Main line rail industry news – Page 1090
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Portable wheel lathe launched
A PORTABLE wheel lathe designed for emergency field repairs to wheel damage on freight wagons was officially launched by Swedish maintenance specialist EuroMaint Rail AB at the Nordic Rail exhibition in Jönköping on last month. EuroMaint Rail's PWL can be transported by van to a remote location and assembled by ...
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Berlin to München in under 4 h
Funding has been secured to ensure completion of upgraded or new high speed lines all the way from Berlin to München. Ralf Roman Rossberg reports
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Leipzig tunnelling progresses
THE PROJECT to build a cross-city tunnel between Leipzig's Hauptbahnhof and Bayerischer Bahnhof serving two intermediate stations is on course for completion in 2011. Work continues to drive two bores over a distance of 1·4 km under the city centre using shield tunnelling (RG 2.05 p93). On June 19, the ...
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Centralised metro control assists incident response
Ian WoodroofeTransportation Systems, Thales GUANGZHOU is the fast-growing transport, industrial, financial and trade capital of southern China, and is currently constructing two extensions to its metro network. With the city's increasingly global profile, potential threats also rise. The operations control centre for Guangzhou Metro Corp's Line 4 is a ...
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Sharing data for security
CSX Transportation has established rail security partnerships providing state officials in Kentucky, New Jersey and New York with access to its Network Operations Workstation system. This gives emergency response authorities the ability to independently track CSX's trains and the contents of each wagon in close to real time. CSX Transportation ...
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Security: Trying an intelligent eye
THIS MONTH UK train operator Midland Main Line will complete trials of an 'intelligent' CCTV system at Sheffield station. The centrally-managed system supplied by Atos Orgin is claimed to be capable of automatically identifying and alerting staff to unattended baggage or a passenger standing too close to the platform edge. ...
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DB's takeover of EWS approved
THE EUROPEAN Commission announced on November 7 that it had granted conditional approval for Deutsche Bahn to acquire 100% of UK freight operator EWS Holdings. In a statement welcoming the decision, EWS said 'both companies look forward to working together to develop freight in Europe', and stressed that ...
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Royal opening celebrates CTRL completion
AROUND 1 000 guests were invited to St Pancras on November 6 to watch Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II perform the formal reopening of the magnificently-restored terminus, along with Section 2 of the 109 km Channel Tunnel Rail Link that links it to Europe's expanding network of 300 km/h lines ...
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NewsSBB: Meyer has three mountains to climb
Surging passenger and freight traffic are putting pressure on the Swiss Federal Railways network, but funding for infrastructure enhancement is constrained. SBB Chief Executive Andreas Meyer tells Chris Jackson how he plans to tackle these issues and address continuing losses in the freight sector
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Funding for Lyon tram-trains
A JOINT agreement between the French government, Rhône-Alpes region, the département of the Rhône and the Greater Lyon authority together with SNCF and RFF paves the way for the renewal of three regional lines to the west of Lyon. The agreement, signed at a ceremony at Lyon Saint-Paul station ...
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Alstom to build Algerian trams
ALGERIAN urban rail construction agency Entreprise du Métro d'Alger has selected two consortia including Alstom Transport to undertake the turnkey construction of light rail lines in Oran and Constantine. The French supplier announced on November 13 that its share of the contracts totalling €660m was expected to be around €300m. ...
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Hong Kong merger unlocks expansion plans
A RAFT of railway expansion projects in Hong Kong which have been under discussion for several years looks set to move ahead rapidly in the next few years, following the consummation of the merger between the Special Administrative Region's two railways. December 2 is the date selected by the government ...
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Single brand formed
A SINGLE entity has been formed from buffer and drawgear makers Keystone Bahntechnik and Kamax, which merged two years ago. With effect from October 1 Polish business Kamax is known as Axtone Sp zoo, while Germany-based Keystone Bahntechnik is Axtone Bahntechnik and Wakomp is Axtone sro. Chief Executive Officer Achim ...
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Single main station forms centrepiece of Wien redevelopment
A €2bn redevelopment project in Wien will give the city a showpiece station with 10 through tracks replacing the Ostbahnhof and Südbahnhof termini. Target date for completion is 2013
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European Commission backs 'freight-oriented' network
ONCE AGAIN, the European Commission is seeking to inject fresh impetus into rail freight services. The torrent of legislation that led to the full opening of the rail freight market in January 2007 has brought modest success in some countries where tonnage is rising, but the Commission notes that rail's ...
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Mexican plant lease agreed
THE GREENBRIER Companies announced on October 1 that it had reached an agreement for a long-term lease of GATX Corp's wagon maintenance facility at Tierra Blanca in Mexico. The Gunderson Rail Services business unit will operate the Tierra Blanca shop to service wagons for GATX and other customers in Mexico. ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse opens Suzhou factory
BRAKE manufacturer Knorr-Bremse formally opened a factory at Suzhou in China on October 11, increasing its local sales and production capacity. Up to 600 people will be employed at the plant, which replaces a smaller facility in the city 120 km northwest of Shanghai. Additional capacity was required under ...
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NewsMaxima locomotive finds a new home
Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik and HGK have signed a co-operation agreement to develop a central workshop for the Maxima and Gravita locomotive families, reports Achim Uhlenhut
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SNCF poised for more orders
PLANS to order two major fleets of passenger rolling stock are being finalised by SNCF. One order will be up to 500 multi-purpose trainsets suitable for regional and suburban services. Denis Martin, Senior Manager at SNCF’s Rolling Stock Department, said on October 9 at the launch of Bombardier's dual-mode dual-voltage ...