All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2001
All articles published this month.
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Underfloor transmissions
VOITH Turbo has introduced two hydrodynamic transmissions for underfloor power applications. The T111bre has integrated reversing gear and hydrodynamic retarder, and is suitable for transmission input power up to 300 kW. It is aimed at the light rail market, where it can be fitted close to a bogie to permit ...
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Sidetrack
Stop thiefCRIMINALS using stolen credit cards on the New York subway are being trapped by the automatic ticket barriers. When a stolen credit card is used to buy a MetroCard ticket, the bank alerts the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.MTA then tracks where the ticket is used, thanks to information held on ...
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Publications
The Moving MetropolisCommissioned to coincide with London’s hosting of the 54th UITP World Congress, this illustrated history of transport in London runs from 1800 to the present day. Arranged chronologically, the 400-page book covers all aspects of the city’s transport, including the underground railways and trams. There are over 1200 ...
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Wagon servicing precinct
GEMCO Rail Pty Ltd is to invest A$5·75m in a ’one-stop shop’ wagon maintenance facility in Forrestfield, Perth. After it opens in September, Managing Director Jim Ireland sees the facility becoming a ’railway service precinct’, with other companies leasing space at the site.Linked to Western Australia’s standard and 1067mm gauge ...
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Pointers
n Indian Railway Construction Co is expected to be awarded a US $1·8bn, five-year contract to double-track and electrify KTM’s Ipoh - Padang Besar line in Malaysia, part of a counter-trade deal being negotiated by Minister of Primary Industries Dr Lim Keng Yaik involving the sale of palm oil to ...
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PEOPLE
As part of a cabinet reshuffle at the British government following the general election on June 7, Stephen Byers has been appointed as Secretary of State in the remodelled Department for Transport, Local Government & the Regions, replacing the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. John Spellar becomes Minister for Transport, ...
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Modular toilet
JONES Garrard Products has produced an innovative train toilet module, designed to meet the latest British rolling stock disability requirements. A prototype is currently being demonstrated to potential customers.The toilet module is designed to be installed as either a fully-assembled unit or supplied as a clip-together flat-packed kit. This flexibility ...
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Metros
Australia: NEG has introduced the M>Train and M>Tram brands for its Bayside Trains and Swanston Trams franchises in Melbourne.Czech Republic: Subterra has won a KC1·4bn contract to build a new tram route between the Praha suburbs of Hlubocepy and Barrandov.France: Val d’Europe station opened on June 8, giving the ...
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Tyne & Wear Metro shares tracks to Sunderland
Britain's light rail revival was spearheaded by Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980; Richard Hope reports on another key milestone scheduled for January 13 2002 when light rail operation over the Railtrack network is scheduled to begin
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Market
Australia: Acting Commissioner of Railways for Western Australia Reece Waldock confirmed last month that two bids are being evaluated for 117 EMU cars to work the South-West Metropolitan Railway to be built between Perth and Mandurah (RG 12.00 p791). Alstom is bidding with United Goninan against Bombardier.Bangladesh: BR has purchased ...
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Madrid - Valladolid progress
THE LAST stage of the planning process for the Madrid - Segovia high speed line was completed on May 19. The government published its formal approval of the final alignment, enabling civil works to begin on the first 76 km of the route from the capital to Valladolid and Medina ...
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Trans-Asia links
SINGAPORE-based construction and engineering company Econ International has been appointed to assist the Chinese government with the development of part of the proposed Trans-Asia rail network in northern Thailand. Under a recently-signed trade agreement between China and Thailand, China Railway Communication Corp is to fund and build the planned 245 ...
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Paris plans third light rail line
PUBLIC consultation began on May 17 for an 8 km orbital tram route across southern Paris. The newly-elected mayor Bernard Delano
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Letters
ETCS in SpainSir - You reported in the May 2001 edition of Railway Gazette International and in the May 10 2001 issue of your newsletter Rail Business Intelligence that the signalling contract for the Madrid - Barcelona high speed line had been awarded to Alstom and the Cobra Consortium.This is ...
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US mergers must serve the public interest
ON JUNE 11 the Surface Transportation Board announced its long-awaited rules for large railway mergers in the USA. Applying to railways with annual revenue exceeding $250m, they require any future combination to meet public interest criteria set by STB.The ruling makes the merger approval process much more complex. This is ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Argentina: Under a 30-year agreement signed with the federal government, the province of Mendoza is take responsibility for passenger services within its borders. Passenger services may be reintroduced between the city of Mendoza and major towns throughout the province.Ferrobaires has restored passenger service to the 103 km Bragado - Lincoln ...
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Sleeper inspection
DATA on sleeper condition can be recorded and analysed with TieInspect, produced by Zeta-Tech Associates. TieInspect consists of a palm top computer linked to an eight-buttoned handheld input device. This is used to enter data about sleeper condition, type and location for later transfer to a database. Reports can then ...
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Siemens half-year results improve
SIEMENS Transportation Systems presented its half-year financial results at its annual press conference on May 17. Group President Herbert Steffen said the results for the six months to March 2001 were already better than for the whole of last year. Due to stock market rules, definitive financial data was not ...
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Soyabean grease
ENVIRONMENTAL Lubricants Manufacturing and Portec Rail have launched a high-performance lubricant based on soya beans, for rail curve and grinding applications. SoyTrack is the result of research at the University of Northern Iowa, and has the column strength and resistance to rain of petroleum-based lubricants. It has the advantage of ...
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Freight goes west
ON JUNE 13 New South Wales operator FreightCorp announced that aluminium supplier Alcoa had signed an agreement on June 1 giving it preferred bidder status for a contract to move traffic in Western Australia. The first step will be for FreightCorp to agree with Alcoa and infrastructure company WestNet Rail ...