All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1142
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BA car order back on track
ON DECEMBER 10 Alstom Chairman & CEO Patrick Kron signed an agreement that will see 65 metro cars ordered for the Buenos Aires network assembled at the company’s La Plata works in Argentina. Deliveries from Alstom’s Lapa works in São Paulo, Brazil, had been suspended due to payment difficulties, and ...
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Spanish association
ANEWassociation for Spanish manufacturers and exporters of railway equipment and services has been established in co-operation with Renfe and Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior. Members of MAFEX are Aceralia, AEA Technology Global, Amurrio, Ferrocarril y Equipos, Felguera Melt, Fundiciones Garbi, Getinsa, Guivisa, Hicasa, Ineco, ITK Ingenieria, Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios, KLK ...
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Assembly deal
THE MANAGEMENT board of Spanish National Railways approved an agreement with Siemens on November 30 that provides for the company to assemble rail vehicles in the railway’s workshops at Valladolid and M
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Argentine investment
During the recent state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the government of Argentina signed letters of intent with China Beiya Escom International Ltd and the 20th Bureau of Chinese Railways that could see US$8bn invested in railway projects over the next 10 years. Priority projects include electrification of the ...
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Anti-collision trials
INDIA’S Konkan Railway is carrying out trials of Raksha Kavach on-board and lineside anti-collision devices over its 760route-km network, covering 53 stations and 107 level crossings of which 27 are unstaffed. The ACDs are linked through intelligent real-time networks which detect and exchange data about which track a train is ...
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Amtrak not up to the mark
NORMAN MINETA, confirmed as US Transportation Secretary on December 9 in President George W Bush’s second cabinet, lost no time in making clear that he would work to push through controversial plans to cut the federal spend on Amtrak. The proposals would see states take more responsibility for funding if ...
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Khromtau - Altynsarino link completed
KAZAKHSTAN: Ceremonies were held at Arka on November 30 to mark the opening of the Khromtau - Altynsarino line by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who dispatched the first grain train over the route. The 403·9 km line between Donskoye and Krasno-Octyabrskyi connects KTZ's northern and western routes, paralleling the Russian ...
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Up at Alstom
ANNOUNCED on November 18, Alstom’s first-half results showed that orders received by Alstom Transport in the first six months of the 2004-05 financial year amounted to €2·9bn, an increase of 74% compared with the same period in 2003-04, when orders had been particularly low.Sales at €2·5bn were up by 8%, ...
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Airport line concession close
A CONSORTIUM led by SNC-Lavalin and including Serco has been selected for a concession to design, build and operate the planned Richmond - Airport - Vancouver rapid transit line. TransLink subsidiary RAV Project Management Ltd was due to start final negotiations in December, subject to approval from the British Columbia ...
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ARR adopts PTC
ALASKA Railroad has awarded a $4·8m contract to Union Switch & Signal for installation of Positive Train Control on its 846 km network, for commissioning in the first quarter of 2007. PTC is intended to prevent collisions, enforce permanent and temporary speed restrictions and provide compulsory protection for track maintenance ...
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Making progress across Europe
Seven case studies provide examples of the many ETCS projects now underway in different countries.
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Three Railway Packages herald uncertainty across the continent
The ongoing liberalisation of Europe's railway sector is mandated by a series of directives and regulations from the European Union. Chris Jackson looks at the legislative programme and current proposals that will drive further change
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NewsClass 455 suburban EMU refurbished
UK: On November 23 South West Trains returned to service the first two of its 91 Class 455 inner-suburban EMUs which are being refurbished at Bombardier’s Ashford works. The mid-life refurbishment project will be completed in March 2008. The £67m cost is being funded by Porterbrook, and ...
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$350m loans for Venezuela projects
ON NOVEMBER 30 the Andean Development Corp announced that it had approved three loans worth a total of US$350m to fund rail and metro projects in Venezuela. The suburban railway under construction between Caracas and Tuy Medio (RG 9.04 p544) is to receive the largest single allocation, with US$200m to ...
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People in the News - January 2005
Pavel Sury has been named Director of Czech Railways' Brno region, succeeding Frantisek Raska who has replaced V? clav Padevet as Director of Safety Inspection. Milan Fryc has replaced Jirí Kol? r as director of the Ustí nad Labem region, and on December 1 Ursula Broschov? took over from ...
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Railway Directory 2005
READERS may now purchase the 2005 edition of our industry reference work Railway Directory, compiled and edited by Chris Bushell. The 110th edition of Railway Directory provides up-to-date information and contact details for the world’s railway operators. The city railways section lists metro, light rail and tram networks, while statutory ...
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Demands on the subgrade drive GPR developments
Higher axleloads, rising traffic and route rationalisation are placing unprecedented demands on the track substructure of North American railways. In response, the industry is developing more effective substructure maintenance management techniques that include ground-penetrating radar
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Hitachi preferred for CTRL domestic trains
ON OCTOBER 27 UK Transport Secretary Alistair Darling named Hitachi as the preferred supplier of 'around 30' trainsets to operate 225km/h domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. HSBC Rail (UK) Ltd is preferred financier. The first four of the six-car trainsets are due to enter ...
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Working together on the front line
The government's latest restructuring proposals came as little surprise to the companies providing passenger services on Britain's privatised railway, who hope that the result will be an industry fit for the next 20 years. Robert Preston spoke to ATOC Chairman Keith Ludeman* about the white paper and its implications
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DB AG stock market listing postponed
IN OUR September edition we asked whether German Railway was fit to be privatised with a stock market listing. DB AG’s half-year results published in mid-August included encouraging figures for freight traffic with a 7% rise in tonne-km to 41·6 billion and a small increase in passenger-km to 33·9 billion.However, ...