All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2006 – Page 2
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Olympic VAL inaugurated
ITALY’S first automatic metro was formally opened on February 4 by Transport Minister Pietro Lunardi and Torino Mayor Sergio Chiamparino.Torino residents had their first look at the new line on February 5, when celebrations were held in the Piazza XVIII Dicembre near Porta Susa and the stations were opened to ...
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A route to higher profit
EXPLOITING the latest yield management and quota control techniques to increase ticket revenue is gaining ground across Europe as more operators abandon distance-based fares. In the words of Tim Porter, Chief Executive Officer of Thales Information Systems, ’you can make more profit by selling the same thing that you do ...
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Glazing Shanghai South
Shanghai South station will ’glow with both daytime light and nighttime lamplight’, according to Frans van de Noort, Asia-Pacific General Manager at GE Plastics. The Dutch-based company is supplying Lexan clear polycarbonate sheet to roof the concourse of the new station in the firm’s largest order to date. Custom-designed high ...
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Finance
Africa: On January 24 the World Bank approved three International Development Association Partial Risk Guarantees for up to US$45m and US$15m in support of the Joint Railway Concession in Kenya and Uganda, the first time IDA has provided PRGs for a transport project.Bosnia: EIB is providing a 20-year loan worth ...
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Toll and Patrick step up the fight
HAVING received no assurance that Toll Holdings will respect its decision to block Toll’s hostile takeover bid for Patrick Corp, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission launched Federal Court proceedings against the firm on February 9.ACCC is seeking an injunction against Toll acquiring any further interest in Patrick, or taking ...
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Monorail fever
THIS MONTH should see another 6·5 km of Delhi Metro Line 3 opened from Dwarka to Dwarka Sub City, following the inauguration of the Barakhamba Road - Dwarka section by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on December 30. Commending Delhi Metro Rail Corp, Singh said the capital's metro was 'one ...
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French freight ferment
WITH THE French government required to open up its domestic rail freight market by March 31 (RG 2.05 p58), operators are lining up to compete with Fret SNCF.After filing an application in November 2004, rail4chem announced on February 13 that it had received a safety certificate from the transport ministry ...
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NewsFaster ticket transactions increase satisfaction
WATCHING passengers trying to buy tickets is a key part of research being carried out by Amberlight, a consultancy specialising in human-computer interaction which has been hired to improve the user interface of self-service ticket machines operated by South Eastern Trains. The British train operator appointed Amberlight last October to ...
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Eye in the sky
ROBOTIC aerial vehicles fitted with cameras are being investigated as a way to prevent terrorist attacks on US trains. President Bush recently approved an appropriations bill awarding $200000 of federal funding to the GeoGraphics laboratory at Bridgewater State College, which is experimenting with model aircraft equipped with cameras to ...
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Shenzhen metro expands
SHENZHEN Metro announced in January that it expected to start work this year on an extension of Line 1 from Shijiazhichuang to Bao'an International Airport, which would add a further 14 stations and double the length of the line (p154). Construction of the first section, including two stations at ...
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Engineers explore the future of signalling
INTRO: Signalling professionals will probe the latest developments in signalling and train control technology at Aspect 2006, an international conference organised by the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers on March 16-17BYLINE: Jacques PoréPresident, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, 2005-06ENGINEERS, technicians, managers and other professionals with an interest in signalling and ...
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Modular EMU plan
BIDS are being sought for around 400 EMUs to operate regional services in Germany. DB wants the trains to be fully modular, with standard component interfaces permitting equipment from different suppliers to be exchanged.Intended to meet the higher standards specified in tenders for regional services, the trains will need a ...
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Spoornet orders electric locos
SOUTH AFRICA’s state-owned transport holding group Transnet announced on February 13 that it had signed a contract to purchase 110 electric locomotives over the next five years at a cost of R3·5bn.Ordered as part of Spoornet’s R35bn capital investment programme, the locos will be used to expand capacity on the ...
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Fleet tendering underway in Santo Domingo
THE DOMINICAN Republic’s transport agency Opret announced on January 25 that bids to supply rolling stock for the Santo Domingo metro (RG 12.05 p754) had been received from Alstom, CAF and Siemens. Ansaldobreda and Bombardier were also expected to submit offers.A fleet of 53 cars formed as 17 trainsets is ...
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Dieter
Future passengers at Bras Basah station now under construction as part of Singapore’s Circle Line project will be able to look upwards though water to the sky above. The deepest station on the MRT network will feature a 100mm deep rooftop reflection pool with a specially designed triple-laminate glass bottom, ...
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On-track plant depot opened
GRANTPLANT officially opened a refurbished and extended depot in Scunthorpe on February 7. The workshop has been modernised and extended to handle the servicing and maintenance of the multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure company’s expanding range of on-track plant, which is used on contracts across Britain.Chief Executive Officer Gren Edwards told guests ...
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Real-time information deal
AN ALLIANCE of English Welsh & Scottish Railway and Thales, which was formed to offer information technology services to European rail operators, has won a five-year contract to manage real-time information in the UK.The alliance will run Britain’s National Rail Communication Centre, which collates and distributes live information on service ...
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Maintenance deal
SNCF signed a €42m contract in January covering the maintenance of its ticket sales equipment, vending machines and validators. The five-year deal extendable by a year was awarded jointly to Fujitsu Services, IER and Parkeon, and covers around 12000 machines.’To be 100% effective, we believe it is essential that a ...
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