Main line rail industry news – Page 1217
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ATTIKO Metro is to take delivery of 21 six-car trainsets from the Hanwah-Rotem consortium in Korea. Seven units in the fleet will be fitted with dual-voltage equipment to operate on existing routes electrified at 750 V DC third rail and on the new line being built to Eleftherios Venizelos airport ...
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NewsEurostar abandons Project Jupiter
Plans to form a single company tentatively called Eurostar International that would have managed the train service between London, Paris and Brussels as a unified operation were formally abandoned by the Boards of SNCF, SNCB and London & Continental Railways on March 12. Originally SNCB had intended to take a ...
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Cisalpino to expand tilt operations
INTERNATIONAL services operated by Cisalpino, which is owned 50:50 by Swiss Federal Railways and Trenitalia, are to be stepped up. The plan is geared to opening of the L
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North American Freight Car Market - 2004
David Burns and Toby KolstadThe two principals of Rail Theory Forecasts have compiled a 280-page book intended as a comprehensive source of information for investors contemplating the freight rolling stock market in North America. This market study assesses historical production of all products and commodities shipped by rail and also ...
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Metros
Australia:The two-year A$30m Tram To It project has been launched in Melbourne to reduce tram journey times and increase reliability by giving Yarra Trams priority at road junctions and improving traffic management.Bangladesh:Contech Ltd has proposed a 45 km underground link from Saidabad to Gabtoli in Dhaka at a cost of ...
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Virtual reality for the immersive experience
UK INTER-CITY operator First Great Western is using three simulators representing the cabs of its High Speed Train power cars to provide an ’immersive’ training environment for drivers.The simulators were jointly supplied by Primary Image, Bentley Systems and EDM in a contract worth over £1m, and will be used to ...
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Wagon orders up
ACCORDINGto Railway Supply Institute data a total of 32184 new wagons were delivered in North America during 2003, up from 17714 in 2002.Last year’s figures included around 8900 flat wagons, 7000 boxcars, 6600 aluminium gondolas, 6500 tanks and 3200 aluminium hoppers. New orders rose from 28475 in 2002 to 47249 ...
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Skoda success
SKODA Dopravní Technika has reported its best financial results since 1989. Sales during 2003 totalled KC2bn, and profits were up 25%on 2002 to KC150m. The refurbishment of 25 five-car 81-71M trains for Praha metro Line A accounted for around 40% of the business, and a further six sets will be ...
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Warszawa S-Bahn
POLAND’s Institute for Railway Development has unveiled proposals for a three-line suburban network in the capital, using PKP’s cross-city corridor between the stations at Warszawa Zachodnia (west) and Warszawa Wschodnia (east).Line A would run from Pruszków to Falenica, Line B from Purszków to Sulejówek and Line C from Okecie Airport ...
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Chinese food
SHANGHAI Rail Gourmet Co has been created as a station and on-board catering joint venture of Rail Gourmet and Shanghai Railway Administration. From April 18 it will serve 2500 meals per day on four fast trains linking Shanghai with Beijing. The 15-year agreement provides for expansion to further services and ...
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Market
Australia:Rail Infrastructure Corp of New South Wales has ordered a Desec Tracklayer turnout laying machine for use with turnout panel transport wagons from a local supplier.Air Radiators is to supply Cummins Engine Co with 76 cooling systems worth A$5m for use on V’locity DMUs being built by Bombardier for Victoria ...
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Oil control
KEEPING engine crankcase oil at the correct level plays an important part in optimising running costs, and to help achieve this Groeneveld has adapted its Oilmaster oil management system for use on diesel multiple-units.Developed for rail applications from a design which is widely used on road vehicles, Oilmaster monitors the ...
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Off-centre load alarm
MOVING trains can be automatically weighed by SilverPoint+, which will warn operators of overweight or incorrectly loaded vehicles and send text alerts to the train crew’s mobile telephones.Installed without needing to modify the rails, SilverPoint+ reports axle, bogie and total weights, and compares front and rear weight readings. An option ...
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High-power IGBTs drive Civia EMUs
INTRO: Development of high-power IGBTs able to accept line voltages up to 4 kV has simplified the traction package for Spanish National Railways’ new family of modular suburban trains, cutting weight and improving efficiencyBYLINE: Rafael Fern
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Learning lessons from tilting trains
DB's failure to meet promised performance improvements where tilting trains were introduced led inevitably to strong media criticism. Murray Hughes finds that many of the difficulties can be blamed on too much innovation pushed through too quickly
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Croatia completes loco refits
BYLINE: Viko GiljevicProject Manager, Croatian RailwaysHarry AghjayanConsultant, CanarailAT THE START of this year, Croatian Railways accepted the final rebuilt locomotive to be modernised in a two-year programme covering 20 diesel and 15 electric units. The work has been undertaken by two firms in Zagreb, boosting the local economy and increasing ...
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ÖBB adopts ETCS Level 1
INTRO: Following completion of a 65 km pilot scheme between Wien and Nickelsdorf, Austrian Federal Railways has decided to install ETCS Level 1 train control across its 2500 route-km trunk network over the next decadeAugust Zierl and Friedrich CernyÖBB Signal- und SystemtechnikWITHIN THE next couple of months, trains using the ...
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Simulation on show at ITEC
TRAINING, education and simulation are the themes of the ITEC exhibition, being held at London’s ExCeL centre on April 20-22, and incorporating the sixth Rail Transport Training Conference on April 21.Running a railway requires staff in control centres, workshops and on-board trains to function harmoniously, and training is one of ...
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Power supply upgrade highlights the pitfalls of fragmentation
INTRO: Work is now in progress at over 200 sites across southeast England to upgrade the 750V DC power supply for EMUs being introduced by three operators, but many vehicles are likely to remain in store beyond the deadline for withdrawal of older stock. Roger Ford explains how this mismatch ...