Main line rail industry news – Page 1214
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NewsGNER internet link
SWEDISH supplier Icomera AB announced on April 7 that it had been appointed to install its Wireless Onboard Internet technology on 10 refurbished Mk IV trainsets (RG 11.03 p698) used by British inter-city operator GNER. The deal follows successful trials with an initial three trains (RG 9.03 p550). Users ...
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SBB ticket machines
LATER this year SBB will begin replacing portable ticket machines used for on-train sales with 2000 almex.mobile portable ticket machines from Höft & Wessel. Up to 1GB of data on available tickets and fares can be stored in the almex.mobile terminals, and a radio link can be used to obtain ...
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Integrated warnings
A TRAIN-mounted Electronic Train Protection & Warning System which combines Thales Communications’ Electronic Automatic Warning System with a TPWS aerial in a single module is under test on 10 of GNER’s inter-city electric locomotives.Intended for use by train operators who are upgrading their existing Automatic Warning System, the combined E-TPWS ...
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Locating trains on the Hochbahn
HAMBURG’S Hochbahn is to fit more than 300 metro cars with TagMaster heavy-duty radio-frequency identification tags as part of a total operations monitoring and control system being supplied by Vossloh Information Technologies.The 800 tags will be used to provide accurate information about train locations and travel direction, and 190 readers ...
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Mitropa sold
SELECT Service Partner, the international concessions arm of catering services business Compass Group, is to acquire Mitropa AG from German Railway for a net consideration of €17·6m.Now separated from DB’s on-train catering business, Mitropa has catering concessions at more than 60 German railway stations. It reported sales of around €115m ...
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Profits up
ENGINEERING company Balfour Beatty reported a 10% increase in pre-tax profits to £130m for the year to December 31 2003, including provision for anticipated costs arising from the ’surprising and disappointing’ termination of its three Network Rail maintenance contracts.The order book grew 14% to £5·8bn.Balfour Beatty’s share in two of ...
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Industry News in Brief
Pfleiderer AG and Secunderabad Patil Rail Infrastructure Ltd have founded a joint venture called Patil-Pfleiderer Track Systems PL to market Rheda 2000 ballastless track in India.Fare collection equipment maker Ascom Monétel was renamed Ascom SA on March 31, when the Monétel trade name was transferred to Sagem Group.Sanitec Corp ...
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Two-way communications
METRO and tram cars can exchange data with lineside equipment using the HCS-V communications system from Hanning & Kahl. Applications include route setting and the provision of real-time passenger information at stops or onboard.Unlimited quantities of data can be transferred to and from the HCS-V at a rate of 100kB/sec, ...
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Measuring in Korea and Brazil
MER MEC has completed factory acceptance testing of a Roger 1000K self-propelled measuring vehicle which is being supplied to Korea Rail Network Authority for use on the Seoul - Pusan high speed route (p266).The vehicle is based on a design supplied to Norwegian infrastructure authority Jernbaneverket. As well as video ...
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President Goh inaugurates KTX
'ON APRIL 1 Korea will speed up with KTX' announced the huge banners decking Seoul station on March 30. Hundreds of invited guests from across the world joined in the celebrations when South Korea's Acting President Goh Kun formally inaugurated the world's eighth high speed railway. Following the inauguration ceremony ...
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Please handle with care!
Picking up on comparisons published in our January 2004 issue, Fred Mau and David Ashmore from Booz Allen Hamilton in Sydney debate the pros and cons of benchmarking in the railway sector
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CityRail benefits in NSW budget
NEW SOUTH WALES Treasurer Michael Egan announced in a budget speech on April 6 that A$2·5bn is to be spent on ’the biggest-ever overhaul of the Sydney rail network’ over the next six years.Around A$1bn will be allocated to 15 projects designed to reduce the complexity of the suburban network. ...
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Order awaited
GERMAN Railway is planning to order a small number of pre-production loco-hauled coach sets for long-distance trains, for which tenders are to be prepared later this year. They will be the forerunners for an order for 1000 to 1200 vehicles intended to replace DB’s loco-hauled inter-city fleet, which at one ...
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Pointers
Phillippine National Railways and Siemens are to carry out a 100m peso feasibility study for the Mindanao railway project, which would link Butan, Davao and General Santos.A consortium of local industries and broad gauge operator Nuevo Central Argentino is reported to have expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Belgrano ...
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Full order book at Matisa
HAVING delivered two B41 tamping machines to GrantRail for use on the UK’s East Coast Main Line, Swiss track machine specialist Matisa is now building a giant track renewal train for Network Rail.The 138m long machine is designed to allow trains to run on adjacent tracks while it is working, ...
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Modular vehicle concepts will pave the way to European integration
Major railway operators and suppliers have embarked on a challenging journey to develop together the first European modular high speed train capable of operating at speeds over 200 km/h
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SNCB to be split apart next year
Harry Hondius reports on developments at Belgian National Railways
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African road-rail
SPOORNET has acquired 20 double-cab Isuzu KB250 road-rail inspection vehicles in a R12m lease-back agreement.Adapting the vehicles for use on 1067mm gauge railways required the chassis to be modified behind the cab and around the wheel arches. Additional leaf springs have been fitted to the rear axle, and an Isuzu ...
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Roma - Napoli postponed until 2005
INTRO: Construction work on the 205 km high speed line between Roma and Napoli is nearly complete, but progress has been slow because of archaeological treasures found along the route and the need to complete trials with ETCS Level 2. TAV Managing Director Antonio Savini Nicci briefed Murray Hughes in ...
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Trenitalia tastes commercial success
INTRO: Both freight and passenger traffic on the Italian network have suffered because of a weak economy, but Trenitalia has made rapid strides in its drive to become a commercial business. Murray Hughes met Corporate Strategy Director Paolo Celentani in RomaIN THE two years since its launch Trenitalia has made ...