All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2002 – Page 3
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Finance
Chile: Investment bank IM Trust has been commissioned by Grupo CB to examine options for raising up to US$15m of investment funding for freight operator Fepasa. This may involve CB selling all or part of its controlling interest in the company.Czech Republic: CD recorded a loss of KC4bn in 2001, ...
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Frame-sleeper track promises a longer life
INTRO: Tests at three sites have confirmed that frame-sleeper track has high lateral resistance and a lower ballast settlement rate than conventional sleepers, but more work is needed to confirm the predicted reduction in maintenance costsBYLINE: Dipl-Ing Dr Techn Klaus RiessbergerHead of Railway Department, Technical University of GrazFIRST DEVELOPED in ...
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Mott joins Franklin
ENGINEERING consultancies Mott MacDonald and Franklin + Andrews announced a merger on May 16. The companies will trade under their own names within the Mott MacDonald group.Franklin + Andrews is focused on consultancy and project management. Mott MacDonald’s skills include design engineering and experience with privately-financed projects. The two companies ...
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Turn up the heat
CKS Holdings Ltd is supplying rugged industrial computers to control gas-powered point heaters made by Netherlands-based Pintsch Aben BV.Burning natural gas or propane, the heaters are being used by railways in Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands. Each computer can control up to 10240 burner pipes. Because they are mounted in ...
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Interior suppliers integrate
FINTEN, a marketing and product development alliance of six Finnish railway suppliers, is planning to boost its members’ order books by seeking international contracts for integrated passenger carriage interiors. Members produced components for 92 double-deck vehicles built for VR by Talgo, the last of which rolled off the production line ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Albania: The Railway Directorate expected to start work last month on the reconstruction of the Shkoder - Hani I Hotit line, which was damaged during riots in 1997. A contract has been awarded to the Alba Via company following the allocation of 200m leks for the work in the government ...
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Jerusalem LRT shortlist
DETAILS of the two competing bids to build and operate the initial light rail line in Jerusalem were unveiled by the Municipality and the Israeli ministries of Transport and Finance on June 4, which were presented to the inter-ministerial committee that day. Analysis of the tenders is expected to take ...
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Letters
SJ still exclusiveSir - In your article ’Mixed signals at Paris conference’ (RG 4.02 p177), you report that ’Sweden now contracts out all local services and subsidised long-distance corridors; with the disappearance next year of the exclusive right for state-owned SJ AB to run profitable inter-city routes, there will effectively ...
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SL picks Lirex
STOCKHOLM public transport operator Storstockholms Lokaltrafik and rolling stock leasing company AB Transitio have ordered 55 low-floor EMUs from Alstom Transport to replace the ageing suburban fleet in the Swedish capital. The €380m deal includes options for up to 50 additional units. To be manufactured in Germany, Belgium and France, ...
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Market
Australia: Global Technology is to supply Queensland Rail with its Metify business cost management software.The Queensland government has called for expressions of interest to operate the weekly Savannahlander railcar service between Cairns and Forsayth currently run by Queensland Rail.Belgium: Thales e-Transactions has been awarded a €4·5m contract to supply fleet ...
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Relaying mechanised in Shanghai
INTRO: Among the latest track renewal machines delivered by Matisa is a P95LS for use in ChinaBYLINE: Jo
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Metros
Australia: The Victorian government has reached a settlement with OneLink, supplier of Melbourne’s troubled automated ticketing system, under which the company will receive up to A$65m towards claims of A$360m relating to alleged late changes in the initial contract. A revised contract based on performance is to be signed.Belgium: Tenders ...
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And so to Nice?
THERE was plenty for SNCF to celebrate last month when TGV Méditerranée reached its first birthday. Since opening on June 10 last year, when the best Paris - Marseille journey time was cut to just 3h (RG 7.01 p449), the line has carried 18million passengers and has increased traffic by ...
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