All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2005 – Page 2
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'Effective & Speedy' wins the traffic
Japan Freight Railway is rolling out a new consignment tracking system and remodelling its container hubs to make rail more competitive with road and sea. Chris Jackson discussed the company's prospects with Senior Advisor Katsuji Iwasa
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No duty to promote the use of rail
ONCE AGAIN the exigencies of politics have dictated railway policy in the UK. Once again, the policy is ill-conceived, with the state taking more direct control over what is nominally a private industry (RG 3.05 p115). And once again the stage has been set for cuts in services and possible ...
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Fret spirals down
WITH the European Commission watching closely following its approval of the French government’s €1·5bn aid package (RG 4.05 p181), SNCF Freight Director Marc Véron is anxious to make progress in turning round his business. Also looking over his shoulder is hopeful operator CFTA Cargo and other private-sector companies waiting for ...
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Electro-Motive Diesel launched
ACQUISITION of General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, Berkshire Partners LLC and certain related parties has been completed, the company announced on April 4. It is now known as Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. The transaction covers all of the Electro-Motive businesses, including North American and international locomotives, power, ...
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Diabolo makes progress
THE BELGIAN government has reached agreement with infrastructure manager Infrabel to push ahead with the Diabolo project to improve rail links to Zaventem Airport, in line with SNCB’s 2012 investment strategy.The number of airline passengers at Zaventem is projected to rise from 2·2 million in 2004 to around 9·4 million ...
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Delhi expansion
INDIA’S Northern Railway has announced plans for the renovation of New Delhi station. Money for the scheme has been allocated under the railway’s passenger amenities fund, and the work is to be completed over the next 12 months. A three-story building 22m wide will be built on the Ajmeri Gate ...
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Industry leaders to debate the future of railway technology
INTRO: Renowned railway operators, suppliers and research engineers from around the world will be speaking at the Railway Gazette Centenary Congress on July 1THE Railway Gazette Centenary Congress on July 1 offers an unrivalled opportunity to meet the world railway industry’s top engineers, technical decision-makers, and leading experts from all ...
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Streamlined structure at DB
The Supervisory Board of German Railway approved changes to the group’s corporate structure on March 16 that sweep away a level of senior management between the Management Board and the Business Units.The Business Units are now grouped within three divisions: Passenger Traffic, Transport & Logistics, and Infrastructure & Services, which ...
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Cuts in prospect
AFTER several months of consultation, Finland’s Ministry of Transport confirmed on March 27 that it had instructed state-owned operator VR to review the viability of its unprofitable passenger services.Some services could be suspended indefinitely, and other routes closed completely. ’We cannot continue with the present situation where subsidies are paid ...
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CroBIT provides a European data platform
BYLINE: Eckhard KuhlaEkonsult GmbH, GermanyINTRO: Development of an international information platform will allow all parties involved in cross-border rail freight operations to share dataTHE DEMAND for international freight movement in Europe is growing apace - except in the rail mode. There are many reasons for this, but a key element ...
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Third Railway Package creeps forward
APRIL 19 saw the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport & Tourism vote on the four-part Third Railway Package.The proposed regulation on the quality of freight services was overwhelmingly rejected, prompting CER Executive Director Johannes Ludewig to comment that ’quality in the rail freight market comes through competition and good rail ...
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Crash testing designs
INDIA’S Research Designs & Standards Organisation carried out a crash test on March 29 using a coach and a wagon ballasted to 120 tonnes with concrete.A dozen organisations are involved in a project to develop a coach design for Indian Railways which offers improved collision performance. Rites and Transportation Technology ...
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Cutting fuel costs
FUEL Optimizer is a recently launched software package from FC Technologies which models the fuel consumption of trains to help minimise energy costs.Accessed by the internet, installed on an intranet or supplied on CD, Fuel Optimizer identifies optimal schedules and refuelling locations. It uses detailed route maps, and takes into ...
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Danes consider hydrogen power
THE establishment of the Hydrogen Innovation & Research Centre in western Jutland has prompted the towns of Vemb, Lemvig, and Thyborøn to consider development of fuel-cell powered trains. A co-operation agreement was signed on April 7, and the first step is to estimate start-up capital and operating costs. This month ...
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Competition lifts rail's share of Swiss transalpine market
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands have opened their rail networks to competition, and the impact on freight crossing the Swiss Alps has been dramatic. Last year rail increased its road+rail modal share to 65%, far higher than any other cross-border flow in Europe
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More competition on the German network
INTRO: Axel Dumann* reports on German legal changes that include transfer of responsibility for path allocation from EBA to the telecommunications regulatorON MARCH 16 the Bundestag passed extensive changes to Germany’s railway legislation, transposing three EU directives dating from 2001 into national law.The Third Law for the Amendment of Rail ...
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Coal line PPP
EIGHT public and private-sector organisations in China signed an agreement on April 6 to build a 200 km coal railway.The 4·1bn yuan scheme is one of the first to make use of provisions agreed in 2004 to accelerate investment in the 70000 km rail network as a means of raising ...
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Technology to China
VOSSLOH Information Technologies GmbH opened an office at Hangzhou in China’s Zhejian province on March 1.The Kiel-based railway technology supplier sees China as ’the biggest growth market for this company at the present time’. It says that by 2010 ’the Zhejiang provincial government alone will, with the support of the ...
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Chennai launches metro plan
PLANS to develop a three-line metro network in the Indian city of Chennai were unveiled on April 12 by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Ms J Jayalalithaa.She told the state assembly that Delhi Metro Rail Corp had completed an initial feasibility study, and has now been asked to prepare ...
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