All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2000 – Page 3
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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