Features & Analysis – Page 49
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Liège's prestigious new station approaches completion
THIS SUMMER marks a key stage in Belgian Railways' ambitious project to rebuild Liège Guillemins station, with the demolition of the old station buildings. The reconstruction is due to be completed by December 2008 in time for the opening of the Chênée - Hammerbrücke high speed line, the final link ...
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Schabert focuses on Complete Mobility
Chris Jackson talks to the President of Siemens Transportation Systems
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Marembaud targets freight productivity
Many hurdles lie ahead as SNCF attempts to nurse its sick freight business back to health. Regional directors appointed in April have been tasked with boosting productivity, and a new organisation has been set up to ensure common management of all freight subsidiaries. Murray Hughes reports
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First refurbished ICM returns to service
This summer Netherlands Railways begins returning to service 87 inter-city EMUs following modernisation by NedTrain, reports Hans Scherpenhuizen
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IHHA comes to Kiruna
THE INTERNATIONAL Heavy Haul Association's Specialist Technical Session on June 11-13 is being hosted in northern Sweden by LKAB, which produces and transports iron ore and pellets to the ports of Narvik and Luleå, and Banverket, the national rail infrastructure manager responsible for the track that carries LKAB's trains. ...
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GEIE formed for Corridor C
Karel Vinck was present in Luxembourg on March 16 to witness CFL President Jeannot Waringo, Infrabel CEO Luc Lallemand and RFF President Hubert du Mesnil sign the memorandum of association for a European Economic Interest Group covering Corridor C between Antwerpen to Basel and Lyon. The GEIE has been ...
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WCRR debates capacity and sustainability
Roy Allen is President of Transportation Technology Center Inc, the research subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, and Chairman of the WCRR organising committee. As Vice-President, Operations & Regulatory Affairs, at the Railway Association of Canada, Mike Lowenger is Chairman of the WCRR Montréal planning committeeTaking place in Montréal ...
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Netherlands: Landmark station enhances Amsterdam
Linking two districts which are currently divided by the railway, Bijlmer-Arena will be one of the largest stations in the Netherlands and form a major interchange with metro and bus routes Rob Steenhuis, Managing Director, Arcadis Architecten FUNDAMENTAL to the architect's brief for rebuilding the station at Amsterdam Bijlmer-Arena was ...
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European Commission must act to liberalise rail freight
The European Union must enforce the spirit of its First Railway Package if the revitalisation of rail freight is to be achieved, argues Tony Berkeley, Chairman of the Rail Freight Group UK and a Board Member of the European Rail Freight Customer PlatformTHERE WAS a chilling reminder at the CEE ...
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Netherlands: Sweating assets now ProRail's priority
As major projects come to fruition, infrastructure manager ProRail is now concentrating on making the best use of its existing rail network. The ?1·1bn that the government has allocated to enhancements in 2006-12 will be spent on easing bottlenecks rather than new infrastructure, explains Peter Badcock PRORAIL's Infra Operations Manager ...
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Freight reforms make progress
Following the creation of new passenger businesses earlier this year, Russian Railways is preparing to transfer the bulk of its freight operations to a new operating company at the beginning of 2007 THIS MONTH the Russian government is expected to authorise the setting up of a new company to take ...
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CPR is ready to extend 100% Effective Friction Management
Michael RoneyGeneral Manager, Technical Services Canadian Pacific Railway Trials with electronic gauge face lubrication and top-of-rail friction management were delivering good results until deep seated shelling appeared on the gauge corner. This has now been successfully resolved by modifying grinders to work at a 60º angle THERE ARE few ways ...
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Yakutsk Railway heads for the Lena
Construction work is pressing ahead on the new line through Russia’s Sakha Republic, which is in on course to reach Yakutsk in 2010
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Dedicated freight corridors will boost rail productivity
A network of high-performance freight corridors is to be developed with public-private participation through a special purpose vehicle owned by IR A GROUP OF Ministers appointed by the Indian government confirmed on August 27 that a Special Purpose Vehicle is to be created to facilitate the development of the country's ...
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Porto Metro moves into second phase
Opening of the 1·5 km airport branch on May 27 saw the completion of the first phase of the Porto metro. Detailed design work has been completed for a 12·5 km extension of Line A, and planning has started for three more routes THE PLACING of an order earlier ...
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Speed records are tumbling
While the events in Germany hogged last month's headlines, speed records have been established in other countries too. Of special interest is the 404 km/h attained by one of Renfe's 16 AVE S103 trainsets on July 16 on a section of the Madrid - Lleida high speed line. To date ...
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Mokpo high speed line moves ahead
Construction of South Korea's second high speed line starts this year, underlining the government's commitment to invest in the national network. The 230 km line will put the port city of Mokpo less than 2 h away from Seoul
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VR faces the challenge of growth
Last year Finnish Railways reported record levels of passenger traffic, and growth is continuing in 2006. President & CEO Henri Kuitunen explains to Chris Jackson that a new timetable will boost the level of service, but VR must now face the arrival of open-access competition in the freight sector THE ...
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CM2006 to examine the wheel-rail interface
The Seventh International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems in Brisbane on September 25 - 27 will look at the latest research and best practice relating to the crucial interface between wheel and rail Peter Mutton is Associate Director of the Institute of Railway Technology at Monash ...
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Wheel-rail contact technologies: the Australian experience
CONSIDERABLE advances have been made in wheel-rail contact technologies over the last 20 years. Detailed research has led to a much deeper understanding of wheel-rail contact phenomena, paving the way for operational, safety and economic improvements.Rail and wheel lives are longer, operating speeds and axleloads are higher, track components deteriorate ...