All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2002 – Page 2
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Regions fight for funds
TWO REGIONS in the north of France have begun official proceedings before the Conseil d’Etat in an attempt to obtain additional funding from central government to meet their responsibilities under new agreements with SNCF (RG 4.02 p167). Nord-Pas-de-Calais reckons that TER services will require €180m this year against the €108m ...
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NJT expands
NEW JERSEY Transit has ordered 34 extra light rail vehicles from Kinki Sharyo, similar to the 45 already operating on the Hudson-Bergen line and the Newark City Subway. The $101·4m order, confirmed by the NJT board on June 12, was placed by 21st Century Rail Corp, the DBO concessionaire for ...
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Road excavators take to the rails
ROAD-RAIL maintenance vehicles offer contractors great flexibility, being suitable for tasks including excavation, vegetation cutting and spraying, rail lifting and rail clip insertion and removal.JCB estimates that 750 road-rail vehicles are in use in the UK. The company’s JS175W (right) has recently been launched for the European market. Each rail ...
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ERFA founded
A GROUP of European operators and the Association of German Transport Undertakings (VDV) are setting up the European Rail Freight Association. The first general assembly will take place on July 23 in Brussels, and Klaus-J Meyer, the VDV representative in Brussels, has been nominated as Chief Executive.ERFA’s primary objectives are ...
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Embattled ICF tries X.net
ANNOUNCING its 2001 results on June 6, Intercontainer-Interfrigo looked back on a year when traffic fell by over 13%, to 834894 TEU and 942 million TEU-km. Apart from losing two major customers, ICF attributed its poor performance to ’poor quality’, ’disruptions due to accidents and bad weather conditions’ and ’strikes ...
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Easy to open windows
TOUCH-sensitive hopper windows for railway vehicles have been developed at Sheffield Hallam University with less-able users in mind. A passenger simply presses the damped-cam window to open it, and presses again to close it. The design incorporates embossed Braille instructions, and unlike existing windows requires minimal pressure to use.Inventor Margaret ...
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JR East to go fully private
THE Japanese government is to sell its remaining 12·7% stake in East Japan Railway. JR-East runs 12 220 trains a day, carrying 16·2 million passengers on a network totalling 7 538 route-km. Around 500000 shares owned by Japan Railway Construction Public Corp are to be sold, raising an expected ´300bn. ...
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Dynamic stabilisation keeps geometry in shape
INTRO: Long-term trials carried out jointly by German Railway and Plasser & Theurer have shown that dynamic track stabilisation reduces the rate at which track geometry deterioratesBYLINE: Dr Bernhard LichtbergerHead of Research & TestingPlasser & TheurerIN A LONG-TERM trial carried out with German Railway on a main line near Regensburg, ...
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Czech results mixed
US-owned Czech wagon builder Thrall Vagonka lost KC23m on revenues of KC1·17bn in 2001, but restructuring and consolidation reduced the loss from the previous year’s figure of KC203m. Meanwhile, CKD Vagonka recorded a net profit of KC60m on sales of KC273m. Brake manufacturer DAKO-CZ achieved a gross profit of KC36m, ...
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TGV Est contracts let
FRENCH infrastructure authority RFF has awarded a further six contracts for civil works on the first phase of the TGV Est européen high speed line, which runs for 300 km between Vaires-sur-Marne and Baudrecourt. Contracts have now been let for civil works on over 60% of the route, due to ...
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More confrontation over Taiwan’s high speed line
WITH civil engineering work on Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp’s 346 km line between Taipei and Kaohsiung now 30% complete (p345), the project is unlikely to be abandoned. But serious delay is almost certain to follow a furious legal row that has erupted between the corporation and the government.The NT$446bn ...
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Low noise track meets environmental concerns
INTRO: New forms of track are being developed with the objective of reducing railway noise at its source. Different techniques are required to tackle airborne noise radiated by the rail and low-frequency ground vibration, and it is often necessary to balance noise reduction against mechanical performanceBYLINE: David Thompson and Chris ...
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Swiss commit to ETCS
SWISS Federal Railways will invest SFr2·9bn in signalling and train control modernisation over the next 15 years. A commitment to install ETCS on all main lines in Switzerland by 2017 was made by SBB’s management board on June 4, when it announced a three-pronged investment programme. Apart from SFr830m for ...
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Spanish reform coming
SPEAKING at a conference in Santander last month, Spanish Development Minister Francisco Álvarez-Cascos outlined the future shape of the national railway network that the government hopes to have drawn up by the end of this year. Under the new model, public and private operators including Renfe’s existing business units will ...
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Lausanne metro closer
LAST MONTH the Swiss canton of Vaud confirmed its backing for a SFr590m reconstruction and extension of the Lausanne metro. This paves the way for the scheme to be put to the voters for approval next year.Plans were drawn up several years ago to convert the existing Lausanne - Ouchy ...
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Light rail is the mode of choice
JUDGING by the turnout at UITP’s 6th light rail conference, the mode is in fine form. Almost 450 delegates from over 30 countries assembled in Nantes on June 12-14 to debate the latest technical, political and operational innovations.Construction continues apace. The Turkish city of Bursa has just opened its first ...
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China market opens up
BEIJING Mayor Liu Qi announced on June 12 that international firms will be invited to tender for design and construction of future metro lines in the Chinese capital. He anticipates the construction of 150 route-km over the next six years, more than trebling the size of the network.At the same ...
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Trams to serve central London
PLANS to build two new light rail lines in the British capital were announced by Mayor of London Ken Livingstone on May 29. Following public consultation and discussions with local authorities, he approved two light rail routes and two busways. ’People have been talking about these schemes for seven years’, ...
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Camrail funding
REHABILITATION of the 622 km Trans-Cameroon main line between N’gaoundéré and Yaoundé will get under way shortly, following the announcement of a World Bank loan. Privatised operator Camrail confirmed on May 22 that it had been allocated FrCFA15·6bn, which it described as ’a breath of fresh air’. The initial package ...
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FO and BVZ to merge
SWITZERLAND’S Furka Oberalp and Brig-Visp-Zermat railways announced on June 12 that their boards had agreed to merge. Subject to ratification by the shareholders on September 12, the agreement will take effect from January 1 2003.At present BVZ Zermatt-Bahn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BVZ Holding AG, which also holds a ...
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