Main line rail industry news – Page 1374
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Don’t race the train
A REPORT by Railned, the body responsible for managing Netherlands Railway’s infrastructure, reveals that 40% of collisions on level crossings are due to reckless disregard by road users for their own safety. This follows a study which analysed 6152 incidents at around 1000 locations during the 12 years from 1985 ...
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Finnish Sm4s enter service
DURING NOVEMBER, Finnish Railways will put into traffic its 10 new low-floor Sm4 EMUs on commuter services in the Helsinki region. Following demonstration runs on other routes, the air-conditioned sets will be assigned to the I and P services between Helsinki and Hiekkaharju.The 10 sets were ordered from Fiat Ferroviaria ...
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Deli reconstruction blitz
Hungarian State Railways started a six-week renovation programme at Budapest Deli on August 30, with many services diverted to other stations. Funded from MAV’s HF11bn capital investment programme for 1999, the HF550m blitz includes platform reconstruction and rail renewals.
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Market
Brazil: MRS Logística has ordered 270 mineral wagons from Maxion and 180 from T’Trans, under a US$20m 10-year leasing deal with Debis Finance Corp; deliveries are due by December.China: Kowloon - Canton Railway Corp has awarded Maunsell two design and construct consultancy contracts for the 11·4 km Ma On Shan ...
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Car Care prolongs body life
Wagons carrying iron ore or coal are susceptible to rapid deterioration of the body due to corrosion and abrasion. Repairs to carbon steel bodies may be needed after as little as four years, and they rarely last beyond 16 to 20 years6. In South Africa, Spoornet’s coal wagons operating on ...
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Commuter stations planned
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has called bids for a new station at Esters Road in West Irving, which will form part of a 4·8 km extension of the Trinity Railway Express commuter service due to open next year. It will have a canopied platform with a high block for disabled ...
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Product NEWS
BYLINE: Containers without terminalsthe container handling system developed by Swing Thru International has been designed for mounting on wagons and road vehicles, enabling intermodal traffic to be loaded or unloaded at locations without cranes or paving for reach-stackers. Available with a lifting capacity ranging from 10 to 35 tonnes, the ...
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Cross-border joint venture
A MAJOR assault on the cross-border markets from Oslo to Stockholm, G
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Alaska airport update
Tenders have been called for design of a new Alaska Railroad station as part of a US$200m reconstruction of Anchorage airport. The elevated station will have a 100 m long covered platform and a three storey building with a waiting room accommodating up to 250 people. The station would be ...
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FS starts refurbishment
ITALIAN Railways has launched a national programme to refurbish and modernise around 2 500 stations across its entire network. FS says the aim is not just a renovation, but a ’veritable revolution’ in ambience and the quality of passenger service provided. Many stations will be rebuilt to improve interchange between ...
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Station Information Systems
Norbain SD Ltd has supplied CCTV equipment for stations on London Underground’s Northern line, enabling station staff and the central control point at Stockwell to monitor platforms, escalators, passages and station entrances. Sony SSC370P cameras, Tecton multiplexers, video recorders from Mitsubishi and JVC colour monitors were installed by Cubic Transportation ...
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'We must create our own core competences'
JR East Chairman Shuichiro Yamanouchi challenges current thinking on research, suggesting railways can no longer rely on suppliers to develop new products and processes. In this interview with Murray Hughes, Yamanouchi outlines a three-pronged strategy for survival while Japan's economy bounces on the bump stops
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ICF may go private
FOR some time now it has been clear that all is not well at Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF), and the mostly state-owned railways which own ICF are contemplating a radical restructuring for the ailing co-operative. One idea gaining favour is floating it off as one or more free-standing pan-European intermodal companies operating ...
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R&D optimises stainless-steel ore car bodies
INTRO: Faced with replacing half the bodies of its 2224 car fleet over five years, BHP Iron Ore worked with Lynx Engineering to develop an innovative design which not only boosts fuel efficiency but also cuts substantially the whole life cost of buying and maintaining rolling stockBYLINE: Mike Moynan, Alex ...
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Quantity not quality, as high-speed operators mark time
INTRO: The closing years of the 20th century have seen a consolidation in high-speed train performance. In our biennial survey Dr Colin Taylor finds more trains in the top categories, but no services faster than in 1997. The next leap forward will come with the start of regular operations at ...
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RTRI at the focus of railway research
INTRO: WCRR ’99, the fourth World Congress on Railway Research, will be held at the Railway Technical Research Institute in Tokyo, from October 19 to 23. RTRI President Hiroumi Soejima looks at some of the developments which will be under debateBYLINE: Hiroumi SoejimaPresident, Railway Technical Research InstituteIT IS A GREAT ...
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Boxtel rebuild
Work on a new station building for Boxtel in the Netherlands began on September 9, undertaken by NS Railinfrabeheer as part of a programme to quadruple the Boxtel - Eindhoven route. The original station building, dating from 1872 and situated on an island platform, was demolished in July last year. ...
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Nordic Rail ’99 focuses on Europe
THE FIRST two Nordic Rail events in 1995 and 1997 were aimed at the railway industry in the Nordic region. In both cases, a conference was matched with a small trade exhibition. The next event being held in J
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Øresund network takes shape
AN INTEGRATED network of regional train services is being developed to link the towns and cities around the Øresund following the opening of the fixed rail link between Denmark and Sweden next year. The link was physically completed with the installation of the final bridge segment on August 14 (RG ...
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Evaluation model optimises track renewal and maintenance strategies
INTRO: Austrian Federal Railways expects to make significant savings from the introduction of an economic evaluation model based on life-cycle costing to support decision making on track design and maintenance strategiesBYLINE: Dipl-Ing Dr Peter W Veit *Graz Technical UniversitySAVINGS on track maintenance and renewal of around 5m euros a year ...