All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2006 – Page 4
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Order revised
RUSSIAN Railways President Vladimir Yakunin confirmed on December 12 that terms had been agreed for a revised contract with Siemens for the supply of high speed trainsets, which is expected to be signed in March.Several agreements were signed last year for RZD to buy around 60 trainsets from Siemens, with ...
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People
The appointment of Peter Hendy as Commissioner of Transport for London with effect from February 1 was announced on January 17. Norfolk Southern President & CEO Charles W Moorman has been elected Chairman of the Association of American Railroads for 2006. He succeeds CSX Corp's Chairman, President & ...
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Pointers
Setting its budget for 2006-11, the Austrian government has allocated record development funding to ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG. €1·55bn will be invested in 2006, with €1·3 to €1·5bn in later years. An allocation of €100m for special projects this year includes €20m for planning the Semmering base tunnel.Feasibility studies have ...
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Police reinforced
IT IS hard to say for sure what happened on board TER train 17430 from Nice to Lyon on New Year’s day, but numerous offences, including theft and sexual assault, seem to have been committed.The 10-coach train left Nice at 06.00, conveying among its 600 passengers a number of inebriated ...
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Spending programme unveiled
MUCH-HERALDED plans to modernise and develop Argentina’s run-down railways are finally taking shape. The proposals are contained in a Presidential decree that came into force on January 4, setting out an ambitious programme to upgrade the commuter and metro networks in Buenos Aires, and to restore inter-city passenger services to ...
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Waverley redevelopment
SCOTTISH Minister for Transport Tavish Scott and the Chief Executive of Transport Scotland Dr Malcolm Reed visited Edinburgh Waverley station on January 9 to launch a £150m redevelopment scheme.Phase 1 will increase movements through the throat at the west end of the station from 24 to 28 passenger trains/h in ...
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Siemens scoops Saudi signalling
A CONSORTIUM of Siemens and Nour Communications Co has been selected to undertake a €91m renewal of signalling and communications on the Saudi Railways Organisation network.Under a contract announced on December 21, the consortium will provide a Simis computer-based interlocking, Vicos control system, and Trainguard 100 ETCS Level 1 equipment, ...
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Sidetrack
Commuter Dave Askwith tried to brighten up his daily journey by putting up official-looking signs providing spoof instructions, warnings and information. He subsequently branched out into road, warning and council signs around Britain’s trains, shops and hotels. ’Some lasted several weeks before being pinched, or taken down by disgruntled staff’, ...
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Suburban spring
MUMBAI’S suburban trains are subject to high passenger loadings during the peaks, and coil springs in the primary suspension of the city’s EMU cars have proved unreliable with a short life expectancy.Indian Railways approached Trelleborg and requested a revised suspension design for new-build trains, which could also be retrofitted to ...
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