All Railway Gazette International articles in March 1999 – Page 4
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Passenger PORTFOLIO
In Briefn On February 2 work began on a TGV station to serve the Futuroscope technology theme park near Poitiers; the Fr167m station should open early in 2000.n On January 1 the NS stake in train catering company Railtender was acquired by Albron. Railtender has launched an image revamp for ...
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PEOPLE
Adtranz board shuffleFollowing the conformation of Rolf Eckrodt as President & CEO of Adtranz, the following board member responsibilities have been announced (p141). Christer Badholm heads the new Mass Transit division and Jürgen Lochmann the Main Line Rail division. Joachim Gaissert, previously responsible for Manufacturing & Technology, takes responsibility for ...
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Pointers
Look for Polish State Railways to sign the formal contract with Fiat for the supply of up to 16 tilting inter-city trains. Following discussions on the proportion of local content, the final negotiations now centre on financing for the order valued at US$200m.A private consortium including Morrison Knudsen, Traylors and ...
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More TENs in prospect
IN THE VIEW of Thomas Barrett, Adviser in the Directorate for Lending Operations at the European Investment Bank, Europe’s railways have done well in loans or grants from the EIB in the last 10 years. Speaking at AiC Worldwide’s EuroRail Congress in Paris on January 26 (p141), Barrett noted that ...
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Publications
Jane’s World Railways 1998-99Edited by Ken HarrisThe 792-page 40th edition of this annual marks a major change in the format, with the introductory pages followed by the railway entries before the manufacturers’ listings. Railways are listed alphabetically by country, each with a descriptive text, sometimes supported by monochrome maps, pictures ...
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Sidetrack
Play on, play onIN A BID to brighten up some of its stations, which our correspondent describes as ’architecturally challenging’, and improve passengers’ perceptions of security, Rotterdam metro has decided to introduce live music. Rules on busking are to be eased, and itinerant musicians will be encouraged to come and ...
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Taiwan tendering starts
THIS MONTH is due to see the start of pre-construction works for the 345 km Taipei - Kaohsiung high speed line, paving the way for civil engineering to begin in earnest at the end of May. During January BOT concessionaire Taiwan High Speed Rail Consortium issued tender documents for the ...
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