Main line rail industry news – Page 1182
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Streamlined structure at DB
The Supervisory Board of German Railway approved changes to the group’s corporate structure on March 16 that sweep away a level of senior management between the Management Board and the Business Units.The Business Units are now grouped within three divisions: Passenger Traffic, Transport & Logistics, and Infrastructure & Services, which ...
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Technology to China
VOSSLOH Information Technologies GmbH opened an office at Hangzhou in China’s Zhejian province on March 1.The Kiel-based railway technology supplier sees China as ’the biggest growth market for this company at the present time’. It says that by 2010 ’the Zhejiang provincial government alone will, with the support of the ...
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Subgrade radar
RAIL RADAR is being used in Canada to pinpoint the location of faulty sub-surface ballast and missing or damaged sleepers. The ground-penetrating radar uses a multi-channel surface-coupled antenna towed behind a road-rail vehicle to survey routes at line speed. A PC stores data on over 1600 track-km and generates reports. ...
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Cutting fuel costs
FUEL Optimizer is a recently launched software package from FC Technologies which models the fuel consumption of trains to help minimise energy costs.Accessed by the internet, installed on an intranet or supplied on CD, Fuel Optimizer identifies optimal schedules and refuelling locations. It uses detailed route maps, and takes into ...
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Integrated plan
THEDUTCH province of Zuid Holland is to take over responsibility for passenger services on the 49 km route between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen from January 2007.The provincial government intends to call tenders for an integrated concession covering train and local bus services. It has earmarked €7m for new halts, and €15m ...
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On-board power
Frensistemi, the Italian subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse, has acquired a 70% stake in Microelettrica Scientifica. The March 16 transaction applies retroactively from September 30 2004. Brake resistors, contactors and electronic protection relays are among the power supply and energy distribution equipment manufactured by Rozzano-based Microelettrica. It has annual sales of ...
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New life for old tickets
OVERTHEYEARS, Sidetrack has seen rail passengers doing many strange things with their tickets.Using tickets as a bookmark is common, but we have seen people drawing on them, folding them, and even chewing them, although this last seems a bit risky in the event of a surprise ticket inspection.Tel Aviv commuter ...
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Electro-Motive Diesel launched
ACQUISITION of General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, Berkshire Partners LLC and certain related parties has been completed, the company announced on April 4. It is now known as Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. The transaction covers all of the Electro-Motive businesses, including North American and international locomotives, power, ...
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Heavy haul brake
NEWYORK Air Brake Corp has received conditional approval from the Association of American Railroads for its EP-60 electronically-controlled pneumatic brake.The EP-60 is already in service in Canada, where it is used on heavy haul iron ore trains operated by Cartier Railway Co, a subsidiary of Québec Cartier Mining Co. In ...
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Leasing venture
CFCL Australia has entered into a joint venture with specialist in asset financing Allco Finance Group and investment company Record Investments to launch a loco and rolling stock leasing business. Allco CFCLA Freight Rail Leasing JV aims to raise A$70m towards capital investment in locos and stock during its first ...
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Delhi expansion
INDIA’S Northern Railway has announced plans for the renovation of New Delhi station. Money for the scheme has been allocated under the railway’s passenger amenities fund, and the work is to be completed over the next 12 months. A three-story building 22m wide will be built on the Ajmeri Gate ...
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Danes consider hydrogen power
THE establishment of the Hydrogen Innovation & Research Centre in western Jutland has prompted the towns of Vemb, Lemvig, and Thyborøn to consider development of fuel-cell powered trains. A co-operation agreement was signed on April 7, and the first step is to estimate start-up capital and operating costs. This month ...
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Balfour Beatty rail profits rise
RAIL Engineering & Services at Balfour Beatty saw a 5% rise in operating profits to £43m in the year to December 31 2004, on turnover of £803m.The company’s UK projects, plant and track systems businesses ’performed well’, and Balfour Beatty said that the infrastructure maintenance contracts taken in-house by Network ...
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Alstom to convert regional coaches
SNCF has awarded Alstom a €37m contract to refurbish 48 Corail B6Du regional coaches, with options worth about €18m for a further 30 vehicles.The coaches currently operate in loco-hauled rakes of four to eight cars, and will be converted into driving vehicles for push-pull operation. Crashworthiness improvements will permit an ...
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Arriva awarded Dutch contract
NOORDNED has been awarded a new 15-year contract to operate regional services in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen from December 11. The agreement includes a commitment to introduce up to 50 new DMUs which will have level access from the platforms by September 2007. These will be fully ...
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'Effective & Speedy' wins the traffic
Japan Freight Railway is rolling out a new consignment tracking system and remodelling its container hubs to make rail more competitive with road and sea. Chris Jackson discussed the company's prospects with Senior Advisor Katsuji Iwasa
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Competition lifts rail's share of Swiss transalpine market
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands have opened their rail networks to competition, and the impact on freight crossing the Swiss Alps has been dramatic. Last year rail increased its road+rail modal share to 65%, far higher than any other cross-border flow in Europe
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Signalling in the best locations
BOMBARDIER has enhanced the capabilities of the Computer Aided Rail Design software which it uses to identify the most cost-effective way of planning signalling infrastructure on light rail and metro projects.CARD is widely used when preparing the company’s bids for urban rail projects, and has been used in the development ...