All Railway Gazette International articles in January 1999 – Page 3
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Cars by container
British intermodal operator Freightliner has begun trials of the Car-Rac, a frame container developed to carry up to six cars on two decks within the envelope of a standard 40ft container. The upper deck can be lowered at one end to facilitate loading and unloading, or lowered along its complete ...
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HK car order
ROLLING STOCK for the Hong Kong MTR extension to Tseung Kwan O is to be supplied by a consortium of Mitsubishi Electric of Japan and Hyundai Precision & Industry Co of South Korea. Contracts worth ´16bn were signed on November 12 by MTR Corp’s Project Director Russell Black, Hyundai Executive ...
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IGBT chopper camshaft replacement
For the refurbishment of 12 Class 900 EMUs operated by Flumitrens of Brazil, Adtranz Switzerland has supplied IGBT choppers with an input voltage of 3 kV DC to replace the JH camshaft equipment controlling four 279 kW traction motors in each motor car. Each four-car Class 900 has two motor ...
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Building on a record year
INTRO: SNCF’s main line passenger business faces the challenge this year of building on the strong results of 1998. Managing Director, Passenger Services, Guillaume Pepy spoke to Robert Preston about the innovations that have fuelled growth and which he hopes will sustain the upward trendBYLINE: Guillaume PepyManaging Director, Passenger Services, ...
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S-Bahn back
ON DECEMBER 15 S-Bahn Berlin GmbH extended its route S25 from Tegel to Hennigsdorf, reinstating a link that was severed in 1961. The restoration was approved in 1992, but encroachment on the alignment by a motorway required the construction of a new rail formation. A 2·3 km single-track section restricts ...
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Praha opens Line B extension
THE 6·4 km eastern extension of Praha metro Line B from Ceskomoravska to Cerny Most was formally opened by the city’s Mayor Jan Koukal on November 8. There are four intermediate stations at Vysocanska, CKD, Hloubetin, and Rajska Zahrada, although the middle two will not be opened until mid-1999 pending ...
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Automated passenger information
Connex Rail is investing £8·5m in automated passenger information equipment from Racal Telecom. It will cover 81 Connex South Eastern stations in the area bounded by London, Dulwich, Higham and Sevenoaks. Due to be commissioned by August, the system will be an adaptation of the Torus equipment installed last summer ...
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Siemens to renew Austrian diesels
AUSTRIAN Federal Railway has selected Siemens for a Sch1·6bn contract to renew its diesel locomotive fleet over the next four years. Announcing the decision on November 26, ÖBB General Director Helmut Draxler said the railway had ’opted for a package deal’ combining both main line and shunting locos. The contract ...
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DB to renew ATP and signals
GERMAN Railway has launched a DM300m programme to replace its Indusi inductive train control at over 10000 signals by mid-1999. Designated PZB90, the new intermittent train control will initiate an automatic brake application should a train pass a red signal. Developed following a collision between two S-Bahn trains at Rüsselsheim ...
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Wisconsin preferred for Aqaba
ON NOVEMBER 23 Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp revealed that its international business unit had been selected as preferred bidder for a 25 year concession to operate the 283 km 1050mm gauge Aqaba Railway in Jordan. WCI is part of a consortium including Raytheon and local Jordanian investors. The decision follows ...
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Orbital approved
PLANS to develop an orbital rail link south of Paris have moved a step closer following a decision by the Conseil Général de l’Essonne to contribute Fr500m towards the scheme. Completion of the first phase is envisaged for 2006, with traffic estimated at 28 million passengers/year.. Costed at Fr5·4bn, plus ...
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Nottingham LRT to go ahead
CONSTRUCTION of a fifth British light rail network is to get under way this year. Nottingham Express Transit will get revenue support worth £167m under the government's local authority Private Finance Initiative scheme. Announcing the award on December 3, Transport Minister Dr John Reid said that as this ...
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West African concession
DEADLINE for preselection bids to operate international services over the metre gauge route between Dakar and Bamako is January 8. By the end of the month CPCS Transcom Ltd, which is helping the governments of Mali and Senegal set up an independent company to run passenger and freight trains over ...
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Microwave activation
Under the High Speed Rail strand of the Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis programme (HSR-IDEA), funded by the US Federal Railroad Administration and administered by the Transportation Research Board, a microwave system developed by O’Conner Engineering to activate level crossing equipment has been installed at three locations on Kansas City Southern ...
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Setting standards for the accessible
INTRO: With the European Commission considering a Directive on improving access to rail services for passengers with reduced mobility, the British government has introduced new regulations for rolling stock. R W Armitage reports on the implications for operators and the response from the supply sectorIn recent years the European Commission ...
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NSW to spend A$3bn on rail projects
A 10-YEAR construction plan that could see several new lines built in and around Sydney was announced by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr on November 23. He said Action for Transport 2010 commits the government to a statewide transport package which includes the expansion of the State’s rail network ...
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TGV Méditerranée on course for 2001
INTRO: With civil works now approaching completion, RFF and SNCF expect to open the 250 km TGV Méditerranée route on June 1 2001 and cut the Paris - Marseille journey time down to 3h. SNCF Project Director Gilles Cartier described the challenges of building the high-speed line to Robert PrestonProject ...
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Line 11 to augment growing network
INTRO: Deep under China’s coastal metropolis, tunnel boring machines are hard at work on Shanghai’s second metro line. Another consortium is pushing ahead with Line 3, and plans are taking shape for Line 11. Chris Jackson discussed progress with Shanghai Metro Corp President & General Manager Shi Li ...
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RZD tests dual-system EP10
ON NOVEMBER 20 Russia’s Ministry of Railways took delivery of a prototype EP10 dual-system electric loco from the Novocherkassk Electric Loco Works in Rostov-na-Donu. Designed to haul up to 25 coaches at a top speed of 160 km/h, the six-axle EP10 was described as RZD’s principal passenger locomotive for the ...
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