Main line rail industry news – Page 1282
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Corus Rail aims to grow
According to its Director, Projects, Jeremy Blake, Corus Rail Consultancy’s head office in York is now home to the UK’s ’biggest combined multi-disciplinary organisation under one roof’. Steel producer Corus aims to grow the turnover from its rail businesses ’significantly’ from the current level of £250m a year, of which ...
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Letters
LIRR freight privatisationSir - In Rail Investment 2001, published as a supplement to your October edition last year, I noted an article about freight privatisation by Henry Posner III. In discussing the process of bidding and concessioning, the author wrote ’In some cases, it becomes clear that despite a formal ...
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TBTC pays off in Vancouver
BYLINE: Michael RichardVice-President, OperationsBritish Columbia Rapid Transit Company LtdBRITISH COLUMBIA was an early user of TBTC. Since 1986 Vancouver’s SkyTrain has been the largest driverless transit system in North America. Using SelTrac technology, it remains one of the largest fully-automated applications in the world.As operator, BC Rapid Transit Co has ...
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Market
Australia: Pilbara Rail has taken delivery of three GE C44-9W locos for Hamersley Iron traffic.Brazil: CPTM of São Paulo has called tenders to prepare documentation for planning and obtaining finance for the second phase of the Capão Redondo - Embuaçu metro Line 5.Canada: GM EMD has been awarded a six-year ...
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International routes expand
ESTONIAN international passenger operator EVR Ekspress is to introduce direct Tallinn - St Petersburg and Tallinn - Minsk services with the summer timetable change on June 2. In the first quarter of this year EVR Ekspress reports a 10% increase in patronage on the existing Tallinn - Moscow service compared ...
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Burned station restored
RESTORATION of Pretoria’s historic main station has been completed, and an official reopening ceremony was planned for May 30. Built in 1910 to the design of Sir Herbert Baker, the station was badly damaged by fire on February 19 last year, when commuters rioted following a signal failure. The final ...
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Ipoh alliance
Malaysia-based Emrail has formed a strategic alliance with Barclay Mowlem for work on the Rawang - Ipoh double-tracking and electrification project.Barclay Mowlem will carry out flash-butt rail welding, sleeper laying and track surfacing. Rail Manager Graeme Spragg said ’the alliance will prove to be mutually beneficial, providing Emrail with technology ...
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Lubricant monitoring
HEATHROW Express is using remote track lubrication monitoring developed by Interfleet Technology. The installation gives direct feedback on the operation of lubricators on the Airport Curve near Heathrow. A wheel proximity switch alerts a lineside PC to the presence of an approaching train. Transducers monitor the grease pressure, and rail-mounted ...
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VIA stations
VIA Rail Canada has completed the renovation of Halifax station in Nova Scotia, the eastern terminus of its Ocean service from Montréal. The rail/bus interchange has been improved, the station roof renewed and exterior brickwork restored. On May 10 VIA officially unveiled the refurbished station at Kitchener-Waterloo in southwest Ontario, ...
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Starlight express
We reported last month on the construction of the NASA ’space railroad’ on the International Space Station (RG 5.02 p236). Sidetrack is delighted to learn that the significance of this achievement has been recognised in official circles.On April 29 the US National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association awarded honorary membership ...
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Wuhan goes ATC
Alcatel confirmed on May 22 that it had been awarded a €15m contract to install automatic train control on the elevated light metro in Wuhan. According to the President of Wuhan Light Rail & Transport Co, Peng Jun, the 10 km initial section and 10 stations is due to open ...
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Five-year spend approved
AUSTRIA’S Ministry of Transport has authorised Austrian Federal Railways to proceed with a package of investment and project planning worth €1·7bn to the end of 2006. The 115 projects include four-tracking of the Westbahn between Attnang-Puchheim and V
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Manila plans head south
CONCERN about an economic downturn in the Philippines has prompted property developer Ayala Land to withdraw from the proposed Manila - Calabazon railway upgrading and rehabilitation project. The company had envisaged a build-operate-transfer scheme to develop commuter rail services linked to property development south of the capital, but it no ...
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No love lost
A FURIOUS row has broken out between German Railway and the construction industry. On May 17 DB issued a statement from its outspoken Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn refuting accusations that DB was not capable of implementing its own investment programme. Saying that he was amazed how the industry was treating its ...
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Ticino S-Bahn
SWISS Federal Railways and Italian State Railway will take a first step in December towards creation of a regional S-Bahn network serving the cross-border region north of Milano. From the winter timetable change, local services between Mendrisio and Lugano will be increased to half-hourly, and the border stop at Chiasso ...
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BahnTrans in the clear
THE European Commission decided on May 7 to close its investigation into possible state aid for freight forwarding company BahnTrans, founded in September 1994 as a joint venture of Deutsche Bahn AG and Thyssen Haniel Logistik. DB sold its holding to SNCB in June 1998.Acting on a trade association complaint, ...
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UK woes hit Alstom profits
Continuing problems with train deliveries in the UK during the financial year ended March 31 2002 slashed Alstom Transport’s operating profit to €101m, a reduction of 62% compared with the previous year. Operating margin fell from 6·0% to 2·3%. According to the company, ’the major negative impact on operating income ...
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Jamuna bridge and dual-gauging unite the BR network
Work to join the two halves of the Bangladesh Railway network across the Jamuna river will be completed this year
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Taking a logical approach offers interoperability benefits
INTRO: Recent advances in data communications are enabling off-the-shelf equipment to replace purpose-designed links in transmission-based train control. The adoption of a common architecture based on standardised interfaces and modular design will enable operators to integrate proven equipment from different suppliersBYLINE: Peter LudikarProduct ManagerAlcatel Transport Automation SolutionsA CONFERENCE on Transmission-Based ...
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Metro Report 2002
SUBSCRIBERS will receive with this issue a copy of our annual supplement Metro Report. Non-subscribers may purchase copies separately at £30 by contacting Esco Business Services (details on p281), or using the order form on our web site www.railwaygazette.comThis year’s edition includes an analysis of light rail, tram and metro ...