All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2006
All articles published this month.
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Signalling skills short
CENTRAL Queensland University and the Co-operative Research Centre for Railway Engineering & Technologies signed a two-year licensing agreement on March 25, allowing CQU to continue to offer a post-graduate diploma in railway signalling which was originally launched in 2004.CEO Prof Dudley Roach said Rail CRC was working with the rail ...
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Pointers
Work on the part-built 6·8 km metro line in the Brazilian city of Salvador was expected to resume in April, after a seven-year suspension. The government has allocated US$120m so that the consortium of Camargo Corrêa, Andrade Gutierrez and Siemens can complete the line by the end of 2007. Bahia ...
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People
Masatake Matsuda stepped down as Chairman of JR East from April 1, becoming a senior advisor to the company. His place was taken by Mutsutake Otsuka, formerly President of the railway. Vice-President Satoshi Seino became President & CEO, and Tetsujiro Tani was appointed Executive Vice-President for planning, IT, ...
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Passenger Portfolio
On April 9 Compass Group announced it had agreed the sale of its station, on-train, airport and service station catering concession business Select Service Partner to private equity firm EQT. The sale includes Rail Gourmet (RG 12.04 p830).CAPTION: Last month a parade of inflatable penguins at JREast’s main station in ...
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Siemens wins in Ottawa
A CONSORTIUM led by Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder for a DBOM contract to develop Ottawa's 31 km north-south light rail line linking the Rideau Centre to Barrhaven. The winning team includes Siemens Canada, PCL Constructors Canada, Dufferin Construction and local architects Griffiths Rankin Cook. Two other ...
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More trams needed
HELSINKI transport authority HKL expects to call tenders shortly for 40 low-floor cars, to enter service in 2011-14 at an estimated cost of €100m.HKL urgently needs more capacity, not least because of Route 9 which is due to open next year. This will link the city centre with the Pasila ...
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Metros
Algeria:Entreprise du Métro d’Alger has awarded a consortium of Systra and RATP Développment a contract to follow up design studies and fit-out fixed equipment on the 11 km Alger metro phase 1 between Tafourah Grande Poste and Haã El Badr.Canada:Following testing of two prototypes, Toronto Transit Commission has confirmed a ...
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University links
NOVOCHERKASSK Electric Locomotive Works, engineering research institute OJSC VElNII and Rostov State University of Transport & Communications have signed a co-operation agreement under which the Transmash Holding subsidiary will identify RGUPS students for a scholarship programme and provide input to the curriculum. The agreement is part of a scheme to ...
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Short line's sweet success
SOUTH CENTRAL Florida Express is using RMI's mCrew interface for remote train crew reporting, allowing the short line to manage a fleet of wagons used in the time-critical movement of harvested sugar cane from parent company US Sugar's fields to the Clewiston and Bryant mills. Staff operating the elevators ...
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Letter
African gaugesSir - May I venture some observations on the letter from John Gilbert concerning rail connections in Sudan (RG 3.06 p124)?There would be no through link from Egypt, as there is no line south from Aswan to Atbara. A fast, modern, standard gauge line from Cairo to Khartoum would ...
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Kazakhstan plant
TRANSMASH Holdings and Russian Railways announced plans to produce rolling stock in Kazakhstan following a meeting with Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov in late February. The Russian firms plan to set up an assembly plant in Kazakhstan, and gradually localise vehicle production. Transmash Director-General Mikhail Khromov said active efforts are underway ...
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Italian industry on show in Torino
MANUFACTURERS and suppliers from a wide range of countries will congregate at the Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre in Torino for Expo Ferroviaria 06 on May 16-18.Alstom Ferroviaria will feature its Pendolino and AGV trainsets to mark 25 years in the high speed market. Bombardier will focus on its Movia metro ...
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Gleeson MCL sold
CONSTRUCTION group Morgan Sindall has acquired the Gleeson MCL subsidiary of MJ Gleeson Group for £23·3m. Gleeson MCL has experience of building and refurbishing non-track assets including stations and bridges for customers including London Underground, Network Rail and local authorities.Morgan Sindall plans to rebrand Gleeson MCL as the Morgan Est ...
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Over the gap
GLIDELOK is a retractable ramp designed to span gaps of up to 1·2m between trains and platforms. The prototype can be automatically deployed in 6sec, and forms a bridge capable of supporting a 350 kg load.The ramp will align itself with platforms above, below or at the same level as ...
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French freight market opens up
UNDER AN agreement reached with the European Commission in March 2005, the French government formally deregulated the domestic rail freight market on March 31. Largely symbolic at this stage, the move has considerable significance for the future of rail freight in Europe.For SNCF, deregulation means that the final tranche of ...
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Three replacement franchises start
UK: Low-key celebrations were held in London on April 3 to mark the start of three replacement train operating franchises. FirstGroup has retained the First Great Western branding for its expanded ’Greater Western’ franchise which combines the FGW Link suburban services and the Wessex Trains regional services formerly run by ...
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Slovenia focuses on upgrades
RECONSTRUCTION of the Koper - Ljubljana line, including a second route from Koper to Divaca, and electrification of the Pragersko - Hodos route are the top priorities for infrastructure investment in Slovenia.At the end of March, Transport Minister Janez Bozic confirmed that planning work was underway on the two schemes ...
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Scott Wilson floats
SHARES in Scott Wilson Group plc began trading on the London Stock Exchange on March 15, following the placing of 43·1 million ordinary shares at 158p, raising £68·1m before expenses for the consultancy.Brokers Brewin Dolphin also placed 2·2million ordinary shares, raising £3·5m on behalf of selling shareholders.Scott Wilson had a ...
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Paris to start fleet replacement
CONTRACTS are due to be placed later this year for 330 single-deck EMUs to work Paris area suburban services. Tenders from Alstom, Bombardier and Siemens are being evaluated by SNCF, which will operate the trains for Syndicat des Transports d’Ile de France. At a board meeting on March 29, STIF ...