All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2007 – Page 3
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North-South Railway contracts signed
THREE CONTRACTS totalling 7·1bn riyals were signed on April 3 covering construction of 1 765 km of the North-South Railway in Saudi Arabia (RG 4.07 p184). Minister of Finance Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf said the work would be completed in 42 months. The kingdom's Public Investment Fund has set up a ...
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Repositioning on course
VOSSLOH Group’s sales exceeded k1bn for the first time in 2006, climbing 7?7% from the 2005 figure to reach a total of k1?02bn. The company blamed restructuring costs for a 5?6% fall in EBIT to k82?7m for the year.Sales at the Rail Infrastructure division increased 5?9% to k613?9m, but EBIT ...
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Crossrail expands
SWISS open-access freight operator Crossrail AG announced on April 4 that it had received a licence from the Italian government permitting the company to run its own trains in Italy with effect from mid-2007. At present Crossrail is running seven trains each way per week between Novara and the Benelux ...
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Dulles deal done
VIRGINIA’s Department of Rail & Public Transportation announced last month that it had reached an agreement with the Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners consortium for construction of the first 18?7?km of the Washington DC Metro extension to Dulles International Airport. DRPT is due to request FTA approval this month for the ...
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Dieter
Concerned that Japan’s falling birthrate and aging population will combine to reduce the number of passengers from 2020, commuter railways in the Tokyo region have begun developing child care businesses in an effort to encourage families with two working parents and young children to live near the stations. Tokyo Metro ...
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Entente discordiale
ONE organisation seemed determined not to be impressed by the French speed record of 574?8?km/h attained by the V150 trainset on April 3 (p267). Not only that, but it actively set out to discredit the achievement in the UK media.The following briefing note was sent out to British journalists by ...
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Prototype DMU unveiled
The Slovak workshop ZOS Zvolen has rolled out a prototype of new Class 813/913 two-car DMU rebuilt from two Type 011 (Bzmot) non-powered trailers. The DMU consists of a Class 813 power car and a Class 913 driving trailer. It is powered by an EU Emissions Stage IIIa-compliant D2866 LUE ...
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Dubai looks at light rail
PLANS TO develop a network of light rail lines in Dubai were unveiled by the Chairman of the emirate's Roads & Traffic Authority Mattar Mohammed Al-Tayer at the Metro Rail conference in Roma on March 29. With Dubai's population expected to reach 5·25 million by 2020, RTA is forecasting ...
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NewsELH stake sold
AAE Holding AG owner Andreas Goer has bought a 70% stake in wagon bogie maker ELH Eisenbahnlaufwerke Halle GmbH & Co KG, through Swiss-based G&S Rail Investments GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed, and ELH's previous owner Michael Schnaufer will retain a 30% stake in the business. 'After difficult ...
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End of the ’upside-down helicopter’
ON MARCH 16 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority retired the last of its Boeing light rail vehicles, replaced by newer LRVs from Breda and Kinki Sharyo.The occasion closes the book on an ambitious but ill-starred 1970s attempt by US defence manufacturers to diversify into the rail sector after the Vietnam War ...
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NewsEurostar records strong growth
REPORTING ITS first quarter results for 2007 on April 17, Eurostar announced a strong jump in traffic and revenue on its cross-Channel high speed trains. Passenger-journeys increased by 5?4% to 1?79 million, whilst sales revenues of ?142m were 13?2% ahead of the same period in 2006. Contributing to the higher ...
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More extensions in Madrid
ON APRIL 11 two further extensions to the Madrid metro network were opened to traffic, both serving a new interchange at Pinar de Chamart?n which will also be the southern terminus of a light rail route to Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, due to open this month.The 7?km of metro extensions ...
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A new force in railway publishing
THIS ISSUE marks an exciting mile-stone for our magazine, as we launch a new publishing group dedicated to providing the very best news, business and technical information for the world's railway industry. With our portfolio including Railway Directory, Rail Business Intelligence and Metro Report, plus our websites www.railwaygazette.com and ...
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Siemens is thinking green
GREEN mobility is the focus of the Siemens stand, where metro trains supplied to Oslo will be used as an example of the trend towards environmental protection. Materials were carefully chosen, with life-cycle cost calculations taking in to account the final disposal of the trains which are 94% recyclable. An ...
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RZD infrastructure reform
RUSSIAN Railways announced at the end of March that its infrastructure maintenance business is to be restructured over the next two years, as part of the country’s ongoing railway reform programme.The first stage of the process is scheduled to take effect from the beginning of 2008. This will see track ...
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Lahar slides safely past
AN ESTIMATED 1?34?million cubic metres of volcanic mud, rock and water swept down the Whangaehu River valley on the morning of March 18, bringing peak river levels to 6?5?m at the Tangiwai Bridge, infamous as scene of New Zealand’s worst railway disaster.The ’lahar’ was caused when the rim of Mount ...
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Rubin project loses momentum
ROLL-OUT of Germany's first driverless metro has been delayed again, and commercial services on Line U3 of the Nürnberg U-Bahn are not now expected to start until early 2008. Contractor Siemens had intended to have the first segment of U3 ready for operator VAG to open in 2006, but the ...
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NewsStagecoach wins in Manchester
GREATER Manchester PTE announced on April 3 that it had selected Stagecoach Group as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the 37?km Manchester Metrolink network. Including infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance, the 10-year contract will also cover management of upgrading projects as well as operation of several planned extensions. ...
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NewsMobile radios on the move
AUSTRIA: Kapsch TrafficCom announced on March 12 that it was transferring its railway division to the newly-founded company Funkwerk Systems Austria GmbH. Mobile train radios represent a small percentage of Kapsch's activities, and Director Erwin Toplak said the sale forms part of a strategy to focus on its core business ...
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Progress in Venezuela
VENEZUELAN state railway IAFE announced on April 11 that civil works had been completed on 30 km of the 108·8 km Puerto Cabello - La Encrucijada route, now expected to open in 2011. Of the route's 15 tunnels, five totalling 23·7 km have been completed as well as 2·67 km ...
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