Features & Analysis – Page 47
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Brussels to London Eurostar in 1 h 43 min
EUROSTAR carried over 700 invited guests on an inaugural train from Brussels Midi to London St Pancras International on September 20, setting a new time record for rail travel between the capitals. Train 9125 left Brussels at 11.05 and took 1 h 43 min to cover the 373 ...
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Dual signalling eases Amsterdam – Utrecht ERTMS roll-out
ProRail is providing a dual signalling system on its busy Amsterdam – Utrecht main line as part of a project to quadruple the route. Installation of ETCS Level 2 and conventional Automatic Train Protection in a complex three-phase changeover will allow the line to be used by both Ertms-fitted and ...
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NewsHSL-Zuid opening postponed again
Originally anticipated in October 2006, the opening of the Netherlands' troubled high speed line project has been postponed once more.
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NewsReturn of the inter-city train
Investment by individual states has brought a dramatic growth in inter-city rail travel on some US corridors, and may trigger the political breakthrough required for the development of true high speed lines
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Inter-regional TGV line will have an international impact
Spectacular time savings will follow completion of France's first inter-regional TGV line over the 140 km between Dijon and Belfort in December 2011. Reporting from RFF's construction headquarters at Besançon, Murray Hughes finds that the line will change Europe's railway geography
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NewsWorld Speed Survey 2007: New lines boost rail's high speed performance
With Eurostar celebrating its first high speed run between Paris and London's St Pancras station on September 4, the latest biennial World Speed Survey published in the September 2007 issue of Railway Gazette International confirms that construction of new high speed lines is helping to make inter-city rail travel more ...
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Stuttgart 21 gets the green light
Stuttgart 21 gets the green light Construction of an underground through station in Stuttgart connecting with a new high speed line to Ulm is to go ahead, reports Ralf Roman Rossberg
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AGV tailors capacity and performance to the market
Nearing completion at Alstom's factory in La Rochelle are the seven cars of the prototype Automotice à Grande Vitesse. Alstom's Technical Director François Lacôte briefed Murray Hughes on the train's design and target market
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NewsTangula Railtours launching luxury train to Tibet
Tangula Railtours has placed contracts for three five-star cruise trains offering luxury travel over the world's highest railway
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Sensolab drives interior experimentation
Sound, touch and smell are the focus of a research programme being undertaken in France as designers seek to create a more comfortable travelling environment for passengers
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NewsLimited vision in white paper's growth plans
'IT IS THE most ambitious strategy for growth on the railways in over 50 years', claimed UK Secretary of State for Transport Ruth Kelly, when she launched the white paper Delivering a Sustainable Railway on July 24. Together with an accompanying Rail Technical Strategy, the white paper outlines the government's ...
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Passenger Dedicated Lines will spearhead CR's inter-city speed-up
With a design speed of 350 km/h, the Wuhan – Guangdong Railway PDL is the world's longest high speed line currently under construction, at nearly 1 000 km
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Ballastless track harnesses technology transfer
THE MINISTRY of Railways has decided to adopt the Rheda 2000 KH ballastless track design for around 95% of the Wuhan – Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line. Design, supply and construction are being supported by Beijing Rail.One, the local Chinese subsidiary of the Rail.One group. Rail.One is responsible for the overall ...
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Argentina sets a new course
With the failings of a once-vaunted privatisation programme now clear to see, the government of Argentina is seeking to create two new state-owned companies to reform the railway sector and carry out much-needed investment.
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'Cobra' offers high speed future
ONE OF THE promises that Néstor Kirchner made during his successful campaign for Argentina's 2003 presidential election was to restore long-distance passenger services to those communities which had lost them back in the 1990s, leaving them at the mercy of unmetalled roads which become impassable in wet weather. Almost ...
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NewsEgyptian investment will raise safety standards
Several high profile accidents have drawn attention to the neglected state of the Egyptian rail network, triggering a programme of investment in track, trains and signalling. Murray Hughes finds that the planned spend includes new lines to serve three rapidly growing new cities
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Capacity expansion builds on a decade of renaissance
Brazil's railways have reached the 10th anniversary of privatisation with an impressive rise in freight traffic – some individual operators are now exceeding the whole tonnage moved by the former state railway in 1997. John Kolodziejski looks at their progress and the prospects for further growth
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Sleeper EMU to be developed under co-operation deal
ALTHOUGH plans for deployment of its fleet of high speed trains have slipped compared with the original proposals, Chinese Railways is on course to have all the CRH1, CRH2 and CRH5 trainsets in service during 2008. The CRH1 sets built by Bombardier's Chinese joint venture company Bombardier Sifang Power Transportation ...
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China's high speed fleet expands steadily
AS WELL as the 300 km/h CRH3 Velaro trainsets, which are due to enter service during 2008, Chinese Railways is currently putting into service 160 trainsets of classes CRH1, CRH2 and CRH5. Designed for operation in the 200 to 250 km/h speed range, these are the first tranches of an ...
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China's first 300 km/h trainsets are taking shape
Next year is due to see the delivery of the first 300 km/h trainsets for Chinese Railways, which are scheduled to enter service on the Beijing – Tianjin line in time for the 2008 Olympic Games