All Railway Gazette International articles in April 1998 – Page 2
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Rail Business Intelligence
LAST MONTH Rail Privatisation News, our newsletter about Britain’s privatised rail industry, celebrated its third birthday. The break-up of British Rail into around 100 companies and the subsequent sell-off are history, but interest in the hard commercial information in which RPN specialises is as strong as ever. Feedback from readers ...
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CP restructures into business units
INTRO: Following the creation of infrastructure authority Refer, Portuguese Railways has embarked on the task of reorganising its operations as five business units. CP President Dr Crisóstomo Teixeira (right) spoke to Robert Preston in LisboaTHE FIRST business unit to take shape under CP’s new management structure was Freight & Logistics ...
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Refer faces a busy year
INTRO: The Portuguese infrastructure authority is developing a charging structure this year as it works to complete major projects and define the ground rules for future investment. Refer President Dr Manuel Frasquilho outlined the challenges ahead to Robert PrestonBYLINE: Dr Manuel FrasquilhoPresidentReferON JANUARY 1 1999 Refer will take over the ...
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Handling containers under catenary
MANNESMANN Dematic has installed a prototype Transmann portal container-handling crane in the yard at Wetter, near Dortmund. The Transmann features a rigid load guidance system that enables it to handle containers under catenary.Designed to handle 20 to 45ft containers weighing up to 41 tonnes, the Transmann can transfer up to ...
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Catering confirms its role
PROVIDING some form of on-board catering in the package that train operators offer to customers is no longer in question. What is open to question is the cost of this service. As railways seek to cut costs, contract catering has become the prime means of delivering on-board food and drink, ...
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CFR plans upgrading programme
ROMANIAN state railway CFR is working to raise Ecu340m for an upgrading programme which includes renovation of 900 route-km, main line electrification and line speed increases, rolling stock renewal, and communications modernisation.CFR has signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Bank for half the cost of a US$18m programme ...
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CITY NEWS
n New York subway ridership jumped to 1·13 billion during 1997, the highest figure for 25 years, including a 30-year monthly record in December. This reflects major investment during the last decade to overcome neglect and deferred maintenance.MTA officials expect a further jump of around 100 million riders with the ...
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Luxury lounges on the Coast Starlight
CAPTION: Amtrak West unveiled its newly redesigned and renovated Pacific Parlour car under dreary skies at Los Angeles Union Station on February 19. The first class lounges are assigned to the Coast Starlight, which connects Los Angeles with Seattle, and are open only to sleeping car passengers. The dome-like ...
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German commuters to have many Talents
FORMAL LAUNCH of German Railway’s Class 644 Talent diesel-electric sets took place in Aachen on March 13. Intended for use on S-Bahn routes in the K
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Composite reefers on test
LAST month Union Pacific began an 18-month performance test of 50 refrigerated wagons, carrying fresh and frozen produce between the western United States and major markets. Designed and built in conjunction with Trinity Industries and Hardcore DuPont Composites, UP’s first new reefer since 1971 features a 40% increase in payload ...
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Rebuilt couchettes to offer a quieter ride
BY THE END of May Revisiebedrijf Haarlem will have completed renovation of 27 couchette cars for DB AutoZug GmbH, the German Railway subsidiary running motorail services. Built in 1967 by Linke-Hofmann-Busch for use in trains run by private travel agencies such as Scharnow, Touropa, Hummel and Dr Tigges, they are ...
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Roman empire still crumbling
RAILWAY PRESIDENTS are frequently political appointments. None more so than in Italy, where Giorgio Crisci has been replaced by Claudio Dematté as President of Italian State Railways. A crisis swept through the 16000 route-km network in February, and rumours abounded of the entire management board resigning. It was not quite ...
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DB to test TBS
GERMAN RAILWAY’s infrastructure business DB Netz is due to begin work next month on a test installation of transmission-based signalling using equipment from Adtranz Signal. Trains between Kaiserslautern and Lauterecken are to start using the equipment at the beginning of 1999.Designated FFB (FunkFahrBetrieb), the system will use the European ...
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EWS workhorses will deliver savings
INTRO: The biggest British loco order since steam days is ’no big deal’ in the eyes of Jim Fisk. Andrew Hellawell found out why English Welsh & Scottish Railway’s Engineering Director is so confident about the motive power soon to be arriving in drovesBRITAIN’S road freight industry has had ...
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San Diegans to go double-deck
WASTING NO time in spending some of the $2·2bn in capital funding authorised by Congress late last year, Amtrak has awarded a $100m contract to GEC Alsthom Transportation Inc for eight new double-deck trainsets to be used in southern California’s San Diegan corridor. According to Amtrak West President Gil ...
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Early sales yield huge profits
WHATEVER the ultimate outcome of privatisation in Britain, fortunes are being made by institutions and individuals - and especially by former British Rail managers who risked their own savings - as the original companies are sold on. March 6 saw bus operator FirstGroup agree terms to buy the 74·7% of ...
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End of the line for Hopewell project
THAILAND: Sad news reaches us from the city of eternal metro planning: the Thai government appears to have dashed any remaining hopes of resurrecting Hopewell Holding's ambitious Berts project to build a 60 km network of elevated transit lines in Bangkok with motorways on top. With only rows of ...
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Extension talks enter last lap
TRENES de Buenos Aires, operator of the Mitre and Sarmiento suburban systems in the Argentinian capital (RBR98 p42), has entered the final stages of renegotiating its 10-year concession with the federal government. In return for a 30-year extension, TBA is willing to pledge investment totalling US$1·8bn, including more electrification and ...
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Suburban expansion strategy
WITH municipal and regional elections due in June 1999, Madrid Regional Transport Authority is developing proposals for expanding the Spanish National Railways suburban network. The authority is to sign a new agreement with Renfe this year (p251) and local politicians are keen to gain closer control over suburban services.A key ...
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