Features & Analysis – Page 60
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NewsBauhinia line will expand Queensland's coal exports
November should see completion of a 110 km addition to QR's extensive 1 067 mm gauge heavy haul network feeding the port of Gladstone. This is the major element in a A$335m enhancement of the Blackwater coal routes, and more investment will follow as demand rises for low-ash thermal coal
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Whole-life planning to optimise heavy haul rail infrastructure
A 310 km heavy haul railway is planned to link unexploited iron ore deposits in the Pilbara with export facilities at Port Hedland. Careful planning will minimise the life cycle costs of the infrastructure
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Heavy haul railways address a booming market
As the world's experts in heavy haul technology gather in Rio de Janeiro for the 8th IHHA Conference on June 14-16, China's insatiable demand for iron and steel is driving the pace of development on the world's heavy haul railways. Operators of iron ore lines on three continents are moving ...
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One hundred years and still rolling
SURVEYING the world railway industry in mid-2005, on the occasion of our Centenary, it is clear that steel wheels on steel rails still have formidable potential for further development. In the following pages we have indulged in the luxury of looking back, with our 170-year history mapped out on ...
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Modern construction methods mastered on Mashhad - Bafgh line
Iranian engineers designed and built around 1000 km of new line through difficult terrain
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'Friendship Corridor' opens up trade route from Central Asia to the Gulf
Murray Hughes travelled to Mashhad to join the ceremony marking opening by President Khatami of Iran of the Mashhad - Bafgh railway
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Iron and coal will dominate traffic flows
On the occasion of opening of Iran's new railway between Mashhad and Bafgh on May 3, RAI President Mohammad Saiednejad discussed the project with Murray Hughes in Mashhad
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NewsEconomic growth boosts Ireland's railways
IRELAND: National economic growth has required a rapid increase in capacity and service quality at Iarnród Éireann. Chief Operating Officer Dick Fearn told Andrew Grantham how this is being provided, and why he is happy with a vertically-integrated railway.
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Iranian passenger demand outstrips capacity
DISTANCES between main centres are so great that most passenger services operated by Raja Trains run overnight. Fares are subsidised for social reasons, resulting in a very heavy demand estimated to be four times greater than the volume of traffic actually carried with the present service pattern. Most trains are ...
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'Effective & Speedy' wins the traffic
Japan Freight Railway is rolling out a new consignment tracking system and remodelling its container hubs to make rail more competitive with road and sea. Chris Jackson discussed the company's prospects with Senior Advisor Katsuji Iwasa
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Competition lifts rail's share of Swiss transalpine market
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands have opened their rail networks to competition, and the impact on freight crossing the Swiss Alps has been dramatic. Last year rail increased its road+rail modal share to 65%, far higher than any other cross-border flow in Europe
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Changing the perception of inter-city
THE FLEET of 120 inter-city diesel multiple-unit vehicles ordered in January represents a new departure for Iarnród Éireann, which currently uses loco-hauled vehicles on long-distance services. Funded by the government's National Development Plan, the €262m contract for the trains was signed with Japanese trading group Mitsui at a ceremony in ...
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NewsInvestment brings Ireland's railways back from the brink
Pat Mangan, Assistant Secretary at Ireland’s Department of Transport, told Andrew Grantham how a 10-year strategic plan will rectify decades of under-investment
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Iran plans 50% network expansion as Mashhad - Bafgh line opens
Faced with growing demand for transit freight between the Central Asian republics and the Indian Ocean, RAI needs to modernise motive power and freight operations if it is to handle major flows of high-value traffic and containers. David Brice reports
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NewsCan Europe's railways win back their lost freight market share?
Globalisation and changing patterns of world trade mean that Europe's railways can expect zero growth in their traditional markets. They must accept a different role in the logistics chain and adapt to new markets and demands to survive Alain PoinssotConsultant, AXEP Consulting THE QUESTION posed in the title of this ...
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NewsWhich way to the airport?
Do airports need dedicated express shuttle trains, or should services be aimed at all rail users? Proposed changes to London's Gatwick Express are just one part of an international debate, which is complicated by local politics and geography.
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RandstadRail starts to take shape
Work is getting underway on a €1bn conversion of two heavy rail corridors serving Rotterdam and Den Haag into metro and light rail routes that will start operation next year. Harry Hondius MSc reports
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BAA invests in rail so cars don't choke airport growth
A quarter of air passengers already use rail to access London's three major airports. Vernon Murphy, Managing Director of BAA Rail, told Richard Hope that only a high-quality dedicated shuttle to the city combined with an expanding web of multi-purpose trains will entice more travellers out of their cars
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Bulgarian modernisation programme aims to win back lost traffic
Split into infrastructure and operating businesses in January 2002, Bulgaria's national railway must secure its future in a competitive market environment
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Saudi Landbridge ready to launch
The prequalification process is expected to start this month for a concession to develop a rail corridor across the Arabian peninsula, with the aim of having trains running by 2010. Chris Jackson reports