All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2005 – Page 2
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Singapore extends
ON DECEMBER 29 Singapore’s Land Transit Authority announced the go-ahead for a further extension of the island’s existing east-west metro line.Serving the Jurong West town area and Tuas industrial estate, the 3·8 km Boon Lay Extension will be elevated throughout. There will be two new stations at Jurong West Street ...
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Europe's latest S-Bahn EMUs go head-to-head in the race for orders
The Swiss Flirt, Austrian Elektro-Talent and Polish EN95 are all intended to operate suburban services. Harry Hondius MSc offers a technical comparison
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Gauge-convertible electric loco
AT THE end of December, Patentes Talgo unveiled a prototype for the series of 44 gauge-convertible electric locos that Renfe has ordered to operate through services off its AVE network. To be designated L-9202, Virgen del Buen Camino is 19·4 m long and weighs 74 tonnes. It is equipped with ...
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Expansion plans marred by domestic woes
SPOORNET in South Africa continues to nurse ambitions for expansion elsewhere on the African continent, but these may well be hampered by trouble at home. During December, the Ministry of Public Enterprises indicated that Spoornet could be involved in two ambitious rail networks proposed in west and southern Africa. One ...
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Delhi goes underground
INDIAN Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh formally opened the first section of Delhi Metro’s underground Line 2 on December 19, when he was presented with the first copy of a new book commemorating construction of the network over the past six years.Delhi Metro Rail Corp began revenue services on Line ...
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The freight debate
THE GOVERNMENT agency responsible for renegotiating Argentina's freight railway concessions, Uniren, is pushing ahead with the process. A public hearing was due to be held last month to consider the latest proposals for Fepsa, and Uniren also expected to sign letters of understanding with NCA and ALL by the ...
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NewsIndustry divided by screen door debate
ONE OF THE biggest questions facing metro operators considering the conversion to automation is how to ensure safety at station platforms and/or detect obstructions on the track. The UITP metros conference in Nürnberg included a round table on the use of platform screen doors. Opening the debate, Holger Albert from ...
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Siemens signs Russian deal
DECEMBER 21 saw the signing of a formal agreement between Russian Railways, Siemens Transportation Systems and New Transport Technologies setting up a joint venture to build high speed trains for the RZD network (RG 12.04 p812).RZD President Gennady Fadeyev and NTT President Alexei Lamanov participated in the discussions with Siemens ...
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DB tightens the screws
GERMAN RAILWAY has not given up its ambition for a stock market listing in 2007 or later, but turning in the necessary robust financial performance looks certain to mean a sustained policy of strict cost control for the next few years, with ambitious investment plans kept on hold.DB management reached ...
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Dropper tool to cut delays
CORROSION failure of the droppers supporting 25 kV 50Hz contact wires has been a cause of delays to trains on Network Rail’s East Coast Main Line. The engineers responsible for overhead line maintenance are now using a tool that allows a man standing on the track to replace droppers ...
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Cross-city tunnel holds the key to Leipzig S-Bahn project
INTRO: After many years of delay, the long-planned cross-city tunnel in Leipzig is finally under construction. The 4·3 km twin bores serving four stations will be used by S-Bahn and regional express services. Ralf Roman Rossberg reportsIT HAS BEEN a long wait. But now, after more than a century of ...
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More gauge conversion in Spain
SPANISH Development Minister Magdalena Álvarez has unveiled a Strategic Infrastructure & Transport Plan (PEIT) for the period from 2005 to 2020.The plan anticipates total investment of €241·4bn, of which €103·4bn would be spent on rail. From the 1031 km of high speed infrastructure currently in service, PEIT aims to create ...
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Madrid lets light metro contracts
MADRID regional government has awarded two contracts worth €131m for construction of a 5·3 km ’light metro’ from Pinar de Chamartín to Las Tablas. Expected to take 20 months to complete, construction will be undertaken by a consortium of Comsa and Ortiz and a second grouping of Comsa and Corviam. ...
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Contactless Taipei
THALES has been selected by Alstom Transport and CTCI Corp to update ticketing on the Taipei metro. The Transport & Energy business will be working with local partners Mitac and ACS on the €40m contract announced towards the end of last year.The metro’s existing ticketing equipment was supplied by Thales ...
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GM-EMD sale confirmed
GENERAL Motors Corp announced on January 12 that it had reached a definitive agreement to sell Electro-Motive Division to an investor group led by Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners. Transaction terms will not be disclosed. The manufacturing facilities at LaGrange, Illinois, and London, Ontario, are included in the agreement, ...
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Nacala concession completed
ON JANUARY 10 private-sector operators took over Mozambique's Northern Railway and the port of Nacala, with the start of a long-awaited 15-year concession. The handover marks the completion of the second phase of the Nacala Corridor concessioning process. It also paves the way for the start of upgrading on the ...
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Delay compensation standardised
MINIMUM levels of compensation for passengers delayed during international journeys within the European Union, Switzerland and Norway came into force with the December 12 timetable change. The compensation scheme was drawn up by UIC and CER, and specifies that passengers holding tickets for cross-border journeys costing more than €50 will ...
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Common man goes mobile
MINISTER for Railways Laloo Prasad launched Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp’s mobile telephone booking service on September 9.Reservations can be made over the telephone using Hindi and English voice-recognition technology developed by Hutchison Essar Telecom. Once registered, users provide their origin and destination stations, the number of passengers, class, ...
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Where the passengers come from
PRIOR to the announcement that Eurostar would transfer all operations from London Waterloo to St Pancras when Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link opens in 2007, Arthur D Little and FaberMaunsell conducted research into the perceived journey times by public transport to the two stations.FaberMaunsell’s South East Regional ...
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Eastleigh to close
ALSTOM announced in December that it is to close its ex-BR workshops at Eastleigh near Southampton by the end of 2005. The company blamed the closure on excess capacity at its three UK refurbishment plants, caused by falling orders following the delivery of new trains, competition, and uncertainties associated with ...
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