Main line rail industry news – Page 1275
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ÖBB’s IC refit
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways’ President Rüdiger vorm Walde joined ceremonies on June 16 to mark the introduction of the first refurbished inter-city coaches on principal routes. First service to benefit is the Wien - Innsbruck - Feldkirch Euro-City 662/663 Gustav Klimt, which has also been accelerated by 45 min.Under the 4-S ...
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UK wagon works to close
ON JUNE 28 Trinity Rail GmbH, the European subsidiary of Trinity Industries of the USA, announced that it was proposing to close the former Thrall Europa wagon manufacturing plant in York. With a five-year contract for English Welsh & Scottish Railway nearing completion and ’no foreseeable further orders from any ...
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Lounge upgrade unveiled
EUROSTAR opened its refurbished first class lounge at London Waterloo International station (right) on June 20. Branded as Le Salon, refurbishment of the eight-year-old lounge was overseen by French designer Philippe Starck as part of the company's £35m 'Welcome to the new Eurostar' project. Starck said he based his 'unique ...
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Metros
Canada: Toronto Transit Commission Chairman Brian Ashton confirmed last month that the C$934m Sheppard metro line will open on November 24.Czech Republic: Later this year Most-Litvinov will take delivery of a second 20m low-floor Skoda Type 03T tram. Skoda has again won a contract to supply 15 of the vehicles ...
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Sidetrack
Shot to piecesNOW underway in Russia is the disposal of the former Soviet Union’s fleet of rail vehicles equipped to transport and launch SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles. These wagons could be moved around as necessary, so that the missiles could be launched from anywhere on the vast SZD rail network.Scrapping ...
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Finance
Brazil: The World Bank is providing a loan of US$209m to begin work on São Paulo metro Line 4. JBIC is providing similar funding, and São Paulo state and private investors are supplying the remainder of the US$934m cost.Europe: Eurotunnel has reduced its total debt by €686m following completion of ...
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Products in Brief
DB’s PPSFR-Zug schedule planning software is using ILOG View components as part of its graphical user interface.Holland has supplied a MobileWelder road-rail flash-butt welding vehicle to Lion Pacific of Kuala Lumpur, and a containerised welding unit to Estonian Railways.ITW Switches has developed a range of illuminated vandal-proof switches for use ...
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Market
Austria: Bombardier has won a €16m contract from ÖBB to supply 258 heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units to upgrade coaches used on international services by April 2006.Europe: The Intergovernmental Commission developing the cross-border link between Perpignan in France and Figueres in Spain has picked the Euroferro consortium as preferred bidder ...
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Capacity boosted
IRANIAN firm Wagon Pars Co has installed a new rolling stock production line, doubling the company’s production capacity to 200 vehicles/year. The company is exporting 66 passenger carriages to Bangladesh Railways under a US$18m order, and hopes to participate in supply of the 18000 freight vehicles Iranian Islamic Republic Railways ...
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Advertising agreement
CLEAR Channel Transit has won metro advertising contracts covering 17 København metro stations and the VAL metro in Rennes. The company has also won a 10-year concession for the Kuala Lumpur Express Rail Link, and a 31/2 -year concession for Stockholm’s Arlanda Express. Advertising material will be displayed both at ...
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Automation deal
A PARTNERSHIP of Beijing Hollysys Systems Engineering Co and Rockwell Automation has been awarded a US$10·5 million contract to supply automatic controls for the first phase of the Shenzhen metro project. Rockwell Automation's part of the contract is worth US$1·7m, and includes the supply of environmental control and monitoring systems ...
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Cape Town redevelopment
COMMERCIAL redevelopment of Cape Town’s main station is planned, following the city council’s decision to approve SA Rail Commuter Corp’s application to rezone the site.Over the next five years 32000m2 of retail, 86000m2 of office and 17000m2 of mixed office and residential accommodation will be created by Intersite, SARCC’s property ...
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Sliding tram battery racks
PENTAIR Enclosures Scotland is using telescopic ball-bearing slides from Accuride International to mount battery packs in electronic switching units for Nottingham Express Transit.The roadside cabinets contain four trays, mounted on slides capable of carrying 180 kg of batteries. The slides can be extended beyond their own length so the trays ...
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Travel agents supported
SPANISH National Railways has introduced new software enabling rail tickets to be sold at 1 200 smaller travel agencies using the Amadeus airline booking network. Savia Net provides low-cost access to the Savia Amadeus network, which is already being used for rail ticketing by 5 300 larger agencies.On June 28 ...
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Industry News in Brief
Romanian wagon builder Remar Pascani is to lay off 710 of its 2400 staff by the end of the year. The company is currently working at 70% of its capacity, with orders until March next year.In 2001-02 India’s Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in Punjab produced 1204 carriages, including double-deck ...
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Predicting point wear
CURRENTS in point machine motors can be measured using the PointSenz PCM10 family of waterproof Hall-effect transducers from LEM. Measurements of the DC supply to the point motor are logged to produce a profile of current used against time. A variation from the normal profile may indicate the possibility of ...
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Traffic control workstation update
Canadian National and Siemens Transportation Systems are to develop and implement a new rail traffic control system, which is to be installed at 46 traffic control workstations in the CN control centres at Montréal, Toronto and Edmonton. The package will use a modified version of Siemens Vicos
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Faster to Pusan
LAST MONTH saw the start of work on the 118·3 km second phase of the Seoul - Pusan high speed line, now costed at 5000bn won. On July 8 the Ministry of Transport confirmed that Korea High Speed Rail Construction Authority had signed contracts with two construction firms for civil ...
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Changes urged at Tranz Rail
HAVING been ejected three years ago from his position as Chairman of Tranz Rail - along with other outposts of the former Wisconsin Central empire - Ed Burkhardt told New Zealand’s Business Herald that the present board ’ought to be forced out’ after Tranz Rail shares plummetted on July 5. ...