All Railway Gazette International articles in January 1998 – Page 3
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JR East tests smart cards
AT the end of November JR East was due to complete the second phase of a contactless smart card trial which began in May, involving 600 employees using season tickets with stored fare capability. Like the first phase conducted between April and May with 300 employees holding season tickets, the ...
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Car revamp as CTA goes DOO
CHICAGO Transit Authority announced on December 10 that it had awarded a $169m contract to GEC Alsthom Transportation Inc of New York for mid-life refurbishment of 284 metro cars, with options covering a further 314 vehicles. The 2600 series cars were supplied by Budd between 1981 and 1987, and are ...
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Kars - Tbilisi tenders called
INTERNATIONAL BIDS for construction of a 287 km rail link between Turkey and Georgia are due on February 19, paving the way for a start of work on the three-year project later this year. The Georgian Railway Department and Turkish State Railways issued matching calls for tenders on November 17, ...
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In Brief
Spanish infrastructure authority GIF awarded contracts totalling Pts 3.3bn in December for civil works on 148 km of the Madrid - Barcelona AVE line between Chiloeches and Calatayud.Membership of the International Union of Railways has increased with the admission of European infrastructure authorities Jerbaneverket, Banestyrelsen, RFF, Refer and GIF. Amtrak, ...
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Old Colony plugs Boston’s commuting gap
INTRO: Richard Hope reports on the reopening of a three-line network partially abandoned since 1959 which forms one of the biggest current commuter rail projects around US cities NOVEMBER 30 saw all day service introduced on 106route-km of the former Old Colony Railroad to the southeast of Boston after a ...
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Export deals help to fill order books
ITALIAN builder Fiat Ferroviaria has added a two-car diesel trainset to its family of tilting Pendolino trains. Built speculatively at Fiat’s own cost, the train began trials in November 3, initially on the line between Savigliano, site of the Fiat factory, and Cuneo.Two years ago Italian State Railways planned to ...
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Bids recalled
LAST MONTH a fresh municipal administration was due to take office in Mexico City under the reformist mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas. One of the first tasks facing Cardenas was to take a decision on the stalled contract for 252 new cars for Line B of the metro.Trouble erupted last July, when ...
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Hannover - Berlin close to completion
ALTHOUGH work is forging ahead along almost all the 247 km alignment of the Hannover - Berlin high speed line, contractors face tight deadlines to finish in time for the already revised opening date of October this year. Nearly all the route in former East Germany comprises new alignment laid ...
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Work begins on St Petersburg terminal
ON November 17 the joint venture of Taylor Woodrow International Ltd and Skanska Construction Co Ltd began work on the US$250m St Petersburg rail terminal development for High Speed Railways Russian Shareholding Company (RAO VSM). GIBB Ltd is supervising the construction project under a US$7.5m contract from RAO VSM, which ...
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JR companies may have to bear more JNR debts
DESPITE a long and sometimes acrimonious campaign, it would seem that the JR companies may lose their battle with the government which wants them to assume more of the former Japanese National Railways’ debt, currently amounting to no less than
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Baltimore opens LRT extensions
DECEMBER 5 saw the dedication of two long-awaited light rail branches in Baltimore, which opened to revenue services the next day. The short city-centre spur to Penn Station and the line to Baltimore-Washington International Airport coincided with the completion of a major expansion at BWI.Baltimore is now the only US ...
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Business plan to be backed by investment
INTRO: Italian State Railways is implementing a four-year business plan aimed at driving the business into the black. With many projects already under way, the 70000bn lire plan means that 150000bn lire will have been invested in 1994-2006THIS MONTH sees Italian State Railways take one more step towards a commercial ...
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Telescopic axles speed gauge-changing
DB Cargo has begun trials of bogie wagons equipped with telescopic axles for use on both 1435mm and 1520mm gauges. Following tests on a 15m long gauge-changing installation at German Railway’s Research & Technology Centre in Minden, service trials are scheduled to be completed by the end of 1998.The DB ...
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Light rail to augment expanding network
INTRO: Preliminary engineering has started for two light rail lines in Vancouver, British Columbia, to augment existing mini-metro and commuter rail routes. Construction is due to get under way in 1999, with the first low-floor cars running by 2005. William D Middleton reportsA 33 km light rail network will be ...
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Rio auction
BIDS FOR a 20-year concession to operate the two-line Rio de Janeiro metro, with an option for a 20-year extension, were due to be submitted to the state government on December 11. Conditions for the auction were published on November 14, setting the minimum bid at 25m reais, plus an ...
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Amtrak boosts ridership
IN a little over two months following its introduction on July 11, Amtrak’s overnight Boston - Newport News Twilight Shoreliner service recorded a 28% increase in ridership and a 36% increase in revenue on its predecessor, the Boston - Washington DC Night Owl. According to Northeast Corridor President George D ...
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Ambitious plans
IN A NOTABLE shift in policy, the Turkish Transport & Communications Ministry announced in December that investment in railway upgrading and new construction is to be stepped up. Speaking two weeks ahead of a National Railway Congress held in Istanbul on December 15-17, Transport Minister Necdet Menzir indicated that railways ...
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GEC Alsthom to be floated
ALCATEL Alsthom of France and Britain’s GEC announced in December that they had agreed to float their eight-year-old energy and transport joint venture GEC Alsthom during the first half of 1998. Each of the partners will retain 24% of the shares, with the remaining 52% to be listed on the ...
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Airport branch
A LIGHT RAIL extension to Portland International Airport could be open within three years, as a result of a public-private partnership proposed by engineering and construction firm Bechtel. The company is planning a $500m office development on a vacant site near the airport entrance, and has put forward plans for ...
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Lifting turnouts by air bag
BYLINE: Chen Zhaoming, Li Luoshu and Zhow Xianping*INTRO: Turnout replacement work on Chinese Railways’ Beijing - Guangzhou route has been speeded up by the use of air bags in place of manual liftingAIR BAGS were first used to lift preassembled turnouts on Chinese Railways during work at Langfang, Xushui and ...
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