Main line rail industry news – Page 1151
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A route to higher profit
EXPLOITING the latest yield management and quota control techniques to increase ticket revenue is gaining ground across Europe as more operators abandon distance-based fares. In the words of Tim Porter, Chief Executive Officer of Thales Information Systems, ’you can make more profit by selling the same thing that you do ...
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Pointers
Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun confirmed in January that the government had decided to make the Beijing - Shanghai high speed line its ’first priority’ in the 2006-10 expansion plan, which envisages investment of 1250bn yuan to build 9800 km of new lines. The ministry plans to build the ...
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Metros March 2006
Belgium:De Lijn has placed a €21m order with Siemens and Bombardier for an additional six unidirectional and four bidirectional low-floor trams. In 2007 there will be 112 of the vehicles in service in Antwerpen, Gent and along the coast. China: Alcatel has signed a €12m agreement to supply KCR with ...
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Industry News in Brief
Industry News in BriefIndustry News in BriefSteel Authority of India and the Ministry of Railways’ Lucknow-based Research Design & Standards Organisation are co-operating in the development of micro-alloyed rails for high axleloads and corrosion-resistant rails for coastal areas.On January 20 China Railway Construction subsidiary 20th Bureau Group formed a joint ...
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Metro consulting in Shanghai and Shenzhen
BYLINE: Louis Lee and Ka Ho LiParsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) LtdDESPITE MORE than 100 years of railway construction, the rapid growth of China’s rail and metro sectors means that the market is still in need of professionals to support the development of the industry in terms of a systems approach.Parsons Brinckerhoff ...
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Market
Algeria:SNTF has ordered 16 GT36CW freight locos and 14 GT36HCW passenger locos from EMD in a US$82m deal.Australia:Lachlan Valley Railfreight has bought 16 Class MZ 3900hp diesel locos from DSB. The first five of the 140 km/h six-axle Nohab locos built in 1972 were shipped from København on February 14. ...
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‘Worthless’ product
GRAB-POLES were being stolen from suburban passenger trains in Cape Town, and operator Metrorail suspected this was because of the resale value of the stainless steel. In an effort to reduce the costs of replac-ing the poles, Metrorail’s workshops devel-oped a glass fibre version which has no scrap value. Around ...
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Glazing Shanghai South
Shanghai South station will ’glow with both daytime light and nighttime lamplight’, according to Frans van de Noort, Asia-Pacific General Manager at GE Plastics. The Dutch-based company is supplying Lexan clear polycarbonate sheet to roof the concourse of the new station in the firm’s largest order to date. Custom-designed high ...
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Maintenance deal
SNCF signed a €42m contract in January covering the maintenance of its ticket sales equipment, vending machines and validators. The five-year deal extendable by a year was awarded jointly to Fujitsu Services, IER and Parkeon, and covers around 12000 machines.’To be 100% effective, we believe it is essential that a ...
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Lloyd’s Register acquisition
BSL Management Consultants has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register, which has previously co-operated with the German firm on work for SNCB and risk management for Railcorp in Australia.Based in Hamburg and Berlin, the consultancy specialises in rail, tram, metro and bus transport. Lloyd’s Register says the acquisition will bring ’strategic ...
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Sachsen technology
THE FREE State of Sachsen has established Rail Technology Sachsen (BTS) as a joint venture to promote the supply industry in the German Land.To be managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers for three years, BTS aims to improve competitiveness and promote entrepreneurship, particularly among small and medium enterprises, and ’to extend the potential, ...
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Dieter
Future passengers at Bras Basah station now under construction as part of Singapore’s Circle Line project will be able to look upwards though water to the sky above. The deepest station on the MRT network will feature a 100mm deep rooftop reflection pool with a specially designed triple-laminate glass bottom, ...
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Auburn closure
ON FEBRUARY 15 Bombardier confirmed that its Auburn plant in New York state would close by the end of May. The company had started negotiations on January 30 with the unions representing 160 people employed at the plant, which produces rail and aerospace components.’Closing down a site is never easy’, ...
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Intelligence March 2006
Argentina: The 150 km between Río Primero and Sumampa on the Nuevo Central Argentino network is to be upgraded at a cost of 40m pesos. Upgrading of the 150 km between Sumampa and Forres is already in hand. Asia: Advantage International and Black Sea Transit planned to launch a weekly ...
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On-track plant depot opened
GRANTPLANT officially opened a refurbished and extended depot in Scunthorpe on February 7. The workshop has been modernised and extended to handle the servicing and maintenance of the multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure company’s expanding range of on-track plant, which is used on contracts across Britain.Chief Executive Officer Gren Edwards told guests ...
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Rails roll out
THE FIRST UIC60 rails were produced at Voestalpine’s €66m rail rolling mill at Leoben-Donawitz on January 31, during commissioning by the steelmaker and plant supplier Danieli.’We have done precisely what we said we would do’, said Hans Pfeiler, Chairman of the Board of Voestalpine Schienen GmbH. ’Our team has worked ...
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Safe temperature
RAIL temperatures can be monitored remotely using Radio-Tech’s RTM, providing operators with early warning of potential track buckling on inaccessible sections of line without endangering staff.Up to eight non-invasive temperature probes are mounted on rails with any flat bottom profile, with each probe fitted in under a minute without needing ...
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Civils takeover
CIVILS and mining construction firm Macmahon is being incorporated into Grupo Comsa’s Australian subsidiary MVM Rail under an agreement signed on January 20. The deal consolidates MVM’s position in the rail construction sector in Asia and Australasia, and it ’expects a sales increase from the present €30m to €100m in ...
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Contactless phone
EAST JAPAN Railway passengers began using their mobile telephones as contactless smart card tickets from January 28. Owners of certain models of telephone handset and JR East’s View credit card can install software from the railway’s website. This allows passengers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and ...
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Managing Acela yield
AMTRAK extended yield management pricing to all Acela Express and Metroliner services in the Northeast Corridor from February 6, having initially introduced it to the NEC last October.The previous three levels of fares which depended on time of travel have been replaced with five, designed to take into account the ...