All Railway Gazette International articles in July 1999 – Page 3
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Corridor upgrade cuts transit times
Murray Hughes travelled in a PKP inspection saloon to view improvement works on the E20 corridor between Warszawa and Poznan
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Consolidated designs to serve high-speed partnerships
INTRO: The race to develop new high-speed trains is slowing down, as railways in Europe and the Far East concentrate on management and service quality. Gordon Pettitt reviews the market, and suggests that international management consortia may offer the best way for rail to present an attractive and cost-effective alternative ...
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Siemens tries MoMo concept
SIEMENS Verkehrstechnik has signed a co-operation agreement with FA Porsche for the development of a design-led production concept to build modular metro vehicles. The MoMo concept has been under development for the last 18 months, starting with the technical features and then moving on to interior fittings and image.According to ...
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Dragados wins in Colombia
SPANISH civil engineering group Dragados announced on June 14 that it had been selected as preferred bidder for a 30-year concession to renovate and operate the 1470 km Atlantic rail network in Colombia. The group has a 60% stake in the bidding consortium, which includes Spanish National Railways, a Colombian ...
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NS clings on
NETHERLANDS Railways has retained a tenuous foothold in the bidding to run trains on the HSL Zuid high speed line linking Amsterdam and Antwerpen. The process got under way last month, with HSL Zuid releasing a consultation document and inviting NS to bid to operate domestic services on the route. ...
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QR claims narrow-gauge record
On May 23 one of Queensland Railways’ two six-car tilting EMUs set a new world record speed for a passenger-carrying train on narrow-gauge tracks. The 1 067 mm gauge trainset reached 210 km/h near Bundaberg on the recently upgraded Brisbane - Rockhampton line.On board for the record run were QR ...
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CD in search of commercial freedom
INTRO: General Manager Dalibor Zeleny is convinced that he could turn Czech Railways into a viable business. But this will only happen if CD is given political freedom as a joint stock company. Murray Hughes reports from PrahaBYLINE: Dalibor Zeleny General Manager Czech Railways GIVEN THE cries of doom that ...
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Virgin bus links
ON MAY 27 Britain’s Virgin Trains and Stagecoach Holdings unveiled a package of feeder buses and through ticketing schemes, due to start with the timetable change on May 30. The RailLink initiative has been developed to honour a commitment made to the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising when Stagecoach acquired ...
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Bus operators share metro
SHARES in Singapore Bus Services jumped by 24% on May 28 following the announcement that the firm had been selected by the Land Transport Authority to operate the island’s North East Line heavy metro now under construction. But shares in the rival Trans-Island Bus Services soared by 37% the same ...
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Express Rail Link brings the train to the plane
Construction of a 57 km electrified route between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the city centre is now under way. Under a 30-year concession awarded to the private sector, express and commuter services are due to begin operating in 2002
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Prestige brings smart cards to London
Passengers on London's metro and bus network are expected to begin using contactless smart cards in August 2002. Robert Preston spoke to London Transport Project Manager Chris Oulds and TranSys consortium Marketing Director Victoria Pender about the 17-year Prestige integrated revenue collection contract
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News in Brief
Tel Aviv mass transit promoter NTA Ltd has appointed DeLeuw Cather to undertake preliminary design of its 18 km first line between Petah Tikwa, Tel Aviv and Bat Yam. The route is to be designed as a pre-metro light rail line suitable for conversion to heavy metro in future, but ...
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Short line boost
THE US government has approved a $1bn loan guarantee programme to improve safety and boost efficiency on over 650 short line and regional railways. Details of the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing Programme were unveiled by Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater on May 19.To be managed by the Federal Railroad ...
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Belt conversion
MOSCOW’S Freight Belt railway is to be converted to a dedicated commuter line by 2005, creating a high-capacity orbital link around the suburbs which will relieve the existing metro of cross-city traffic. A fleet of new electric multiple-units is to be supplied by the Demikhovo EMU plant.Details of the conversion ...
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New Belgrano operators sought
The Argentinian province of Salta invited expressions of interest by July 5 for operating freight and passenger services on the northern section of the Belgrano Railway. Under an agreement with the federal government, Salta and the eight other provinces of the Greater North Region have the right to contract third ...
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BDZ wires head south
BULGARIAN State Railways’ main line from Sofia to the Greek border at Kulata is to be electrified at 25 kV 50Hz by the middle of 2001. During May the Ministry of Regional Development awarded a contract worth 35m euros to a consortium of Adtranz and Glavbolgarstroy for the wiring of ...
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Putting Málaga on the AVE map
SPAIN: The Ministry of Development has published details of the proposed extension of the standard gauge AVE route from Córdoba to Málaga. When complete, the line will allow AVE sets to reach the Mediterranean city from Madrid in 2h 21min compared with the 4h 10min now offered by gauge-convertible Talgo ...
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Bay Area signs smart card deal
THE LARGEST smart-card fare collection contract yet awarded in North America was signed by San Francisco’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission on May 27. The 10-year turnkey agreement with Motorola’s Worldwide Smartcard Solutions Division and the ERG Group provides for the installation of a smart card ticketing system that may eventually cover ...
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SNCF tests Aquazole
French National Railways has begun trials of Aquazole, developed by ELF Antar France to reduce diesel emissions. The fuel is being used by Class 8000 and 63500 shunting locomotives based at La Villette depot outside Paris Est, where local residents have complained about high levels of atmospheric pollution.Aquazole is an ...
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