All Railway Gazette International articles in April 1998 – Page 4
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Milwaukee backs Metra
WISCONSIN state officials are backing proposals to extend the Chicago - Kenosha Metra commuter rail service to Milwaukee, using 53 km of existing freight line. Funding is now being sought for a detailed investigation, following a preliminary feasibility study which estimated the capital cost at about US$140m and annual subsidies ...
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Czech branches back on the block
INTRO: After five years of debate, plans to sell over one-third of the CD network go back to parliament later this monthON APRIL 30, the Transport Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Moos will lay before his government detailed proposals for selling off parts of the national rail network. The ...
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WestRail design awarded
KOWLOON-CANTON Railway Corp announced on March 2 that it had awarded five civil engineering design contracts for the WestRail link between Kowloon and Tuen Mun. These will take the design of WestRail through to the start of construction by the end of this year.Maunsell Consultants Asia will design two stations ...
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Midland Metro car arrives on home ground
ONE HOUR’S SUNSHINE on an otherwise bleak February 19 in the heart of Britain’s industrial Black Country marked the official roll-out of the first tram for Midland Metro’s light rail Line 1. Linking Birmingham Snow Hill with West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston and Wolverhampton, the line is due to open in ...
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Focused approach keeps Renfe on target
INTRO: To beat their financial targets for 1997, the eight operating business units of Spanish National Railways placed key emphasis on sales, applied rigorous cost control and made maximum use of resourcesTHE EIGHT business units forming the Operations Directorate of Spanish National Railways were particularly successful in meeting the commercial ...
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All Greek to Siemens
REFLECTING progress made with electrification at 25 kV 50Hz of its 503 km Athens - Thessaloniki trunk line, Hellenic Railways Organisation has placed orders worth DM600m with Siemens of Germany for a fleet of main-line electric rolling stock. Announced on March 10, the contracts are for 20 five-car inter-city EMUs, ...
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Adtranz unveils modular range
ON MARCH 16 Adtranz launched a new business strategy based on seven ’Modular Product Platforms’: Innovia - peoplemovers; Incentro - light rail vehicles; Movia - metros; Itino - regional multiple-units; Crusaris - inter-city multiple-units; Octeon electric locos; and Blue Tiger diesel locos. While these will initially complement rather than replace ...
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Adtranz Portugal broadens the product base
Production of carshells and finished passenger vehicles in stainless steel is widely recognised as the speciality of the former Sorefame plant at Amadora on the western edge of Lisboa. Recent contracts obtained by what is now Adtranz Portugal point towards the development of a broader product base, with orders obtained ...
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EMD’s first 6000hp locos enter revenue service
INTRO: Union Pacific is putting into revenue service the first of a fleet of 6000hp SD90MAC locomotives designed and built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Trials at the AAR test centre in Pueblo showed that a single loco fitted with EMD’s novel four-stroke H-engine could handle an 11400 tonne train ...
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EIB to fund Line 4
THE HUNGARIAN government has reached agreement with Budapest City Council over guarantees for investment in the capital’s fourth metro line. Under a deal with the city council last year, the government will raise 60% of the Ecu514m cost of the 7·3 km line, and the city the rest (RG 10.97 ...
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