All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2006 – Page 5
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NewsSilence of the trams
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling has effectively killed any prospect that light rail construction in England will resume in the near future. Thanks to devolution of such matters to the Scottish Parliament, a new network is still expected go ahead in Edinburgh. The first indication of trouble ...
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Speedway upgrade
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN and Norfolk Southern have agreed to form a joint venture to improve the 515 km KCS route between Meridian, Mississippi, and Shreveport, Louisiana. Under the `Meridian Speedway’ project, KCS, which retains operational control, will transfer the line to the joint venture for a 70% stake. NS will ...
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Talking in Sweden
AVITEC has won a €3·5m contract to install OnBoard Repeaters to improve mobile telephone coverage on Swedish X2000 trains. Under the agreement signed by SJ, TeliaSonera, 3, Tele 2 and Vodafone in October, the entire fleet of 200 cars will be equipped by June 2006. A roof-mounted antenna is connected ...
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Wear-resistant wheels
HIGH-GRADE steel designed to reduce damage from rolling contact fatigue has been selected for wheels being supplied by Lucchini Sidermeccanica.Branded as Superlos grade, the steel is a pearlitic silicon and manganese carbon mix which the supplier says is well-suited to a low-temperature environment.Lucchini’s contract is in two parts. One covers ...
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