All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2000
All articles published this month.
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Upset in Ukraine
THE FINDINGS of a team of government investigators into the running of the 22510 route-km broad gauge Ukrainian Railways network have caused a sensation. Following publication of a detailed report for the National Security Council, President Kuchma decided to take drastic action. The ensuing presidential decree demands nothing less than ...
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Tilt TGVs to Toulouse
FRENCH National Railways is set to introduce tilting TGV services in 2005 on the Limousin route from Paris to Toulouse via Orléans and Limoges, following the signing of a financing agreement with the government and local regions. The deal was announced in Limoges on May 30 by Minister of Public ...
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SBB rethinks
SWISS Federal Railways is reviewing the level of service provided at stations. Ideas range from setting up a subsidiary to run stations with a travel agency and a full range of ticketing to franchise partnerships with Kuoni. Smaller stations may be run by third parties, and ’public stations’ ...
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Publications
Rolling contact fatigue of railway wheelsby Anders EkbergHigher speeds and axleloads have tended to increase the forces acting on railway wheels. At the same time, reductions in curvature and bogie optimisation have tended to shift the main causes of wheel rim damage from wear to fatigue. In his doctoral thesis, ...
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Smallest state in privatisation vanguard
Estonia is on course to be the first former Soviet state to transfer rail operations to the private sector. Richard Hope reports keen bidding for rapidly growing transit freight through the port of Tallinn, although thereis a tussle over passenger subsidies
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Pointers
n Look for the state government of New South Wales to announce plans for the privatisation of Freightcorp; the A$1bn sale has been approved in principle by the cabinet, and discussions with local rail unions are expected to start later this month.n Construction of a new commuter rail route in ...
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Variable supports speed Pendolino production
FACED with the need to turn out up to eight vehicles a week for Virgin’s West Coast Pendolino fleet, Alstom Transport has remodelled its assembly lines at Washwood Heath. At peak production, Pendolino cars will be moving down four parallel lines, and Alstom was keen to minimise intermediate handling.The car ...
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Pacific Surfliner rides the rails
INTRO: Julian Wolinsky reports from Los AngelesON JUNE 1 Amtrak West unveiled its Pacific Surfliner service, which is to replace California’s present San Diegans as new stock is phased in over the next year. A 558 km ceremonial run from San Diego to Los Angeles and Santa Barbara marked ...
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NS restructures
NETHERLANDS Railways is to restructure its senior management with effect from August 1, when Chairman Rob den Besten retires. He will be succeeded by a five-strong directorate, comprising new Chairman Hans Huisinga and directors for Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Internal & External Relations.The Commercial sector will be responsible for marketing ...
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Market
Australia: Australia Southern Railroad has purchased 16 Class 422 locomotives of 2000hp from FreightCorp of New South Wales, to haul construction trains on the Alice Springs - Darwin line.CFCL Australia has ordered 50 container wagons from MacRail Ltd for A$5m. Capable of carrying three 20ft containers at speeds up to ...
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Malmö tunnel modelling
AS PART OF the design process for the Citytunneln project in Malmö, a new route under the city centre linking Central station and the Øresund fixed link including 4 km of twin-bore tunnels 20 m below ground, Ødegaard & Danneskiold-Samsøe was commissioned to model the ground-borne noise and vibration likely ...
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Pressure monitoring for point machines
A MONITORING system based on pressure sensing developed by Smith Industries Hydraulics Company (SIHC) for its own clamp lock point machines has been approved by Railtrack for use across the British main line network. Analysis of the variation of current, time and pressure within the clamp lock system revealed that ...
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Island link restored
GERMAN Transport Minister Richard Klimmt joined celebrations in Wolgast on May 26 to mark the reconnection of the Baltic island of Usedom to the national rail network after a gap of 55 years. Also on board the special train were the President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Harald Ringstorff and German Railway’s Board ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: Australian Wheat Board Ltd has selected Wisconsin Central subsidiary ATN Access to haul 300000 tonnes of grain from its new Dimboola terminal to Melbourne’s Appleton Dock. Four L Class locos will haul 44 grain hoppers being delivered from China. ATN is establishing a servicing depot at McIntyre Loop outside ...
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Industry News
Europe: Engineering consultancies Holland Railconsult and TransTeC of Germany have agreed to co-operate in their respective domestic markets and elsewhere.Malaysia: Time Salam Engineering has been purchased by Noblemax Resources for 18m ringgits. Now known as Emrail Sdn Bhd, the company undertakes the design and construction of trackwork, signalling and civils, ...
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Industry News
France: After making a loss of Fr81·7m in 1998, Arbel-Fauvet-Rail has reported a profit of Fr2·3m on a turnover of Fr596m for 1999, due in part to increased productivity at its Douai plant following restructuring. The AFR product range now includes a freight bogie for axleloads of 25 tonnes.Great Britain: ...
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Hannover S-Bahn opens
GERMAN Railway officially launched its latest S-Bahn network in Hannover on May 27, ahead of the start of public services with the summer timetable change the following day. It accounts for around DM1·6bn of the DM2bn investment made by DB and the Land of Nidersachsen in preparation for the opening ...