All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2006 – Page 4
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Metros
Australia: The New South Wales government has dropped plans to replace rail services along the Newcastle waterfront with buses, and now plans to investigate options for introducing diesel tram-trains.Brazil: In February CPTM exercised an option with an Alstom-led consortium for 48 Metropolis cars, under a contract dating from 1994. They ...
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Tilting to St Petersburg
TRIALS with a Finnish Pendolino trainset between Helsinki and St Petersburg are planned in the near future.In a Letter of Intent signed on March 14, Executive Director of VR Group Tapio Simosom and Vice-President of Russian Railways Mikhail Akulov agreed to establish a joint venture to buy and operate high ...
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Pointers
AFE has appointed Andean Development Corp to assist with structuring the tender process that will see a public-private partnership established to upgrade the national network in Uruguay (RG 12.05 p750). Minister of Transport & Public Works Victor Rossi has said that at least US$35m will be required for rolling stock ...
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U-Bahn renewal
A MAJOR renewal of the U-Bahn fleet in Frankfurt-am-Main was announced on March 15. Mayor Petra Roth said the city was investing in the future.VGF has ordered 146 Flexity Swift high-floor LRVs from Bombardier for €300m, with options for 24 more. Due for delivery between 2008 and 2015, the Series ...
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Renfe restructures
THE BOARD of Spanish national operator Renfe has approved a new management structure that will see six business units replaced by four areas broken down into 26 smaller units. Responsible for commercial passenger services, the High-Speed/Long-Distance Area is divided into five geographical business units, whilst the Suburban & Medium-Distance Area ...
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Snow service
WELL, it turns out that we were wrong about the Winter Olympics train service from Milano Malpensa Airport to Torino. We said last month (RG 3.06 p109) that passengers were obliged to resort to buses for the trip between Malpensa and the high speed line at Novara. Not so.Here is ...
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Underneath Taiwan
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corp has ordered eight ride-on underframe inspection vehicles (RG 3.05 p160) for use in the maintenance of its Series 700T trainsets.Powered by 24V batteries, the trolleys will run on tracks within THSRC’s 320m long inspection pits. They will be equipped with lights, tool storage and a ...
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NewsFasTracks will drive smart growth
Colorado's mile-high city has embarked on an ambitious 12-year programme of rail expansion which will shape economic development over the next 30 years. RTD General Manager Cal Marsella explains to Chris Jackson why a fiercely Republican community bought into spending $4·7bn on public transport
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FasTracks route by route
West Corridor ($508·2m) This will be the first of the new projects to start. Final design is now underway, and construction will start in 2009 for opening at the end of 2013. The 19·5 km light rail line will link Auraria West station in Denver with Lakewood and the Jefferson ...
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