Main line rail industry news – Page 1425
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QR builds on record traffic
INTRO: Last year Queensland Rail carried well over 100 million tonnes of freight on its 1067mm gauge network and is still investing heavily to meet surging demand. QR’s Chief Executive Vince O’Rourke discussed his plans with Murray Hughes in AustraliaLOOKING back on a year when Queensland Rail carried record ...
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Russia adopts the European model
THE COUNCIL of the Federation, the upper chamber of Russia’s Parliament, held hearings on December 22 at which the government’s latest strategy for restructuring the national railway was endorsed. It follows the European model of a state infrastructure authority providing track access to competing train operators. Formal adoption of the ...
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Privatised Carajás Railway targets productivity
In May 1997 the world's biggest iron ore exporter was sold by the Brazilian government. CVRD operates two heavy haul railways which were already efficient, and are now striving to reduce unit costs even further
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The year of the electronic air brake
INTRO: North America is grasping the benefits of electronic brake application on long freight trains; with over a dozen pilot projects clocking up more than 160 million wagon-km in revenue service, 1998 may be a turning point in braking technologyBYLINE: Doug KlinkVice PresidentTSM IncElectric control from the driver’s cab of ...
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RaiLink overhauls BC Rail
CANADIAN NATIONAL clinched two major sales of loss-making railway in the week before Christmas, both involving RaiLink Ltd. This brings the total length of route which Canada’s principal short line operator manages directly or through its 25% shareholding in Quebec Railway Corp to more than 2800 km, comfortably exceeding BC ...
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Reshuffle in Roma
ITALIAN State Railways is undergoing another phase of reorganisation, the ultimate aim being to introduce a measure of separation between operations and infrastructure to satisfy the requirements of European Union directive 91/440. The process sees an organisation known until now as TAV2 becoming the specialist operator of high speed and ...
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CPR to spend C$1bn in 1998
CANADIAN PACIFIC Railway is to invest C$1bn on capital projects during 1998, under a spending plan announced on December 17. This comfortably exceeds CPR’s previous record spend of C$700m in 1997, and will bring the total investment since 1995 to almost C$3bn. Almost half of the money, C$450m, will pay ...
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Metros
France: On January 23 RATP was due to inaugurate its station on RER Line D serving the Stade de France stadium.RATP has announced plans to provide mobile telephone coverage at all main interchange stations, and all metro Line 1 stations, by the end of the year; stations are being fitted ...
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Influence spreading
THERE IS increasing evidence that Spoornet’s drive to supply its expertise to other African railways is paying off. Apart from earning hard cash, it should also bring benefits to those railways in need of technical and managerial know-how.Among recent moves is the establishment of a joint venture with Belgian National ...
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Exporail returns to Hong Kong
INTRO: Exporail (Asia) 98 is taking place at the Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Centre from February 17 to 19. Over 100 exhibitors from 18 countries will display products and services for rolling stock and infrastructureTHE third Exporail (Asia) event returns to Hong Kong, where this exhibition of railway technology ...
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German Rail plugs into Thalys
MARKETING managers at DB will be hoping that a 4h journey to Paris will prove irresistible to K
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Royal Thalys pioneers first 300 km/h inter-capitals route
The final piece of the TGV Nord-Europe jigsaw was slotted into place on December 10 when an inaugural Royal Thalys carried King Albert II and Queen Paola from Brussels to Paris and back to mark completion of the 71 km Belgian section of the 314·6 km high speed route. Murray ...
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Deltaport helps CN and CP win West Coast boxes
INTRO: William D Middleton explains why the Port of Vancou-ver’s new terminal could help Canada’s railways deliver more containers from the Pacific Rim into ChicagoON THE WEST COAST of North America, rail and truck operators compete aggressively for market share in the Pacific Rim container trade. Financial instability in the ...
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LETTERS
LRV designsSir - Having read your latest issue regarding light rail transit activity on the West Coast of North America, I found that William D Middleton gave an excellent overview of the present situation.Unfortunately, however, he seems somewhat less well informed about available light rail vehicles for the proposed systems. ...
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PUBLICATIONS
Railway Directory 1998, Book and CD-ROMMarking the next stage of Railway Directory’s transformation to an information tool for the electronic age, the 1998 edition is available on CD-ROM, as well as in book format.The CD-ROM gives the user the same wealth of information and statistics as the book, together with ...
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X2000 to China
A SEVEN-car X2000 tilting trainset was dispatched from the Adtranz works in Västerås on January 14 for a two-year demonstration programme in China. Due to arrive next month, the train is being sent under an agreement between Adtranz and the semi-autonomous Guangshen Railway Corp. After commissioning, the X2000 is ...
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Pointers
n French National Railway plans to increase its order with De Dietrich and LHB for the joint Franco-German TERX73500 lightweight diesel railcars from the initial 40 vehicles to over 100 to meet growing demand from the régions.n Hongkong Tramways is planning a feasibility study into replacing its wooden double-deck cars ...
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Australia
INTRO: New lines planned, proposed orunder construction in Australian New South WalesSydney - Canberra Very High Speed Train: bids sought from private sector with contract due to be announced by June 15.Jerrys Plain - Mt Thorley: NSW Rail Access Corp signed agreement in September 1997 for Jerrys Plain Terminal Pty ...