All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1354
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Adjustable OHLE masts
MAY Gurney (Construction) Ltd has completed the replacement of catenary equipment on a double-track section of Britain’s London - Edinburgh East Coast main line south of Peterborough. Built on a low embankment across Stilton Fen, the formation has been subject to considerable movement leading to a number of dewirements.Under a ...
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Parcels carriers forge open access network
INTRO: Express Shuttle GmbH is close to ordering 12 freight multiple-units with both diesel and electric propulsion; each will carry 10 or 12 swap bodies belonging to UPS or Deutsche Post Transport. Richard Hope reports on plans for a national network requiring around 70 of these 160 km/h unitsBYLINE: Can ...
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Series 700 goes into production
BYLINE: Kazuhiro Igarashi and Tsuneo Maruyama *BYLINE: * Kazuhiro Igarashi is Chief Engineer in the Technical Research & Development Division of Central Japan Railway, and Tsuneo Maruyama is Chief Manager of the Technical Development Promotion Department at West Japan Railway NEXT MARCH will see the launch of revenue services ...
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ICE3 enters the test phase
INTRO: Due to enter service at the end of 1999 on international services between Germany and the Netherlands, the ICE3 will start trials at Siemens’ Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre at the end of the year. Operational requirements including four-system capability have led to a radical departure from previous ICE designsBYLINE: Dr ...
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IC2000 arrives next year
INTRO: Through the introduction of tilting trainsets, Renfe’s Long Distance Business Unit is looking to cut its best journey time on the Madrid - Valencia route to 3h 30min and increase traffic by 11% BYLINE: Enrique Fern
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High Speed Rail & Tilting Trains 1999
FROM June 28 to July 1 1999 Railway Gazette International and AiC Worldwide will be staging the High Speed Rail & Tilting Trains 1999 conference in London. Expected to attract engineering specialists and world experts on high speed trains, the conference will feature high level presentations and authoritative speakers. Venue ...
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Travel pass lasts 180 days
Tranz Rail has launched the Best of New Zealand Pass for use by tourists. In addition to the company’s long distance trains and inter-island ferries, it is valid on some heritage railways and coach services. However, it cannot be used on the subsidised commuter services around Wellington and Auckland.Cards with ...
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Taken by storm
GERMAN RAILWAY is set to open the Hannover - Berlin high speed line on September 15. Among the finishing touches required is installation of additional lineside wind barriers following the discovery that ICE2 driving trailers may be at risk of derailment in high winds if they are leading the formation. ...
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Publications
New Trains for New Railways and Fault-Free Trains - A Reality?The proceedings of these two IMechE seminars have been published as good quality casebound books. £77 (New Trains for New Railways) or £42 (Fault-Free Trains) from Professional Engineering Publishing, Northgate Avenue, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP326BW, Great Britain. Fax: +44 ...
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PEOPLE
Herbert H Steffen takes over as President of Siemens Transportation Systems from September 1. He replaces Dr Wolfram O Martinsen, who is leaving the company by mutual consent on October 1. Mr Steffen joined Siemens Schuckertwerke in Saarbrücken in 1960, but spent most of his career in Latin America, ...
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PKP picks Pendolini
POLISH State Railways is due to sign a contract with Fiat Ferroviaria this month for the supply of 16 tilting trainsets at a cost of 380bn lire. Fiat was selected as preferred bidder at the end of July, ahead of shortlisted proposals from Siemens and Adtranz, which lodged a protest ...
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NEWS
CAPTION: Taking shape at the Adtranz works in Nürnberg are the first driving vehicles for German Railway’s third-generation Inter-City Express. A pre-production ICE-3 trainset is to start running on the Siemens test track at Wegberg-Wildenrath this autumn, with the eight-car multiple-units entering revenue service next summer
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PRODUCT NEWS
Standard high-speed turnoutsUNDER a co-operation and technical assistance agreement, the Infrastructure Maintenance Business Unit of Spanish National Railways (Renfe) and JEZ Sistemas Ferroviarios have developed the DSP turnout for high-speed applications. Tested at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, the DSP can be traversed at speeds at up to ...
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MARKETPLACE
Brazil: Engineered Magnetics Inc of the USA has won a contract to supply impedance bonds to Alstom Transporte Ltda (formerly CMW Equipamentos SA) for extensions to Lines 1, 2 and 3 of the São Paulo metro. Bosnia: Koncar Elektricne Lokomotive of Croatia has overhauled and modernised 10 Bo-Bo electric locomotives ...
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Line sales off
THE PROPOSED break-up and sale of parts of the Czech Railways network has been cancelled following election of a Social Democratic government and the appointment of Antonin Peltr
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KLM partners NS
NS Reizigers is working with Royal Dutch Airlines on an air and rail ticketing agreement. This could see some passengers switch from planes to trains under certain circumstances. In the longer term trains may replace planes on some short-haul journeys from Schiphol to destinations such as K
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No trips to Jerusalem
Israel Railways has been unable to resolve the problems posed by its Tel Aviv - Jerusalem line. Expensive to operate and maintain because of tortuous curves and severe grades, neither the infrastructure nor rolling stock is exactly state of the art. There were six derailments alone last year. The main ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: The first of 17 Integral ID5 units for Bayerische Oberlandbahn was rolled out of the Jenbacher Energiesysteme AG works on June 18. The 53·4m long five-section articulated trains have three motored modules and two low-floor passenger sections with two doors each per side. They will replace older stock on ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: German Railway Infrastructure Director Dr Ulf Häusler and Sachsen Minister of Economics & Employment Dr Kajo Schommer turned the first sod for a new S-Bahn station at Dresden Airport on July 30. A 1·3 km extension of an industrial spur to a new underground terminus will carry a 20 ...