All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2004 – Page 3
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Low-floor coaches refurbished
Trenitalia has started a programme to renovate its extensive fleet of piano ribassato cars with low-floor centre sections. Used on local and short-distance regional services, the cars are being stripped and refitted with new interiors and vandal-resistant seating similar to that provided in the TAF double-deck EMUs (below left). The ...
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CD orders tri-voltage locos
CZECH Railways has ordered a batch of 20 three-voltage Bo-Bo electric locos from Skoda, designed to haul freight and passenger services at up to 230 km/h. Selected in preference to a Taurus derivative from Siemens, they are the first Skoda locos ordered by CD for 15 years. Rated at 6000 ...
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Please handle with care!
Picking up on comparisons published in our January 2004 issue, Fred Mau and David Ashmore from Booz Allen Hamilton in Sydney debate the pros and cons of benchmarking in the railway sector
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Trambaix opens for business
ON APRIL 3 the 12 km Trambaix light rail network in Barcelona carried its first passengers. The new system is operated as three services, all running between Francesc Macià and Montesa where they diverge to serve Bon Viatge (T1) and Sant Martí de l’Erm (T2). Route T3 also runs to ...
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Passenger News in Brief
Scheidt & Bachmann is to use Trintech’s OpenPay 3000 outdoor payment terminal and PayWare card authorisation software to accept chip and PIN card payments at unattended ticket vending machines.Three air-conditioned ticket offices have opened in Shanghai dedicated to selling soft class sleeper tickets. From April 18 the number of daily ...
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Products in Brief
Saft Power Systems has secured a five-year contract with Network Rail to provide SMC2200 uninterruptible power supplies for fixed telecommunication infrastructure supplied by Alcatel.Saft Power Systems Ltd, UKReader Enquiry Number: 138On March 9 US&S India inaugurated a solid-state interlocking at Kalaikunda, completing the installation of Microlok II at eight South ...
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Industry News in Brief
Pfleiderer AG and Secunderabad Patil Rail Infrastructure Ltd have founded a joint venture called Patil-Pfleiderer Track Systems PL to market Rheda 2000 ballastless track in India.Fare collection equipment maker Ascom Monétel was renamed Ascom SA on March 31, when the Monétel trade name was transferred to Sagem Group.Sanitec Corp ...
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Measuring in Korea and Brazil
MER MEC has completed factory acceptance testing of a Roger 1000K self-propelled measuring vehicle which is being supplied to Korea Rail Network Authority for use on the Seoul - Pusan high speed route (p266).The vehicle is based on a design supplied to Norwegian infrastructure authority Jernbaneverket. As well as video ...
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Component maker bought
GLOBAL Railway Industries Ltd has completed its US$2m acquisition of the manufacturing assets of wagon component maker YSD Industries Inc. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, YSD is a major supplier of wagon doors and side panels, hopper doors, van roofs, autorack side screens and stamped gratings. In the last financial year ...
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Bosporus tunnel construction to start
TURKEY: Construction of the long-planned rail tunnel under the Bosporus is expected to start in June, following the signing of a turnkey construction contract in early April. This was due to be followed by ratification of the financing package before the end of the month. Japan Bank for International Co-operation ...
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Full order book at Matisa
HAVING delivered two B41 tamping machines to GrantRail for use on the UK’s East Coast Main Line, Swiss track machine specialist Matisa is now building a giant track renewal train for Network Rail.The 138m long machine is designed to allow trains to run on adjacent tracks while it is working, ...
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Blast in Ryongchon
MYSTERY surrounds a huge explosion at Ryongchon in North Korea on April 22. Initial reports said that it had been caused by the collision of two fuel trains, but later accounts blamed the explosion on the ignition of ammonium nitrate from contact with overhead power cables.Reports suggesting that 3000 people ...
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Three bids in Madrid
BIDS TO supply 790 cars to Madrid Metro have been received from AnsaldoBreda, a CAF/Bombardier consortium and Rotem of South Korea. Expected to cost €900m, a total of 161 trainsets will be required to serve the 72·7 km of extensions due to open by 2007 (RG 2.04 p76) and increase ...
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CityRail benefits in NSW budget
NEW SOUTH WALES Treasurer Michael Egan announced in a budget speech on April 6 that A$2·5bn is to be spent on ’the biggest-ever overhaul of the Sydney rail network’ over the next six years.Around A$1bn will be allocated to 15 projects designed to reduce the complexity of the suburban network. ...
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NewsReport backs Translink growth
UK: A radical increase in Northern Ireland's railway services is recommended by an independent report from Booz Allen Hamilton. Commissioned by Translink on behalf of Northern Ireland Transport Holding Co, the report's conclusions will form the basis of Translink's rail investment proposals for the 2004 Government Spending Review. The ...
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High speed backed
STANDARD & POOR’S Ratings Services published a report on March 29 suggesting that capital investment in high speed rail projects across Europe will grow rapidly over the next 10 years.Fast Track to a Borderless Europe: The Credit Dynamics of High Speed Rail starts from the European Commission’s view that ’rail ...
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Order awaited
GERMAN Railway is planning to order a small number of pre-production loco-hauled coach sets for long-distance trains, for which tenders are to be prepared later this year. They will be the forerunners for an order for 1000 to 1200 vehicles intended to replace DB’s loco-hauled inter-city fleet, which at one ...
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Second Avenue project split up
Chairman of New York MTA Peter Kalikow has confirmed that the $17bn Second Avenue subway will be built in stages to make it easier to secure funding.MTA plans envisage that the first phase will have only four stations before merging with the existing BMT Broadway subway. The line would start ...
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Arriva enters Germany
BRITISH bus and rail operator Arriva has entered the German regional rail market by purchasing a 90% stake in Prignitzer Eisenbahn Gruppe. Announced on April 1, the €6m deal is subject to ratification by the German competition agency.Founded by Thomas Becken, who will remain as Managing Director under Arriva ownership, ...
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SNCB to be split apart next year
Harry Hondius reports on developments at Belgian National Railways
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