All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2005 – Page 3
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MGV will check high speed network
SNCF is developing a 320 km/h test and measurement train to replace the Mélusine test car currently used to inspect France’s TGV lines. Due to be completed later this year, the train will be known as the MGV.The MGV will consist of a TGV Réseau set now being converted for ...
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Global changes at YSD and Rafna
REVENUE at Global Railway Industries Ltd for the year to December 31 2004 was C$34·7m, up 34% from 2003. This includes C$4·8m from Youngtown, Ohio, based YSD Industries Inc, which was purchased in April 2004. Restructuring of YSD continued into the first quarter of 2005, with an anticipated loss of ...
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Iranian passenger demand outstrips capacity
DISTANCES between main centres are so great that most passenger services operated by Raja Trains run overnight. Fares are subsidised for social reasons, resulting in a very heavy demand estimated to be four times greater than the volume of traffic actually carried with the present service pattern. Most trains are ...
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Record breakers recall the heady days
ON MARCH 24 SNCF President Louis Gallois opened an exhibition of its record-breaking trains at Bordeaux Saint-Jean station (right). Among the vehicles on display were locos CC7107 and BB9004 that respectively achieved 326 and 331 km/h in 1955 - although the plaques on each loco affirm that both reached 331 ...
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Record braking orders from China
KNORR-BREMSE Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge has secured orders worth over €40m to supply braking equipment for metro cars in Guangzhou and Beijing.In February the München-based firm was awarded a contract worth over €20m to supply brake equipment for the rolling stock being built for Guangzhou Metro Lines 4 and 5. This ...
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Vacuum brakes
MALAYSIAN national railway KTMB has ordered 20 locomotives from Dalian Loco in China which are to be fitted with air and vacuum brakes. Production of the complex integrated braking racks was subcontracted to Wabtec International.’This braking system was very unusual and needed to be custom designed’, said Wabtec International Vice-President ...
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Brakes set and tested
DESIGNED for use on new-build and refurbished locomotives, the SafeSet Wheel Style parking brake from Graham-White uses an electric motor to automate the operation of brakes. The SafeSet Wheel Style brake incorporates the same interface as the company’s lever-style handbrake, which is in service on around 250 locomotives. The brakes ...
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Heavy haul brake
NEWYORK Air Brake Corp has received conditional approval from the Association of American Railroads for its EP-60 electronically-controlled pneumatic brake.The EP-60 is already in service in Canada, where it is used on heavy haul iron ore trains operated by Cartier Railway Co, a subsidiary of Québec Cartier Mining Co. In ...
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Transport improves at Bombardier
ON MARCH 31 Bombardier announced its results for the year ended January 31 2005. Higher revenues at Bombardier Transportation were partially offset by lower revenues in Aerospace, with consolidated revenue across the company totalling US$15·8bn, up from $15·5bn in the previous year.Consolidated earnings before income taxes and special items were ...
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Bombardier targets China with Zagato 'wow factor'
HIGH SPEED: On April 13 Bombardier unveiled a portfolio of design concepts for a future generation of high speed trains from Italian industrial stylist Zagato. Speaking at a launch event staged with Wallpaper magazine at the Salone del Mobile design fair in Milano, Bombardier Transportation President André Navarri said that ...
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Bill blizzard sends mixed signals
THREE SEPARATE bills were introduced into the US Congress on April 14, offering widely-different prospects for the future of the US passenger rail network.The government’s Passenger Rail Investment Reform Act proposes to hand responsibility for various routes to individual states while converting Amtrak into a private-sector train operator. `This legislation ...
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Signalling in the best locations
BOMBARDIER has enhanced the capabilities of the Computer Aided Rail Design software which it uses to identify the most cost-effective way of planning signalling infrastructure on light rail and metro projects.CARD is widely used when preparing the company’s bids for urban rail projects, and has been used in the development ...
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Beijing starts metro upgrading
BEIJING METRO Corp announced in March that it was starting work on a network-wide upgrading and renovation programme ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.Costed at 4·3bn yuan, the package includes replacement of track, trains, signalling and communications equipment on Lines 1 and 2, parts of which are now approaching 30 ...
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Barajas Express
SPAIN’S Ministry of Development published plans on March 18 for construction of a fast suburban link to Madrid Barajas airport that would allow airline passengers to reach the city centre in just 11min.The project requires additional tracks to be laid alongside the existing 4 km line from Chamartín to Hortaleza. ...
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Balfour Beatty rail profits rise
RAIL Engineering & Services at Balfour Beatty saw a 5% rise in operating profits to £43m in the year to December 31 2004, on turnover of £803m.The company’s UK projects, plant and track systems businesses ’performed well’, and Balfour Beatty said that the infrastructure maintenance contracts taken in-house by Network ...
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NYCT to start ATO
NEW YORK City Transit expected to introduce automatic train operation last month on its L Canarsie line, which has been re-equipped with communications-based train control by Siemens as a pilot for resignalling the subway network. The four-car trains formed of Kawasaki R143 stock have a train operator to supervise ...
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Arriva awarded Dutch contract
NOORDNED has been awarded a new 15-year contract to operate regional services in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen from December 11. The agreement includes a commitment to introduce up to 50 new DMUs which will have level access from the platforms by September 2007. These will be fully ...
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Alstom to convert regional coaches
SNCF has awarded Alstom a €37m contract to refurbish 48 Corail B6Du regional coaches, with options worth about €18m for a further 30 vehicles.The coaches currently operate in loco-hauled rakes of four to eight cars, and will be converted into driving vehicles for push-pull operation. Crashworthiness improvements will permit an ...
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Dutch signalling accords signed
ONApril 20 Bombardier announced that it had reached an agreement with NedTrain Consulting for the development and distribution of ATB-EG Specific Transmission Modules and ATB-EGPhase 5 equipment, for which the first orders have already been placed.The STMs will interface between ETCS and the existing ATB automatic train protection equipment, enabling ...
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