All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2002 – Page 4
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AGV in need of a customer
HAVING completed its task in May, Alstom's Elisa test train formed of two experimental AGV cars married to part of a TGV Réseau set is being dismantled while the results are analysed. AGV stands for Automotrice à Grande Vitesse, and Project Director Georges Palais told us on the final trip ...
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ERRAC sets out strategic agenda
THE DIRECTION of European railway research for the next 20 years was mapped out on June 4, when the European Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin unveiled the Strategic Rail Research Agenda. Subtitled ’A Turning Point for European Rail Research’, SRRA 2020 outlines four ’areas of action’ to be progressed by ...
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PPP in the dock again
ONCE AGAIN the High Court in London is due to consider the legality of the Public-Private Partnership that is intended to hand over the maintenance of the capital’s metro to the private sector. On June 12 Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced that Transport for London, which he chairs, had ...
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Master Plan will add capacity
INTRO: Earlier this year Vietnam’s Prime Minister authorised a 160921bn dong programme of investment that will expand and modernise the DSVN network by 2020MAJOR upgrading of existing routes and construction of new lines feature prominently in Vietnam Railways’ Master Plan. With Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s seal on the document, ...
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RZD accelerates the pace of electrification
INTRO: Electrification of the final two sections of the Trans-Siberian main line ranks among several major wiring projects nearing completion under a Russian Railways investment programmeAFTER A LONG period during the 1990s when financial problems prevented much investment in the Russian Railways network, electrification is once again a priority in ...
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Line 4 consortia prequalified
A TOTAL OF 12 consortia have prequalified for turnkey contracts to design and build metro Line 4 in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. The first phase which will run for 12·8 km from Luz to Vila S
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