All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2007 – Page 4
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Test track speeds up
The Railway Research Institute subsidiary of Czech Railways formally marked the completion of a KC60m modernisation of a 5 km section of its Cerhenice test track on December 13. Track on the larger of the test site's two loops has been upgraded to permit conventional trains to run at 210 ...
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Common standards regime needed to assure engineering competence
DETAILED ANALYSIS of the way the competence of individuals is assured in the UK rail industry has been undertaken by the Railway Engineers Forum, which brings together the established institutions representing civil, mechanical, electrical, signalling and track engineers. A paper published in November includes proposals that could reconcile inconsistencies in ...
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TCDD celebrates as high speed line nears completion
Delegates attending two seminars in December to mark the 150th anniversary of railways in Turkey were able to inspect progress on the first sections of the Ankara - Istanbul high speed line, reports Felix Schmid, Associate Professor in Railway Systems Engineering at the University of Birmingham
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DB reform proposals bring more shadows than light
Next month, a working party convened by the German transport ministry is due to come up with legislative proposals for the partial flotation of Deutsche Bahn. However, there are still many policy discrepancies, which may impact on the European strategy for greater liberalisation of the continent's railways
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Extension takes East London Line from Underground to Overground
Due for completion in June 2010, Phase 1 of the East London Line extension programme will see one of London Underground's shortest routes become part of a new orbital link connecting the main line network north and south of the Thames
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NewsQR on course to move freight throughout Australia
A transformation is taking place in Australian rail freight, as Queensland's state-owned railway emerges as the stronger of two major players and Pacific National seeks a new backer under Toll ownership. Richard Hope asked CEO Bob Scheuber where QR is heading now
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Finance February 2007
Africa: The Northern Corridor Transit Transport Co-ordination Authority based in Mombasa is to receive US$3m from the African Development Bank and World Bank to prepare an infrastructure master plan for trade and transport in east Africa. A further US$1·5m has been budgeted to establish a Central Corridor agency to manage ...
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NewsCross-London projects languish on the back burner
WHILE the East London Line is finally being rebuilt to provide rapid and frequent services along a corridor linking London's northern and southern suburbs, two major projects to make it simple for rail passengers to travel across London have made spectacularly little progress over the last 15 years. The Thameslink ...
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British franchising policy rewards high bids
LAST NOVEMBER the UK House of Commons Transport Committee published a hard-hitting report about the franchising process for passenger services (RG 12.06 p768), describing the current structure as a 'complex, fragmented and costly muddle'. In terms of cost, the Association of Train Operating Companies estimates that it costs between £3m ...
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NewsCapacity crunch looms on busy UK network as policy failures bite
Contrasts abound in the complex UK railway business, with high costs militating against network enhancements despite the urgent need to raise capacity
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Regional franchises benefit from an international perspective
Over the past decade, several state-owned railways from mainland Europe have looked at participating in the UK passenger rail franchising market. So far the only successful entrant has been NedRailways, which runs Merseyrail and Northern Rail in partnership with Serco. Chief Executive Anton Valk explains
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