All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2007 – Page 2
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TGV route approved
FRENCH Minister of Transport Dominique Perben gave his approval on April 17 to the draft alignment for the Tours - Angoul?me section of TGV Sud-Atlantique.The move marks the end of formal consultation for the 181?km route forming the northern half of the k5bn Tours - Bordeaux high speed line for ...
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Information available
Waiting passengers can be alerted to the imminent arrival of a train, including fast trains which will not be stopping at the station, using the in-platform lighting developed by CompaTech. Blue LEDs are integrated into the platform surfacing, and light up to warn of a passing train, helping to ensure ...
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Second Avenue groundbreaking
The fourth groundbreaking ceremony for New York's Second Avenue subway was held on April 12 in a section of tunnel completed more than 30 years ago but never used. Planning for the line began in 1929 but was sidelined by the Depression and World War II. In the early 1950s, ...
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Victoria buys back regional network
RESPONSIBILITY for the regional rail network in the Australian state of Victoria will pass from Pacific National to the state government this month under an agree-ment signed on April 13. PN will receive A$134m for surrendering a 15-year lease, renewable to 45 years, which was purchased by Freight Australia in ...
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Badger hunting by radar
UK: Ground-penetrating radar specialist Aperio has surveyed four sites in southern England where badger setts were threatening the stability of lineside embankments. Network Rail contracted Aperio to use radar equipment to analyse the effects of badger excavation at Pinhoe, Cowley Bridge, Cutnall Green and Munsley. As a result of the ...
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Beijing Metro invests in mechanised maintenance
CURRENTLY ON trial in China are two new Plasser & Theurer tamping machines which will revolutise infrastructure maintenance on the rapidly-expanding Beijing metro network. At present there are four lines in operation - 1, 2, 13 and the Batong Line, with a total route length of 114 km. ...
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NewsToronto's light rail blueprint
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has approved plans for approximately 122 km of new light rail route costing C$6bn that, along with the current tram network, would cover much of the city. The seven proposed lines would be completed within 15 years and, in the words of TTC Chairman Adam ...
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Electronic brake trials
NORFOLK SOUTHERN and BNSF announced jointly on March 29 that they plan to start revenue service trials later this year using electronically-controlled pneumatic brake systems. The move follows the issuing of an FRA waiver allowing ECP-equipped trainsets to run 5 600 km between inspections, which is twice the distance ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse breaks into Russia
TRANSMASH Holding and Knorr-Bremse signed a letter of intent last month for the creation of an equally-owned joint venture in central Russia which will manufacture and service rail braking systems for markets across the CIS countries. Transmash is currently expanding its production capacity (RG 4.07 p231), and Knorr-Bremse said ...
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Laval under budget
The three-station, 5?1?km Orange Line M?tro extension to Laval was scheduled to open on April 28. The project, budgeted at C$803?6m after repeated cost increases, ended up with a price tag of C$745m, or C$143?2m per km. According to Jo?l Gauthier, President and Chief Executive Officer of the regional Agence ...
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Building the global villages
AN AFRICAN village is to be created in Helsinki to highlight the work of UATP, the African division of UITP, and the ProkInvest programme. Funded by the European Commission, ProkInvest aims to promote investment, trade and technology transfer from the European Union to Africa, where urban transport is developing rapidly ...
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Finnish investors buy Talgo Oy
PATENTES Talgo withdrew from Finland at the end of March, with the sale of its 90% stake in Talgo Oy to investment group Primaca Partners. The former Talgo business with premises in Oulu and Otanm?ki reverted to its previous name of Trantech Oy following the deal. Primaca Partners Oy ...
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Grand Central plans Chinese trains
ASPIRING open-access operator Grand Central Railway announced on April 13 that it plans to buy three 225 km/h diesel trainsets from CSR Ziyang of China 'immediately following the launch' of its Sunderland - London service later this year. China Southern Loco & Rolling Stock Co is looking to break into ...
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NewsCharles-de-Gaulle VAL opens
APRIL 4 saw the opening of the 3·5 km automatic shuttle with five stations linking the three airport terminals, RER and TGV stations and remote car parks at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport. End-to-end journey time is 8 min, with trains running every 4 min at peak times. Operated by a fleet ...
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Faster fare collection
INIT will be showcasing its latest developments in telematics and fare collection, as well as proven technology to help make public transport faster, more efficient and thus more attractive.Passengers boarding a tram or bus can pass a pre-loaded smartcard over a PROXmobil or the EVENDsmart ticketing machine, which will deduct ...
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World transport comes to Helsinki
PUBLIC transport is an exceptional business, critical to our cities and economies. For over 120 years, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has existed to develop public transport knowledge and services. The Mobility & City Transport Exhibition has become a key tool in achieving a better mobility for people ...
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NS Hispeed confirms December start
ON MARCH 27 NS Hispeed was unveiled as the marketing brand name for services using HSL-Zuid between Amsterdam and the Belgian border, now expected to commence on December 9 2007. The fleet of V250 high speed trains ordered from AnsaldoBreda are to be marketed as Albatros. As these sets will ...
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ZEB consultation
PROPOSALS for the long-term programme to upgrade and expand the Swiss rail network went out to consultation last month.Building on the completed Bahn 2000 project, Zuk?nftige Entwicklung der Bahnprojekte will now be scrutinised by the cantons and other interested parties, paving the way for the government to draw up definitive ...
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Contactless tickets in Moscow
UPM Raflatac will be highlighting the contactless ticketing RFID inlays which will be supplied to Moscow Metro under a contract agreed in February. The Finnish firm is to supply the inlays in co-operation with Moscow-based Comvision, for use in tickets which are to be supplied by JSC Mikron.One of the ...
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NewsTashguzar - Kumkurgan line signalling contract
UZBEKISTAN: Computer-based interlockings and LED signals are to make their first appearance in Central Asia on Uzbekiston Temir Yollari's 200 km Tashguzar - Kumkurgan line, following the award of a €29m contract by Japanese trading company Mitsui on April 4. Consortium leader Bombardier is to supply Ebilock 950 interlockings, object ...
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