All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2008 – Page 4
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ETCS Level 2 on test
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF has begun functional trials of ETCS Level 2 signalling on the Madrid - Lleida section of the high speed line to Barcelona. The trials involve the use of a Talgo BT test train to verify the correct functioning of lineside equipment, as well as RENFE Class ...
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Santiago metro orders extra trains
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has exercised an option for a further 36 cars to operate its steel-wheeled Lines 4 and 4A in the Chilean capital.
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NewsAsian training centre inaugurated
SOUTH KOREA: The International Union of Railways officially inaugurated its training centre for the Asia region, during the recent statutory meetings in Seoul.
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NewsThalys adds wi-fi and smart tickets
EUROPE: Passengers travelling on 300 km/h Thalys services between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Köln have been able to use on-board wi-fi since May 14. A quarter of the Thalys fleet had been fitted by that date, and all sets will be equipped by the autumn. Access to the ThalysNet portal ...
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Armenian concession starts
ARMENIA: South Caucasus Railways officially took over the management of Armenian Railways on June 1 under a concession agreement signed on January 16.
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DB restructures in run-up to sale
GERMANY: Details of Deutsche Bahn's future structure were agreed at an extraordinary meeting of the company's supervisory board held on May 15. To permit sale to the private sector of an initial 24·9% stake, the transport businesses are being moved into DB Mobility Logistics AG (below), which already groups the ...
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Local routes go private
GERMANY: Veolia Verkehr has won a contract to provide about 40% of local rail services in the Leipzig region for two years from December 2009. The private company will take over 12 routes totalling 219 km from DB Regio and operate around 3 million train-km a year. The Leipzig transport ...
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NewsChinese brake orders awarded
CHINA: Brake manufacturer Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems announced on June 3 that it had won orders totalling €210m to supply braking equipment to several Chinese rolling stock builders.
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CAF Class 121 on test
SPAIN: With the aim of placing the first four sets into service this October, RENFE has begun dynamic trials of the Class 121 EMU on the Mirando de Ebro - Irún route. The national operator is taking delivery of 29 Class 121s, similar to the Class 120 supplied by CAF ...
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Bogies take boxes 8 000 km further
LOW BOGIE: SCT Europe has supplied wagon manufacturer WH Davis with its Barber Low Ride 14.25 bogie for use on 57 tonne gross laden weight Super Low 45 container wagons. The 577 mm diameter wheels give the wagons a low deck height of 720 mm above the rail. This will ...
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NewsLong-term TGV plans
FRANCE: Legislation being drawn up following the national environmental summit at the end of 2007 (RG 12.07 p743) confirms that another 2 000 km of high speed lines will be launched by 2020. New lines listed in the first of three draft laws unveiled on April 30 by Jean-Louis Borloo, ...
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Eddy-current braking: a long road to success
BRAKING: Eddy-current technology offers the potential for frictionless braking at high speeds, but despite successful experience in Germany, concerns over interference and electromagnetic compatibility have discouraged other railways from adopting the concept. Jennifer Schykowski investigates
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Multipurpose wagon rolls out
WAGON: Kockums Industrier's Malmö plant has begun deliveries of 70 twin-section wagons ordered by Norwegian factory-to-showroom car transport company Autolink. Each wagon can carry 12 cars within its weld-free aluminium body. To maximise utilisation the upper deck can be lowered to enable the wagon to carry palletised cargo on ...
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Woolly policy
GERMANY: Our editorial office recently received an e-mail highlighting a special menu available in Deutsche Bahn dining cars. All dishes featured fresh mutton, and at the bottom of the page customers were invited to take advantage of a special offer for a limited number of woolly jumpers. For those ...
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NewsNew Zealand nationalises
NEW ZEALAND: The government is to buy the New Zealand rail and ferry business of Toll Holdings, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Finance Minister Michael Cullen confirmed on May 5. The price had been a sticking point in negotiations (RG 4.08 p222), but has been agreed at NZ$665m to be ...
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Turnout acquisitions
VOESTALPINE: Two acquistions have been announced by Voestalpine, strengthening its poistion in the turnout market. The Austrian company has acquired a majority holding in Mexican turnout and specialist track component maker DAMY Cambios de Vía, which has 120 employees and annual revenues of about €5m. The 51% majority interest in ...
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