Main line rail industry news – Page 1405
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CAPTION: Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and Long Beach Mayor Beverley O’Neill participated in ceremonies on November 16 to mark completion of a 116 m long bridge over the Los Angeles River. The first major structure to be completed as part of the US$1·2bn Alameda Corridor freight route (RG 9.97 ...
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Concession re-tendered
COLOMBIAN rail authority Ferrovías has reinvited tenders for a 30-year concession to renovate and operate the Atlantic region of its 914mm gauge network. This follows the cancellation of the previous concession when the selected consortium failed to comply with the terms of the bidding process.Information documents were issued in November, ...
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Croatian wires
ON NOVEMBER 24 Croatian Railways commissioned the last section of 25 kV overhead wiring for the reinstatement of electric services on the Zagreb - Beograd main line. The 32 km from Vinkovci to the Serbian border at Tovarnik was severed by the Balkan war in 1991, but rehabilitation started in ...
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DB to renew ATP and signals
GERMAN Railway has launched a DM300m programme to replace its Indusi inductive train control at over 10000 signals by mid-1999. Designated PZB90, the new intermittent train control will initiate an automatic brake application should a train pass a red signal. Developed following a collision between two S-Bahn trains at Rüsselsheim ...
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Enafer sale starts
BIDDING rules for the forthcoming privatisation of Peru’s national rail network were due to be published on December 16, according to the President of the country’s privatisation commission, Copri. Patrick Barclay hopes to complete the process and award contracts by the end of April.The government plans to award three 30-year ...
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PEOPLE
Gerald Davies has joined Kansas City Southern as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. Bill Lyman takes over as Senior Vice President, Operations, succeeding Ab Rees who becomes Senior Vice President, International Operations. Robert D Krebs, Chairman, President & CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp, has been elected ...
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Automated passenger information
Connex Rail is investing £8·5m in automated passenger information equipment from Racal Telecom. It will cover 81 Connex South Eastern stations in the area bounded by London, Dulwich, Higham and Sevenoaks. Due to be commissioned by August, the system will be an adaptation of the Torus equipment installed last summer ...
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Cars by container
British intermodal operator Freightliner has begun trials of the Car-Rac, a frame container developed to carry up to six cars on two decks within the envelope of a standard 40ft container. The upper deck can be lowered at one end to facilitate loading and unloading, or lowered along its complete ...
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IGBT chopper camshaft replacement
For the refurbishment of 12 Class 900 EMUs operated by Flumitrens of Brazil, Adtranz Switzerland has supplied IGBT choppers with an input voltage of 3 kV DC to replace the JH camshaft equipment controlling four 279 kW traction motors in each motor car. Each four-car Class 900 has two motor ...
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Microwave activation
Under the High Speed Rail strand of the Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis programme (HSR-IDEA), funded by the US Federal Railroad Administration and administered by the Transportation Research Board, a microwave system developed by O’Conner Engineering to activate level crossing equipment has been installed at three locations on Kansas City Southern ...
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PassengerPORTFOLIO
CAPTION: INAUGURAL runs for VIPs were staged on November 30 with the first of three Talgo Pendular sets for Amtrak Cascades services from Seattle to Portland and Vancouver after trials at up to 200 km/h at the Transportation Test Centre in Pueblo, Colorado. The end cars have tall fins acting ...
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Setting standards for the accessible
INTRO: With the European Commission considering a Directive on improving access to rail services for passengers with reduced mobility, the British government has introduced new regulations for rolling stock. R W Armitage reports on the implications for operators and the response from the supply sectorIn recent years the European Commission ...
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PassengerPORTFOLIO
In Briefn On November 26 London Transport extended its ’Home-Link’ taxi connection to and from five Underground stations in southwest London. Passengers using Morden, South Wimbledon, East Putney, Southfields and Wimbledon Park stations can book a cab to collect them for a flat fare of £2·50.n Harmon Industries’ subsidiary SES ...
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Train-to-Plane connection takes shape
INTRO: Construction work is getting under way on the long-planned BART extension to San Francisco International Airport, currently costed at US$1·2bn BYLINE: Thomas E MargroGeneral ManagerBay Area Rapid Transit DistrictAFTER ALMOST a decade of planning, San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit District has started construction of its long-awaited extension ...
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Line 11 to augment growing network
INTRO: Deep under China’s coastal metropolis, tunnel boring machines are hard at work on Shanghai’s second metro line. Another consortium is pushing ahead with Line 3, and plans are taking shape for Line 11. Chris Jackson discussed progress with Shanghai Metro Corp President & General Manager Shi Li ...
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TGV Méditerranée on course for 2001
INTRO: With civil works now approaching completion, RFF and SNCF expect to open the 250 km TGV Méditerranée route on June 1 2001 and cut the Paris - Marseille journey time down to 3h. SNCF Project Director Gilles Cartier described the challenges of building the high-speed line to Robert PrestonProject ...
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Thessaloniki metro concessionaire selected
GREECE: A consortium of Bouygues and Bombardier Inc has been selected as preferred bidder to build an initial 9 km metro line in Thessaloniki. The contract is due to be awarded by December 31. The total package is valued at C$600m with Bombardier getting about 25% for supplying the rolling ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: Netherlands freight operator Shortlines has introduced open access container shuttle services between Rotterdam and Born using three MAK DE-1024 diesel locos owned by Häfen und Güterverkehr K
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Monitoring signals
INDIA’s South Central Railway is installing at Ghatkesar a Trackwatch system from Solarton, comprising four isolated measurement pods to monitor the activity of signalling relays. Connected to spare relay contacts, each pod uses a low current resistance technique to record relay transitions on up to 32 channels with an accuracy ...
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Adjustable OHLE masts
MAY Gurney (Construction) Ltd has completed the replacement of catenary equipment on a double-track section of Britain’s London - Edinburgh East Coast main line south of Peterborough. Built on a low embankment across Stilton Fen, the formation has been subject to considerable movement leading to a number of dewirements.Under a ...