Main line rail industry news – Page 1326
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Line H gets under way
On April 19 Aníbal Ibarra, head of the Buenos Aires city government, formally marked the start of work on metro Line H during a ceremony at the site of the future Incl
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Liberalisation conference
ON MAY 2 a conference at the European Parliament called, perhaps not unexpectedly, for the liberalisation of Europe’s railways. Representatives of Unife, the European Commission’s Railway Policy Unit and a number of railway companies attended, in addition to MEPs.Chairing the event was British Conservative MEP Christopher Beazley who said ’the ...
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Bridge opening
GOOD PROGRESS is being made with the dual-gauge link being built to join the two halves of Bangladesh Railway's network. Tracklaying on the 99 km route between Jamtoil, near Siraganj, and Joydepur is around 70% complete, with the head of steel reaching Tangail on the east side of the Jamuna ...
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Poles torn apart
JUNE 1 sees Polskie Linie Kolejowe PLK SA set up as a subsidiary company to manage Polish State Railways’ infrastructure, marking a key stage in privatisation of the 22113 route-km Polish network under legislation passed on September 8 2000. Since then, the programme has proceeded steadily, if not quite to ...
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Dong shortage
AMBITIOUS PLANS to develop the metre gauge network in Vietnam have been drawn up by the Ministry of Communications & Transport. By far the largest tranche of the 13000bn dong programme would be destined for the 1730 km Trans-Vietnam trunk line between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with 10500bn ...
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Grasping the nettle
EARLIER this year alarming reports surfaced about a McKinsey study that envisaged German Railway making huge cuts in passenger and freight services in an attempt to avoid massive financial losses in the next few years. At the time DB acknowledged that McKinsey had been asked to undertake studies, but was ...
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Separation issue not resolved
OF ALL THE CHANGES thrust on the world’s railways in the last decade of the 20th century, separating operations from infrastructure was the most fundamental. Embraced by few and denigrated by many, separation generated more controversy than any other topic. In Britain, it led to unprecedented havoc after last October’s ...
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Five phases of HAL research bring billion dollar savings
With the fifth phase of HAL research due for completion next year, it is clear that substantial benefits accrue from heavy axleload operation. Cumulative savings from the use of HAL techniques and equipment in North America during the 1990s are of major significance
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Air-rail developments
Korean National Railroad has opened an unstaffed station at Chongju International Airport. The site was provided by Korea Airports Authority, and North Chungchong Province shared the 300m won cost with KNR. Rail tickets are sold in the airport terminal.H Air passengers arriving in Switzerland from North America can now ...
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Products in Brief
Pfister Waagen has introduced Sirius, a ’weigh rail’ for moving trains. The 1·8m rail is welded into existing track and uses sealed load cells to measure wheel and axle weights of trains passing at 6 to 12 km/h. There is no restriction on the speed of other trains.Speno Rail Maintenance ...
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Fully functional cab simulators
VIRGIN Trains unveiled three driver simulators when its Crewe training centre was officially opened on March 23.The £2m simulators are based on real train cabs, with all controls fully functional. The two Voyager diesel simulators were supplied by Oktal Technirail, and a Pendolino tilting train simulator by Corys. Each has ...
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NewsIndustry's role in ERTMS
EUROPE: Unisig, a voluntary grouping of Siemens, Alstom, Adtranz, Invensys, Ansaldo and Alcatel, defined a minimum set of functions for ETCS/ERTMS that was approved on April 25 2000 by the European Commission, the International Union of Railways and the Union of European Railway Industries (Unife). This has become known as ...
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Finance
France: The European Investment Bank has granted RFF a 300m euro loan towards the construction of the first phase of TGV-Est between Vaires-sur-Marnes and Baudrécourt.India: Indian Railway Finance Corp is planning to raise Rs30bn to part finance the Railways’ 2001-02 Annual Plan through private placement of taxable bonds, lease financing ...
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Letter
Belgian rail problemsSir - Your article on SNCB (RG 4.01 p253) brought a smile to my face. A Prime Minister intervening in the Belgian Railway administration! That can’t have been what Brussels had in mind with Directive 91/440, can it?Seriously though, new rolling stock and new lines may be all ...
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Sidetrack
Metro goes to the dogsMoscow Metro Director Dmitry Gayev has announced the creation of a dog breeding centre to supply up to 80 dogs to sniff out explosives and drugs at stations.Stressing that violent crimes are not rising and that the Metro is working with the Federal Security service to ...
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India forges ahead with installation
CONSIDERABLE interest in ERTMS/ ETCS has been expressed by railways outside Western Europe, which has brought some comfort to the manufacturers. Eastern Europe in particular is seen to have much potential for applications, with Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary following developments closely. There are also indications of interest ...
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Law may impose ETCS in Britain
THE REPORT of the Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems by Lord Cullen and Professor Uff, published on March 29, calls on the British government to introduce regulations requiring all routes on which trains exceed 160 km/h to be fitted with full automatic train protection by 2008.They say that the ...
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Industry News in Brief
Canada: Amsted Industries opened a Canadian arm on April 2. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Amsted Canada Inc will provide combined sales and support for ASF-Keystone Inc, Brenco/QBS and Griffin Wheel Co. Czech Republic: CKD Vagonka's Ostrava-Vitkovice passenger rolling stock plant was opened by Prime Minister Milos Zeman on March 23. ...
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Metro news
Argentina: Revised plans for the redevelopment of the Retiro complex in Buenos Aires unveiled by the city government include a metro station on the proposed Line H and a relocated terminus for Trainmet’s San Martín commuter services. A light rail line from Retiro to the Puerto Madero waterfront development area ...
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Over 200 exhibitors at UITP show
THIS MONTH sees the 54th International Union of Public Transport Congress take place at London’s Earls Court exhibition centre from May 20 to 25. In conjunction with the Congress and the technical visits, well over 200 companies from across the world will be participating in the Mobility & City Transport ...