Features & Analysis – Page 57
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Grinding programme combines noise reduction and preventative maintenance
Use of a ballastless track design on HSL-Zuid meant that there was a risk of exceeding the legal limits for noise emissions, which are based on conventional ballasted track. The problem is being countered with a carefully-tailored maintenance programme that combines acoustic and preventative grinding
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Spoornet focuses on improving its core freight operations
South Africa's state-owned railway Spoornet has embarked on a five-year programme to improve performance and profitability, which will help to support the government's Accelerated & Shared Growth Initiative. Chris Jackson asked Vice-President Molotwane Likhethe how this will be achieved
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Eritrea using local resources to revitalise its railway
Like the train's steep and winding climb up the escarpment from sea level to 2394m, progress on rehabilitation of the Eritrean Railway is slow but steady
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NewsI-Trans spearheads rail investment push in Nord-Pas de Calais
Revival of railway research, construction of a major testing centre and a 20-year investment programme in track and trains are on a shopping list of railway development activities in Nord-Pas de Calais. Murray Hughes reports from Lille and Valenciennes
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TTX is coming
After five years of development, the prototype Korean Tilting Train is now under construction. Taking to the tracks at the end of this year, it promises a significant enhancement in service quality on Korail's conventional network
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Confidence grows as ETCS Level 2 beds in on Roma - Napoli line
ETCS Level 2 worked faultlessly when Murray Hughes rode Train 9607 from Roma to Napoli over the 205 km high speed line that opened last December. The number of services was stepped up in March, and more will be added in June
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Fast lines take priority in Turkish investment
Substantial increases in government support are allowing Turkish State Railways to expand its network, with work underway on new lines for 250 km/h operation
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Strategic thinking can reduce the mass of commuter EMUs
Rolling stock manufacturers are studying the potential for reducing the weight of rolling stock, with a view to cutting energy consumption and life-cycle costs. Experience from Japan suggests that taking a strategic view offers long-term benefits
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AV network opens up commercial opportunities
TRACK and overhead line equipment is already complete on much of the high speed line between Milano and Bologna. The first section is due to open next year, adding a key route to Italy's north-south high-speed/high-capacity corridor. According to Renato Casale, RFI's Financial Director, the AV/AC network offers the opportunity ...
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NewsDouble-deck multiple-units arrive on Zürich's S-Bahn network
Due to enter service on S-Bahn routes in Zürich this summer are the first of 35 double-deck commuter EMUs ordered from Siemens in 2003, which offer a high rate of acceleration for rapid journeys between the closely-spaced stops and level boarding from the station platforms
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FasTracks route by route
West Corridor ($508·2m) This will be the first of the new projects to start. Final design is now underway, and construction will start in 2009 for opening at the end of 2013. The 19·5 km light rail line will link Auraria West station in Denver with Lakewood and the Jefferson ...
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NewsBenchmarking identifies good practice in rolling stock maintenance
An international review comparing rolling stock maintenance and performance at passenger operators around the world found a wide variance in cost-efficiency, reliability and availability. An exchange of good practice offers the potential for significant gains in cost and reliability
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Record investment boosts EFE's passenger business
A stable political and economic climate has enabled Chilean State Railways to undertake its largest-ever three-year investment programme, which involved spending of US$1bn in 2003-05. This included increased capacity on commuter networks and improved long-distance services, as John Kolodziejski reports
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Automation gets the most out of mining railway infrastructure
Earlier this year, faster, heavier and fully-automatic trains began running on the El Teniente copper mine's private railway, marking the culmination of a major upgrade to squeeze the maximum daily tonnage out of the infrastructure
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Projects revived as concessionaires share expansion costs
Railways in Brazil are in the ascendant as investment projects bear fruit on the back of the iron ore boom. Construction work on the revised Transnordestina scheme is due to start in August
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Putting the world's longest trams into service in Budapest
Over the next year, BKV will take delivery of 40 low-floor trams from Siemens to operate the Grand Boulevard trunk routes in Budapest; at almost 54m in length, the six-section cars will be the longest trams in the world
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Engineers explore the future of signalling
Signalling professionals will probe the latest developments in signalling and train control technology at Aspect 2006, an international conference organised by the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers on March 16-17
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Beijing - Tianjin elevated design anticipates 350 km/h
The Beijing - Tianjin high speed line will be the first in China built for 300 km/h, and the alignment will ultimately permit 350 km/h operation.
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Tide of technology pours into China
More than 1000 locomotives are being built under technology transfer deals to augment Chinese Railways' fleet of high-horsepower traction. Murray Hughes finds that both North American and European companies are reaping the rewards - although Chinese products may soon be rolling west
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Jubilee and Northern lines lead LU signalling renewal
This year Tube Lines starts the installation of Seltrac transmission-based train control on London Underground's Jubilee Line. Roger Ford reports from the Highgate test centre on progress with the complex programme