All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2001
All articles published this month.
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Tilt trains to Toulouse
FRENCH Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot, French National Railways President Louis Gallois and Reseau Ferré de France President Claude Martinand signed an accord on February 22 releasing funds for modernisation of the Paris - Orléans - Limoges - Toulouse main line. A total of Fr1·6bn will cover improvements to the infrastructure ...
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Toulon tram route
PUBLIC transport operator Sitcat has confirmed plans to build an initial 17 km tram route in the French city of Toulon. Due to open in 2005, the line will run from La Seyne-sur-Mer eastwards to La Garde, with 26 intermediate stations. The route was agreed in an urban transport programme ...
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SNCB sails into rough waters
Belgian National Railways' next 10-year investment strategy is due to be approved shortly, but renewal of the operating contract agreed with government in 1991 has become mired in political disagreement. Harry Hondius takes stock of the situation
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Simplon ready
MEETING in Milano on February 19, Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger and his Italian counterpart Pier Luigi Bersani confirmed that rolling motorway services would begin running over the L
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Publications
Railway ReformEuropean Conference of Ministers of TransportThis report was presented to Ministers of Transport at the Praha Council in May 2000 as a basis for discussion of the key issues for regulatory reform of rail freight services. It examines railway regulation and attempts to promote the efficiency of railways and ...
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Pointers
n Canada’s Federal Minister of Transport David Collenette has called for bids to build a rail link between Toronto Union Station and Pearson International Airport. The privately-financed line would be completed by 2006, as part of Toronto’s bid for the 2008 Olympics, and would include a spur to Woodbine Racetrack.n ...
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people
Heinrich Brüggeman has been appointed to head German Railway’s regional railways office in Nordrhein-Westfalen; he was formerly Board Member, Personnel, at DB Regio AG. Former Board Member, Production, Dr Joachim Trettin will head the Northeast office covering Berlin-Brandenberg and Mecklenberg-Vorpommern.Walter Flühmann has joined BLS L
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Namibia starts
NEXTMONTH is due to see the start of earthworks on the 350 km Tsumeb - Oshikango line in Namibia (RG 11.99 p689). Design and project management has been awarded to Windhoek Consulting Engineers. Tracklaying is scheduled to commence in January 2002, and the line is expected to open in August ...
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Tram security monitoring
FOUR static cameras have been provided at 17 Utrecht tram stops, along with Adpro Axiom Video Motion Detection and Fast Scan III transmission equipment. This provides integrated monitoring of the public transport network, aiming to reduce crime and vandalism, and reassure passengers.Adpro Axiom looks for specific targets within its viewing ...
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Monitored PA
If a voice alarm is to be used to inform passengers of the need to evacuate a station, it is important that it is working correctly. With Application Solutions Ltd’s PA/VA technology, monitoring of the critical signal path and wiring integrity is carried out site-wide, allowing a service centre to ...
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Metros
Canada: Stcum of Montréal has signed a co-operation agreement with Lyon transport authority Sytral and its operator SLTC. Joint development projects may include smart card ticketing.GO Transit has opened a new station at Rutherford on its Toronto - Bradford route. The station building and parking spaces for 500 cars were ...
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Sokol tested on Shcherbinka loop
RUSSIA’S prototype Sokol high speed train has completed over 10000 km of test runs and is due to end its programme of trials by the middle of this year. This should pave the way for series production to go ahead at the Transmash plant in Tikhvin - the Ministry of ...
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Rail-air link takes off
ON MARCH 1 German Railway introduced its long-planned service for airline passengers between Stuttgart and Frankfurt Airport, in conjunction with the national airline Lufthansa. There are initially six daily ICE services in each directionAir travellers can now check their luggage through to their destination airport from Lufthansa desks at Stuttgart ...
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Spoornet to run Maputo line
CONCESSIONING of Mozambique’s 88 km main line from Maputo to Ressano Garcia near the South African border appears close to agreement. According to Ravi Nair, Spoornet’s Head of International Joint Ventures, a deal has been clinched with CFM and details are being worked out which could see US$40m invested in ...
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KNR to be restructured
ON MARCH 8 the government of South Korea announced the formation of a working party to draw up plans for restructuring and privatisation of the country’s railways. The 11-strong team includes representatives from the Ministry of Construction & Transport, Korean National Railroad and the Korea High Speed Rail Authority. The ...
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Ipanema link on track
PROPOSALS to extend Rio de Janeiro metro Line 1 to Ipanema have moved closer, with the signing of an agreement between the state government, metro operating concessionaire Opportrans, commuter rail operator SuperVia and the national development bank BNDES. The 1·7 km extension from the Line 1 terminus now under construction ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Brazil: Work was to be completed last month on a R$500000 project to increase capacity on Central Atlantic Railway’s steep 50 km Cachoeira - São Félix route in the state of Bahia. It will be followed by a RS$5m new alignment to by-pass the centre of Belo Horizonte.Bulgaria: Electric services ...
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Industry News
Spain: CAF has reported a gross profit of Pts1·9bn for 2000, up 3·3% from the year before. Turnover was up 20% at Pts61·2bn, of which 54% was generated by export orders. The company’s gauge-changing Brava bogie for motor and trailer applications has been tested at speeds up to 275 km/h.USA: ...
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Houston light rail starts
A FORMAL groundbreaking was held on March 13 for the 12 km Main Street light rail line in Houston, after a state appeals court unanimously overturned a temporary injunction that had stalled the project for six weeks. Houston Mass Transit Authority CEO Shirley DeLibero estimated that the court action by ...