All Railway Gazette International articles in June 1997 – Page 3

  • News

    Transrapid survives another review

    1997-06-01T10:00:00Z

    WE HAVE lost count of the number of times that high speed maglev projects have been given green lights, go-aheads and approvals in Germany. The latest came at the end of April when Transport Minister Matthias Wissmann said the project to build a Transrapid line between Hamburg and Berlin would ...

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    Suppliers flock to City Transport ’97

    1997-06-01T10:00:00Z

    INTRO: Organised in conjunction with UITP’s Stuttgart congress, the City Transport ’97 exhibition takes place on June 2-5A wide range of products and services for urban and regional operators will be on display at City Transport ’97 in Stuttgart’s Messegelände exhibition and congress centre. The Transfloor range from Altro Floors ...

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    ICE3 test train rolls this summer

    1997-06-01T10:00:00Z

    INTRO: The ability to run at 300 km/h, to climb 4% grades and to operate in several other countries dictated the design parameters for Germany’s third generation ICE. A five-car component test train capable of 360 km/h called the ICE-S will be ready to start a programme of trials in ...

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    Barajas link to open in 1999

    1997-06-01T10:00:00Z

    AIRLINE passengers will be able to reach Madrid’s Barajas airport by rail from the end of 1999. Funding has been agreed for construction of a 4·5 km metro extension to the airport from Mar de Cristal on Line 4, giving a 25min journey time from the airport to Plaza de ...

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    Rotterdam shuttles to handle 1m TEU/year

    1997-06-01T10:00:00Z

    IF ROTTERDAM has become the focal point for chartered intermodal shuttle trains around which the European Union’s first Freightways are to be constructed, NS Cargo has been a willing and enthusiastic partner in ironing out the obstacles.Bas C van Nes, NS Cargo’s Director, Combined Transport, says that ’rail’s share of ...