All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2007 – Page 2
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RENFE's Christmas presents
ON NOVEMBER 19 ticket sales began for services using the Madrid - Valladolid and Antequera - Málaga high speed lines, due to open to traffic on the day after official ceremonies taking place on December 22 and 23 respectively. Preparations for the opening of these lines over the busiest weekend ...
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Joint electrical development
ZHUZHOU CSR Times Electric Co and US firm Freescale Semiconductor have established a joint microelectronic research laboratory at Zhuzhou's technical centre. Engineers from both companies will undertake product development and support at the Chinese facility, focusing on AC drives, vehicle controls and diagnostics, safety systems, onboard electrics and passenger information. ...
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Tourist train upgrade
OKTYABRSKY Electric Car Repair Plant completed an overhaul of seven coaches for Russian Railways' Alexander Nevsky tourist train at the end of October. The contract awarded in July covered a number of features which the St Petersburg plant has not fitted to a train before, including satellite communications and ...
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Assembly plant lease signed
ROTEM USA has signed a 20-year lease on a 27 000 m² building in south Philadelphia which will be used as a US headquarters and to assemble commuter rail vehicles. The Hyundai Automotive Group subsidiary will spend $10m to adapt the building, where it will produce 120 Silverliner V cars ...
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NS to pilot vital OTC
NORFOLK SOUTHERN has awarded a contract to Wabtec Railway Electronics to develop a vital positive train control system, known by NS as Optimized Train Control. A pilot project covering 357 km of route in South Carolina is expected to go live in 2009. NS has been working with Lockheed Martin ...
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Intelligence December 2007
Argentina: The government has extended for a second period of 180 days SOE's concession to operate the Belgrano Cargas network (RG 11.07 p683) on an emergency basis. A further 8·4m pesos was made available to support operations. Following the signature of an agreement between the provinces of Chaco and Santa ...
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NewsLGV expansion plans firm up
RESEAU Ferré de France has chosen three groups to compete for the PPP concession to finance and build the Sud Europe Atlantique high speed line from Tours to Bordeaux (RG 6.07 p363). The contract for the 300 km project is due to be signed in early 2009. The Bouygues group ...
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Should taxpayers fund private sidings?
More than half of the rail freight traffic in many European countries originates at private sidings. Infrastructure is expensive, but grant programmes in Switzerland, Austria and Germany have proved a cost-effective use of public money
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Industry in Brief
Composite component makers Technical Resin Bonders and Amber Composites have been bought by a private equity consortium lead by US entrepreneur Jonathan McQueen, who becomes CEO of the UK-based companies. Composites are increasingly used in rolling stock, offering light weight and high strength. Visiting the Mahilyow Carriage Works in late ...
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Urban rail news in brief - December 2007
Algeria: CNIM has won a contract to supply 23 escalators for eight underground stations being built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets on the 11 km first phase of the Alger Metro. Opening of the line between Haï El Badir, Hamma and Tafourah Grande Poste is planned for 2009. Thales announced ...
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Gulf rail links beckon
ONE REGION that has long harboured ambitions for an international rail network is the Gulf, although there has been little progress to report. With Saudi Arabia forging ahead with its north-south mineral line, east-west Landbridge and Western Railway (RG 8.07 p465), others are keen to join the party. Reports surfaced ...
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NewsGreat Western regional refurbishment underway
UK: Diesel multiple-units operated by First Great Western on west of England regional services are undergoing an £11m refurbishment to bring them up to modern standards of reliability and appearance. During November the operator returned to service the first of 17 Class 150 two-car DMUs to be modernised by Cardiff-based ...
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City News in Brief
An extension of Minsk metro Line 1 was opened on November 7. Totalling 2·7 km, the line serves two stations at Borisovskij Trakt and Uruchije and connects with the existing route at Uskhod. Built at a cost of €170m, the extension serves a number of residential areas in the northeast ...
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Who is getting serious about climate change?
FOUR MONTHS of consultation on an unprecedented scale across France culminated at the end of October in a high-profile summit on the environment. During the event President Nicolas Sarkozy made some remarkable commitments on rail policy. 'We will make a massive investment in transport', proclaimed Sarkozy, who at that time ...
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Germany's contrasting approaches to competitive tendering
Regional passenger services across Germany have increasingly been put out to competitive tender in recent years. The approach to market liberalisation varies from region to region, as case studies in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein illustrate. Nevertheless, the process appears to be benefiting both the regional authorities and the passenger alike
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Mobile shops to keep wagons moving
GE EQUIPMENT Services, Rail Services is expanding its mobile wagon repair and inspection capabilities with the establishment of bases at Mounds in Illinois and Waycross in Georgia. A facility at La Porte in Texas is already up and running. The company's mobile repair units can travel out to work on ...
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Investment boost for Indonesia
THE INDONESIAN government announced on November 5 that it plans to invest 15·8bn rupiah in modernisation and upgrading of the national rail network, using a mix of public and private funds. According to the Director-General of Rail Transport at the Ministry of Railways, Wendy Aritnang, much of the money will ...
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People in the News - December 2007
Following the merger of Kowloon - Canton Railway and MTR Corp with effect from December 2, Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung will be Non-Executive Chairman of the combined company and C K Chow will be Chief Executive Officer. Lincoln Leong is Finance Director, Andrew McCusker becomes Operations Director and Li Yun-tai (formerly ...
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NewsNexans reels out custom cable
MORE THAN 160 km of specialist axle-counter cable was supplied to Balfour Beatty Rail Projects this summer for use in the Trent Valley Four Tracking project on Britain's West Coast Main Line. Linking trackside axle-counters to the central monitoring system, the cable has been laid alongside 29 route-km of track ...
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Indian launch
INVENSYS Rail Group launched its Westinghouse Rail Systems India division at the Expo Rail India exhibition held in New Delhi during October. Charles Page, Acting Sales & Marketing Director from Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia, said the division 'will enable us to significantly enhance our customer and technical support and provide ...
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