All Railway Gazette International articles in February 1999 – Page 4
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Alstom wins in Fortaleza
CONSTRUCTION of the long-planned metro network in the northern Brazilian city of Fortaleza is set to get under way at last, following the transfer of the local railway construction and operating company Metrofor from CBTU to the Cear
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Arco, Alaris and Talgo
THIS MONTH sees Spanish National Railways launch another bid in the European speed stakes for services on conventional lines. On February 16 Renfe puts its 10-strong fleet of Alstom-Fiat Pendolino trains into service on the Madrid - Valencia inter-city run, where they will be branded as Alaris. Timed to cover ...
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Star airlines offer HK package
Passengers using airlines forming part of the Star Alliance are now able to have travel on MTR Corp’s Airport Express included in their ticketing package. Participating airlines are Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia, Thai Airways, Air Canada, SAS, United, Varig, and Lufthansa. If air travellers choose to include the Hong ...
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Votes clear the way ahead
BYLINE: Moritz LeuenbergerSwiss Federal Minister for Environment, Transport, Energy & CommunicationsHISTORIC national referendums in September and November 1998 have set the direction which rail infrastructure development will take in the next century. Over the next two decades SFr30·5bn will be spent on major rail projects. This puts the proportion invested ...
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Setting the freight agenda
INTRO: Charged with breaking even in 2000, Fret SNCF is looking to master costs and boost receipts whilst increasing capacity and improving reliability. Freight Director Armand Toubol outlined his strategy to Robert PrestonOver the last three years SNCF freight traffic has been on an upward trend, rising from 46·5bn tonne-km ...
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Talgo accord
A DUAL-VOLTAGE gauge-convertible tilting trainset is to be developed by Adtranz and Talgo under an agreement signed on December 21. The President of Patentes Talgo signed the deal with Adtranz Executive Vice-President Heinz Cronimund within the framework of the two companies’ high speed trainset co-operation agreement reached in April 1998 ...
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Trans Africa starts open access
REGULAR rail freight services between South Africa and Uganda were launched in mid-December by Tanzania-based Trans Africa Railway Corp. Running from Gauteng province to Kampala, the service is expected to handle 80000 tonnes in the first year. End-to-end time by rail and train ferry across Lake Victoria is 14 days, ...
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Frustration boils over at Intermodal 98
INTRO: Shippers vented their anger in Rotterdam at foot-dragging by state railways over open access, cost reductions and priority for freight. Yet Richard Hope found many convinced that Europe has the potential to match intermodal volumes hauled in North America’WE ARE experiencing a deterioration in service levels as the cost ...
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