All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2000 – Page 3
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Berlin plans expansion and driverless running
MASSIVE expansion of the U-Bahn network has been proposed by the Berlin Senate. If the plans go ahead, nearly 32 km would be added to the present 143 km by 2025, with alignments reserved for a further 53 km after that.In the short term Line U5 will be extended by ...
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Rolling stock innovations will bring commercial benefits
INTRO: Reliable information, quiet, attractive interiors and better ride quality are among the expectations of tomorrow’s passengers. Technical innovations offer commercial benefits, but they will only succeed if they are supported by a robust business caseBYLINE: David RollinManaging Director, Interfleet Technology LtdWHAT BETTER time to take stock of the rail ...
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Belgians to run CFR upgrade
MODERNISATION of Romania’s principal east-west rail corridor over the next three years is to be managed by a consortium of Belgian high-speed line promoter TUC Rail SA and Brussels-based consultancy Transurb Consult. CFR SA General Manager Viorel Simut signed a US$9·2m technical assistance contract on November 16, together with TUC ...
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Skytrain takes off with a bang
Fireworks, a baby elephant, dancers carrying a royal barge mock-up, and two Russian ballet dancers joined forces in a spectacular celebration to mark completion of the world's first modern metro network to be totally funded by the private sector.
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ECO backs Asian links
THROUGH freight and passenger trains between Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are due to start next year, with the backing of the Economic Co-operation Organisation which groups 10 Central Asian countries. Meeting in Lahore, six of the transport ministers agreed to launch an Almaty - Toshkent - Mashhad - ...
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WCML cost almost trebles
RAILTRACK finally announced on December 15 that its flagship project to modernise the West Coast Main Line linking London with Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow by 2005 is going to cost £5·8bn. This is 176% more than the £2·1bn previously stated. The original total comprised £1·35bn of ’core investment’ (now ...
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Nürnberg airport U-Bahn link opens
OBERBURGERMEISTER Ludwig Scholz and Bavaria’s Interior Minister Günther Becker were the guests of honour on November 27 when Nürnberg Transit celebrated the extension of U-Bahn Line 2 to the city’s airport. The 3·5 km extension northwest from Herrnhütte cost DM180m, including an intermediate station at Ziegelstein which lifts the network’s ...
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EC tries again to revive rail freight
AS EXPECTED, the EU Council of Transport Ministers backed the Commission’s ’railway package’ when they met in Brussels on December 9 - 10. Even France voted in favour of a circumscribed form of open access; only Portugal abstained. Three draft directives, amending 91/440 and 95/18 and replacing 95/19, are now ...
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NewsRailtex 99 review
RAILTEX: We present a selection of news and products from the Railtex 99 exhibition held in London on November 30 - December 2
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ETCS ready to go, but operators shun Level 3
’WE ARE STARTING to leave technical matters behind and move to commercial developments.’ This was the message with which Chief Executive Philippe Roumeguère opened UIC’s seventh annual conference on ERTMS/ETCS and GSM-R in Paris on November 25. Some 450 delegates were present. Certainly, the good news was mostly on the ...
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Railways in the first decades of the 21st Century
INTRO: With the industry recently undergoing changes that few would have expected, it is perhaps foolhardy to predict the future of railways in any detail. But five broad ideas are likely to influence developments in the opening decades of the new centuryBYLINE: Louis S ThompsonRailways AdviserThe World Bank IN THE ...
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Brenner by 2015
ITALIAN State Railways and Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH have set up a joint venture called Brenner Base Tunnel EWIV to mastermind a two-year planning process that should culminate in a report setting out detailed design for the 54 km bore. Launched on November 17 in Brussels, the jv is based in ...
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India to install ATP on 15000 route-km
A RECOMMENDATION from India’s National Railway Safety Commission that automatic train protection should be installed on some 15000 route-km of main lines over the next seven years has been accepted by the government. The cost is likely to be around US$1bn.The decision to install ATP follows the head-on collision at ...
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