All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2003 – Page 4
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DLR starts airport branch
CEREMONIES were held in East London on March 4 to mark the start of work on the 4·4 km extension of the Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport and King George V station in North Woolwich. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2005. Participants at the event included DLR Ltd ...
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Hard times in Buenos Aires
THE FAILINGS of the once-vaunted privatisation of suburban operations in Buenos Aires were thrown into sharp relief when senior executives from concessionaires Ferrovías, Metropolitano, Trenes de Buenos Aires and Metrovías where summoned to a meeting on February 27 with Minister of Production Aníbal Fern
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Tokaido upgrade to beat back air competition
Opening of Shinagawa station in Tokyo this autumn will boost the capacity of the Tokaido Shinkansen from 11 to 15 departures in the peak hour. Withdrawing older trains will allow fleet operation at 270 km/h, helping JR Central to win back market share in the world's busiest inter-city corridor
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Spanish reform moves ahead
FOLLOWING SEVERAL months of consultation with the major trade unions, at its meeting on March 14 the Spanish cabinet agreed to submit the government’s railways bill to the lower house of parliament. This will write European Union directives 2001/12/CE, 2001/13/CE and 2001/14/CE into Spanish law, separating infrastructure management from operations ...
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Straight Ahead ’risks re-regulation’
CANADIAN Minister of Transport David Collenette published Straight Ahead - a Vision for Transportation in Canada at the end of February. Intended as a strategic document, Straight Ahead sets out principles and guidelines designed to ’reflect the currents of change that will shape Canada’s economy and society’ for the next ...
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Rough ride ahead
THE STAGE is set for serious discord between Austrian Federal Railways and the newly-elected government, a coalition of conservative and far-right forces. Transport Minister Hubert Gorbach is not expected to favour the status quo, and there are early indications of trouble. ÖBB’s new Director of Infrastructure Dr Alfred Zimmerman said ...
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Traction advances offer lower costs and higher capacity
As part of its strategy to develop advanced technology for tomorrow's high speed trains, Alstom is developing a new range of IGBT-based asynchronous drives and a permanent magnet traction motor that will be installed on derivatives of the AGV prototype
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NS adopts standard pointwork
INTRO: A range of standard high performance turnouts and crossings being introduced across the Dutch network uses ’plug-and-play’ technology to reduce possession time and ensure rapid availability after installationWITH two new lines under construction and several major upgrading projects in hand, track renewal has become a significant issue on the ...
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Achieving public value through co-operation
Alexander van Altena, Director for Rail in the Ministry of Transport & Public Works, spoke to Andrew Grantham about the new Railways Act, and the Dutch government’s plans for the future of the national rail network
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Karelia accord signed
A TRIPARTITE agreement boosting railway investment in the Russian republic of Karelia was signed at Petrozavodsk on February 22. First Deputy Minister of Railways Vladimir Yakunin was joined by October Railway President Gennady Komarov and Karelia's Governor Sergei Katanandov. The ministry has allocated 7·2bn roubles for electrification of 410 km ...
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GE plant accord
GENERAL Electric Transportation Systems confirmed on March 7 that it was planning to build a diesel engine factory near St Petersburg. Director of Locomotive Programmes Douglas Rockwell said the company was negotiating to supply 765 engines to Russian Railways over the next five years. He expected an agreement with the ...
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Line 9 gets CBTC
BARCELONA Line 9 is to be equipped for fully-automatic driverless operation using communications-based train control. On March 6 the regional government’s construction authority GISA signed a €72·5m contract with a consortium of Siemens Transportation Systems and Invensys subsidiary Dimetronic SA.Due to open in phases between 2005 and 2008, the 41·4 ...
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Record attendance at Rail-Tech 2003
UTRECHT is the location for Rail-Tech Europe 2003, which will be held at the Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs exhibition complex from April 1 to 3. Organiser Europoint expects a record attendance at the fourth Rail-Tech event, which will be opened by Antoine Martens, Chief Operating Officer of Belgian National Railways. Tickets ...
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