All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2005 – Page 2
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High speed to Guadalajara
PROPOSALS to develop a network of high speed passenger railways in Mexico moved forward at the end of April, when the Ministry of Communications & Transport appointed Systra to assist with drawing up tenders for the first route. The Mexican government has been developing its strategy since 2002, and expects ...
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Hidden telephone helps get help
PEOPLESAFE uses mobile telephone technology concealed within an identity badge to provide customer-facing staff with the means to contact a control centre without needing to use a conventional mobile phone.As well as offering a panic button service, the control centre can record conversations for use when prosecuting abusive or violent ...
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Gangways and mouldings
HÜBNER is to show a range of products for the rail and bus sectors, including gangways, windows designed for easy replacement and door surrounds which include electrical safety switches.The Kassel-based firm has supplied complete gangway units including bellows, articulation and turntables for Sirio trams built by AnsaldoBreda for Bergamo, Milano ...
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French plan
FRET SNCF has licensed a customised version of MultiRail Enterprise Edition for developing and updating its planning of wagon movements.The software is being adapted to suit local requirements, including translation into French and integration with SNCF’s existing computer systems. Support and deployment is expected to take six months, with a ...
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Freight interface simplified
DB Systems has selected ILOG JViews to create the user displays for its Cargo Disposition Fahrzeuge application which is used to schedule freight trains throughout Germany. CDIF monitors every locomotive in the Railion fleet, allowing decisions to be made about scheduling and deployment. The previous system relied on tables of ...
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French freight first
JUNE 13 is due to see the start of open-access freight train operations on the French national rail network, when Connex subsidiary CFTA Cargo starts hauling international traffic between France and Germany.Connex announced on April 26 that CFTA Cargo had been awarded a contract by Belgian limestone supplier Lhoist, to ...
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Faster in Galicia
THE SPANISH Ministry of Development has awarded a consortium of Copasa and Corsan-Corviam Construcción SA a €28·4m contract to build a new double-track alignment 4·3 km in length between Ordes and Queixas on the Santiago de Compostela - A Coruña route. Expected to take 22 months to complete, the new ...
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Penalty fare postponed
NETHERLANDS Railways’ passenger business NS Reizigers has decided to postpone until October the introduction of a new penalty fare scheme, designed to discourage passengers from boarding trains without tickets. At present passengers can purchase tickets from train staff at a premium, but under the new proposals the penalty fare surcharge ...
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Quetta expresses inaugurated
ON MAY 16 Pakistan Railways launched two daily inter-city express services from the western city of Quetta. The inaugural trains were flagged off by the Governor of Baluchistan, Owais Ahmed Ghani.Worked with new Chinese-built air-conditioned coaches, the accelerated Baluchistan Express between Quetta and Karachi now covers the 862 km in ...
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EWS set to follow
UK FREIGHT operator EWS announced last month that it would order ’at least 360’ wagons during 2005 to be used ’in Britain and mainland Europe’. At present EWS operates solely within Britain, although it shares with SNCF exclusive rights to haul rail freight through the Channel Tunnel. Last year EWS ...
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EMUs ordered
PLANS to order a fleet of dual-system EMUs reached fruition on May 9, when Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp confirmed the award of a Rs9·25bn contract to Siemens. The deal is being supported by the World Bank as part of a major upgrading and expansion of the Mumbai suburban network.Siemens India ...
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End of train deliveries
CANADIAN National has placed a US$5m order with Wabtec for over 500 TrainLink ATX ES end-of-train devices to allow drivers to apply the brakes from both front and rear of trains simultaneously.An integrated GPS unit is provided for tracking and control. Rather than use a battery, TrainLink ATX ES is ...
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Railway: Identity, Design and Culture
by Keith LovegroveIn its own words, this book sets out to provide ’an exuberant collection of imagery depicting vintage, modern and futuristic train travel’.The identity, design and culture of the passenger train is explored in over 160 pages, with the help of 250 illustrations. Although car interiors loom large, in ...
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Tram crossing
CEGELEC will be showing signalling systems developed to control barrier-protected level crossings on light rail lines.The technology has been chosen for Lyon’s LEA tram route T3 which will run between Part-Dieu and Meyzieu. The route will have 26 level crossings over 14·7 km, and the high commercial speed planned for ...
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Cross-desert cut-off planned
WORK IS to start this year on a 1390 km line across the Ulan Buh and Badain Jaran deserts in northern China, connecting Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang.No timetable has been announced for completion of the line, which is being managed by Chinese Railways’ regional administration in Hohhot. It is ...
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Coupler electronics
VOITH Turbo Scharfenberg has developed an electrical and pneumatic coupling system for use with AAR and Tightlock couplers. As well as protecting electrical components during coupling, it ensures reliable contacts between vehicle electronics. Voith’s E-box sits below the coupler where it is protected against heavy knocks, jolts and contamination which ...
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Depot contracts
MADRID regional government has awarded contracts worth a total of €181·3m for the construction of four new rolling stock depots and the expansion of an existing facility on Line 4 in the Hortaleza district. The depots are needed to service the 698 new metro cars and 70 light rail vehicles ...
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Driver training contracted out
SWISS Federal Railways is to transfer its driver training activities to the specialist company Login which already trains other staff involved in public transport.From January 2006 Login will take over training of all SBB drivers. While SBB will continue to recruit and employ drivers, Login’s driver training school will be ...
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One coach refurbishment contract
UK: Bombardier has been awarded a £17m contract by Porterbrook Leasing to overhaul and refurbish 110 MkIII coaches used by National Express Group's Greater Anglia train operating company One. Superseded by Pendolino tilting trains on Virgin West Coast services, the MkIIIs were leased by One last year to replace older ...
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Jewel chips on show
CENTREPIECE of the Innovision Research & Technology stand will be three ticket machines that can read the company’s Jewel low-cost contactless ticketing chip. An Almex Optima mobile ticket machine from H
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