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TTCI opens London office
Transportation Technology Center Inc has launched a company to handle engineering consultancy in Europe. A subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, TTCI operates the testing facility at Pueblo, Colorado. President Roy Allen said on January 5 ’we will be able to better meet the needs of our growing customer ...
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Ticket offices overtaken
VIRGIN Trains passengers’ growing confidence in electronic, online and telephone purchasing means that these methods now account for more than one-third of ticket sales for the company’s West Coast services. Around 16 million passengers used Virgin’s West Coast services in 2004, and combined sales through the operator’s website, call centres ...
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Spain opens up
AS WELL AS separating infrastructure authority ADIF from train operator Renfe Operadora with effect from January 1, three decrees approved by the cabinet on December 30 transposed EU directives 2001/12, 13 and 14 into Spanish law. Since January 1 routes within Spain forming part of the Trans-European Rail Freight Network ...
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Stadler rents plant
STADLER has taken over the Weiden works of Partner für Fahrzeugausstattung GmbH following the signing of a preliminary agreement with the insolvent company’s creditors on December 30.Work at the plant in northeast Bayern had ceased in mid-2004. Stadler is to invest €2m in the site, which will be used to ...
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NewsUK refranchising progresses
THE STRATEGIC Rail Authority is pushing ahead with awarding of new franchises for passenger train operations in the UK. On January 17 SRA issued an invitation to tender for the Integrated Kent Franchise to the four bidders who were prequalified in December 2003 (RG 2.04 p63). The ITT was ...
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Regional turmoil
EXPANDING Dutch operator Syntus has won another concession, adding a fourth route to the three regional lines that it works in the Arnhem - Winterswijk - Zutphen area (RG 4.03 p213).From April 3 the Keolis-backed company will take over the 44 km Arnhem - Tiel route under a contract that ...
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Trains to Russia
ON DECEMBER 21 an agreement was signed by Russian Railways President Gennady Fadeyev and DG AG Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn to create passenger transport joint venture TransBaltZug.Registered in Kaliningrad, TransBaltZug is 50·5% owned by RZD and 49·5% by German Railway, with both parties having equal decision-making rights. The core business of ...
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Smart ticket sales
BY MARCH station booking offices managed by British train operating company Southern will be equipped with Shere’s Manned Rail Ticketing computer-based ticketing issuing machines. As well as offering a full range of UK tickets, seat reservations, online credit card authorisation and real-time running information, Smart is integrated with the operator’s ...
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People in the News - January 2005
Pavel Sury has been named Director of Czech Railways' Brno region, succeeding Frantisek Raska who has replaced V? clav Padevet as Director of Safety Inspection. Milan Fryc has replaced Jirí Kol? r as director of the Ustí nad Labem region, and on December 1 Ursula Broschov? took over from ...
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Railway Directory 2005
READERS may now purchase the 2005 edition of our industry reference work Railway Directory, compiled and edited by Chris Bushell. The 110th edition of Railway Directory provides up-to-date information and contact details for the world’s railway operators. The city railways section lists metro, light rail and tram networks, while statutory ...
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$350m loans for Venezuela projects
ON NOVEMBER 30 the Andean Development Corp announced that it had approved three loans worth a total of US$350m to fund rail and metro projects in Venezuela. The suburban railway under construction between Caracas and Tuy Medio (RG 9.04 p544) is to receive the largest single allocation, with US$200m to ...
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Making progress across Europe
Seven case studies provide examples of the many ETCS projects now underway in different countries.
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ARR adopts PTC
ALASKA Railroad has awarded a $4·8m contract to Union Switch & Signal for installation of Positive Train Control on its 846 km network, for commissioning in the first quarter of 2007. PTC is intended to prevent collisions, enforce permanent and temporary speed restrictions and provide compulsory protection for track maintenance ...
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Airport line concession close
A CONSORTIUM led by SNC-Lavalin and including Serco has been selected for a concession to design, build and operate the planned Richmond - Airport - Vancouver rapid transit line. TransLink subsidiary RAV Project Management Ltd was due to start final negotiations in December, subject to approval from the British Columbia ...
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Up at Alstom
ANNOUNCED on November 18, Alstom’s first-half results showed that orders received by Alstom Transport in the first six months of the 2004-05 financial year amounted to €2·9bn, an increase of 74% compared with the same period in 2003-04, when orders had been particularly low.Sales at €2·5bn were up by 8%, ...
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Amtrak not up to the mark
NORMAN MINETA, confirmed as US Transportation Secretary on December 9 in President George W Bush’s second cabinet, lost no time in making clear that he would work to push through controversial plans to cut the federal spend on Amtrak. The proposals would see states take more responsibility for funding if ...
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Anti-collision trials
INDIA’S Konkan Railway is carrying out trials of Raksha Kavach on-board and lineside anti-collision devices over its 760route-km network, covering 53 stations and 107 level crossings of which 27 are unstaffed. The ACDs are linked through intelligent real-time networks which detect and exchange data about which track a train is ...
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Argentine investment
During the recent state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the government of Argentina signed letters of intent with China Beiya Escom International Ltd and the 20th Bureau of Chinese Railways that could see US$8bn invested in railway projects over the next 10 years. Priority projects include electrification of the ...
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Assembly deal
THE MANAGEMENT board of Spanish National Railways approved an agreement with Siemens on November 30 that provides for the company to assemble rail vehicles in the railway’s workshops at Valladolid and M
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Spanish association
ANEWassociation for Spanish manufacturers and exporters of railway equipment and services has been established in co-operation with Renfe and Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior. Members of MAFEX are Aceralia, AEA Technology Global, Amurrio, Ferrocarril y Equipos, Felguera Melt, Fundiciones Garbi, Getinsa, Guivisa, Hicasa, Ineco, ITK Ingenieria, Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios, KLK ...