Main line rail industry news – Page 1436
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RATP to handle Cup traffic
PARIS Transport Authority is preparing to handle huge crowds of football supporters attending the soccer World Cup in June. Travel to the specially built Stade de France in the city’s northern suburbs will only be possible by public transport, as the 5000 car parking spaces under the stadium will be ...
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Porto picks the Eurotram
THE NORMETRO consortium of Adtranz and Soares da Costa has been selected to build and equip the light metro network in the Portuguese city of Porto. Metro de Porto SA announced the winning bidder for the Ecu840m package on November 27, almost exactly a year after shortlisting two preferred bidders.The ...
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Airport branch
A LIGHT RAIL extension to Portland International Airport could be open within three years, as a result of a public-private partnership proposed by engineering and construction firm Bechtel. The company is planning a $500m office development on a vacant site near the airport entrance, and has put forward plans for ...
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Rio auction
BIDS FOR a 20-year concession to operate the two-line Rio de Janeiro metro, with an option for a 20-year extension, were due to be submitted to the state government on December 11. Conditions for the auction were published on November 14, setting the minimum bid at 25m reais, plus an ...
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Hannover - Berlin close to completion
ALTHOUGH work is forging ahead along almost all the 247 km alignment of the Hannover - Berlin high speed line, contractors face tight deadlines to finish in time for the already revised opening date of October this year. Nearly all the route in former East Germany comprises new alignment laid ...
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Telescopic axles speed gauge-changing
DB Cargo has begun trials of bogie wagons equipped with telescopic axles for use on both 1435mm and 1520mm gauges. Following tests on a 15m long gauge-changing installation at German Railway’s Research & Technology Centre in Minden, service trials are scheduled to be completed by the end of 1998.The DB ...
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Export deals help to fill order books
ITALIAN builder Fiat Ferroviaria has added a two-car diesel trainset to its family of tilting Pendolino trains. Built speculatively at Fiat’s own cost, the train began trials in November 3, initially on the line between Savigliano, site of the Fiat factory, and Cuneo.Two years ago Italian State Railways planned to ...
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MARKETPLACE
Australia: Railway Services Authority of New South Wales has called tenders for the supply and installation of help point equipment at 63 stations on the Sydney suburban network.Canada: Canadian National and General Electric have opened a Locomotive Reliability Centre at Symington Yard in Winnipeg, augmenting similar depots in Edmonton and ...
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Lifting turnouts by air bag
BYLINE: Chen Zhaoming, Li Luoshu and Zhow Xianping*INTRO: Turnout replacement work on Chinese Railways’ Beijing - Guangzhou route has been speeded up by the use of air bags in place of manual liftingAIR BAGS were first used to lift preassembled turnouts on Chinese Railways during work at Langfang, Xushui and ...
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In Brief
Spanish infrastructure authority GIF awarded contracts totalling Pts 3.3bn in December for civil works on 148 km of the Madrid - Barcelona AVE line between Chiloeches and Calatayud.Membership of the International Union of Railways has increased with the admission of European infrastructure authorities Jerbaneverket, Banestyrelsen, RFF, Refer and GIF. Amtrak, ...
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Finance
Angola: Luanda Railway is seeking $15m for track repairs and purchase of second-hand locos from Spoornet as part of a $41m rehabilitation plan.Canada: On November 14 CN agreed terms for US$130m of pass through certificates for the finance of 115 new high-horsepower locomotives.Great Britain: European Investment Bank has agreed a ...
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Industry
Australia: Goninan has formed a strategic alliance with Hunter Institute of Technology and the University of Newcastle, NSW, to provide training, education and research expertise to Asia.Europe: Bombardier Transportation has decided to drop the Bombardier Eurorail name for its European operations. The Brussels office will remain, but ANF, Prorail, BWS, ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Afghanistan: The World Bank is to fund a US$1.5m feasibility study into an 800 km line from Chaman in Pakistan to Kushka in Tadzhikistan, costed at US$600m.Australia: National Rail Corp began providing traction for The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Overland on November 1, under contract to Great Southern Railway. Canada: ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: Spanish National Railways has put into service on its Madrid - Soria line two diesel railcars converted from the driving cars of a Class 593 ’Camel’ three-car DMUCAPTION: Essex MEP Richard Howitt inaugurated the International Rail Freight Terminal at the Port of Tilbury on November 24. The four-track yard ...
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Pointers
German Railway is drawing up plans for a dual-mode electro-diesel version of its CargoSprinter freight trainset; a proposal is due to go to the board of management shortly.A new California High Speed Rail Authority was created in November to develop a 1100 km network linking key cities such as San ...
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JR companies may have to bear more JNR debts
DESPITE a long and sometimes acrimonious campaign, it would seem that the JR companies may lose their battle with the government which wants them to assume more of the former Japanese National Railways’ debt, currently amounting to no less than
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Rail Business Report 1998
SUBSCRIBERS should receive with this issue a copy of our annual Rail Business Report. A review of investment and market developments during 1997 reveals that around 2000 electric locomotives are on order, under construction or planned as options on existing tenders. This sector alone is worth about US$7bn, while orders ...
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Letters to the editor
Eurostar not ignored by NS Sir - We read with interest your Sidetrack item 'Eurostar ignored' (RG 11.97 p736). If your correspondent had taken the trouble to enquire more closely, he would have discovered that NS has been actively promoting Eurostar traffic via Brussels since day one. We ...
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Ore line concession
AUSTRALIAN civil engineering group Leighton Holdings has been selected as preferred concessionaire to build and operate a 350 km iron ore railway in the mid-west region of Western Australia, together with an ore mine and concentrate beneficiation plant. They will serve the Okajee steel mill complex to be built at ...
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Frontier controls
AUTOMATED customs clearance of goods entering Canada from the USA by rail is expected to reduce delivery times by an average of 48h. Railway Association of Canada announced on November 24 that agreement had been reached with the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers and Revenue Canada-Customs for detailed shipment information ...