All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2002 – Page 6
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Sunderland ready to open
JANUARY 29 saw the first light rail vehicles reach South Hylton as test running began on Tyne & Wear Metro's 20 km Sunderland Direct extension (RG 7.01 p474). Revenue services are due to start on March 31, and this will be followed by an official opening by HM Queen Elizabeth ...
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ZS to order tilting trains
Slovak rail operator Zeleznica Spolocnost has decided to order a fleet of tilting trains for the Bratislava - Púchov - Kosice corridor. Director-General Andrej Egyed confirmed at the end of February that ZS had reached agreement with Czech Railways and Alstom Ferroviaria to piggyback onto CD’s order for seven Class ...
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Road-rail order
INDO-US joint venture Phooltas Tamper has signed an agreement to supply 30 road-rail maintenance vehicles to Indian Railways. The Rs48m order follows the successful testing of four vehicles on different zonal railways. The 70 km/h units are based on a domestic Tata road vehicles, which has been adapted for road-rail ...
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Solidarité in Paris
MARCH 1 sees launch by the Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France of the Carte Solidarité Transport, entitling those on low-incomes and free health care to half-price travel. The card can be used to buy carnets for RATP metro, tram and bus services plus most suburban buses, and single tickets on RER ...
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PEOPLE
Vadin N Morozov has been appointed First Vice-Minister at the Russian Ministry of Railway Transport, succeeding A V Tselko who becomes President, West Siberia Railway. Vladimir I Yakunin has become a First Vice-Minister, succeeding A S Misharin who becomes a Vice-Minister. E Vinogradov has left his position as Vice-Minister. Vladimir ...
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Pointers
n Indian Minister of State for Railways Digvijay Singh and Iraqi Transport & Communications Minister Ahmed M Ahmed signed a memorandum of understanding in January offering Indian assistance with the development of Iraqi Republic Railways. Konkan Railway Corp has prequalified for work on the Mussayab - Samawa and Baghdad - ...
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Publications
Conventional & Dedicated High Speed Railway TransportEdited by Igor KiselevThis 320-page hardback book in Russian is the first of two volumes discussing the historical development of high speed rail services in Russia, and the future prospects for dedicated high speed lines in the country. It is aimed at railway staff, ...
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Sevilla tender
BY THIS SUMMER the regional government of Andalucía expects to invite bids for a concession to build and operate Line 1 of the light metro network proposed for Sevilla. Expected to cost €360m and running east-west from Mairena de Aljarafe to Dos Hermanas via the city centre, this would be ...
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Supertram shortlist
WEST YORKSHIRE Passenger Transport Executive Metro announced on March 14 that it had shortlisted four consortia to build the 28 km Leeds Supertram network (RG 5.01 p285). Over 100 firms expressed interest in the £500m project last year, leading to an initial prequalification round. Metro hopes to select two groups ...
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Transilien stock updated
PARIS COMMUTERS got a sneak preview of the future on January 16, when French National Railways’ Transilien business unit unveiled the first of 936 suburban coaches to be refurbished over the next three years. Participating in the ceremonies at the Gare de l’Est were SNCF President Louis Gallois, the Préfet ...