Main line rail industry news – Page 1268
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Rail profits at Balfour Beatty
BALFOUR Beatty’s interim results for the half year to June 29 showed pre-tax profits of £48m. The rail sector had a profit of £16m, up from £7m in the equivalent period last year. There was a significant improvement in performance of the European electrification and power and US trackwork and ...
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Real-time train management
Ponta de Madeira. GPS is used to establish train location, with differential ground stations at strategic locations to provide automatic corrections. The computerised control centre uses workstations with touch-screen graphics consoles, whilst ruggedised processors have been supplied for on-train equipment. The system is designed to integrate legacy equipment such as ...
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Real-time train management
BRAZILIAN iron-ore mining company CVRD has put into service a real-time Rail Management System on its 900 km heavy haul Caraj
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Market
Australia: The Smartpos consortium of Cubic Transportation System, EDS, Philips, Delairco and Commonwealth Bank has been selected as preferred bidder for a 10-year contract to supply and operate a contactless smartcard system for the greater Brisbane area. ERG has been selected to upgrade existing equipment before the new system is ...
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Steel range expands
CORUS Rail marked 125 years of rail production at its Workington site in northwest England during September. The company has also launched a new website at www.corusrail.com to provide technical information on its rail and other products, and to raise awareness that the Corus Rail family now also includes sleeper, ...
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Spare capacity for upgrade
LONDON’S Docklands Light Railway is planning a £20m mid-life refurbishment of its fleet of 70 automated metro vehicles, to bring the whole fleet up to the same standard as 24 new vehicles now entering service. To increase reliability, mechanical and electrical equipment will be modernised, using experience gained since the ...
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More rivals in the air
CAPTION: THE IMMINENT launch of German Wings, yet another no-frills European airline, obliges us to flag up once more the competitive threat from the air. Low-cost carriers have already forced British Airways and Lufthansa to revise their fares structures in Europe, and SAS in Scandinavia is following suit. Simple Internet ...
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CAIB becomes VTG Rail UK
VTG-Lehnkering, part of the Hapag-Lloyd Group, in co-operation with Banker MM Warburg, has acquired the European rail logistics activities of Brambles European Rail Division.The UK arm, formerly CAIB UK, becomes VTG Rail UK Ltd. The former ERD’s 120 personnel and fleet of 21000 vehicles has been integrated into VTG-Lehnkering.
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CTRL power supply order
LONDON Electricity Services has awarded a £4m contract to ABB Utility Power Systems for the supply of Static VAr Compensators. These are for use at the Singlewell and Barking feeder stations on Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Due to be installed next year, the SVCs will stabilise ...
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Merseyrail train refurbishment
A DEAL worth £32m has been signed to refurbish the 59 three-car Class 507 and 508 electric multiple-units leased to Arriva Trains Merseyside by Angel Trains. The vehicle interiors will be improved and engineering modifications carried out to improve performance.Alstom Transport is to undertake the refit at Eastleigh, in conjunction ...
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CIS business unit sold
INTERNATIONAL transport company Transfracht Internationale Gesellschaft für Kombinierten Güterverkehr has sold its Commonwealth of Independent States business unit to InterRail Services. The price was not disclosed, and the deal is backdated to September 1. IRS is a 50:50 joint venture of Intercontainer-Interfrigo and Transasia Holding AG.TFG is adopting a strategy ...
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Design of Taiwan’s high speed train fleet confirmed
INTRO: A fleet of 51 trainsets derived from the successful Series 700 shinkansen design will operate 300 km/h services on the Taipei - Kaohsiung high speed line. Detailed design changes are now being finalised, and the first unit is on course to roll out in April 2004WHEN THE government of ...
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Koreans start to test 350 km/h KHST
BYLINE: KiWhan KimProject ManagerKorea Railroad Research InstituteINTRO: With Phase 1 of the Seoul - Pusan TGV service on course for completion by April 2004, a home-grown 350 km/h Korean High Speed Train prototype is ready to begin reliability trialsPEOPLE IN KOREA really began to pay serious attention to the future ...
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A real alternative to flying
BYLINE: Dr-Ing Dietrich G Moeller Dipl-Ing Josef W Fischer BYLINE: Dr-Ing Dietrich G Moeller is President, Trains, at Siemens Transportation Systems. Dipl-Ing Josef W Fischer is General Manager of the Subdivision High Speed, Spain & PortugalINTRO: Siemens is building a fleet of 16 high speed trainsets designed to link Madrid ...
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Autoripage moves Shortlands box
AFTER A 76h closure for major civil engineering work, the section of Railtrack’s Chatham main line between Herne Hill and Shortlands in the southeastern suburbs of London was handed back for traffic 40min ahead of schedule at 03.20 on August 27. The line had been closed to enable a 4500 ...
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Publications
Planner’s Guide to APMs.With a growing demand for liveable, sustainable cities, planners are looking for better ways to configure and manage urban areas. As automated peoplemover technology matures, the concept can be harnessed to link major developments with railway or metro stations, or to provide a more environmentally friendly alternative ...
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Putting slab track to the test
INTRO: GIF’s dual-gauge test track between Medina del Campo and Olmedo includes a 120m section of experimental slab track designed by Balfour Beatty. Keith Barrow reports that practical tests show the design is behaving in line with theoretical modelsFOR SIX MONTHS trains have been operating at up to 240 km/h ...
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High speed is on the right track
BYLINE: Philippe RoumeguèreChief ExecutiveInternational Union of Railways (UIC)INTRO: Over 1500 delegates will assemble in Madrid for the fifth EurailSpeed congress on October 23 - 25HIGH SPEED RAIL is enjoying phenomenal success in Europe, expressed in terms of network length, traffic growth and market share. New lines are under construction in ...
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Leuven - Liège brings the European high speed network a step closer
Belgium's second purpose-built 300 km/h line will bring the capital of Europe closer to the east, and improve communications between the Ile de France and the Ruhr