All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2005
All articles published this month.
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Thais talk tough
AT A MEETING in Bangkok on May 9, State Railway of Thailand Governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon was given 30 days to report back to the transport and finance ministers with a plan to turn round SRT’s financial performance.Senior managers had put forward plans that envisaged SRT’s 44bn baht debt being written ...
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Smarter ticketing
SMART Card Alliance has established a Transportation Council to promote the use of standards-based smart card payment in the transport industry.It is one of several councils being established by the association to focus on use of smart cards in particular industries. The Alliance will work with the American Public Transportation ...
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Siemens shells in Sacramento
BOZANKAYA LLC will take over as North American supplier of steel bodyshells for Siemens’ SD series of light rail vehicles from this summer. A newly-formed US subsidiary of a German firm, Bozankaya has leased a building in Sacramento near Siemens’ LRV assembly plant. Shells were formerly made by SuperSteel Schenectady ...
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UITP returns to Roma
INTRO: ’Public Transport 2020: Making the Connection - People - Environment - Business’ is the theme for the 56th World Congress of the International Association of Public TransportHaving previously staged its biennial World Congress in Roma in 1928 and 1971, UITP’s return to the Italian capital on June 5-9 marks ...
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Stadler’s profitable year
STADLER describes 2004 as ’a very profitable business year’ in its annual financial statement issued on April 26.Consolidated sales of SFr556m for the year were 25% ahead of projections, and significantly above the 2004 figure of SFr322m. The number of employees at the company’s plants in Bussnang, Altenrhein and Pankow ...
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Technology presented
INIT will make two presentations on June 7. In the morning Vice-President, Sales, Albrecht Simons will consider that it is ’time for an integrated vehicle IT’. This will be followed in the afternoon by a presentation from Chief Sales Officer Dr Jürgen Greschner on ’From Analogue to Digital: GPRS or ...
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Philippine revivals take shape
TENDERS are to be called by the end of July for reconstruction of the Phividec rail network on the Philippine island of Panay.The Chairman of Philippine Investment & Development Corp Ofelia Bulalong announced on May 11 that work would start this year for completion in 2007, with the aim of ...
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Workshop opens
RELCO Locomotives Inc has completed a locomotive rebuilding and servicing facility at Albia in south east Iowa. Complementing the company’s existing facility at Minooka, Illinois, the 40ha site contains a main locomotive shop, a self-contained blast and paint shop, office space and 3 km of track. The 8400m2 main locomotive ...
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NRC shortlist
NIGERIA’s Bureau of Public Enterprises has shortlisted nine consortia to tender for a contract to provide consultancy services for the planned privatisation of Nigerian Railways Corp.Around 20 companies had submitted expressions of interest before the deadline on April 20. Of these, four were disqualified for non-compliance. According to BPE, the ...
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Nantes tries tram-train
PROPOSALS to reopen the 64 km railway between Nantes and Châteaubriant as a tram-train route were unveiled for public consultation by the Pays-de-la-Loire region last month. This paves the way for a detailed planning study costing €4m.To be completed by the end of 2009, the project will see the restoration ...
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Market
Argentina: Coal mining company YCRT has called tenders for four locos and 60 wagons for its 750mm gauge railway between Río Turbio and Río Gallegos in Patagonia, where movements resumed last month.Australia: Barclay Mowlem has been awarded an A$2m contract to install a new crossover as part of the Bondi ...
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Metro maintenance matters
PLASSER & Theurer will be focusing attention on its track maintenance and measuring machines built specifically for use on urban railways.The 08 Metropolitan series of tamping machines is designed for use on tightly-curved lines with third-rail electrification, and features low-emission diesel engines and catalytic converters for use in tunnels. Examples ...
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Modular ticket vending machines
HÖFT & WESSEL will display a selection of modular ticket machines, both staff-operated and self-service.Flexible and modular designs allow the machines to be customised to suit an operator’s needs. Options include touch-screen or push-button interfaces, internet links to timetables and other information and a wide choice of ticket layouts. Different ...
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Low-cost in Poland
ON April 4 PKP Intercity Ltd launched low-cost promotional fares on its principal routes. Marketed as Tanie Linie Kolejowe (low-cost trains), tickets are quota-controlled and are valid in second class only on 13 day trains and 10 overnight services.A flat fare of 27 zloty is charged regardless of distance, and ...
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Private line to serve Zambian mines
THE ZAMBIAN government has formalised an agreement with the private-sector Northwest Railways Ltd to build a new line serving the country's Northwest province. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on April 25 by Communications & Transport Minister Abel Chambeshi and former Vice-President Enoch Kavindele, now Chairman of Woodgate Holdings and ...
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Lidl offer sells out
A DB promotional offer at Lidl supermarkets offering cut-price tickets for travel anywhere in Germany was virtually sold out within one hour of the tickets going on sale on May 19.Queues formed before the shops opened as would-be passengers rushed to buy the tickets from 2600 Lidl outlets. For just ...
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Systems integrators talk
REPRESENTATIVES of the three big rolling stock manufacturers will be making a series of presentations at the Expo Forum.Senior Vice President of Technology at Alstom Transport François Lac
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Optimisers integrated
CARMEN Systems has acquired Australian software and operations research company Opcom Pty Ltd. The technologies of the two companies are being integrated, and Carmen Systems plans to continue to support Opcom products.From offices in Brisbane and London, Opcom has supplied optimisation software and services to customers including SNCF, RailCorp CityPendeln ...
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Indian metros to take off
UNPRECEDENTED investment in metro projects is planned in India, in the wake of the success of the Delhi metro, where the initial 8·3 km of Line 1 from Shahdara to Tis Hazari opened in December 2002. The next 4·5 km followed in October 2003, and a third segment was commissioned ...
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Whole-life planning to optimise heavy haul rail infrastructure
A 310 km heavy haul railway is planned to link unexploited iron ore deposits in the Pilbara with export facilities at Port Hedland. Careful planning will minimise the life cycle costs of the infrastructure