All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2000
All articles published this month.
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Structure studies
AS ANTICIPATED in RG 2.00 p81, crashworthiness looks set to be a significant issue emerging from the Ladbroke Grove collision 3 km from London Paddington, which killed 31 people on October 5 1999. In its third interim report on the accident, released on April 14, the Health & Safety Executive ...
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Spread the word
CGEA TRANSPORT is so pleased with the Connex branding used for its British rail franchises that it has decided to extend the name to its other rail and bus operations. Managing Director of the parent Vivendi Group Henri Proglio says studies in five countries have shown that the Connex name ...
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Safer seats
FOLLOWING the collision test with a former Septa Budd Silverliner car staged at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo on November 18 last year (RG 1.00 p16), a second crash test took place at the same location on April 4. As on the previous occasion, the $1m experiment was designed ...
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Publications
London’s Undergroundby John GloverThe ninth edition of a history of the world’s oldest metro, first written by Henry Howson and published in the 1950s, brings the story up to date with completion of the Jubilee Line Extension into London’s former docklands. It closes with the launch of yet another reorganisation ...
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Pointers
n Expect Canadian Transport Minister David Collenette to announce a package of capital investment for VIA Rail to replace its long-distance passenger coach fleet, together with increased federal operating support.n Look for Myanmar Railways to announce a major investment programme including new diesel locomotives and freight wagons to boost capacity.n ...
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People
Kenya Railways Managing Director Eric Nyamunga has resigned with effect from March 17. He has been succeeded by Douglas N Odette, who was formerly General Manager Freight.Former CSX President Glenn Michael is taking over as General Manager of PeruRail from Paul White, who will retain overall control of the company. ...
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Montréal works modernised
Alstom Transport Canada is delivering 50 remanufactured SD40-2 diesel locos (top right), to First Union Rail Corp, which will lease them to CSX Transportation under a multi-year agreement. The locos are being rebuilt at Alstom’s Montréal plant, a former Canadian National workshop which has been extensively remodelled since Alstom took ...
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Metros
Australia: On March 26 Melbourne’s tram route 86 was extended from Bourke & Spencer Streets along Latrobe Street line to a new terminus at Colonial Stadium.Great Britain: In the budget on March 21, the government allocated an extra £65m to London Underground, mainly to pay for escalator repairs at a ...
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Xi’an metro plan
PROPOSALS for a first metro line in the Chinese city of Xi’an were unveiled by the Municipal Planning Committee in March. The 19·4 km route would link the western suburb of Xinxibei to Fangzhi in the east via the city centre. Construction is scheduled to start in 2002, with opening ...
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Market
Australia: Last month National Express Group confirmed its order for new rolling stock from Siemens Verkehrstechnik, for delivery between 2002 and 2005. Swanston Trams will get 38 three-section Combino LRVs 19 m long and 21 five-section cars of 29 m. The 62 three-car suburban EMUs for Bayside Trains will be ...
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Railtrack mandates tilt safety standards
INTRO: With Virgin introducing two fleets of tilting trains at 200 km/h from 2002, leading to 225 km/h operation from 2005, Richard Hope reports on the need for systems that will enforce higher speed limits through curves and also prevent tilt where clearances are inadequateTWO YEARS from now, Virgin expects ...
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Talgo XXI makes progress
On April 3 Patentes Talgo demonstrated its 220 km/h gauge-changing BT diesel power car, which ran with seven Talgo XXI cars (RG 7.99 p437) from Madrid Atocha (below) along the 1435mm gauge high speed line as far as the gauge-changing installation at Córdoba, then proceeding to Puente Genil on the ...
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Three make Sub-Surface shortlist
ON MARCH 28 London Underground shortlisted three bidders for the Sub-Surface Lines Infraco under the Public-Private Partnership (RG 3.00 p160). Invitations to Tender were to be issued in April, with bids due back on September 15. Detailed negotiations are to be completed by early 2001.The three bidders are the LINC ...
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Ring line start
WORK is due to start next month on the upgrading of Spanish National Railways freight bypass in Sevilla to accommodate an orbital suburban service. The long-planned project is now expected to start carrying passengers in mid-2001. Conversion is costed at around Pts1bn.The ring line diverges from Renfe’s main line just ...
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IR to redress problems
GREATER safety, improved capacity and better passenger facilities are the main thrust of Indian Railways’ budget for 2000-01, approved by parliament on March 13. All three areas have increased allocations, while investment in new lines is up by 61%. There is funding for three new gauge conversion projects, 15 doubling ...
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Industry News
Germany: Extending an existing partnership agreement, Lineas Systeme AG has acquired the traffic management and planning systems unit of Adtranz Signal. It will become part of Lineas Verkehrstechnik GmbH, responsible for developing the Optivia product platform for industrial railways that combines vehicle tracking, interlocking and traffic management systems.Great Britain: Rolling ...
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Industry News
Canada: Progress Rail Services Corp is to acquire the metal fabrication, trackwork and wheel shops at CPR’s Weston works in Winnipeg, becoming the railway’s exclusive supplier for wheel and track requirements.Slovakia: Alstom has signed a co-operation agreement with local maintenance contractor ZOS Zvolen to bid for supply of lightweight diesel ...
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RoadRailer territory grows
AFTER YEARS of negotiations, Roadrailers are to enter commercial service in France this month. An initial fleet of 30 vans, mostly curtain-sided, is to operate on CNC routes such as Paris - Perpignan. Able to run at 120 km/h, they will have disc-braked bogies with a 22·5 tonne axleload. Wabash ...
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Grass roots reform will shake up MÁV
HUNGARIAN State Railways is being restructured so that it conforms to the regulations required for railways in member countries of the European Union. This restarts a process begun in June 1993, when MÁV was established as a share company fully owned by the state. In the same year a law ...
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Fu orders speed up
CHINESE Railways is to invest 1bn yuan to boost maximum speeds on its network during the 10th five-year plan period, running from 2001-05. Minister of Railways Fu Zhihuan announced on March 30 that all trunk lines will be upgraded for 160 km/h operation of passenger services and 120 km/h for ...