Main line rail industry news – Page 1158
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High speed partnership signed
ALSTOM and AnsaldoBreda have signed a strategic and industrial partnership for the production and marketing of single-deck high speed trains.Announced on November 23, the agreement covers very high speed trains for operation at 300 km/h and above, including the AGV now under development (RG 12.05 p763), and 250 km/h stock ...
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Finance
Argentina: Neuquén provincial legislature has approved a programme to issue up to US$250m of bonds to finance infrastructure projects, including the southern rail crossing of the Andes (RG 2.05 p61) where the first 7 km from Zapala towards the Chilean border has been completed.Brazil: President Lula has authorised the release ...
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Scunthorpe gets ready to roll
WORK is underway on a £130m project to build a mill at the Scunthorpe site of steelmaker Corus, capable of producing rails up 120m long. The company’s existing 40m mill at Workington will close in July, with production at Scunthorpe underway by the end of 2006.Existing Medium Section Mill buildings ...
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News in brief
On November 18 the US Congress finally approved the federal transport budget for the 2006 financial year which began on October 1. The bill provides $8·59bn for public transport, 12·3% up on 2005, including $1·34bn for fixed guideways and $1·5bn for the New Starts programme. Amtrak has been allocated $1·31bn, ...
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Pointers
Plans to build an electrified heavy-haul railway across Namibia were announced by Falcon Resource Holdings in November. CEO Mike Gaomab said consultants had been appointed to undertake economic and environmental impact studies. The 1600 km Trans-Kalahari railway would link Morupule colliery in northeast Botswana with a new port at Shearwater ...
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Modular common rail fuel system
TO MEET the latest emissions limits for railcars in Europe, British diesel engine supplier Cummins has announced plans to modify its QSK19-R design with a modular common rail fuel system. The QSK19-R, rated at 650 to 750hp, is being fitted to the 51 three-car TransPennine Express DMUs being built by ...
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Better in Boston
MASSACHUSETTS Bay Commuter Railroad is undertaking a $25m programme to modernise 162 MBTA coaches which are up to 18 years old. The Coach Reliability & Safety project will repair and replace heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, toilets, scratched windows, bogies, couplers and other mechanical parts. Four vehicles will be out ...
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Polish win
TWO coach modernisation contracts have been won by H Cegielski in Poznan. A 50m zloty contract covers 25 PKP Intercity cars, which will be modified for 200 km/h operation and gain air-conditioning, retention toilets and improved accessibility. Some compartments will be converted into ’managers suites’. A second contract worth 70m ...
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Spie for sale
AMEC plc announced on November 24 that it has begun the process of selling AMEC Spie, following a review of the group’s options for long-term growth.The board believes that AMEC Spie would be best able to participate in industry consolidation outside AMEC. The sale will be completed in the spring, ...
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Market
Australia:BHP Billiton Iron Ore has ordered a further 10 SD70ACe 4300hp diesel locos from Downer EDI subsidiary EDI Rail, taking the mining firm’s total order to 24. They will be assembled in Canada by EMD for delivery during 2007.Belgium:SNCB has ordered a further 90 M6 double-deck coaches worth €166m for ...
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Metros January 2006
Argentina: Buenos Aires metro operator Metrovías has put into service on Line D the first of four six-car trains purchased from Nagoya Subway. Arriving in Argentina during the 2001 financial crisis, they were stored in bond pending payment of import duties. Austria: Ascom Security Solutions has won a SFr3m contract ...
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Australian acquisition
LLOYD’S Register Rail has completed the acquisition of Australian consultancies BlueField and Belrose.BlueField has experience of risk and safety across a range of industries including rail. Belrose’s rail expertise covers safety, risk, engineering management and train and station operations. The companies will be integrated into Lloyd’s Register Rail, whose Australian ...
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T1 to meet Line 13
A PUBLIC enquiry began on December 12 for the planned extension of Paris tram route T1 from Saint-Denis to Asnières-sur-Seine, as part of the process leading to the Declaration of Public Utility. Due to enter service in 2010, the 4·9 km orbital extension running west from Saint-Denis will serve the ...
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Passenger News in Brief
The Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications has commissioned a study to advise on the feasibility of privatising the sale of tickets for Manila’s urban rail services. Infotec has won a £1·5m contract to supply platform and ticket hall display screens to 74 London Underground stations over seven years.Zürich Transport ...
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Safely covered
CURVED covers have been custom designed to match subfloor platform ducting and services at London Paddington station. The stainless steel covers mirror the curve of the platform edge, providing access to services beneath without creating a trip hazard.They are 110mm deep, ensuring studded anti-slip slabs remain flush with the platform ...
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Talking in Sweden
AVITEC has won a €3·5m contract to install OnBoard Repeaters to improve mobile telephone coverage on Swedish X2000 trains. Under the agreement signed by SJ, TeliaSonera, 3, Tele 2 and Vodafone in October, the entire fleet of 200 cars will be equipped by June 2006. A roof-mounted antenna is connected ...
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Wear-resistant wheels
HIGH-GRADE steel designed to reduce damage from rolling contact fatigue has been selected for wheels being supplied by Lucchini Sidermeccanica.Branded as Superlos grade, the steel is a pearlitic silicon and manganese carbon mix which the supplier says is well-suited to a low-temperature environment.Lucchini’s contract is in two parts. One covers ...
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Industry News in Brief
Invensys Rail Systems Australia has integrated its Westinghouse Signals Australia and Foxboro Transportation brands under a common trading name, Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia. IRSA will also adopt the same name.A New Zealand subsidiary of rail consultancy Interfleet Technology will begin trading from an office in Wellington this month.Skoda Transportation has ...
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Loco event recorder
CUSTOMISED digital event recorders are now available as an option on Cattron remote controls for industrial locomotives.Derived from main line data recorders, they have reporting formats more suitable for operators of industrial locos. The event recorders monitor up to 200 channels for 96 h, synchronising information from the radio controls ...