All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2005 – Page 4
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Freight accord
A CO-OPERATION agreement was signed at the Hannover Fair on April 11 by DB Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn and RZD President Gennady Fadeyev, paving the way for the setting up of a joint venture freight company by RZD and Railion.The accord builds on an earlier agreement announced in Berlin last September ...
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SNCF confirms pursuit of 350 km/h goal
INTRO: TGV services running at 350 km/h could one day link Paris and Bordeaux in just 2 hours, but more research is needed into braking, noise and maintenance costs FRENCH National Railways is intensifying its efforts to develop commercial services running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h. According to ...
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Bahn 2000 is working
EARLY REPORTS suggest that Switzerland’s ambitious Bahn 2000 programme with its nationwide interconnecting timetable has led to a 10% increase in passenger traffic on main line services. While this still awaits formal confirmation, it is clear that Swiss Federal Railways was already well placed to make progress even before the ...
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UP to invest $2bn
ON MARCH 30 Union Pacific announced that it expected to spend over US$2bn on capital investment during 2005.More than $1·3bn will be spent on infrastructure maintenance and upgrading, with 1700 km of rail to be replaced and another 12500 km resurfaced. UP expects to install 4·4 million new sleepers and ...
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10 000 km in next master plan
A FURTHER 10000 km of new railway is to be built in China, according to the first draft of Chinese Railways 2006-10 master plan which was unveiled by the Ministry of Railways on March 25. The plan would bring the total length of the CR network to more than 85000 ...
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Changing the perception of inter-city
THE FLEET of 120 inter-city diesel multiple-unit vehicles ordered in January represents a new departure for Iarnród Éireann, which currently uses loco-hauled vehicles on long-distance services. Funded by the government's National Development Plan, the €262m contract for the trains was signed with Japanese trading group Mitsui at a ceremony in ...
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NewsInvestment brings Ireland's railways back from the brink
Pat Mangan, Assistant Secretary at Ireland’s Department of Transport, told Andrew Grantham how a 10-year strategic plan will rectify decades of under-investment
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Iran plans 50% network expansion as Mashhad - Bafgh line opens
Faced with growing demand for transit freight between the Central Asian republics and the Indian Ocean, RAI needs to modernise motive power and freight operations if it is to handle major flows of high-value traffic and containers. David Brice reports
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NewsCan Europe's railways win back their lost freight market share?
Globalisation and changing patterns of world trade mean that Europe's railways can expect zero growth in their traditional markets. They must accept a different role in the logistics chain and adapt to new markets and demands to survive Alain PoinssotConsultant, AXEP Consulting THE QUESTION posed in the title of this ...
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