All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2001 – Page 2
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Niterói bidding starts
PREQUALIFICATION bids have been called by July 23 for construction of Rio de Janeiro metro Line 3. Costed at US$800m, the project was formally approved in mid-April by Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The project will be awarded as a 25-year design-build-operate concession, with an option for a further 25-year ...
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Five phases of HAL research bring billion dollar savings
With the fifth phase of HAL research due for completion next year, it is clear that substantial benefits accrue from heavy axleload operation. Cumulative savings from the use of HAL techniques and equipment in North America during the 1990s are of major significance
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Blue line funding
BANGKOK Metro Co Ltd, which holds the concession to equip and operate the Thai capital’s underground metro line, confirmed on May 3 that it had put together a 30bn baht funding package for authorisation by the government’s Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority.BMCL Managing Director Sombat Kitjalaksana says a foreign banking consortium ...
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Bridge opening
GOOD PROGRESS is being made with the dual-gauge link being built to join the two halves of Bangladesh Railway's network. Tracklaying on the 99 km route between Jamtoil, near Siraganj, and Joydepur is around 70% complete, with the head of steel reaching Tangail on the east side of the Jamuna ...
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Passenger News in Brief
British inter-city operator Great North Eastern Railway is to hire out its first class lounges at major stations for use as city centre meeting rooms. GNER has also launched a range of Bistro meals, which will be served in its restaurant cars on off-peak trains.Work has begun to modernise the ...
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Industry in Brief
The Swiss-based European arm of US wagon builder Trinity Industries has acquired Slovakian manufacturer Wagonmarket. Frantisek Stup
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Products in Brief
Interfleet Technology has developed a portable monitoring and analysis unit for electrically operated carriage doors. The unit detects abnormal operation to allow fault prediction, prevention and trend analysis.The PowerPlan energy consumption and demand modelling software developed by VST Comreco Rail has been extended to include the effects of adding trackside ...
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T’Trans steps up refurbishment business
OVER THE NEXT five years T’Trans estimates that the refurbishment market for passenger and freight rolling stock in Brazil may be worth up to US$3bn. This explains why the company is investing R$10m in a factory formerly owned by Federal Railways of Brazil in Tres Rios, converting it into a ...
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China to fund PR coaches
AN AGREEMENT signed in Islamabad on May 11 should see 40 coaches of a new design delivered to Pakistan Railways from China by the end of 2002. Under the US$100m funding package, a further 135 coaches are to be assembled in Pakistan to the same design with Chinese technical assistance.The ...
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Montreal commuter expansion
QUEBEC’S Minister for Transport Guy Chevrette announced on April 17 the go-ahead for a fifth commuter rail route in Montreal. Services to the south shore town of Delson are due to start on September 4, as part of a programme designed to reduce road congestion in the city centre.The ministry ...
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Liberalisation conference
ON MAY 2 a conference at the European Parliament called, perhaps not unexpectedly, for the liberalisation of Europe’s railways. Representatives of Unife, the European Commission’s Railway Policy Unit and a number of railway companies attended, in addition to MEPs.Chairing the event was British Conservative MEP Christopher Beazley who said ’the ...
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ICE orders confirmed
AFTER announcing in February that it was placing orders for 28 ICE-T tilting trainsets and another 13 ICE3 units (RG 3.01 p141), German Railway has confirmed that the trains will be built by a Siemens-led consortium. Other members include Bombardier and Alstom, which will supply hydraulic tilt gear to the ...
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Victoria to deal with gauge frontiers
INCLUDED in the State of Victoria’s budget from July 1 2001 to June 30 2002 is the first A$10m tranche of a A$140m programme to convert 2000 km of country lines beyond the electrified Melbourne suburban area from 1600 to 1435mm gauge. The state government has committed in principle a ...
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Dear Sir - The Hatfield rail was not unique...
INTRO: Fred Mau* points out that rails have shattered before on the scale observed after last October’s derailment, and points to the interaction of rolling contact fatigue cracks with residual stresses in the railTHE PICTURE of the rail recovered from Hatfield in RG 3.01 (p157) prompts me to write. The ...
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The deficits have gone - now we need the investment
INTRO: Apart from Queensland, privatisation of rail freight in Australia could be completed this year. Operational efficiency has improved and trains are now moving more tonne-km than trucks, but publicly-owned interstate routes are still not getting the investment required to boost asset productivity and performanceBYLINE: John KirkExecutive DirectorAustralasian Railway AssociationAUSTRALIA’s ...
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Dong shortage
AMBITIOUS PLANS to develop the metre gauge network in Vietnam have been drawn up by the Ministry of Communications & Transport. By far the largest tranche of the 13000bn dong programme would be destined for the 1730 km Trans-Vietnam trunk line between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with 10500bn ...
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Embedded rail on test
Trials have been carried out by München University with a novel design of embedded rail system developed by Balfour Beatty Rail Projects. An initial batch of rail has been rolled, but a firm commitment to full-scale field trials has yet to be signed.The Type 14072 rail weighs 74 kg/m and ...
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EMU maintenance plan improved
ELECTRIC multiple-units operated at 3 kV DC by South Africa Rail Commuter Corp are up to 42 years old, requiring a careful approach to maintenance to keep them running. The period between general overhauls for the Class 5M2A fleet had been extended from seven to 18 years, but part of ...
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Finance
China: The Export-Import Bank has negotiated a ´11·6bn loan for the Shuoxian - Huanghua heavy-haul coal line. The money will allow the autonomous Shenhua (Group) Co Ltd to purchase 20 high-power locos and 3000 coal wagons.From June 1 the Hang Seng Index includes Mass Transit Railway Corp. MTR has the ...
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Fleet management software
SWISS consultancy Enotrac was to launch an English-language version of its VIS-Carsis fleet management software at the UITP’s Mobility & City Transport exhibition in May. Available on both local area network and over the internet, the software is designed for use by any size of railway. Lifetime data collection for ...
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