Main line rail industry news – Page 1201
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RAIL Sourcing Solutions (International) Ltd has been launched by Hong Kong’s MTR Corp, which is aiming to expand internationally its rolling stock, infrastructure, maintenance supply and sourcing services. The wholly-owned subsidiary will initially focus on Europe, North America and mainland China. According to Marketing Director Angus Stewart ’the rail industry ...
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Reinforced walls
TWO bridge abutments and the associated wingwalls on the City Airport extension of London’s Docklands Light Railway are being constructed using the Tensar Wall System, with modular pre-cast concrete facing blocks and granular fill reinforced by layers of geogrid keyed to the wall.AMEC is using recycled crushed concrete as reinforced ...
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Japanese Railways Annual 2004
Nenkan Nihon no TetsudouThe latest edition of this Japanese-language review from Railway Journal Inc includes a month-by-month review of developments on Japan’s many public and privately-owned railways during 2003. There is also a special section previewing forthcoming events in 2004, including the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, and articles giving ...
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Wagon to be launched
K INDUSTRIER will be using InnoTrans to launch onto the European market a high-payload wagon with electrically-powered doors, based on a vehicle which entered service in Sweden in 2003. The use of an advanced single-axle suspension prevents damage to the cargo and allows a high payload. The 30m long two-section ...
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Vossloh variety
VOSSLOH Group’s Locomotives business unit will be exhibiting an Am843 loco built for Swiss Federal Railways, as well as a 2700 kW MaK 2000-4BB loco, designed for use at temperatures as low as -40íC.A redesigned rail fastening system for concrete sleepers will be displayed by Vossloh Fastening Systems, as well ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2004 is the biggest ever
INNOTRANS: Held every two years, InnoTrans is now established as a major international showcase for the railway industry. This year's event will be the largest yet, and over 1200 exhibitors are booked to attend. More than 35000 visitors from around 35 countries are expected at the Berlin trade fair grounds ...
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Monorail advances wireless CBTC
INTRO: Use of open-standard data communications links and overlapping free-space radio coverage offers cost-effective low-maintenance automatic train controlOPENED on July 15, the 6·4 km Las Vegas Monorail is the first fully-automated line-haul rapid transit route in the USA to use wireless Communications-Based Train Control. Running along the Strip district, it ...
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Europe's next tram-train arrives
On July 6 the first RegioCitadis dual-system LRV for the Regionalbahn Kassel network was rolled out by Alstom LHB. Harry Hondius reports from Salzgitter
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'Ahead of any listing comes the ability to be listed'
With a possible stock market listing of German Railway high on the transport policy agenda in Germany, we asked Federal Transport Minister Dr Manfred Stolpe for his views. Murray Hughes put the questions
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We like to play competitive games - if the rules are fair
Setting up a low-cost intermodal subsidiary and actively competing in Europe's liberalised rail freight market are part and parcel of Railion's strategy to win more traffic to rail. Railion Chairman Dr Klaus Kremper briefed Murray Hughes on progress since Stinnes was integrated into the DB fold last year
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Portec acquires Salient Systems
PORTEC Rail Products Inc announced on July 21 that it is to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Salient Systems for a combination of stock and cash, valued at $12·4m to $14·0m, depending upon Portec Rail’s stock price prior to closing. The deal includes an earn-out provision for 2004-06 ...
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Grooved rail
CORUS is supplying its recently-launched 41GPU section grooved rail for the 9·4 km light rail network now under construction in Valenciennes. The rail is designed to be laid vertically or inclined at 1:40 or 1:20. Corus is supplying a total of 2300 tonnes of standard grade 41GPU rail, and 300 ...
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Hong Kong trams reach 100 years
HONG KONG Tramways celebrated its centenary by inviting three local artists to decorate six of its double-deck trams with cartoons and paintings of birds and flowers.Artist Mary Pandora Cheung designed the ’Lush’ and ’Petal Songs’ trams, saying she wanted ’people to feel like they are sitting in a moving garden, ...
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On the box
TNX UK has signed an agreement to install six to eight television screens in each car of London commuter operator c2c’s EMU fleet. The project is being funded by advertising and sponsorship. Passengers will receive ’near real-time programmes’ including news, sport, weather and general interest features; real-time travel information is ...
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Competition brings change to regional routes
INTRO: Traffic on Germany’s regional and local rail routes has flourished in the last 10 years as services have been opened up to competition. David Haydock finds that private companies and operators owned by regional governments now run around 11% of services, and many of them have invested in new ...
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Early slab track design revived on high speed line
INTRO: Pounded by heavy traffic for 25 years on a busy main line, a trial section of ballastless track survived without maintenance, confirming that the design using prefabricated segments was well suited for high speed lines. Ralf Roman Rossberg reports’THIS DESIGN offers track stability for decades’, enthuses Peter Wegerer, Project ...
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Linimo hovers close to take-off
INTRO: Test running has started on a 9 km light metro being built to serve next year’s World Expo and a research and development zone to the east of Nagoya’IN HARMONY with the environment’ proclaims the yellow flag, fluttering high above Nagoya’s main station. It is advertising the 2005 World ...
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DB challenged to be truly profitable
INTRO: With a move to the private sector now a real talking point for transport policy-makers, German Railway faces a serious challenge to prove that it can become a profitable companyON AUGUST 16 German Railway was due to publish its interim results covering the first six months of this year. ...
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New projects axed as budget shortfall bites
INTRO: A budget shortfall means Germany’s ambitious proposals for new lines have been scaled back, although 66 projects are still going ahead between now and 2008RESPONSIBILITY for capital expenditure on rail infrastructure in Germany falls to the federal government under the legislation which set up DB AG; this also made ...
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Electrification starts in Venezuela
INTRO: After much delay, work on the final stages of Venezuela’s suburban railway linking Tuy Medio with Caracas is in handLAST MONTH was due to see electrification work start on the 43 km Tuy Medio suburban railway being built between Caracas and Cúa in Venezuela.Contracts to build the double-track standard-gauge ...