Main line rail industry news – Page 1163
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On September 6 SRO President Khaled Alyahya confirmed that nine consortia had submitted applications to prequalify for the Saudi Landbridge project (RG 3.05 p134). ’The consortia include leading Saudi and international companies with activities in construction, shipping, investment, logistics and railways’, he said. International bidders include Bouygues, Siemens, Mitsui, Halliburton ...
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Pointers
As track renewal work has resumed on several sections of the national network in Uruguay, state-owned train operator AFE is due to complete work on a new business plan this month. Under the new government’s 2005-09 budget bill, responsibility for infrastructure will be restored from the Ministry of Transport & ...
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Products in Brief
An aluminium tool has been developed by Metronet Rail to speed the cleaning of electrical connections between London Underground cars. The insulated tool aids the opening of two sprung shutters on the ’Dutch Oven’ which covers the connecting studs, halving the time required for cleaning.Metronet Rail, UKRexquote’s 28 tonne Gigarailer ...
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Metros
China: In August Knorr-Bremse received an order worth €7m to supply brakes for use on 128 metro cars which are being built for use on Shanghai Line 1.Croatia: On September 14 the first two of 70 TMK2200 trams ordered from the Crotram consortium by Zagreb Electric Tramways entered revenue service ...
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People
On August 30 Canadian Transport Minister Jean-C Lapierre announced the appointments of Lore Marie Mirwaldt and Kenneth Savage to the board of directors of Via Rail Canada Inc.On August 30 the board of Latvian Railways removed Chairman Andris Zorgevics and replaced him with Ugis Magonis.Former Deputy Financial Manager of Egged ...
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Steel mill
CORUS has selected Siemens VAI subsidiary Vaipomini to supply a seven-stand finishing mill, marking, hot sawing and cooling plant as part of the steelmaker’s £130m investment in Long Products at its Scunthorpe plant. Rail production is being transferred from Workington to the north Lincolnshire plant (RG 4.05 p226), which ...
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Air-con inverter
SWISS Federal Railways is fitting the cab air-conditioning of 114 locos with seven VS-606V7 AC inverters supplied by Yaskawa Electric in a €150000 order.As well as withstanding the mechanical stress from the vibrations of a moving train, the 4 kW inverters were initially tested on two locos to ensure there ...
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Market
Argentina: TBA is taking delivery of 1600 tonnes of UIC54 rail from Aceralia of Spain, which is to be laid on concrete sleepers during track renewals costing 34m pesos on the 5·5 km of four-track main line between Retiro and Empalme Maldonado in Buenos Aires. TBA is also undertaking track ...
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Shared tickets
TORONTO Transit Commission Metropass season tickets have been made transferable. Monthly and weekly tickets can be passed between staff in a small business or to other family members, as long as only one person is using a particular pass at once.Student and senior passes can only be passed to other ...
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Danish noise
NOISE, vibration and machinery dynamics consultancy Ødegaard & Danneskiold-Samsøe has been acquired by Lloyd’s Register. There are over 40 specialist staff at the Danish firm, which has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyd’s Register Group but operates independently and retains its name and corporate identity. Managing Director John Ødegaard said ...
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Dieter
Taipei Smart Card Corp and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have begun selling wristwatches containing an embedded smart chip, allowing passengers to use the timepieces to pay for metro and bus fares in the Taiwanese capital. TSCC said 11000 of the NT$1600 watches would be on sale by the start of this ...
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Stadler’s good half
CONTINUING growth in turnover and yield was reported by Stadler for the first half of 2005. Consolidated half-yearly sales of SFr274m were up from the 2004 figure of SFr231m, and the company is expecting an annual turnover for the current year of SFr600m, 22% above budget. Staff numbers are up ...
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Seat research
CONTRACTS totalling $850000 have been awarded to Massachusetts firm TIAX to develop commuter train seat and table designs which will help to reduce injuries in the event of a collision.TIAX is to design and test an energy-absorbing table to reduce the risk of head, chest, abdomen and leg injuries, and ...
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Illuminating report
REQUIREMENTS for emergency lighting on trains have been identified in a report compiled under the leadership of AEA Technology Rail and published by Britain’s Rail Safety & Standards Board.The project identified safety benefits using feedback from passengers involved in accidents where lights failed. These include helping passengers protect themselves and ...
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Restructuring announced by ABB
ABB has announced details of a restructuring which will take effect from January 1 2006, replacing its two core divisions with five business areas.Under the plan, the current Technologies and Automation Technologies divisions will be abolished, to be replaced by Zürich-based Power Products, Power Systems and Automation Products divisions, a ...
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Finance
Germany: On September 16 Sachsen-Anhalt Transport Minister Dr Karl-Heinz Daehre confirmed a further €3·3m of Land funding towards the 8·5 km extension of the metre-gauge Harz Railway from Gernrode to Quedlinburg. Work on the €6m project officially began on April 18 for completion in mid-2006.Iran: The Islamic Development Bank has ...
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Industry News in Brief
The UK’s Rail Safety & Standards Board has approved Lloyd’s Register Rail as a conformance certification and vehicle acceptance body. Wabtec has renewed for a further five years licensing agreements under which Nabtesco and Mitsubishi Electric Corp supply Wabtec brakes to the Japanese and many other Asian markets. This year ...
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Shear strength of slab
The 115-YEAR old Jamestown Viaduct in Scotland has been strengthened by the installation of a reinforced concrete slab, which forms a composite structure with the existing trusses and cross girders. Principal contractor Mowlem installed steel diaphragm panels in the apertures between the cross girders, transferring shear forces between the slab ...
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Bradken’s strong start
FOUNDRY and engineering group Bradken Ltd announced Ebitda of A$57·9m on sales of A$485·1m for the year ended June 30, an increase of 16% on the previous period.Bradken was floated on the Australian stock exchange on August 20 2004. A year on, Managing Director Brian Hodges described the past year’s ...