All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2000
All articles published this month.
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News
Sidetrack
Red for dangerThefts of diesel have become such a problem that cash-strapped Zambia Railways has resorted to dyeing its fuel red to deter thieves. A public notice in the Times of Zambia announces that ’Anybody found in unauthorised possession of the red fuel will be deemed to have stolen it ...
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Publications
Hidden Dangers - Railway Safety in the Era of Privatisationby Stanley HallPublication of this 128 page essay on safety could not have been better timed. In the wake of the hysteria that followed the Ladbroke Grove accident on October 5, this is a badly-needed sober assessment of railway safety on ...
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Santos privatises port railway
Codesp, the São Paulo State Docks Company, has agreed to transfer operation of its 200 km network serving the port of Santos to four of Brazil’s private freight operators. A joint venture of Ferroban, Ferronorte, MRS Logística and Novoeste was to expected take over 250 Codesp staff and a fleet ...
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PEOPLE
Ms Mamata Banerjee has been appointed Minister of Railways in the new Indian government, with Digvijay Singh named as Minister of State for Railways.Gerard Gibot, Director of European Affairs at French National Railways, has been appointed Director of the President’s Cabinet in succession to Eric Beaudonnet who has taken charge ...
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TRAX overwhelmed
UTAH Transit Authority’s 24 km TRAX light rail line between Salt Lake City and Sandy was opened on December 4. Joining UTA Chairman Jim Clark and General Manager John Inglish for the ceremonies marking early completion of the $312m line were acting Federal Transit Administrator Nuria Fernandez, Utah Governor Mike ...
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Product NEWS
Chinese seek faster rerailingFACED with only 239 breakdown cranes to cover a network of over 62000 route-km, Chinese Railways has been stretched to cover rescue and rerailing operations after minor derailments. Many of the cranes are rated at less than 1 000 kN, and are limited to 40 km/h when ...
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Metros
Brazil: Stage I of the Salvador metro (RG 11.99 p691) is to be built by a consortium of Siemens and local companies Camargo, Corrêa and Andrade Gutierres.Italy: A guided transit system based on Adtranz AGT technology has opened at Roma’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Two two-car trains link the main ...
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Reading matters
READERS may be aware that Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott whose portfolio includes transport, has attracted rather a lot of flak recently. Prescott has been struggling to reconcile the conflicting demands of a policy backing public transport and a Prime Minister terrified of losing votes from discontented motorists.Concerned ...
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Matra wins New York TBTC
NEW YORK’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority confirmed on November 23 that it had selected a consortium of Matra Transport International, Siemens Transportation Systems, Union Switch & Signal and Telephonics to install transmission-based train control on the New York City Transit subway network.The consortium is offering a derivative of the automatic train ...
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Swedes look south
THIS MONTH marks a turning point in the fortunes of Swedish State Railways. From January 10 SJ loses 65% of its passenger traffic, with handover of the Stockholm commuter operations to CityPendeln, the G
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Railtrack out of London PPP race
On November 30 Britain’s Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions announced that ’the government, Railtrack and London Transport have together agreed not to proceed with discussions about the possibility of Railtrack taking on the responsibility for upgrading and maintaining the sub-surface Tube lines and linking them to the ...
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Surat link proposed
A 150 km standard-gauge railway has been selected as preferred option for moving coal from the Surat basin coalfield in southeastern Queensland to Tarong power station, where the government authorised a 450MW increase in generating capacity on November 15. The line is being promoted by Sudaw Developments Ltd as part ...
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Letters
Resonance and corrugationSir - Your article ’Optimised ballastless track for HSL-Zuid’ (RG 11.99 p715) deals in particular with the influence of the so-called "pinned-pinned" resonance on formation of corrugation. It is stated (correctly) that a lighter rail section increases the receptance at high frequencies and reduces the frequency of the ...
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Metro Report International
Jerusalem light rail prequalification launched
ISRAEL: The government and the Municipality of Jerusalem issued a formal invitation on December 5 to prequalify for a 30-year concession to build, operate and maintain the city’s first light rail line. Bidding documents were to be available from the Ministry of Transport four days later, with a closing date ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Argentina: A consortium of Unión Ferroviaria and Cooperativa Industrial de Laguna Paiva finally took control of freight operations on the Belgrano Railway on November 16. Under a 30-year concession, the government assumed 15m pesos of debt and undertook to provide 45m pesos a year until 2004, when the new operators ...
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Industry News
Bulgaria: CKD Dopravni systemy of the Czech Republic is seeking to establish a joint venture in Sofia to manufacture trams for the Balkan market. The company is currently delivering 17 T6A2 tramcars to Sofia Tramway.Great Britain: CEDG Ltd, the former British Rail Civil Engineering Design Group purchased by British Steel, ...
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Industry News
Canada: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology has opened a new Centre for Rail Training & Technology in Calgary as part of a training alliance with Canadian Pacific Railway worth C$1m over five years.Europe: The European Commission is expected to announce in March the results of its investigation into the proposed ...
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Mehdorn makes his mark
THERE are plenty of juicy items on the agenda of German Railway Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn, who took office on December 16. DB has denied media speculation that Mehdorn intends to tear up the present structure of a holding group and independent subsidiaries, but it is clear that he plans to ...