All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2002 – Page 2
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Finance
Brazil: The federal government has allocated US$57·2m for investment in railway projects this year, including US$16·8m for construction of the North-South Railway which is to be let to a private operator upon completion. New alignments to eliminate level crossings in the cities of Campo Grande and Curitiba have been allocated ...
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Hillside EMU shipped to Melbourne
INTRO: Alstom’s contract to supply 58 trainsets to Melbourne includes technology transfer to Australian suppliersAT THE END OF February the mv Elansgracht set sail from the French port of La Rochelle bound for Melbourne. On board was the first of a fleet of 58 three-car trainsets destined for Melbourne’s eastern ...
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Detecting defective rail welds
RADIOGRAPHIC non-destructive testing of aluminothermic welds is being carried out by AMEC under a £1m contract from Railtrack. Ultrasonic methods are unsuitable for analysing welds because of the heterogeneity of the metal, but radiography takes less than 30min to check a weld.A selenium isotope is supported above the rail by ...
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Mixed signals at Paris conference
’WE ARE accelerating the pace of change’ insisted Jean-Arnold Vinois on February 26. ’The situation is very serious; we need to push hard to capture business, or rail freight will disappear in 10 years.’ Head of Railway Policy at the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Energy & Transport, Vinois was outlining ...
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French delays compensated
TWO sections of 25 kV overhead line on SNCF’s Paris - Lyon high speed line were damaged on the evening of March 2, a peak day for holiday traffic, leading to long delays for many TGV services. Operations to rescue passengers in two stranded TGVs were put in hand, but ...
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Capacity crunch on TGV Sud-Est
FRENCH National Railways is considering options to expand capacity on its pioneering high speed line between Paris and Lyon. Development Director Michel Leboeuf told delegates that since the Paris - Sud-Est line opened in 1981, the ’awesome’ effort of developing over 1000 km of high speed line had boosted ...
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Tram cameras
HALLE tram operator HAVAG began a six-month trial of on-board video cameras in January, aiming to prevent vandalism and assaults. Date and time- stamped images from four cameras are stored for 48 h before being automatically overwritten. If any criminal activity is detected, the pictures are saved for submission to ...
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RATP buys broadband net
PARIS Transport Authority is upgrading its video surveillance system to reduce operating costs and enhance security. RATP has selected Marconi to build a €14m multi-service broadband network for video surveillance, voice communications and advanced data services. Able to integrate with legacy technology, the packet-based system will support up to 6000 ...
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Products in Brief
Alstom Ferroviaria has ordered 78 SAFT Matrics MRX compact rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries (RG 3.02 p151) for use on Cityway trams that it is supplying to Torino.Laniel Canada has supplied its model LC-12017 change machines fitted with CashCode ST banknote validators for use at stations on the Shanghai Metro network.Cattron-Theimeg has ...
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Industry News in Brief
Balfour Beatty plc has announced pre-tax profits before exceptional items and prior to the amortisation of goodwill for the 12 months to December 31 of £103m. Annual worldwide rail sales are expected to approach £800m in 2002.The IER subsidiary of French group Bolloré, has become the main shareholder of Belgian ...
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Passenger News in Brief
German Railway has begun a programme to refurbish 1305 Eurocity and Intercity coaches (RG 3.01 p141). DB’s workshops at Neumünster, Delitzsch and Wittenberge will share the work with PFA Weiden, Mittenwalder Gerätebau and Vossloh, which will supply electronic seat reservation systems.Eurostar is to run a London - Avignon service on ...
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Security in Brief
The South African cabinet has approved the creation of a dedicated special police unit covering rail, sea, air and taxi facilities.London Underground and British Transport Police have awarded Tyco a contract to install 550 CCTV cameras in 58 station car parks. The cameras will be linked to control centres at ...
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Bolt from the green
MARCH 15 saw the opening of a 375m light rail line in Los Angeles, linking the Farmers Market tourist complex and a new outdoor retail and entertainment centre dubbed The Grove. The 'environmentally-friendly transit system' is worked by a double-deck, open-top tram carrying up to 62 passengers at a top ...
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AustralAsia link making rapid progress
Tracklaying begins this month on the A$1·3bn Alice Springs - Darwin line. Opening in 2004, the Darwin extension of the existing line from Tarcoola to Alice Springs will realise a plan first put forward in 1858 and which has been a federal commitment since 1911BYLINE: Franco MorettiChief Executive Officer,Asia Pacific ...
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Poles no longer apart
BOMBARDIER Transportation has reached agreement with Polish State Railways over the purchase of high-performance EU11 electric locomotives, originally ordered from Adtranz on December 23 1996. The contract was for 50, of which eight were to have been dual-voltage units able to accept 15 kV 162/3Hz as well as PKP’s 3 ...
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Alstom boosts confidence
ON MARCH 14 Alstom announced details of its ’Restore Value’ plan to investors and analysts. Aimed at strengthening the balance sheet and generating cash, the plan prompted an immediate rise of 7·5% in the share price quoted in Paris.’Key challenges’ facing Alstom include high gearing following internally-funded acquisitions, insufficient cash ...
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Tunnel freight all but stopped
ON MARCH 8, SNCF informed neighbouring railway administrations in Belgium, Italy and Spain that it would not accept any freight bound for Britain until a backlog of 17 trains in transit through France had been worked through the Channel Tunnel. While a few subsequently made it to the other side, ...
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Schwechat Express go ahead
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways has reached agreement with the operators of Wien Schwechat international airport to launch a dedicated rail service. This paves the way for the long-planned renovation of Wien Mitte station, which is due to be completed by the end of 2003. A new City Air Terminal will ...
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Service pattern not yet agreed
PLANS are being finalised for the domestic and international inter-city services which will use HSL-Zuid, but Managing Director of the NS-KLM High Speed Alliance Nol D
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