Main line rail industry news – Page 1410
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New Trains for New Railways and Fault-Free Trains - A Reality?The proceedings of these two IMechE seminars have been published as good quality casebound books. £77 (New Trains for New Railways) or £42 (Fault-Free Trains) from Professional Engineering Publishing, Northgate Avenue, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP326BW, Great Britain. Fax: +44 ...
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CITY NEWS
CAPTION: A delegation from the Valencia light rail project in Venezuela, led by President Luis Dias Elias (above) visited the Siemens Transportation Systems plant at Sacramento in July. To mark the occasion one of the additional SD-460 LRVs for St Louis Metrolink was painted in the livery of the similar ...
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CAPTION: German Railway Infrastructure Director Dr Ulf Häusler and Sachsen Minister of Economics & Employment Dr Kajo Schommer turned the first sod for a new S-Bahn station at Dresden Airport on July 30. A 1·3 km extension of an industrial spur to a new underground terminus will carry a 20 ...
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Standard high-speed turnoutsUNDER a co-operation and technical assistance agreement, the Infrastructure Maintenance Business Unit of Spanish National Railways (Renfe) and JEZ Sistemas Ferroviarios have developed the DSP turnout for high-speed applications. Tested at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, the DSP can be traversed at speeds at up to ...
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Shake-up in Berlin
READERS keeping a close eye on the financial press would not have been surprised by Andrew Saxe’s warning last month (RG 8.98 p541) about losses at Siemens Verkehrstechnik. It seemed that change was inevitable, and the August announcement that Dr Wolfram Martinsen will leave the post of President of the ...
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KLM partners NS
NS Reizigers is working with Royal Dutch Airlines on an air and rail ticketing agreement. This could see some passengers switch from planes to trains under certain circumstances. In the longer term trains may replace planes on some short-haul journeys from Schiphol to destinations such as K
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Convertible diesels arrive in Greece
Looking to replace its varied fleet of 1435mm gauge main line diesel traction, largely built before 1975 and now suffering from poor availability, performance and fuel consumption, Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) ordered 26 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives from ABB Henschel (now Adtranz) in 1995. Costing a total of DM210m, the Class ...
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Amtrak doubles Indianapolis service
On July 19 Amtrak reintroduced the Hoosier State, running three times a week between Chicago and Indianapolis. When combined with the existing Chicago - Washington DC Cardinal the new service doubles the frequency offered by Amtrak between Chicago and Indianapolis; business travellers can now spend a full day in Chicago ...
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Timetable revamp heralds network speed-up
INTRO: A radical restructuring of Chinese Railways’ timetable paves the way for faster services and quality improvements over the next few years. Chris Jackson discussed the technical advances and research projects underpinning CR’s next five-year investment plan with Ju Jiaxing, Executive Vice-President of the China Academy of Railway SciencesON OCTOBER ...
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InterRail 26+ covers southern Europe
After several years of varying restrictions, the popular InterRail ticket is once again available for use throughout almost all of Europe, and by all age groups.The InterRail 26+ ticket is now accepted in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Morocco, as well as most other countries. Restrictions in availability ...
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NewsBHP tries radio-controlled ECP braking
Australian's largest iron ore producer BHP is experimenting with the latest heavy haul technology by fitting radio-controlled ECP brakes to four locos and 240 wagons
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Wayside inspection station pinpoints geometric faults in bogies
INTRO: By detecting alignment and tracking faults as a train passes, wheelsets suffering excessive wear caused by bogie defects can be identified before their economic life is compromisedBYLINE: Denis D’Aoust and Grigory Izbinsky*BYLINE: * Denis D’Aoust is Chief Engineer, and Grigory Izbinsky is President, Wayside Inspection Devices IncREPROFILING or ...
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Taken by storm
GERMAN RAILWAY is set to open the Hannover - Berlin high speed line on September 15. Among the finishing touches required is installation of additional lineside wind barriers following the discovery that ICE2 driving trailers may be at risk of derailment in high winds if they are leading the formation. ...
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Delhi metro relaunched
A FORMAL go-ahead for construction of the long-planned metro network in the Indian capital is due to be announced this month, following the creation of the Delhi Metro Rail Corp to manage the project. Headed by E Sreedharan, former General Manager of the Konkan Railway Corp, DMRC is a joint ...
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Bringing advanced bogie technology to Europe will cut life-cycle costs
INTRO: English Welsh & Scottish Railway is due to begin operations this month with four-piece Swing Motion¨ bogies using a common secondary suspension for both axles. The aim is to reduce purchase and maintenance costs while meeting European ride quality standardsBYLINE: Steve BeckerExecutive Vice President, NACO TechnologyIn its search for ...
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Virgin opens Euston business lounge
Virgin Rail has opened a redesigned £250000 business waiting area at London’s Euston station. It offers an expanded range of facilities to cater for passengers travelling first class on the Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow routes.Bright colours and curvaceous lines have been combined to produce an area which provides facilities ...
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NRZ updates inter-city fleet
THIS MONTH National Railways of Zimbabwe will take delivery of the first of 58 main line coaches for its two principal routes: Bulawayo - Harare and Bulawayo - Victoria Falls. A radical departure from the familiar clerestory roofs and brown livery, the new stock will transform NRZ’s long-distance overnight and ...
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MARKETPLACE
Brazil: Engineered Magnetics Inc of the USA has won a contract to supply impedance bonds to Alstom Transporte Ltda (formerly CMW Equipamentos SA) for extensions to Lines 1, 2 and 3 of the São Paulo metro. Bosnia: Koncar Elektricne Lokomotive of Croatia has overhauled and modernised 10 Bo-Bo electric locomotives ...
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PEOPLE
Herbert H Steffen takes over as President of Siemens Transportation Systems from September 1. He replaces Dr Wolfram O Martinsen, who is leaving the company by mutual consent on October 1. Mr Steffen joined Siemens Schuckertwerke in Saarbrücken in 1960, but spent most of his career in Latin America, ...