All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2007 – Page 3
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Dieter
VolkerRail has sufficient staff for weekday work, but has found itself short of workers on weekends, when it is easier to obtain track possessions. To avoid this, the Dutch contractor is working with farmers’ organisation LTO Noord to recruit agricultural workers in the provinces of Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel, who ...
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Delays scrutinised
MORE TALES of woe reach us from the Netherlands, where Parliament has commissioned an independent investigation by the National Audit Office into the much-delayed HSL-Zuid and Betuwe Route projects.Trigger for the vote was the confirmation by Transport Minister Karla Peijs on Decem-ber 19 that services on HSL-Zuid would not start ...
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Cutting edge
WELDING and cutting equipment makers ESAB and Truflame will be exhibiting standard and automated tools, consumables and protective clothing on a joint stand. ESAB’s Railtrac BV semi-automatic rail and crossing repair welding machine will be on show, along with a Mobilemaster IV portable wire feed unit and OK15.43 gasless cored ...
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Crossing risk
WE HAVE commented before about the commercial threat to rail of introducing heavier lorries into Europe (RG 10.06 p641). But another risk was graphically demonstrated in Australia’s Northern Territory on December 12, when the northbound Ghan hit a road train on an open level crossing at Ban Ban Springs, ...
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Signalling under control
THE Union Switch & Signal Microlok Object Controller is a programmable microprocessor device used for vital or non-vital control and indication of lineside devices such as points, signals, or other equipment. The device was launched by US&S at the AusRail exhibition in Brisbane in November 2006 as a low cost ...
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Docklands Light Railway Stratford extension contract
TRANSPORT for London has awarded the first of three contacts covering construction of the 5 km extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Stratford International, which is scheduled to open in 2010. The Skanska-GrantRail joint venture is expected to begin work immediately on the £39m contract, which covers construction ...
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Israeli expansion continues
ISRAEL: On January 2 Israel Railways marked the start of construction of Ofakim station on the new direct line between Ashkelon and Beer-Sheva. Participating in the stone-laying ceremony were Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, ISR General Manager Ofer Linchevsky and Mayor of Ofakim Avi Asraf. Costed at US$400m, the 63 km ...
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Leslys concession
INTERURBAN tram-train services linking Lyon with the airport and TGV station at Saint-Exup?ry are expected to start running in the autumn of 2009, following the signing of a 30-year concession to develop and operate the ?100m Leslys project (RG 10.02 p609).Conseil G?n?ral du Rh?ne has selected the RhonExpress consortium led ...
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Madrid expansion plan nears completion
SPAIN: The extension of Madrid Metro Line 11 from Pan Bendito to La Peseta in the southwestern suburb of Carabanchel opened to traffic on December 18 2006. With intermediate stations at San Francisco and Carabanchel Alto, the 2·7 km extension has cost €172m to build and is expected to be ...
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Soda wagons come on stream
SCT EUROPE is currently supplying 272 tailor-made Barber S-2-E three-piece bogies to British wagon manufacturer W H Davis, for use on 32 tank wagons and 104 hopper wagons of 66 tonne gross weight which have been ordered by Magadi Soda Co for use in Kenya (RG 1.07 p10). ...
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Clean up
EUROCHEMI will be highlighting LocoWash 304, a train cleaning agent for application by washing plants, hand or brush which can be rinsed off to provide a streak-free gloss finish. LocoWash 181 is a soluble organic acid specifically designed to remove from train exteriors the iron deposits and rust stains produced ...
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Cautious expansion
IARNR?D ?IREANN is making a major effort to expand its freight business in 2007, after several significant flows were lost in 2006.The company is to expand its business with logistics firm Norfolk Line, increasing the frequency of its Ballina - Waterford trainload container service to three trains a week. I? ...
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Swiss order low-floor centre cars
SBB has placed an order worth SFr262m with Bombardier for 140 low-floor centre cars to upgrade its NPZ EMU fleet.The vehicles will replace older coaches that were refurbished as intermediate cars to lengthen the two-car EMU sets after they were built in the 1980s. The Bombardier vehicles are being delivered ...
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TTC car contract
TORONTO Transit Commission and Bombardier Transportation formally signed a C$548m sole-source contract on December 21 for the supply of 234 new subway cars for delivery in 2009-11. The 39 six-car sets are intended to replace around 200 cars used on the Yonge - University - Spadina Line, which are now ...
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EDI Rail invests in capacity
INVESTMENT of A$5m to increase the capacity of EDI Rail’s manufacturing and testing facilities at Maryborough in Queensland was announced by Stephen Gillies, Managing Director of Downer EDI, on December 21.The nine-month programme includes rolling stock testing and commissioning facilities, weighing equipment and associated trackwork. ’These additions will provide a ...
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Closer to the border
ADIF has awarded contracts worth a total of ?224?3m for civil works on three sections between Girona and Figueres of the high speed line from Madrid to the French border. The 3?3?km from Sant Juli? de Ramis to Cornell? del Terri is to be built by Construcciones y Promociones Coprosa ...
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TTA offloads plant to Bombardier
USA: Bombardier and Transportation & Transit Associates reached an agreement at the end of November for Bombardier Transportation to acquire TTA's passenger rolling stock overhaul division for an undisclosed price. The sale includes TTA's plant at Kanona in New York state, along with associated equipment and existing overhaul contracts. TTA ...
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NewsEurostar seeks better connections
AT THE END of a year that saw revenue increase by 11·7% to £518m, and passengers carried through the Channel Tunnel rise 5·4% to a record 7·85 million, Eurostar Chief Executive Richard Brown told the Railway Study Association in London on January 10 that after HS1 opens in November 'we ...
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Gel-acid batteries
EXIDE Technologies Network Power will be exhibiting valve-regulated gel-acid batteries, a low-maintenance alternative to vented lead-acid batteries which are now in use in the UK, as well as with French, German and Swiss rail operators.Following trials, the batteries are now fitted to Networker EMUs used by British train operators Southeastern ...
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NewsAxiom Rail's first thousand
UK: A recent order by wagon builder W H Davis for 30 type AMIII bogies brings to 1 000 the total number of track-friendly suspension systems ordered by UK and Nordic operators from Axiom Rail in its first 15 months. 'In just over a year of trading this is an ...
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