Main line rail industry news – Page 1236
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Watching the wheels
SPANISH National Railways is using four Multirail in-sleeper wheel force measuring units supplied by Schenck Process, following the completion of three months of testing.Developed from established technology used to measure the weight of trains passing at low speeds, Multirail is able to highlight wheel flats and other faults on trains ...
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Finance
Argentina:The Tecnicagua consultancy developing plans to re-open the route from Mendoza to Los Andes in Chile has signed a letter of intent to appoint state-owned development bank BICE as its financial agent. Should Tecnicagua win a call for tenders which is expected before the end of 2003, an international bond ...
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Financial rescue agreed
ALSTOM announced on August 6 that it had secured a comprehensive financial package with the agreement of more than 30 of its banks. This will enable the company to repay its existing debt facilities which mature in the first half of 2004, as well as providing short and medium-term liquidity.The ...
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Pointers
Pending the completion of track repairs between Santo Tomé and Santa Fe, Trenes de Buenos Aires expects to begin operating a weekly service between the Argentinian capital and Santa Fe this month. The first train ran as far as Santo Tomé on August 1. On board was Transport Secretary Ricardo ...
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Market
Australia: Queensland Rail has been awarded a A$2·4m contract running to December 2005 for rail grinding on WestNet Rail’s 1067mm gauge lines in Western Australia.Brazil: CVRD has announced plans to buy 77 diesel locomoties and 2010 wagons to handle traffic rising at 9% a year. China:Bombardier Sifang Power (Qingdao) Transportation ...
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Metros
China: UK firm Smith Bros & Webb has won orders totalling £500000 to supply metro car washing plants to the Shenzhen and Guangzhou metros. Daewoo Construction Co Ltd expects to begin civil engineering work this month on the 22 km, 9·5bn yuan Shenyang metro network.This month is expected to see ...
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Intelligence September 2003
Argentina: The Entre Ríos provincial government has signed an agreement with ALL Mesopot? mica that will see the Concepción del Uruguay - Paran? route re-opened to freight traffic with new terminals at Estación Parera and Nogoy? . A daily Basavilbaso - Villaguay passenger service is also planned. ALL Central ...
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Gantry mill installed
A HENRY Liné Macbormill 249 CNC gantry mill for machining switch and crossing components has been installed at Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems’ Sandiacre works near Nottingham. Supplied by M-Tech (UK), the 4 + 1 axis machine is fitted with Siemens 840D controls and has a 20m x-axis. The main ...
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Czech stations
CZECH Railways has begun a KC950m modernisation of Chocen station on the Decín - Praha - Breclav route, for completion in 2005. A consortium of Skanska CZ and SSZ Praha will upgrade track and overhead electrification for 160 km/h operation, build three island platforms and install a subway with lifts.A ...
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Battery power
SAFT is supplying three 24V batteries for each of the 23 three-car diesel multiple-units being built by CAF for Northern Ireland Railways. The underframe-mounted batteries comprise 20 SRX 190 FR cells, designed to deliver short-duration high current discharges of up to 1 min at five times normal capacity when starting ...
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Batignolles sale
AS PART of its strategy to focus on services and reduce its exposure to cyclical construction activities, Amec has signed an agreement to sell 51% of French construction business Spie Batignolles to management buy-out vehicle Financière Spie Batignolles for €15·3m. The management offer was announced in May, and completion of ...
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Czech stake
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development has acquired a 33% stake in Praha-Zilcín-based rolling stock builder Siemens Kolejov
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Timetable planner
VIRIATO is a timetable planning and co-ordination tool designed to handle the increasing numbers of parties involved in modern service planning processes. Different timetable proposals can be generated and stored for comparison, using common data for the train specifications. Train graphs can be produced, and the software is available in ...
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Hit by trams
Carillion plc issued a trading update on July 10, in advance of an interim results announcement on September 10. Profit in Construction Services for the six months to June 30 is likely to be £10m less than expected, owing to difficulties with the Nottingham Express Transit light rail public-private partnership ...
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EMU upgrade
KRASNOYARSK Electric Railcar Repair Facility has completed the overhaul of an ER9P-311 electric multiple-unit, intended to improve passenger comfort on Russian Railways’ Krasnoyarsk - Abakan route. The AC EMU has been fitted with automatic doors, modern fire safety systems and upgraded heating. Three first-class carriages have been added to the ...
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Intermodal fly ash in bulk
CEMENT maker RMC Rugby has ordered 40 intermodal H-type ISO-Veyor units from inBulk Technologies for transporting fly ash from power stations.The H-type is a cylindrical vessel with 34m3 capacity constructed within the dimensions of a 30ft ISO container, and can be handled and transported using the same equipment. Once it ...
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Mannheim tests grooved rails with elastic bearings
BYLINE: Anabel HengelmannGetzner Werkstoffe GmbHIN THE search for a smoother ride for street-running tram and light rail lines, Getzner Werkstoffe has been developing an elastic support structure for grooved rails over the past two or three years, in co-operation with Mannheimer Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft AG. The system combines external ...
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Softly, softly under the city
Track in the long tunnels forming the approach to St Pancras of Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is being designed to minimise environmental noise and vibration as high speed trains pass below London
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Two-material rail combats rolling contact fatigue
INTRO: Reducing or preventing rolling contact fatigue has become a major issue for track engineers faced with the conflicting demands of heavier traffic, increased safety regulation and shorter possessions. Two-material rail could be the answer for critical locations such as switches and crossingsBYLINE: Martin Hiensch** As Project Manager, InfraStar, Martin ...