All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2005 – Page 4

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    Making progress across Europe

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    Seven case studies provide examples of the many ETCS projects now underway in different countries.

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    Three Railway Packages herald uncertainty across the continent

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    The ongoing liberalisation of Europe's railway sector is mandated by a series of directives and regulations from the European Union. Chris Jackson looks at the legislative programme and current proposals that will drive further change

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    Class 455 suburban EMU refurbished

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    UK: On November 23 South West Trains returned to service the first two of its 91 Class 455 inner-suburban EMUs which are being refurbished at Bombardier’s Ashford works. The mid-life refurbishment project will be completed in March 2008. The £67m cost is being funded by Porterbrook, and ...

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    $350m loans for Venezuela projects

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    ON NOVEMBER 30 the Andean Development Corp announced that it had approved three loans worth a total of US$350m to fund rail and metro projects in Venezuela. The suburban railway under construction between Caracas and Tuy Medio (RG 9.04 p544) is to receive the largest single allocation, with US$200m to ...

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    People in the News - January 2005

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    Pavel Sury has been named Director of Czech Railways' Brno region, succeeding Frantisek Raska who has replaced V? clav Padevet as Director of Safety Inspection. Milan Fryc has replaced Jirí Kol? r as director of the Ustí nad Labem region, and on December 1 Ursula Broschov? took over from ...

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    Railway Directory 2005

    2005-01-01T11:00:00Z

    READERS may now purchase the 2005 edition of our industry reference work Railway Directory, compiled and edited by Chris Bushell. The 110th edition of Railway Directory provides up-to-date information and contact details for the world’s railway operators. The city railways section lists metro, light rail and tram networks, while statutory ...

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    Demands on the subgrade drive GPR developments

    2005-01-01T08:59:00Z

    Higher axleloads, rising traffic and route rationalisation are placing unprecedented demands on the track substructure of North American railways. In response, the industry is developing more effective substructure maintenance management techniques that include ground-penetrating radar