All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2002 – Page 4
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Incheon airport link
PLANS are being drawn up to operate through services from Seoul metro Line 9 onto the express rail link to Incheon airport. The Ministry of Construction & Transport announced on July 10 that discussions were under way with KNR and Seoul Metropolitan Government over the proposals. A through service would ...
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Railtrack agrees sale terms
UK RAILWAY infrastructure owner Railtrack Group confirmed on June 27 that terms had been agreed for the sale of its assets to Network Rail, the government-backed, not-for-dividend company limited by guarantee (RG 5.02 p242). This follows moves by the former Secretary of State for Transport Stephen Byers in October 2001 ...
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Travel agents supported
SPANISH National Railways has introduced new software enabling rail tickets to be sold at 1 200 smaller travel agencies using the Amadeus airline booking network. Savia Net provides low-cost access to the Savia Amadeus network, which is already being used for rail ticketing by 5 300 larger agencies.On June 28 ...
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Track inspection moves up the agenda
DETAILED technical presentations on a wide range of track and civil engineering topics were given to over 300 delegates who attended the Railway Engineering 2002 conference in London on July 3-4, organised by ECS Publications and sponsored by Railway Gazette International. Many of the 117 papers explored the application of ...
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Advertising agreement
CLEAR Channel Transit has won metro advertising contracts covering 17 København metro stations and the VAL metro in Rennes. The company has also won a 10-year concession for the Kuala Lumpur Express Rail Link, and a 31/2 -year concession for Stockholm’s Arlanda Express. Advertising material will be displayed both at ...
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AATC approved for revenue service
ON JUNE 28 the California Public Utilities Commission formally approved the use of Advanced Automatic Train Control on the Bay Area Rapid Transit network in Oakland and San Francisco. Safety certification for revenue operation came after five years of design and testing on the communications-based train control system (RG 6.02 ...
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Santiago launches Line 4
CHILEAN President Ricardo Lagos formally started work on Santiago’s fourth metro line on July 2, in a ceremony at Plaza de Armas in the southern suburb of Puente Alto. Due to be completed in the second quarter of 2005, the line is expected to carry 325000 passengers a day, or ...
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High Voltage Boosters can raise capacity on 25 kV lines
INTRO: Adding a thyristor-controlled static VAr compensator mid-way between substations is proving to be an economical way of boosting line voltage. SVCs enable existing transformers and catenary to deliver the higher power demanded by a more intensive or faster train serviceBYLINE: Malcolm Stuart BSc (Tech) CEng FIEE** Malcolm Stuart is ...
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Intelligence August 2002
Australia: Victoria's Minister for Ports Candy Broad has announced a A$20m project to reinstate rail access to Swanson Dock West in Melbourne, with a 1·5 km dual-gauge line. CityRail's first 130 km/h Millennium EMU entered public service in Sydney on July 1. Up to eight cars will be introduced each ...
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Bahn 2000 under budget
LEST THERE be any doubt that the cost of infrastructure projects in Britain is seriously out of control, here is another comparison. Take Switzerland’s Bahn 2000 programme.When authorised by the Swiss Parliament in 1994, the expected out-turn cost was SFr7·4bn. Reviewing progress on July 4, Swiss Federal Railways confirmed that ...
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