All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2004 – Page 3
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CN wins BC Rail concession
ON NOVEMBER 25 the government of British Columbia announced that it had selected Canadian National Railway for a 60-year concession to operate the 2315 km BC Rail network. Premier Gordon Campbell said CN would pay C$1bn over the life of the concession. Half of this will be used to retire ...
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... as Spoornet goes back together
IN MAY last year the South African government appointed Dolly Mokgatle as Chief Executive of Spoornet. The 20070 km network she found was not in good shape, and in November she decided how she would start to turn the business round.Spoornet had moved into the red in 1998-99 with a ...
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Four contend to build Tel Aviv Red line
ISRAELI Transport Minister Avingor Liebermann announced in November that four consortia had been shortlisted for the 32-year concession to build and operate the Red line light metro in Tel Aviv. Project manager NTA has issued a request for proposals, and expects to announce the winning bidder at the beginning of ...
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Dubai metro will be automated
SPEAKING at the Mena Rail conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre on December 9, Dr Abdelqader O Elshabani, Technical Co-ordinator for the Dubai Rail Project in Dubai Municipality’s Planning & Survey Department, confirmed that the planned urban rail network will use driverless technology with platform screen doors. Trains would ...
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Connex picked in Auckland
JULY 1 will see TranzRail hand over operation of Auckland’s commuter trains to Connex under a deal announced on November 26. Connex was selected as preferred contractor ahead of rival bids from Stagecoach and Serco, and the contract is due to be signed by Auckland Regional Council this month.Auckland’s two ...
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Larkhall approved
PASSENGER trains are set to return to the Lanarkshire town of Larkhall in October 2005, following a final go-ahead for a £35m project. Scottish Transport Minister Nicol Stephen confirmed on December 5 that the Scottish Executive would lift its funding contribution from £16m to £25m, reflecting increases in the projected ...
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RailNet goes alone
JANUARY 1 2004 sees the transformation of RailNetEurope into a free-standing non-profit organisation, with its own offices in Wien, following a decision by the steering committee on December 3. RNE was set up by the European Infrastructure Managers group as a forum to establish co-operation for allocation of international freight ...
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JFK Airtrain opens
DECEMBER 17 saw the formal opening of the 13 km automated peoplemover network serving JFK International Airport. The date had been selected to mark the centenary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. Airtrain provides a link between the various airline terminals, together with external connections to Howard Beach subway station ...
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SNCB prepares to move ahead
January 1 2005 may see Belgian Railways split into separate infrastructure and operations companies, but Chief Executive Karel Vinck told Chris Jackson that implementation of his four-year business plan is likely to take longer
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Dutch vow not to slip up again
MANY railways suffer from slippery rails in the autumn, and Netherlands Railways is no exception. During a storm over the weekend of October 27-28 2002 NS was hit exceptionally badly, and rolling stock availability fell in the following weeks as many wheelsets had been damaged. A predictable public outcry ensued, ...
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Financial advisers named
SAUDI Railways Organisation President Khalid H Alyahya announced at the Mena Rail conference staged by IIR in Dubai on December 9 that financial advisers had been appointed for Saudi Arabia’s planned rail expansion projects.UBS of Switzerland and the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia have been chosen to handle the ...
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Understanding of RCF advances
THERE IS now a far greater understanding of rolling contact fatigue in the UK than there was on October 17 2000 when the Hatfield derailment occurred. In part this is due to the Wheel-Rail Interface System Authority, set up in 2001 to co-ordinate the response to RCF by a shattered ...
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More open access
IN A report on November 25 former head of Banverket Jan Brandborn proposes open access throughout Sweden, including routes where SJ AB or regional authorities enjoy a monopoly on passenger services. Rikstrafiken, the authority that administers subsidies to some national routes, would be given greater responsibility, including management of a ...
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Brussels - Luxembourg accelerated
FROM the start of the winter timetable on December 15, Belgian National Railways and Luxembourg Railways have accelerated their inter-city services between the two capitals. Work is underway to rebuild the E411/E25 motorway connecting Brussels and Luxembourg by summer 2006, and the railways have increased capacity by 20% to cope ...
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Line 4 foreshadows urban expansion
SPEAKING at the Central & Eastern European Rail summit on November 27, Deputy Director-General for Economics of Budapest Transport Tam
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Jerusalem in under 30min
FUNDING for the long-planned high speed line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and other major projects was allocated in Israel's budget for the next five years announced on December 1; for the first time the rail spend this year (US$800m) will exceed that allocated for roads (US$780m). On ...
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Market January 2004
Austria: ÖBB has placed a €215m order with Bombardier and Elin for 60 more four-car Talent regional and commuter EMUs, to be delivered fom July 2005 to the end of 2006. Canada: Canadian Pacific has signed a seven-year IT outsourcing contract with IBM worth C$200m, under which 100 employees ...
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Metros January 2004
Australia: Victoria's Transport Minister Peter Batchelor plans to sign a new Melbourne tram franchise imminently. It is expected that Yarra Trams will operate the entire network following the withdrawal of NationalExpress. Brazil: Technical and economic bids are due on January 6 from six shortlisted companies to carry out a ...
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Pointers January 2004
During a high-level summit in Marrakech last month, the transport ministers of Morocco and Spain reaffirmed their commitment to building a fixed link under the Strait of Gibraltar. €27m will be provided over two years to fund design of the 38·7 km twin rail tunnels, with the aim of calling ...
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Tracklaying underway on Taiwan's first high speed line
Civil engineering is well advanced on the 345 km line between Taipei and Kaohsiung, and the first trainset is due to roll out at the end of this month
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