All Railway Gazette International articles in June 1999
All articles published this month.
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Tagus troubles
AS PREDICTED last month, no celebrations were held in Lisboa on April 25 to mark the launch of cross-Tagus rail services. Testing was still under way early last month on the cross-Tagus route, and the double-deck EMUs (below) built for the service to be operated by concessionaire Fertagus were only ...
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Sidetrack
Airport is all at seaWith growth at Schiphol airport continuing (p355), its management, the airlines based there and the air traffic authority have concluded that the construction of an off-shore airport, similar to that serving Osaka in Japan, is the best solution, and is needed by 2010. Connection to the ...
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RailNoise for Windows
WS atkins Noise & Vibration has released a Windows version of its RailNoise software which calculates operational noise generated by railways and guided transport systems (RG 3.97 p189). Running under Windows 95, 98 or NT4, RailNoise 98 is available in three versions: LT for smaller projects, Standard, and Enterprise with ...
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Pointers
n Look for an announcement this month of the preferred bidders to control Peru’s state rail network now run by Enafer. Under a process being organised by Mercer Management Consultants, the government will retain ownership of the infrastructure, and the concessionaires will be responsible for selling timetable paths to various ...
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PEOPLE
Swiss Federal Railways has confirmed the senior posts on its four new divisions. Reporting to the Head of Passenger division Paul Blumenthal are: Philippe Gauderon (Regional services); Vincent Ducrot (Intercity); Peter Lehmann (Client Services); Serge Anet/Thomas Portmann (Production); Hans-Kaspar Weber (Baggage and personal security) and Ferdinando Gianella (Rolling stock). ...
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Passenger PORTFOLIO
In Briefn Amtrak is altering market branding for its first class service on a number of corridors. The San Diegan trains now carry Pacific Class, while in the Pacific Northwest first class is redesignated Cascade Business Class. In the run up to introduction of Acela high speed trains on ...
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Passenger PORTFOLIO
SNCF has deployed two Eurostar sets on domestic services. From March 15 the units, redesignated TGV TM, began operating from Dunkerque and Valenciennes to Paris. SNCF plans to diagram them for the Brussels - Nice service during the summerSNCF is planning to open the first phase of the Eole cross-Paris ...
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NEWS
Spanish National Railways President Miguel Corsini signed an accord with Chilean State Railways Director-General Jaime Mondaca on April 16 for the sale of rolling stock worth Pts9bn to Chile by the end of 2002. It covers 22 Class 440R commuter EMUs, a Class 308 diesel loco, five Class 444 inter-regional ...
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Metros
Australia: New South Wales Department of Transport has invited proposals by September 24 for a smartcard ticketing system covering all public transport within the Sydney CityRail area. Canada: Toronto Transit Commission has awarded Vale-Harmon Enterprises a US$6·7m contract to supply signalling for the 6·4 km Sheppard Avenue subway, scheduled for ...
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Vivendi to run Stockholm metro
STORSTOCKHOLMS Lokaltrafik, the regional transport authority covering the Swedish capital, has selected Vivendi subsidiary CGEA Transport to take over operation of its metro and tram networks for a 10-year period starting in mid-1999. The move follows an international consultation as part of SL’s ongoing programme of contracting out the operation ...
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Market
Bulgaria: Bulgarian State Railways has ordered 60000 Type B91S/2 concrete sleepers from ZSPV Uhersky Ostroh of the Czech Republic.Canada: Canac Inc has been awarded contracts worth a total of C$17m to rebuild the 28 km Port Alfred - Jonquière and 16 km Alma - St Bruno sections of the Roberval ...
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Metra plans orbital lines
Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority Metra has launched feasibility studies for three new commuter rail lines announced on April 16. These include a 169 km Outer Circumferential route serving Mundelein, Long Grove, West Chicago, Naperville, New Lenox and Frankfort, costed at US$600m. An Inner Circumferential linking Midway and O’Hare International airports ...
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Steffen leads VT Offensive
Speaking in Paris on May 10, Siemens Transportation Systems (VT) President Herbert Steffen said that the group was making ’considerable efforts to get back on the right track’ after posting a loss of DM759m in 1997-98 (RG 1.99 p51). Parent company Siemens AG was to release its financial results for ...
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Tseung Kwan O work starts
HONG KONG’s Financial Secretary Donald Tsang officiated at ceremonies on April 24 to mark the start of construction for the MTR extension to Tseung Kwan O. Several construction contracts have been awarded since the project was authorised last November, and MTR Corp Chairman Jack C K So expects to have ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: Test running is under way on the Hudson-Bergen light rail line in Jersey City, using two pre-production vehicles supplied by Kinki Sharyo of Japan. The firm is now assembling the production cars at a plant in Harrison, New Jersey, as part of a US$1bn DBOM concession from NJ Transit, ...
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INTELLIGENCE
With the timetable change on May 30 - a year later than planned - operation of the 57 km Volmetalbahn linking Dortmund, Hagen, Brügge and Lüdenscheid becomes the responsibility of the Dortmund Märkische Eisenbahn, founded in 1997 by Dortmunder Stadtwerke (75%) and bus company Märkische Verkehrs Gesellschaft (25%).To serve ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: On show at the Hannover fair in April was the first of a series of 350 Hirrs twin-section sliding-wall vans being supplied to GE Capital Rail Services by Bombardier Transportation DWA-Niesky. Designed to carry 65 tonnes at a maximum axleload of 23·5 tonnes, the vans are cleared to run ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: Australian Rail Track Corp has begun an A$16m programme to increase capacity in the Adelaide - Kalgoorlie corridor, including the lengthening of 21 passing loops to 1850m.Azerbaijan: Forthcoming privatisation legislation is thought likely to make provision for the sale of Azerbaijan Railway by the middle of 2000. Over 50% ...
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Inside INDUSTRY
On April 29 Adtranz und Elektrizace Zeleznic Praha signed a co-operation agreement covering power supply and electrification equipment. The deal provides for joint design, planning, manufacture and marketing of products in the Czech Republic, Germany and other countries, and will give Adtranz access to EZ’s contacts in the East European ...