All News articles – Page 146
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US safety in the spotlight
PROPOSALS for a radical reform of railway safety legislation were introduced into the US Congress on May 1 by James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. The Railroad Safety Improvement Act envisages redesignating the FRA as the Federal Railroad Safety Adminstration, with a specific objective to reduce ...
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NewsHybrid High Speed Train unveiled
UK: On May 3 Hitachi Europe unveiled 'Hayabusa', which it says is Europe's first battery-assisted diesel-electric power car. The hybrid drive has been installed in a British HST power car to allow realistic trials of the prototype technology, which Hitachi and its development partners Brush Traction, Network Rail and Porterbrook ...
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V150: Power-packed train proves AGV technology in record sprint
Laurent Charlier describes the record-breaking train that combined TGV and AGV traction technology
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V150: 574·8 km/h eclipses the 1990 world record
Supremely confident engineers from SNCF, RFF and Alstom pushed railway technology past known limits with a dramatic dash on April 3 that shattered the previous world speed record for passenger-carrying trains. Murray Hughes reports from France
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ADIF spends k1bn
MEETING ON MARCH 30, the board of Spanish infrastructure authority ADIF gave its approval for contracts worth a total of k1?03bn to be awarded or put out to tender. According to the Ministry of Development, this is one of the largest investment packages approved at a single board meeting since ...
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NewsLevel 2 to be installed on Nürnberg - München corridor
A decision to fit ETCS Level 2 on DB's main line between two major cities in south Germany means that three separate signalling and train control systems will operate in parallel on one route
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Full service with Level 2
ALL TRAINS running on Swiss Federal Railways’ Mattstetten - Rothrist line now use Level 2 ETCS. SBB announced on March 22 that the switchover had been completed on March 18, with around 250 passenger and freight trains operating every 24?h.Trains run at 2?min intervals at speeds of 160?km/h, making this ...
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Finance May 2007
China: Citic Securities, Citigroup and Macquarie Bank have been appointed to advise China Railway Construction Corp on a US$2bn initial public offering planned for the end of this year. Hungary: PricewaterhouseCoopers is to assess the assets of the passenger division of MÁV in preparation for a planned spin-off. South Africa: ...
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Intelligence May 2007
Asia: On April 9 Pakistan and India agreed an extension to January 19 2010 of their 2004 agreement for the operation of Samjhota Express cross-border services between Lahore and Amritsa via Wagah. Bosnia: During a visit to Sarajevo at the end of March, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader signed ...
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Market May 2007
Australia: On April 3 ARTC signed an A$85m deal under which Telstra will replace nine separate communication systems between Brisbane and Perth and in the Hunter Valley. When it is fully operational in June 2009, the integrated system will use 77 Telstra Next G base stations to cover 10 000 ...
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Metros May 2007
Belgium: On March 21 Managing Director of Brussels transport authority STIB Alain Flausch said he hopes to take up options to purchase between 135 and 150 Bombardier trams in 2007-11, enabling the elimination of high-floor PCC cars from the 1970s. Canada: The city of Calgary has selected the West ...
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Pointers May 2007
National Railways of Zimbabwe is planning to establish a mineral prospecting firm which General Manager Air Commodore Michael Karakadzai said will exploit 'under-explored potential' to earn critically-needed foreign currency. 'Since colonial days NRZ and Zimbabwean railways have jointly held mineral prospecting rights in South Africa,' he said.Reversing a cancellation by ...
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People May 2007
Ren? Cort?zar has been appointed Chile's Minister of Transport. Ludovic Orban has been appointed Minister of Transport in Romania. Last month Bob Scheuber announced he was to step down as Chief Executive of Queensland Rail by the start of May, taking leave ahead of his retirement on July 1. ...
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Extra stations on Athens Line 3
Three stations on the northern section of Line 3 of the Athens Metro are to be constructed under a k90m deal signed on March 16 between state-owned Attiko Metro and an Aegek-Impreglio-Alstom consortium.The consortium will supply and install electrical equipment and trackwork at Holargo, Nomismatokopeio and Agia Paraskevi stations on ...
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High speed across Andaluc?a
ON MARCH 27 the Andaluc?a regional government announced that it had awarded a joint venture of OHL and Vera a k43?6m contract to build the 12?5?km Marchena - Osuna section of a high speed line that will eventually link Sevilla with Granada and Almer?a. Work is expected to take 28 ...
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Alstom offers AGVs to Italian private operator
ON MARCH 6 Alstom submitted the first bid for its distributed power AGV high speed trainset to Italian private operator NTV (RG 3.07 p124). The offer covered 25 AGV sets of 11 cars, with a further 10 sets as an option. Also included was maintenance of the fleet for 30 ...
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One bid for Buenos Aires - Cordoba
THE CONSORTIUM of Alstom, Iecsa, Emepa and Isolux emerged as the only candidate to build Argentina's first high speed line when technical bids for the 710 km Buenos Aires - Córdoba project were opened in the presence of President Néstor Kirchner on April 27. Bids from the shortlisted consortia led ...
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Alstom wins Marmaray fit-out
A CONTRACT worth €815m was signed at the end of March for the second phase of work on the 76·3 km Marmaray cross-Bosporus rail link in Istanbul. The Turkish Ministry of Transport has selected the AMD consortium of Alstom, Marubeni and local partner Dogus to undertake the Phase II works, ...
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Alstom showing sustainability
ALSTOM will focus on the themes of sustainable development, life on board and technical expertise. The company’s view of sustainable development includes designing urban transport to respect the local environment, with the development of ’wire-free’ trams allowing local authorities to enhance their architectural heritage. Alstom will be explaining how the ...
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Passenger counting and trip analysis
TRANSPORT operators need accurate traffic figures, which can be gathered using the automatic passenger counting and trip analysis system which Dilax will be showing in Helsinki.The data produced can help operators develop sound business plans and assist transport authorities with proof of their subcontractors’ performance, allowing the use of vehicles, ...