Main line rail industry news – Page 1265
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DART extends
DALLAS light rail operator DART completes its current expansion programme on December 9, six months ahead of schedule. Opening of the final 5·1 km of the Red line from Galatyn Park to Plano, with two intermediate stops, will bring the network to 70·8 km and 34 stations.The final two-station extension ...
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IC4 takes shape
UNDER construction at the AnsaldoBreda plant in Napoli is the first IC4 inter-city trainset for Danish State Railways. The 83 articulated four-car DMUs have been designed in co-operation with Pininfarina, and will have a top speed of 200 km/h. Intended to operate in multiple with up to five sets, they ...
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Super-resilient wheels
ITALIAN wheelset specialist Lucchini Sidermeccanica and German rubber components supplier Gummi-Metall-Technik GmbH have formed a joint venture to produce and sell a super-resilient wheel known as ITUS. A prototype wheel was unveiled at the InnoTrans show in Berlin on September 24.Lucchini has meanwhile obtained certification from Italcertifer for unrestricted use ...
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Sidetrack
Rolling drunkHAVING had one drink too many, a Finn recently found himself on an extended tour of the country. Too tired to walk home, he crawled into the battery compartment of a carriage stood in the town of Oulu. Inevitably, he then discovered this compartment could only be opened from ...
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Calabria joint venture formed
EARLIERTHISYEAR, a new joint venture was established to develop a rolling stock manufacturing and refurbishment business in Reggio di Calabria. CFE is backed by firms from northern Italy (50%), southern Italy (25%) and Germany (25%), including Bestgroup Industrie (RG 7.02 p361). It expects to benefit from EU and Italian ...
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Finance
Africa: The African Development Fund has approved a US$3·3m regional railway feasibility study for the Economic Community of West African States.Cameroon: The French government has awarded Camrail a US$12·5m loan to rehabilitate the 263 km Ka’a - Belabo - Pangar line and acquire six locomotives and additional rolling stock.Czech Republic: ...
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Industry News
Canada: Global Railways Industries has competed its acquisition of door and replacement part maker Prime Steel Inc for C$3·3m cash and taking over C$155000 of debt.Czech Republic: Siemens is to move steel bodyshell and VAL mini-metro car production to the Siemens Kolejova Vozidla plant in Praha over the next ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2002 report
Over 30000 trade visitors converged on the InnoTrans event at the end of September in Berlin, attracted by 1045 exhibitors from 30 countries. Numerous contracts and acquisitions were announced, and hundreds of new products were on display. In this special report from Berlin we offer a selection of industry news.
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Metros
China: Shanghai Metro has awarded Bombardier a €11m contract to overhaul 96 Line 1 cars by 2005.The government has approved the start of work on the 22 km Shenyang metro Line 1, which will begin in June 2003 for completion in 2006.France: Ile-de-France transport authority STIF has given its approval ...
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Market
Australia: NSW passenger operator City Rail has selected Goninan to supply 13 DMUs for its Hunter Valley services.France: The first Z-TER EMU was formally handed over to SNCF by Alstom Transport at its Bellevue test track in La Rochelle on October 4. Alstom has awarded Bombardier a €6m contract to ...
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Inside Industry
Angel targets railcar marketUK-BASED rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains International announced on September 24 that it is to launch a new subsidiary for the local passenger multiple-unit sector. From January 2003 the Angel Trains Europa GmbH office in K
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ETCS lessons are being learnt
SWISS FEDERAL Railways’ Level 2 ETCS pilot project installed over the 35 km between Zofingen and Sempach on the Olten - Luzern main line is yielding valuable lessons for future ETCS applications elsewhere. SBB has conceded that during August and September ’we had a very difficult time’, the worst incident ...
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Bursaray is open for business
The Y-shaped first phase of Bursa's light rail network is now carrying around 150000 passengers a day. Planning is underway on the next 4 km of a network that is projected to reach 55 km by 2015
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Lahore may get LRT
A consortium led by Interglobe and Nonolite International is offering to build a 25 km elevated light rail line connecting Shahdara in Lahore to the new airport on a build-operate-transfer basis. A Memorandum of Understanding enabling project development to proceed was signed by the Punjab government on August 24.The line ...
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Diesel light rail rolls at last in North America
A short route in Ottawa has pioneered diesel light rail operation in Canada, and New Jersey Transit is close behind with a 51·5 km line between Camden and Trenton. William D Middleton reports
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A ‘huge opportunity’ in open access
Rail Traction Company was the first open access freight operator to begin running in Italy. Founder and Director-General Giuseppe Sciarrone explained his strategy to Chris Jackson
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RFI defines its new role
INTRO: Since its birth on July 1 2001, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has been working to establish a new operations and management structure. Meanwhile, the government is investing over i120bn to upgrade the national network and boost capacity on the core corridors EARLIER THIS YEAR the Italian government approved a huge ...
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Germans fastest
AS RAILWAYS continue to vie for the coveted title of fastest train in the world, it has emerged that Germany once again holds the blue riband for the top speed in commercial service. German Railway joined the 300 km/h club with the opening of its new line between Köln and ...
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Mineta backs transit and Amtrak
INTRO: Julian Wolinsky reports from APTA’s 2002 Public Transportation Expo in Las VegasMORE THAN 15000 attendees and 750 exhibitors converged on the Las Vegas Convention Center last month for the American Public Transportation Association’s 2002 International Public Transportation Expo. Keynote speaker at the opening session on September 23 was US ...