Main line rail industry news – Page 1408
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Rebodied PumA cars raise comfort standards at no extra cost
BYLINE: Dipl-Ing Gerd Ahne andDipl-Ing Gerd Truckenbrodt*BYLINE: * Dipl-Ing Ahne is PumA Project Manager and Dipl-Ing Tuckenbrodt is Head of Projects at PFA GmbHON SHOW at the InnoTrans exhibition this month in Berlin will be the first production version of a PumA coach for German Railway’s regional services. The PumA ...
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Embankment reinforcement
MONITORING under traffic conditions of an 80m embankment built in Hannover on the route to Celle using Fortrac¨ 80/30-20 geogrids from Huesker Synthetic has revealed minimal deformation in the millimetre range over a period of 12 months. Using one vertical and two horizontal inclinometers, monitoring followed approval of the geogrid ...
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MARKETPLACE
Bulgaria: Sofia Tramway has ordered 10 T6A2 trams from CKD Praha Holding of the Czech Republic for US$3·5m. Talks have begun with a potential partner for assembly of CKD designs in Sofia.Canada: General Motors is to supply 20 AC-motored diesel locos of 6 000 hp to Canadian Pacific Railway, ...
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UITP stages landmark show
VENUE for the International Union of Public Transport’s Asia Pacific-City Transport 98 event is the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Marking a strategic move by the UITP into the Asia-Pacific region, this conference and exhibition around the theme of Today’s Reality and Tomorrow’s Opportunities will give visitors the chance ...
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Shinkansen fleet expands
BYLINE: Yoshihiko SatoGeneral Manager, Transport & Rolling Stock DepartmentEast Japan RailwayFOLLOWING THE inauguration of three new routes last year, JR East has ordered extra trains to expand its Series E2, E3 and E4 fleets, and has launched a drive to refurbish older units.In March 1997 we opened the Akita mini-shinkansen, ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: National Rail and TNT Automotive Logistics have begun moving cars between Melbourne and Brisbane in 3·2m high containers on two TRAY wagons with a deck height of 830mm and a wheel diameter of 725mm.NRC’s Trailerail has ordered 10 refrigerated road/rail trailers from Maxi-Cube and 15 curtain-sided vehicles from Air-Ride ...
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Publications
L’Annuaire Ferroviaire FrançaisThis directory published for the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) includes articles in French and English, looking at railway developments during 1997 in France and the rest of the world, and at French politics and their impact on the railway market. The directory section is broken up into ...
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Deregulation demands portable qualifications
PRIVATISATION, deregulation and restructuring of the world railway industry have highlighted a need for recognised qualifications for staff at all levels, according to Gerard Langes, CEO of Transport & Distribution Training Australia. Addressing a seminar in London on September 10 organised by Rail Training International, he instanced a private firm ...
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CTRL construction under way
THIS MONTH is due to see the start of work on the long-planned high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel. Private-sector promoter London & Continental Railways announced preferred bidders for the first civil engineering contracts on September 10. The four contracts totalling £320m will be formally signed this ...
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Pacífico bid
A SPANISH-led consortium has bid for a 30-year concession to renovate and run the Pacífico network running inland from the Colombian port of Buenaventura. Seven groups expressed interest when rail infrastructure authority Ferrovías invited tenders earlier this year, but the sole bid came from a consortium led by Actividades de ...
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SBB launches fleet update
SWISS Federal Railways is to spend up to SFr290m a year on modernisation of its inter-city rolling stock fleet. Covering new build and refurbishment, the programme was launched on August 26 when SBB announced a SFr143m order for a third series of double-deck coaches. This will include 19 first ...
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Tibet link study
CHINA’s Ministry of Railways has launched a feasibility study for a 1654 km rail link to serve the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Part of a strategy to open up the country’s mountainous southwestern provinces, the new line would start from Dali in Yunnan province, and run westwards through an area close ...
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PEOPLE
Jaroslav Vrana has been named Director of Railways for the Czech Ministry of Transport, replacing Karel Sellner. He also becomes Chairman of Czech State Railways (CD), replacing Ivan Foltyn. Dalibor Zeleny has been appointed General Manager of CD, replacing Vladimir Sosna.Dr Chris Whitaker is to chair the ...
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UP restructures for growth
On August 18 Chairman & CEO Dick Davidson announced a major reorganisation of Union Pacific’s rail operations. This reverses a centralisation plan adopted more than 10 years ago, since when the acquisition of three railways has doubled UP’s size and made it unwieldy. ’We’re trying to flip the pyramid’, said ...
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Pescarmona sells up
ON AUGUST 20 Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona SA (IMPSA) of Argentina announced that it had agreed to sell its holdings in the Buenos Aires al Pacífico and Mesapot
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IR traffic climbing
ISRAEL RAILWAYS Managing Director Amos Uzani participated in ceremonies at Binyamina station on August 17 to mark completion of double-tracking between Tel Aviv and Haifa. This paves the way for additional express services, with a non-stop journey time of 45 min for the 92 km. Upgrading has switched ...
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Bratislava - Wien complete
PASSENGER services between Bratislava and Wien via Kittsee will resume on January 7, following a formal ceremony on December 18. The dates were announced at Bratislava Petrzalka during the Slovak Railways 150th anniversary celebrations on August 22, when Slovakian Transport Minister Jan Jasovsky and ZSR General Manager Michael Lazar officially ...
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Orléans takes Le Tram
WORK HAS started on the tramway project dubbed Le Tram in the French city of Orléans, following the declaration of public utility in July. At the end of August Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot confirmed the government would contribute over Fr374m to the Fr1·85bn project, of which Fr68m will be released ...
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Subte concession renegotiated
BUENOS Aires metro and Urquiza commuter concessionaire Metrovías has agreed a new contract with the federal government extending the 20-year term by four years to 2017 and abolishing the charges for use of infrastructure and rolling stock. Requiring approval from the parliamentary privatisation committee and the BA city council, the ...
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Tilt to Cairns
QUEENSLAND Railways signed an accord on September 2 with Evans Deakin Industries for the development of two diesel-powered tilting trainsets for its coastal main line between Brisbane and Cairns. The trains will be built by EDI subsidiary Walkers Ltd of Maryborough, which supplied two six-car electric tilting trains due to ...