All News articles – Page 165
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Czech orders
SKODA Transport has won two framework contracts for the supply of low-floor trams to two Czech cities over the next decade.Praha transport operator DphmP plans to acquire up to 200 cars in 2009-18 at a cost of KC12·2bn, or €2·1m a vehicle. These are expected to be the Porsche-designed Type ...
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Das Fachwort in Verkehr
THIS is the updated third edition of a German-language dictionary of public transport terms first published in 1964. It explains around 800 words from Abfertigen to Zweckverband in its 264 pages, and includes a listing of French and German equivalents. ISBN 3-87094-665-2.k24·80 from Alba Fachverlag, Postfach 110150, D-40501 Düsseldorf, Germany. ...
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Underground daylight
FULL-SPECTRUM lighting recreating 90% of the range of sunlight is being installed on 423 Montréal metro cars during the refurbishment of the 1970s-built vehicles.’Cool white fluorescents are depressive’, said Bernard Pepin, a colour specialist who advised operator STM on the refurbishment programme. ’These full-spectrum lights, on the other hand, have ...
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Dieter
In an effort to attract gamblers to their casinos in Atlantic City, Borgata, Caesars and Harrah’s have agreed to finance the operation of weekend New Jersey Transit passenger services from New York.The casinos will pay $15m for the acquisition of eight double-deck coaches and will provide a $4m annual ...
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Rail expansion dominates Taiwan’s urban transport plans
ON JUNE 26 President Su Tseng-chang of Taiwan presided over groundbreaking ceremonies in Taoyuan County for the 51·5 km rail link between Taipei and Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport (RG 2.06 p58). Expected to cost NT$93·6bn to complete, the line is supposed to be partially financed from a special package of ...
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East Side tunnelling
A JOINT venture led by a division of Spanish civil engineering company Dragados has been awarded a tunnelling contract valued at nearly $428m for work on Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project. Due for completion in about six years, the project will bring LIRR trains into a new ...
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Eco-station opens
LIVERPOOL South Parkway station was officially opened on July 14, linking together the former Allerton and Garston stations with an integrated booking office and a bus station offering connections to John Lennon Airport. Environmental considerations took a high priority, with rain water collection to save 700000litres of mains water a ...
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Protos EMU prototype ready to roll
DUE TO be unveiled at the InnoTrans show in Berlin next month is the Protos EMU, also designed for the European regional market. The Protos concept is being developed by Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau, which has just been acquired by Russia's Transmash Holding Group (RG 4.06 p174). Last year FTD won an ...
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Fitting filtration
AN EXPERIMENTAL exhaust gas filtration system is to be fitted to a Fret SNCF BB69400 diesel locomotive, one of 160 locos which Socofer is producing through the modernisation of BB69000 and BB66400 locos with a general overhaul and engine retrofit.SNCF has ordered the exhaust gas filtration system from Swiss firm ...
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Finance
Africa: The Indian government has granted a US$7·1m line of credit to fund the purchase of a loco and 12 metre-gauge coaches for use on services between Dakar in Sénégal and Bamako in Mali from August 2007.Canada: Transport Canada has announced C$2·1m of operating funding to continue CN subsidiary Algoma ...
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PPPs to fund TGVs
FRENCH infrastructure manager RFF announced on July 20 that it had appointed financial advisors to assist with the development of PPP funding packages for three major investment projects (RG 11.05 p668).Royal Bank of Canada’s Capital Markets division has been selected to put together the PPP for the Nîmes - Montpellier ...
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Gearless motor
A GEARLESS 110 kW traction motor developed by Siemens is undergoing trials at the Wegberg-Wildenrath test facility, where it is fitted to a former München U-Bahn car. Siemens claims an efficiency of 96% for the Syntegra permanent magnet synchronous drive. As it does not have gears it produces less ...
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Light rail go-ahead for Ottawa
OTTAWA city council voted on July 12 to approve the contract for construction of the city’s planned north-south light rail line, clearing the way for work to begin later this year. The 29·7 km route will link Barrhaven with the University of Ottawa, serving 23 stations. The DBOM concession contract ...
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Golmud – Lhasa railway inaugurated
CHINA: Premier Hu Jintao presided at ceremonies on July 1 to mark the official opening of the 1 142 km line from Golmud in Qinghai to Lhasa in Tibet. Cutting the ribbon at Golmud station, Hu told an audience of 2600 people gathered in the station square that ‘the project ...
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Interlocking orders
INDIAN RAILWAYS has awarded two contracts to Union Switch & Signal India for the installation of electronic interlocking equipment on two routes as part of its network-wide signalling and safety upgrading programme.The bigger contract covers the supply of Microlok-II interlockings for 14 stations on the Northeast Frontier Railway’s Rangiya Division ...
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Low-emission locos on order
METRO-NORTH Railroad confirmed an order with Brookville Equipment Corp last month for the supply of 11 low-emission locomotives for use on the Shore Line East, Danbury and Waterbury branches. They will be manufactured in Brookville, Pennsylvania, for delivery in the last quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of ...
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Market
Algeria: SNTF has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Estel a €43·5m contract to supply relay interlockings and telecoms for the 204 km line under construction from Tebessa to Ain M’Lila, and for upgrading an 8 km line between Gué de Constantine and Oued Smar, bypassing Alger.Bangladesh:To regain passengers lost ...
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Tram modernisation
TENDERS were called last month for a €25·2m contract to modernise the tramway infrastructure in the Romanian city of Arad.Bids were due by July 5 for the project, which includes rehabilitation of trackwork over 17·6route-km and repairs to the streets along which the trams operate. This accounts for around a ...
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Wires to Nanjing
ELECTRICALLY-hauled freight trains began running on Chinese Railways’ Shanghai - Nanjing main line on July 1, with the completion of wiring work on the southern section of the Beijing - Shanghai corridor.CR’s Shanghai Railway Bureau expects to operate around 20 freight trains each way per day on the 303 km ...
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Overvoltage protection
PROTECTION of staff from voltage differences, and of electrification equipment from the effects of lightning strikes and stray current, is being obtained by SNCF using ABB’s hybrid voltage limiter. It is common practice to avoid direct earthing of the rails in DC traction systems, to reduce the risk of stray ...