Main line rail industry news – Page 1116
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Badger hunting by radar
UK: Ground-penetrating radar specialist Aperio has surveyed four sites in southern England where badger setts were threatening the stability of lineside embankments. Network Rail contracted Aperio to use radar equipment to analyse the effects of badger excavation at Pinhoe, Cowley Bridge, Cutnall Green and Munsley. As a result of the ...
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NewsSelf-service scanning
UK: As its mobile ticketing project gains in popularity, Chiltern Railways has installed two scanning devices on ticket gates at London's Marylebone station to allow passengers to validate tickets carried as barcodes on their phones. Chiltern says its three-month trial of mobile ticketing (RG 1.07 p31) has proved a great ...
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Prototype DMU unveiled
The Slovak workshop ZOS Zvolen has rolled out a prototype of new Class 813/913 two-car DMU rebuilt from two Type 011 (Bzmot) non-powered trailers. The DMU consists of a Class 813 power car and a Class 913 driving trailer. It is powered by an EU Emissions Stage IIIa-compliant D2866 LUE ...
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PTC starts to roll out across the USA
The big four Class I railroads in the USA, as well as Amtrak, have all been trialling Positive Train Control systems, and BNSF has now been cleared to install ETMS for revenue operation on its network
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Lahar slides safely past
AN ESTIMATED 1?34?million cubic metres of volcanic mud, rock and water swept down the Whangaehu River valley on the morning of March 18, bringing peak river levels to 6?5?m at the Tangiwai Bridge, infamous as scene of New Zealand’s worst railway disaster.The ’lahar’ was caused when the rim of Mount ...
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End of the ’upside-down helicopter’
ON MARCH 16 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority retired the last of its Boeing light rail vehicles, replaced by newer LRVs from Breda and Kinki Sharyo.The occasion closes the book on an ambitious but ill-starred 1970s attempt by US defence manufacturers to diversify into the rail sector after the Vietnam War ...
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Building the global villages
AN AFRICAN village is to be created in Helsinki to highlight the work of UATP, the African division of UITP, and the ProkInvest programme. Funded by the European Commission, ProkInvest aims to promote investment, trade and technology transfer from the European Union to Africa, where urban transport is developing rapidly ...
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Alstom showing sustainability
ALSTOM will focus on the themes of sustainable development, life on board and technical expertise. The company’s view of sustainable development includes designing urban transport to respect the local environment, with the development of ’wire-free’ trams allowing local authorities to enhance their architectural heritage. Alstom will be explaining how the ...
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Combino rectification programme moves ahead
Harry Hondius reports on Siemens' progress with plans to reinforce the low-floor Combino trams as announced in 2005. A new hydraulic control system offers an elegant option that is being adopted in Basel
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Faster fare collection
INIT will be showcasing its latest developments in telematics and fare collection, as well as proven technology to help make public transport faster, more efficient and thus more attractive.Passengers boarding a tram or bus can pass a pre-loaded smartcard over a PROXmobil or the EVENDsmart ticketing machine, which will deduct ...
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World transport comes to Helsinki
PUBLIC transport is an exceptional business, critical to our cities and economies. For over 120 years, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has existed to develop public transport knowledge and services. The Mobility & City Transport Exhibition has become a key tool in achieving a better mobility for people ...
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Contactless tickets in Moscow
UPM Raflatac will be highlighting the contactless ticketing RFID inlays which will be supplied to Moscow Metro under a contract agreed in February. The Finnish firm is to supply the inlays in co-operation with Moscow-based Comvision, for use in tickets which are to be supplied by JSC Mikron.One of the ...
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Passenger counting and trip analysis
TRANSPORT operators need accurate traffic figures, which can be gathered using the automatic passenger counting and trip analysis system which Dilax will be showing in Helsinki.The data produced can help operators develop sound business plans and assist transport authorities with proof of their subcontractors’ performance, allowing the use of vehicles, ...
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Siemens is thinking green
GREEN mobility is the focus of the Siemens stand, where metro trains supplied to Oslo will be used as an example of the trend towards environmental protection. Materials were carefully chosen, with life-cycle cost calculations taking in to account the final disposal of the trains which are 94% recyclable. An ...
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NewsCharles-de-Gaulle VAL opens
APRIL 4 saw the opening of the 3·5 km automatic shuttle with five stations linking the three airport terminals, RER and TGV stations and remote car parks at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport. End-to-end journey time is 8 min, with trains running every 4 min at peak times. Operated by a fleet ...
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NewsStagecoach wins in Manchester
GREATER Manchester PTE announced on April 3 that it had selected Stagecoach Group as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the 37?km Manchester Metrolink network. Including infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance, the 10-year contract will also cover management of upgrading projects as well as operation of several planned extensions. ...
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NewsToronto's light rail blueprint
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has approved plans for approximately 122 km of new light rail route costing C$6bn that, along with the current tram network, would cover much of the city. The seven proposed lines would be completed within 15 years and, in the words of TTC Chairman Adam ...
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Morocco's rail renaissance takes a major step forward
The renewal of Morocco's railway is now proceeding rapidly with the start of work on major projects that will determine the future shape of the network. As well as providing major investment, the government is restructuring the national operator to facilitate the involvement of the private sector in both new ...
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Seeing the lights
Creating a 'virtual railway' allows signal locations to be optimised with minimal disruption to traffic, simultaneously reducing costs and producing better results
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In search of a smoother ride on narrow gauge track
Lateral oscillation of rail vehicles is a major concern on narrow or metre gauge track because of short-wheelbase bogies. This problem could be addressed by modifying the Prud'homme limit for the vehicles and by improving the track panel resistance