All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2002 – Page 4
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NY design study
CONSTRUCTION of New York’s long-planned Second Avenue subway line is expected to get underway in 2004, following the MTA board’s award of a US$200m engineering design contract to DMJM + Harris on November 27. Taking up to 15 years to build, at an estimated cost of US$12bn, the 12·9 km ...
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Eritrea's rail renaissance takes an international dimension
As work to re-open the route between the Eritrean capital Asmara and the port of Massawa continues, studies for a new line across the border from Kassala in Sudan are now under way. Peter Badcock reports
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Loco renewal spearheads freight drive
INTRO: As Fret SNCF prepares to double its annual traffic, new electric and diesel locos will be delivered at the rate of five a month. Chris Jackson reports from BelfortOVER THE next five years, French National Railways’ freight business is planning to invest almost Fr8bn in over 600 new locomotives. ...
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SJ picks Duplex
jUST 15 DAYS after it came into existence on January 1, Swedish passenger operator SJ AB ordered a fleet of double-deck EMUs from Alstom. The 200 km/h units will operate inter-regional services from Stockholm to Uppsala, Västerås, Eskilstuna and Nyk
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Dynamic Tamping Express on show in Köln
On November 29 Plasser & Theurer demonstrated its09-3X Dynamic Tamping Express to WCRR delegates in Köln. The machine combines a continuous-action three-sleeper tamper with a dynamic track stabiliser, allowing track to be returned to use after a single possession in a condition where controlled ballast settlement has taken place after ...
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VIA’s eastern renaissance
CANADIAN Transport Minister David Collenette joined VIA Rail Chairman Jean Pelletier in Toronto on November 16 to unveil the first of 21 General Electric P42-9DC diesel locos being bought for C$80m. The 177 km/h P42s will replace VIA’s last seven LRC power cars, and allow expansion of services in the ...
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Effluent removal
First Great Western has taken delivery of a mobile controlled emission toilet bowser from Wesurail, part of the Washtec Group. According to the company, the bowser ’improves environmental performance while maintaining all the technical and operational features of a fixed site CET facility, yet without the cost and structure implications ...
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Mandurah EMUs
ON DECEMBER 8 Western Australia’s Minister for Planning & Infrastructure Alannah MacTiernan announced in Perth that a consortium of EDI Rail and Bombardier Transportation (Australia) had been selected to supply and maintain 31 three-car EMUs for the South West Metropolitan Railway under construction between Perth and Mandurah.The A$300m contract is ...
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NSB’s regional EMUs on trial
INTRO: Norwegian State Railways is testing the first of a fleet of EMUs for regional services. Built in Italy, they have pairs of linked single-axle trailer bogies between the cars. Harry Hondius MSc reportsNOW ON TRIAL with Norwegian State Railways are the first of 32 four-car EMUs for regional services. ...
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Lyon trams enter service
LAST MONTH saw the start of revenue services on the two light rail lines in the French city of Lyon. Inauguration ceremonies for the 18·7 km network were held on December 18, with Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot participating, but public operation did not begin until January 2.Costing Fr2·6bn, the light ...
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ERRAC launched
THE EUROPEAN Rail Research Advisory Council was launched on November 26 at the 5th World Congress on Railway Research in Köln. Philippe Busquin, the European Commissioner responsible for research, said ERRAC would have representatives from the Commission, EU member states, and major stakeholders in the rail industry. These include manufacturers, ...
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Ethiopia outlines international network
LANDLOCKED Ethiopia has launched plans for new rail links to ports on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, to reduce its dependence on the existing rail corridor to Djibouti. Details of the Railway Development Initiative were announced on January 9 by Transport & Communications Minister Dirrir Mohammed. Two routes are ...
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European standards
Crashworthiness requirements for rail vehicles have been proposed in a draft for Part 2 of European standard prEN12663. Based on common accidents and associated risks, the draft provides a framework for determining the crash conditions that bodyshells should be designed to withstand and defines passive safety features to meet the ...
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Great expectations placed on rail research
SUMMING UP three days of technical papers and wide-ranging debate on railway research, Transportation Technology Center Inc President Roy Allen had some advice for delegates attending the closing session of the 2001 World Congress on Railway Research in Köln on November 26-28: ’either contribute to the solution, or be part ...
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The Prima family
Forming part of Alstom’s Optionic Design programme, the Prima family launched at Belfort on December 1 2000 is intended to reinforce the company’s position as a major builder of locomotives. With the passenger focus increasingly turning to multiple-units and fixed-formation high-speed trains, Alstom sees considerable scope for new loco designs ...
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Perpignan - Figueres shortlist
ON NOVEMBER 30 the French and Spanish governments agreed to shortlist all six bidders who had expressed an interest in the contract to build and operate the proposed cross-border link between Perpignan and Figueres (RG 11.01 p731). The shortlisted consortia now have until March 31 2002 to submit their bids, ...
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Finance
Australia: New South Wales Premier Bob Carr announced on November 14 that A$80m would be allocated for track and bridge upgrading on rural lines in the north and west of the state, from money budgeted but not spent on the Olympic Games.Estonia: International Finance Corp has approved a US$50m loan ...
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Finance
Brazil: BNDES is lending R$231·9m to Ferronorte, to fund construction of 290 route-km between Alto Taquari and Rodonópolis and a bulk freight terminal.China: CR was due to issue last month three-year bonds totalling 2bn yuan to fund the construction of new railways.On January 8 Beijing Subway Co and Eximbank agreed ...
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‘We need to find a more stable solution’
INTRO: Legislation before the Netherlands parliament will pave the way for the formation of a state-owned infrastructure company and the award of long-term operating and infrastructure management concessionsTHIS MONTH the Dutch parliament is due to debate a new law which will fundamentally alter the structure of the country’s rail network. ...
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Foil sensors foil vandals
German Railway is using strain gauges from measurement technologist HBM to protect touch screen ticket machines from vandalism. The vandal-proof touch screens are formed by placing unbreakable glass in front of a normal computer VDU. At each corner of the frame is an HBM DBB01 sensor, consisting of an aluminium ...