All Railway Gazette International articles in August 1998 – Page 2
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rail forum europe
CONFERENCE organiser AiC Worldwide has formed rail forum europe to develop a programme of industry events aimed at promoting the exchange of information and developing best practice among Europe’s railways. The events will include conferences, seminars, exhibitions and training courses and members will be offered discounts and briefings.The advisory board ...
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Yauza enters service
MOSCOW metro has started revenue trials with a prototype Yauza metro trainset developed at Mytischchy car works. Designated Class 81-720 for the driving cars and 81-720 for non-driving, the prototype set had earlier been tested at the Shcherbinka test track (RG 12.94 p805.The stainless-steel bodied train was launched by Metro ...
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Pakistan split delayed
INCORPORATION of Pakistan Railways’ three operating business units, scheduled for July 1, was delayed for at least two weeks at the last minute. Managing Directors had been designated for the passenger, freight and infrastructure units (p508), and were due to be formally appointed by the Prime Minister at the end ...
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Darwin highlights federal policy vacuum
IN A BLATANT electioneering move, Federal Prime Minister John Howard gave a ringing endorsement on June 23 to the A$9bn proposal by Australian Transport & Energy Corridor Pty Ltd and Abigroup Ltd to build a new railway from Melbourne to Darwin via Toowoomba, 150 km inland from Brisbane (RG 5.97 ...
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Links drive Danish upgrading
Within a couple of years Banestyrelsen will form the key section of an unbroken rail corridor between Scandinavia and mainland Europe. Director General Erik Elsborg told Andrew Hellawell how he plans to expand capacity for growing domestic and international traffic while encouraging both new and established rail operators
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Cut-offs open
ON JULY 1 Spanish National Railways inaugurated a 12·2 km cut-off in Andalucía, intended to reduce journey times from Sevilla and Córdoba to Granada and Almería. Avoiding a reversal at Bobadilla, the cut-off saves around 45min. Aligned for 160 km/h, the link between Fuente de Piedra and Las Maravillas is ...
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SNCF makes connecting flight
SNCF and United Airlines have formed a partnership to convey Lyon - USA air traffic by TGV to and from Charles de Gaulle airport under a code-sharing agreement. A coupon issued with the air ticket is exchanged for a rail ticket before travel, and members of United’s frequent-flyer scheme are ...
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Concessionaire prepares to launch the
INTRO: The first four-car Arlanda Express train is on trial in Sweden, and private-sector concessionaire A-Train is on schedule to launch services on the shuttle route next year. Andrew Hellawell toured the project siteARRIVE in Stockholm by air, and the need for a rapid rail link from the main airport ...
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Regifercam concession
THE CAMEROON government has selected two rival groups to operate its national railways over the next 20 years. Under a tendering process started in 1996, it had been seeking established railway operating concessionaires with local backing to take a majority stake in national railway authority Regifercam. Two main bidders were ...
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Cheaper option
RUSSIA’S HOPES of building the Moscow - St Petersburg high speed line suffered a heavy blow last month when some provisions of the decree signed by President Yeltsin on September 13 1991 establishing the Russian High Speed Shareholding Co RAO VSM were wiped off the statute book. All that has ...
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Cellnet comms car
A COACH on Virgin West Coast’s Manchester - London route has been fitted out by Cellnet as a trial ’Communications Carriage’. It provides First Class ticket holders with access to a wide range of information technology services.The objective is to make it easier for passengers to work during the journey. ...
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Stagecoach buys into Virgin Rail
BRITAIN’s Virgin Group has abandoned its planned flotation of Virgin Rail in favour of a partnership with Stagecoach Holdings. Under a deal announced on June 22, Stagecoach will pay £138m for the 59% venture capital equity interests in Virgin Rail, and a further £20m for loan stock at par. It ...
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DB and NS merge freight businesses
ON JUNE 23 German Railway and Netherlands Railways announced the merger of their freight businesses to form Rail Cargo Europe (RG 4.98 p207). A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by DB Cargo General Manager Eberhard Sinnecker and Director of NS Cargo Ed Smulders pending approval of the merger by competition ...
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Georgian BOT plan
THE GEORGIAN government is planning to invite bids this month for a build-operate-tender concession to complete its share of the planned rail link between Tbilisi and the Turkish town of Kars. No bids were received when the project was tendered earlier this year (RG 1.98 p7).The work includes upgrading of ...
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Richard Hope examines a plan to lift peak throughput on London Underground’s Victoria line to 60 000 passengers an hour
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Integral GRP car body on trial in Dortmund
WORKING with Dortmunder Stadtwerke and Duewag, Siemens Verkehrstechnik has developed a 10m GRP centre section for a Stadtbahn B80C/6 car. The objective is to reduce weight by around 25%, leading to energy savings and lower life-cycle costs.Test Car 343 is the last of 12 to receive a centre section, which ...
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WestRail bids out
LAST MONTH Kowloon - Canton Railway Corp invited prequalification bids for 12 construction contracts on Hong Kong’s WestRail link to Tuen Mun. According to project director James Blake, the five packages into which the route was split for design have been subdivided to provide more opportunities for local contractors to ...
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Banverket pursues upgrading strategy
INTRO: Bo Bylund has successfully recrafted the structure of Sweden’s national infrastructure authority. Now he wants to take Banverket forward from the nightmare of the Hallandsås tunnel problems to deliver improvements which will help reinforce rail’s competitive positionTHIS YEAR marks two important steps for Banverket. The first came on January ...
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‘Effetto bang’ kills Milano - Genova
THINK OF A reason for abandoning plans to build a high speed railway, and you will find it among those cited by Italian Environment Minister Edo Ronchi for cancelling the 135 km line from Milano to Genova. Announcing his decision on July 15, Ronchi produced a 20-page ruling that referred ...
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Banestyrelsen sets investment plans
INTRO: Changing domestic and international requirements are moulding plans to build a ’better railway’. Andrew Hellawell asked Thomas Ostenfeld, Director of Sector Planning, and Leif Lilja, Project Manager for the Ringsted new line, how investment is being focused on projects generating the best returnWITH A YEAR’S head start, DSB’s Storeb
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