and the buried stray current mat on the Nottingham Express Transit tramway was confirmed using a fault finding technique developed by Radiodetection and Carillion.A Radiodection PCM transmitter was used to inject a 4Hz electrical signal into the rail under test, with a magnet used to ...
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NewsMoU puts ERTMS on course for delivery
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels on March 17 paves the way for rapid deployment of ETCS on priority corridors across Europe
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Signalling contracts
ITALIAN infrastructure manager RFI has awarded two contracts totalling €180m to Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviaro for resignalling work on the national network.The larger contract, valued at €136m, covers the installation of SCMT automatic train protection and supervision equipment on routes in the Genova, Milano, Verona and Napoli regions. ASF will supply ...
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Contractors hurry to finish HSL-Zuid
INTRO: With 98% of civil engineering work for the HSL-Zuid project complete, tracklaying on the southern section of the 300 km/h line will be finished by the end of 2005. Wim Knopperts, Director, Project & Infra Management of the HSL Project Organisation, briefed Murray Hughes WORK ON the first high ...
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Circular revival
ON MARCH 8, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz inaugurated limited services on a section of the Karachi Circular Railway, which is being progressively reopened after a decade-long closure (RG 12.05 p816).The Governor of Sindh Province Dr Ishratul reviewed arrangements for the revived service the previous week. Pakistan Railways has contracted ...
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Chubu’s Centrair rail link takes off
FEBRUARY 17 saw the formal opening of the new Central Japan International Airport, located on a new island in Ise Bay, 35 km south of Nagoya. Centrair is connected to the city centre by a new express rail service using Meitetsu’s Tokoname Line. Aichi Prefecture is hosting this year’s World ...
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Celebration Congress
THE Hipertrack project (left) could reduce the need for lineside noise barriers on high speed lines, according to the Fraunhofer Institute. If so, this would represent a major step forward in track design, which we have chosen as one of several railway technology topics to be discussed at our Centenary ...
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CDG Express tries a new route
REVISED proposals for the planned express rail link between Paris Est and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport were unveiled to local municipalities by Réseau Ferré de France on February 4. The target is to have the line opening in 2012, to support the Paris bid to host that year’s Olympic Games.CDG Express is ...