Main line rail industry news – Page 1360
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Passenger in Brief
The state governments of Victoria and South Australia have agreed to subsidise the Melbourne - Adelaide Overland operated by Great Southern Railway to the tune of $A1·5m a year. From this month the frequency has been cut from five to four days a week; with the journey time reduced to ...
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Publications
London’s Undergroundby John GloverThe ninth edition of a history of the world’s oldest metro, first written by Henry Howson and published in the 1950s, brings the story up to date with completion of the Jubilee Line Extension into London’s former docklands. It closes with the launch of yet another reorganisation ...
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Milano - Bologna to open in 2006
INTRO: Italian high-speed line authority TAV SpA is due to award a formal contract to the Cepav-Uno consortium this month for construction of the Milano - Bologna route at a cost of 8 995bn lire. Chris Jackson talked to project managers Galliano Ballarani and Giovanni Caccia *BYLINE: * Galliano Ballarani ...
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Mail & Express drives Amtrak growth
INTRO: Tasked with eliminating operating subsidies by the end of 2002, America’s national passenger operator has abandoned its long-standing policy of cutting costs in favour of growing revenue. Backed by computer models showing widespread benefits, Amtrak has launched an ambitious strategy to boost passenger and freight revenue by increasing services ...
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Advanced IT can buy commercial success
INTRO: ’Killer applications’ of information technology are being sought by North America’s railways in the battle to win freight business from road. TTCI is honing the latest IT developments for the benefit of AAR members, including two Positive Train Control projectsBYLINE: Robert E GallamoreAssistant Vice President, Communications Technology,Transportation Technology Center, ...
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Interstate freight
Sir - You refer in RG 12.99 p753 to a proposed by-pass from Campbelltown to Hornsby for freight trains between Melbourne and Brisbane. The following issue mentions a shortlist of consultants to investigate an inland route for freight (RG 1.00 p13). This gives the impression that the future for rail ...
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Railtrack mandates tilt safety standards
INTRO: With Virgin introducing two fleets of tilting trains at 200 km/h from 2002, leading to 225 km/h operation from 2005, Richard Hope reports on the need for systems that will enforce higher speed limits through curves and also prevent tilt where clearances are inadequateTWO YEARS from now, Virgin expects ...
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Tilting diesels will trim timings along the Queensland coast
QUEENSLAND Railways and Walkers Pty Ltd are putting the finishing touches to the design of a pair of diesel-powered tilting trains, intended to work premium services over the 1680 km between Brisbane and the northern tropical resort of Cairns. The first underframes have been laid down, and the 1067mm gauge ...
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Concrete v steel
Sir - Your February issue highlighted ’the invasion of steel sleepers into concrete territory’ (RG 2.00 p96) but gave no fully satisfactory explanation for the rapid growth in their use over the last five years.The Concrete Sleeper Manufacturers Association (CSMA), a Product Association of the British Precast Concrete Federation, was ...
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Has the promise of North American rail mergers failed to deliver?
INTRO: The proposed merger between Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian National has been put on hold pending a review of the industry situation by the US Surface Transportation Board. Some recent mergers went smoothly, but others brought serious disruption which has raised questions over whether mergers offer real benefits ...
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Class 333 makes its debut
Testing of the first of 16 Class 333 electric multiple-units for British train operator Northern Spirit was due to begin last month, following the delivery of the unit to Neville Hill depot near Leeds (top) on March 11. The three-car EMUs were ordered by leasing company Angel Trains in April ...
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Bidders line up in high speed race
ON MARCH 28 the board of Spanish National Railways approved the start of tendering for between 26 and 40 high speed trainsets to be deployed on the Madrid - Barcelona route and its continuation to the French border. Potential bidders had 40 days from the publication of the tender notice ...
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Angel adopts air-cycle air-conditioning
BRITISH leasing company Angel Trains has developed a refrigerant-free air-conditioning system in co-operation with Liebherr Verkehrstechnik of Germany, and is considering a range of applications on new or refurbished rolling stock.Since air-conditioning was first introduced on British trains in 1971, most systems have relied on vapour compression cycle technology, ...
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EU regulations will force policy changes
IN ITS DRIVE to compel Europe’s railways to change course to avoid what it perceives to be a disastrous future, the European Commission is drawing up a raft of proposals that will bring about radical alterations in practice and policy. Both governments and railways will be required to implement policy ...
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Grass roots reform will shake up MÁV
HUNGARIAN State Railways is being restructured so that it conforms to the regulations required for railways in member countries of the European Union. This restarts a process begun in June 1993, when MÁV was established as a share company fully owned by the state. In the same year a law ...
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RoadRailer territory grows
AFTER YEARS of negotiations, Roadrailers are to enter commercial service in France this month. An initial fleet of 30 vans, mostly curtain-sided, is to operate on CNC routes such as Paris - Perpignan. Able to run at 120 km/h, they will have disc-braked bogies with a 22·5 tonne axleload. Wabash ...
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VSFT aims to corner Europe's diesel market
BOUGHT by Vossloh from Siemens in 1998, the former MaK diesel locomotive plant in Kiel is back in the loco business in a big way. Now known as Vossloh Schienenfahrzeugtechnik, the company has won two major orders that secure its place in the traction market. First on the order books ...
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HSR 2000
ON MAY 31-June 2 Railway Gazette International and AiC Worldwide are staging the High Speed Rail 2000 conference in London. With a strong business focus, the event has attracted eminent speakers from the world’s high speed operators. They include: Chris Green, Chief Executive of Virgin Trains; David Azéma, Chairman & ...
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People
Kenya Railways Managing Director Eric Nyamunga has resigned with effect from March 17. He has been succeeded by Douglas N Odette, who was formerly General Manager Freight.Former CSX President Glenn Michael is taking over as General Manager of PeruRail from Paul White, who will retain overall control of the company. ...
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NewsIntelligence - May 2000
Australia: The federal government has granted a 30-year access agreement to the Asia-Pacific Transport consortium which has been selected to build the Alice Springs - Darwin railway. NSW FreightCorp is preferred bidder for a 10-year contract to move 6million tonnes of coal a year from Blackwater to Gladstone in Queensland, ...