Main line rail industry news – Page 1170
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Roma in Brief
Italian door specialist Bode Sud SpA has developed an electrically-operated retractable wheelchair ramp which can be interlocked with train doors. A manual version is also available. The company is now using the same technology to develop a retractable step to bridge the gap between train and platform edge.Bode Sud SpAFrati ...
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Seats cleaned and protected
DEEP CLEANING is the speciality of Solutions E2, which has carried out work for Eurostar, Thalys and Arriva. ’Our deep-cleaning process can rapidly restore a carriage’s interior to virtually as-new condition, while simultaneously offering protection against further build-up of daily grime’, according to Managing Director Chris Debrick.The company has introduced ...
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Products in Brief
Fahrenheit 50200MT low toxicity fire resistant cables are being used to connect substations and tracks on the Oslo metro, extending Aristoncavi’s range of cables into medium voltage applications. Gisette Atox NPI cables are being used in high-risk areas on Caracas metro lines 3 and 4, along with Fahrenheit 50200-22 cables ...
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Dieter
CAPTION: Japanese winemakers in the Katsunumacho area of Yamanashi Prefecture have found a new use for an abandoned railway tunnel. Dating from 1903, the 1·1 km Fukasawa tunnel was closed in 1997 because of its deteriorating condition. Realising that the steady year-round temperature of 15íC would be suitable ...
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Information on the line
IMPROVED CO-ORDINATION of customer information and communications systems is offered by the RailCom Manager system now being installed in New York by Siemens Transportation Systems. A pilot project involving 10 stations in the Netherlands is also underway.Following the terrorist attacks in September 2001, New York City Transit has started a ...
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Finance
Bosnia: EBRD and EIB are to provide a €140m loan for modernisation of the rail network, following the passing of a law on structural reform that separates accounting of passenger and freight operations and creates an infrastructure management company and a regulatory body.Europe: On July 13 Eurotunnel presented confidential proposals ...
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Thameslink refreshes London commuter EMUs
COMMUTER operator Thameslink has begun a train refurbishment programme, timed to follow the resumption in May of through running on its route across central London. Services had been suspended since last September to allow work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.The refurbishment will give ’a quick impact’ which passengers will ...
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DaQin line strengthened
Traffic on the 632 km Datong - Qinhuangdao heavy haul coal line increased from 123·7 million gross tonnes in 2003 to 150 MGT last year, according to Liu Zhengjie of the China Academy of Railway Sciences. He told the Railway Engineering conference in London on June 30 that this year ...
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Pointers
Tenders for Cargo Slovakia were due to be submitted by July 29 (RG 5.05 p241). Amongst the expected bidders is ÖBB subsidiary Rail Cargo Austria, which would become the third biggest carrier in Europe by volume after Railion and PKP Cargo if it added the Slovak company’s 50 million tonnes ...
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City News in Brief
Mallorca operator SFM has let contracts worth €114·9m for construction of the island’s first metro line in Palma (RG 5.05 p244). Linking Plaza de España with Campus de la Universitat, the 7·2 km line will be built in three stages. Three joint ventures will complete the work by the end ...
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Intelligence
Australia:On June 24 QR announced the purchase of Melbourne-based container and logistics firm CRT Group, which specialises in plastics and food products. FreightLink began a container service between Melbourne and Adelaide on July 4, connecting with services to Darwin.Belgium:SNCB-Holding announced on June 24 that it had signed a memorandum of ...
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Italian innovation at Roma show
INTRO: Local firms had plenty to display at the Mobility & City Transport exhibition which accompanied the 56th UITP Congress in Roma
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Buying seats
SEAT MAKER Compin has been acquired from Balloffet Group and a private investor by former Alstom Rolling Stock Director Marc Granger and a financial partner, the company announced on June 17.Based in Normandy, Compin’s 250 staff produce around 130000 seats per year. The majority are for trains, but there are ...
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Metros
Canada:On June 27 Calgary city council approved the 3 km Northeast light rail extension from Whitehorn to Westwinds-McKnight (RG 1.05 p10). The C$75m route will open in 2007. The 3 km Northwest extension from Dalhousie to Crowfoot with one station will follow in 2008.On June 30 Ottawa municipality announced plans ...
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Market August 2005
Angola: Rites has won five contracts totalling US$40m for staff training and the supply of rolling stock and workshop equipment for the rehabilitation of the CFN line between Menongue and Namibe. Australia: United Goninan has completed delivery to QR National of nine heavy haul diesel-electric locomotives and 310 coal wagons ...
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Substation signing
SECHERON and Rowe Hankins Components have announced an agreement for the development of DC substations in the UK.The deal marks an expansion into the trackside equipment market for the British supplier of on-train speed monitoring, circuit protection and event recording technology.Swiss-based Sécheron has supplied substation equipment to London Underground and ...
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Small transmission
VOITH TURBO has developed the L311 reV2 transmission for use on specialist rail construction and maintenance vehicles and small locomotives with input power ratings up to 600 kW.The L311 reV2 is specifically designed for use in very confined installation spaces. It offers eight power take-offs suitable for a wide variety ...
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Adding value
BOMBARDIER Transportation has adopted analytical tools from Intellectual Capital Development Ltd to manage its sales processes.Specialised audit processes are needed because of the long sales cycle of six to 24 months between the start of planning and the submission of a tender, and the average delivery time of 30 months. ...