All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2001 – Page 4

  • News

    Wenzhou - Fuzhou accord

    2001-04-01T10:00:00Z

    ON MARCH 14 China’s Ministry of Railways signed an agreement in Beijing with the provincial governments of Zhejiang and Fujian, paving the way for the start of construction on a 352 km coastal rail link between Wenzhou and Fuzhou.The line will boost economic development in the region, particularly around the ...

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    Canadian grain access bid

    2001-04-01T10:00:00Z

    TWO Canadian short line railways are seeking open access powers to operate on branch lines in the prairie provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta. OmniTrax subsidiary Hudson Bay Railway - which took over the 1200 km Churchill branch in 1997 - lodged an application with the Canadian Transport Agency on ...

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    Line 4 closer

    2001-04-01T10:00:00Z

    THE São Paulo state government has allocated R$80m for property acquisition along the route of the long-planned metro Line 4. This should clear the way for the state’s Transport Ministry to invite bids for construction under a 30-year DBOM concession (RG 10.99 p618).The 13·5 km first phase of Line 4 ...

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    CTRL Section 2 contracts let

    2001-04-01T10:00:00Z

    FOUR large construction contracts totalling almost £400m have been let for Section 2 of Britain’s Channel Tunnel Rail Link. This means all of the major London - North Kent tunnelling contracts have now been awarded. Major engineering work is expected to start in July, which would see the second section ...

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    Are double-deck EMU power cars possible on Japan’s 1067mm gauge?

    2001-04-01T10:00:00Z

    INTRO: Professor Satoru Sone of Kogakuin University examines the possibility of using compact power electronics to create a fully double-deck trainset within the constraints of a tight loading gaugeIN HIS ARTICLE on the development of double-deck power cars (RG 2.01 p107), John Dunn refers to the difficulty of accommodating traction ...