All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2009
All articles published this month.
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NewsNew Delhi to pilot station renewal programme
INDIA: Faced with rapidly-increasing traffic, Indian Railways needs to augment or rebuild many of its 7 000 stations to accommodate the growing business. PPP financing and commercial development are envisaged to fund the reconstruction of 26 of the country’s busiest stations, reports Raghu Dayal.
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NewsSee how they run
UK: The Association of Train Operating Companies has announced plans to roll out real-time mapping on the nationalrail.co.uk travel information website. ATOC has been working with Microsoft and Conchango to improve the visual interface of the National Rail Enquiries website’s ‘live departure boards’ feature, which provides details of train running ...
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Underfloor composite tank
WATER TANK: Roof-mounted air-conditioning units can limit the space available for overhead water tanks on passenger cars, so Goa-based Kineco has developed a filament-wound composite under-floor tank which is now in service with Indian Railways. The non-corroding composite tank is designed as a single piece with semi-ellipsoidal dish ends and ...
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Dieter - January 2009
CHINA: Redundant DK16 metro cars which ran on Line 2 in Beijing until they were replaced before the Olympic Games have been converted into student dormitories in Guangyuan, a town in China’s Sichuan province which was badly damaged by an earthquake on May 12. The seats have been replaced ...
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NewsPointers January 2009
Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure has approved plans to privatise freight operator PKP Cargo. Proposals for a partial sale of Rail Cargo Austria were floated by new Chancellor Werner Feyhman on December 16. The government of Kyrgyzstan decided in December to put national railway KTY up for sale. The Southern ...
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NewsSoftware tools ease planning headaches
SOFTWARE: A range of approaches is available for planners seeking to model timetables and assess the capacity of a railway. Three case studies from Europe illustrate the variations between them.
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NewsLevante line takes shape
SPAIN: Construction and fitting out works are proceeding apace on the high speed line which will link Madrid with Valencia and the Murcia region.
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - January 2009
Hampered by delays in extending the city’s metro, the Buenos Aires government is now considering alternative transport modes. On December 8, Mayor Mauricio Macri signed a collaboration agreement with the Mayor of Milano Letizia Moratti to investigate the feasibility of restoring the tram network. Two Boston Red Line metro cars ...
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NewsVictoria Line upgrade on schedule
UK: The ambitious project to renew one of London’s busiest Underground lines is nearing the halfway stage. Despite the high-profile collapse of PPP infraco Metronet in 2007, new trains and radio-based signalling are expected to bring a major capacity increase by 2013. Nick Kingsley investigates.
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NewsDB signs €1·5bn double-deck framework
GERMANY: On January 5 Deutsche Bahn and Bombardier Transportation announced a framework agreement worth up to €1·5bn for the supply of 800 double-deck coaches, including DB's first double-deck EMU cars. DB will use the vehicles to compete in tenders for the provision of local rail transport. 'For the first ...
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NewsDalian rolls out 9·6 MW electric locomotive
CHINA: The first of 500 powerful Co-Co electric locomotives being built by China Northern under an agreement with Bombardier was rolled out at Dalian works on December 29. Ordered by the Ministry of Railways in February 2007 at a cost of €1·1bn, the 9·6 MW locomotives are a single ...
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NewsSurface Transportation Board approves EJ&E takeover
USA: The Surface Transportation Board has approved Canadian National's acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in the Chicago area with effect from January 23. CN had been pressuring STB to issue a decision by the end of 2008 to meet a deadline in its contract with US ...
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NewsRail must do more to win logistics business
LOGISTICS: Freight forwarders and 3PL providers want to make greater use of rail. But until the industry develops an international perspective to match the level of service offered by competing modes, its potential will remain unfulfilled.
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NewsColorado Railcar Manufacturing closes
USA: Diesel multiple-unit and cruise train coach supplier Colorado Railcar Manufacturing is being liquidated, having ceased operations with effect from December 23. CRM had been the only supplier offering DMUs meeting FRA standards for mixed traffic operation and Buy America requirements. 'Colorado Railcar Manufacturing has a major liquidity problem, ...
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News250 km/h sleeper train enters service
CHINA: Chinese Railways has begun putting a fleet of 20 high speed sleeper trainsets into service on overnight journeys between Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. In October 2007 the Ministry of Railways placed a €1bn order for a total of 40 high speed trainsets with the Bombardier Sifang Power (Qingdao) ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
On January 1 signalling supplier AZD Praha became an associate member of the Unisig consortium, established at the request of the European Commission in 1999 to draft technical specifications for ETCS in collaboration with the European Railway Agency. AZD is the first new member since its formation, joining Alstom, Ansaldo ...
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NewsCityCargo in receivership
NETHERLANDS: The CityCargo project which envisaged using Amsterdam's tram network to supply shops and businesses has gone into receivership, although receiver Joris Lensink and Veolia are investigating the possibilities to revive the project. The city council has said it sees potential in the project only as an unsubsidised ...
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NewsUltracapacitors on test
SOUTH KOREA: National railway research agency KRRI is trialling the use of lineside ultracapacitor modules to store braking energy on the Seoul metro. KRRI has contracted Woojin Industrial Systems to manage the trial. During 2008, Woojin took delivery of 72 Boostcap ultracapacitors rated at 48 V, supplied by ...
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NewsDisplay wall commissioned
VIDEO WALL: Siemens and Barco have commissioned a rear-projected video wall at the Namur signalling centre of Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel. A similar wall was already in service in Brugge, and a further 12 are to be installed across the country by 2012. The wall ‘presents operators with all key ...
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NewsSkoda to supply CityElefants to ZSSK
SLOVAKIA: Skoda Vagónka has been selected to supply national passenger operator ZSSK with 10 three-car double-deck EMUs to replace 1970s rolling stock on suburban and inter-regional services between Trencín, Zilina and Kosice. The €96·1m contract is expected to be signed later this month, and deliveries wil be completed within four ...