All News articles – Page 224
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Lines up for sale
IRON ORE mining conglomerate Kumba is reported to have agreed in principle to assist Spoornet in a public-private partnership deal that will help fund badly-needed improvements to the 861 km Sishen - Saldanha iron ore line, which is electrified at 50 kV. The line carried around 21 million tonnes of ...
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Vital logic
WESTINGHOUSE Rail Systems will be demonstrating the Westrace vital logic controllers and Westcad computer-based control which it is installing on the Kiel - Bad Schwartau route. Visitors will be able to discuss the project with key personnel involved in designing and supplying the signalling and train control for the 70 ...
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Made in Poland
PESA Bydgoszcz will be displaying a selection of the rolling stock it has built for Eastern Europe in recent months.The highlight of the Polish firm’s exhibits will be the prototype EN95 electric multiple-unit which has recently been delivered to Warszawa suburban operator WKD (p548). This will be accompanied by a ...
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Maidenhead study
CROSS LONDON Rail Links started a new round of public consultation for Crossrail Line 1 on August 5, following the announcement by Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling on July 20 that a hybrid bill could be submitted to Parliament (RG 8.04 p447). The route is now planned to ...
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Metro watching
ALCATEL and Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari have successfully completed trials of real-time remote video surveillance on one of København’s driverless light metro trains. The train has been fitted with CCTV cameras and a digital video recorder for the field tests. These are linked to an on-board radio and antennae, which ...
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Paying on-board
CHIP & PIN payments are being accepted by Atos Origin Avantix hand-held ticket machines using technology from Casio Electronics and CreditCall.The Avantix machines use EmvX CE software from CreditCall running on a Windows CE based Casio EJ300 computer, which is combined with a secure PIN pad and card reader. A ...
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Three in one
KNORR-BREMSE, Westinghouse Brakes and IFE will have a joint stand at InnoTrans, where they will be highlighting their range of on-train equipment. Hands-on displays and multimedia presentations will showcase Knorr-Bremse products including air supply and treatment equipment, brake controls, bogie components and hydraulics. The company offers an extensive selection of ...
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Optimised plans
PTV AG will be explaining how its operational and strategic consultancy services have developed to cover all service planning and optimisation tasks.The Karlsruhe-based company will present its Interplan/Select vehicle and crew scheduling software, and the Visum transport modelling database which now offers options for passenger counting.
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Passante route out to tender
NINE COMPANIES have prequalified for a contract to operate the first service through Milano’s Passante cross-city tunnel, which is due to open throughout on December 10 2006. Lombardia region announced on July 23 that it would issue the final invitation to tender shortly.The nine-year contract covers the operation of a ...
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Rail performance
VOESTALPINE Railway Systems’ stand will feature the latest products from the group’s Rail Technology, Turnout and Systems &Services divisions.Head-hardened rails up to 120 m long are produced, and the company’s plug-and-play intelligent turnout modules are designed to offer railways low life-cycle costs.
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Transnordestina plans refocused
BRAZIL’s northeastern railway concessionaire CFN and the state governments of Pernambuco, Cear
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Powering up Switzerland
ENOTRAC will be highlighting its work designing and commissioning traction power supplies for the Mattstetten - Rothrist new line in Switzerland.The line is designed to carry a mix of 200 km/h passenger and 4000 tonne freight trains, meaning a wide range of simulations were required to optimise the designs of ...
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PowerPack
VOITH Turbo will be exhibiting a PowerPack as the focal point of its stand at InnoTrans. The complete driveline includes a turbo transmission, final drive, cooling, flexible couplings, cardan shafts and an electronic control unit.Recent developments from the company that will be displayed include a transmission for smaller rail vehicles ...
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Reinforced walls
TWO bridge abutments and the associated wingwalls on the City Airport extension of London’s Docklands Light Railway are being constructed using the Tensar Wall System, with modular pre-cast concrete facing blocks and granular fill reinforced by layers of geogrid keyed to the wall.AMEC is using recycled crushed concrete as reinforced ...
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Security on trial
DURING the Republican National Convention being held in New York from August 30 to September 2, passengers using Penn Station below Madison Square Garden faced the possibility of disruption to their journeys while special security measures were enforced.Police had warned earlier that officers would be searching every commuter and inter-city ...
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Steel show
CORUS will be launching Silent Track at the BahnBau section of InnoTrans, where the full range of the steel-maker’s rail products and infrastructure services will be on show.Developed in conjunction with Southampton University’s Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, Silent Track uses tuned dampers to tackle rail noise at source, ...
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Springtime
CONTITECH Railway Engineering, ContiTech Elastomer Coatings and Calenberg Ingenieure will be exhibiting on a joint stand at InnoTrans.CRE will display primary and secondary suspensions, including air springs and rubber-to-metal bonded springs which are in service in countries that include China, India, France and Spain. The company’s multi-axial test rig allows ...
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Testing takeover
WITH effect from July 6 Windhoff Bahn- & Anlagentechnik GmbH took over Archinger AG, a company specialising in the development of automated non-destructive testing processes for the railway, aerospace and nuclear power industries.Archinger has supplied wheelset testing equipment to companies including German Railway and Austrian Federal Railways. The Nürnberg-based company ...
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Track technology
PFLEIDERER Track Systems will be showing its range of track designs for main line and urban use, including the Rheda 2000 ballastless track being installed on the Ingolstadt - Nürnberg line and HSL-Zuid. The Rheda City and Rheda MRT variants are intended for use on metro lines and tramways, and ...