All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2006 – Page 4
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More cars to serve Buenos Aires
ON JANUARY 5 Alstom Transport announced that the Argentinian government had ordered an additional 16 cars for the Buenos Aires metro, as an option on a contract for 80 cars awarded in 1999. Deliveries under this contract resumed in December 2004 (RG 1.05 p9), and six five-car trainsets are now ...
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Orex upgrade moves ahead
WITH 2006 marking the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s heavy haul iron ore railway, Spoornet announced in December that it plans to strengthen the 50 kV power supply on the 861 km Sishen - Saldanha line. Additional substations are to be added to shorten the present electrical sections, allowing the ...
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Major milestones mark ADIF’s first year
INTRO: Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias started life on January 1 2005 with responsibility for the management of the Spanish national network and the construction of new lines formally assigned to it by the Ministry of Development. Robert Preston asked President Antonio Gonz
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Yakutsk accord
DURING a visit to Yakutsk by President Putin on January 6, RZD President Vladimir Yakunin signed a co-operation accord with V Shimokhin, President of the regionally-owned Yakutsk Railway Co, supporting further construction of the Berkakit - Tommot - Yakutsk railway. RZD has already contributed 2m roubles towards the estimated 11m ...
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Multiple interfaces ease access
RELEASE 4.0 of Spear 3i enterprise asset management software will be launched this year, with features to aid maintenance of moving, fixed and linear assets. The latest update includes a configurable web-accessible ’dashboard’ interface, providing a real-time graphical display of key performance indicators. Mobile Workforce Tablet applications enable staff to ...
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k343m S-Bahn order
GERMAN Railway placed contracts with Bombardier and Alstom on December 28 for 78 four-car EMUs for the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn, with an option for a further 72. Due for delivery between March 2008 and October 2010, the 140 km/h low-floor Class ET422 units will be used on route S7 from Düsseldorf ...
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Intelligence February 2006
Africa: Botswana Railways CEO Andrew Lunga has announced that negotiations are underway with National Railways of Zimbabwe to reinstate the passenger service between Francistown and Bulawayo suspended in 1999. Three return trips would operate each week, with border formalities carried out on the trains. Argentina: The government ...
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Nahverkehrs Taschenbuch ’06
INTRO: PublicationsPUBLISHED annually since 1960, the latest edition of this three-volume German-language directory has been updated to November 9 2005. Volume I provides the addresses and lists the senior staff of German passenger and freight operators, related institutions and research centres. Consultants and suppliers are featured in the second volume, ...
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Chinese wires reach 20 000 km
THE INAUGURATION of electric operation on the 625 km Chongqing - Huaihua line on December 27 saw Chinese Railways’ length of electrified route pass the 20000 km mark.According to the China Railway Electrification Bureau, the current total of 20123 km gives the country the third largest electrified network in the ...
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