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Combinos ordered
At the beginning of September the municipality of Hiroshima announced it was buying four Combino low-floor LRVs, with an option for eight more. Due for delivery in the spring of 1999, they will be supplied by Siemens in conjunction with local firm Alna Koki.The 30·5m long bi-directional cars, 2 450 ...
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IR traffic climbing
ISRAEL RAILWAYS Managing Director Amos Uzani participated in ceremonies at Binyamina station on August 17 to mark completion of double-tracking between Tel Aviv and Haifa. This paves the way for additional express services, with a non-stop journey time of 45 min for the 92 km. Upgrading has switched ...
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Facing up to fresh challenges
INTRO: Finding ways to fund high speed services is one of the toughest issues facing delegates to the Eurailspeed congress. Read on for a guide to high speed plans and projects worldwideAS DELEGATES gather in Berlin at the end of this month for the Eurailspeed 98 congress, there is every ...
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Rebodied PumA cars raise comfort standards at no extra cost
BYLINE: Dipl-Ing Gerd Ahne andDipl-Ing Gerd Truckenbrodt*BYLINE: * Dipl-Ing Ahne is PumA Project Manager and Dipl-Ing Tuckenbrodt is Head of Projects at PFA GmbHON SHOW at the InnoTrans exhibition this month in Berlin will be the first production version of a PumA coach for German Railway’s regional services. The PumA ...
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Tilt to Cairns
QUEENSLAND Railways signed an accord on September 2 with Evans Deakin Industries for the development of two diesel-powered tilting trainsets for its coastal main line between Brisbane and Cairns. The trains will be built by EDI subsidiary Walkers Ltd of Maryborough, which supplied two six-car electric tilting trains due to ...
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Bybanen design deal
KØBENHAVN’s urban development consortium Ørestadsselskabett awarded contracts at the beginning of September for design work on the next three phases of the city’s Bybanen automated metro network.Danish engineering group Carl Bro and British consultants Maunsell Ltd are to undertake detailed design of the alignment, earthworks, track and power supplies for ...
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Products In Brief
English Welsh & Scottish Railway has granted full engineering approval for use of the MP96 series of remote control systems supplied by Cattron (UK) Ltd with Class 08 shunting locomotives. Available in radio or infra-red configurations, the MP96 series features a pneumatic interface with locomotive controls.Four 16350litre LSG tank containers ...
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Bratislava - Wien complete
PASSENGER services between Bratislava and Wien via Kittsee will resume on January 7, following a formal ceremony on December 18. The dates were announced at Bratislava Petrzalka during the Slovak Railways 150th anniversary celebrations on August 22, when Slovakian Transport Minister Jan Jasovsky and ZSR General Manager Michael Lazar officially ...
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WCML upgrade boosts Manchester show
INTRO: With Railtrack forecasting unprecedented levels of investment in Britain’s rail infrastructure, the multi-disciplinary Infrarail 98 exhibition and related seminars are attracting record numbers of suppliers and delegatesHOUSED in the former Manchester Central station, with over a century of railway heritage, the G-Mex exhibition centre is well placed to host ...
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Pacífico bid
A SPANISH-led consortium has bid for a 30-year concession to renovate and run the Pacífico network running inland from the Colombian port of Buenaventura. Seven groups expressed interest when rail infrastructure authority Ferrovías invited tenders earlier this year, but the sole bid came from a consortium led by Actividades de ...
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Berlin triple promises bumper crop
INTRO: From October 28 to 30 Berlin’s exhibition grounds will be hosting the InnoTrans and Railway Construction events, as well as the third Eurailspeed world congress on high-speed railEXHIBITORS FROM 20 countries and visitors from over 60 are expected in Berlin at the end of October. InnoTrans ’98, the International ...
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Kohl to open Hannover - Berlin
INTRO: Opening of the Berlin - Hannover high speed lineon September 15 puts the German capital on Europe’s high speed network. Ralf Roman Rossberg reportsCHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl was due to preside at the formal inauguration of the 263 km Berlin - Hannover high speed line on September 15. Commercial services ...
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Wagon side bearings
W H Miner Division has introduced an improved version of its TecsPak¨ range of constant contact side bearings. They have tighter tolerances and larger wear areas giving extended lifeW H Miner Division, Geneva, Illinois, USA Reader Enquiry Number 137
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ARTC investment plans
proposals for upgrading Australia’s inter-state rail network have been unveiled by the Australian Rail Track Corp, which took control of the routes on July 1. With the Commonwealth government allocating A$250m over four years, ARTC has sought suggestions from operators, track owners and the state and federal transport departments.The package ...
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Amtrak and DoTs plan Midwest speed-up
A report released on September 1 by Amtrak and nine state transport departments proposes the creation of a 5000 km network of fast inter-city services radiating from Chicago. Many of the routes already carry passengers, but frequencies and speeds would be increased through an investment programme to be completed by ...
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Tilting trains hold the key to Virgin’s ambitious franchise
INTRO: Virgin Rail’s order for 54 tilting trains for its West Coast franchise is the largest contract for Pendolino technology. It is also the most difficult application. Roger Ford reports on how Alstom and Fiat are facing up to the challengeWHEN Virgin Rail received two bids for its new fleet ...
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Alkmaar rebuild ends
SEPTEMBER 10 saw the official opening of Alkmaar’s reconstructed inter-city station, following completion of a major rebuild.The station has been fitted with escalators between the platforms and concourse to help handling of the 25 000 daily passengers. Platform canopies have been lengthened to provide better protection.Additional retail space has been ...
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Castles in the air
THIS MONTH’S trawl of new line proposals produced one or two unlikely candidates. We have noted in the past the enthusiasm of various Central American countries for new lines linking ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, but the latest Trans-Isthmus project is truly ambitious. Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras ...
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Advanced relayer to speed West Coast upgrading
INTRO: A high-output track renewal train able to work in short overnight possessions will help speed the infrastructure element in Railtrack’s £2·1bn upgrading of Britain’s principal inter-city corridorBYLINE: Andrew DowBusiness Development Director, Jarvis RailNEXT YEAR will see the delivery of Britain’s first high-output track relaying machine, ordered from Fairmont Tamper ...