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Competing regional trains unveiled
OCTOBER 9 saw Bombardier demonstrate its first two pre-series Autorails à Grande Capacité regional DMUs to French National Railways at the recently-completed testing centre in Valenciennes. On September 24 Alstom's ZTER EMU was presented to the media by Centre region, which will put a fleet of 15 three-car sets ...
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Easing congestion
Next month will see a bottleneck eliminated in München. When the timetable changes on December 14, regional passenger and freight trains heading for Mühldorf will run on separate tracks thanks to construction of a 4·7 km bypass at Berg am Laim. Existing tracks through Berg am Laim station will then ...
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IR expansion continues
ISRAEL: Transport Minister Avingor Liebermann announced on September 30 that Israel Railways would invest more than US$4bn during 2004-08, including US$550m on rolling stock and motive power; of this one-third will be privately financed. Priority projects include the direct line to Jerusalem, double-tracking from Lod to Beer Sheva, a new ...
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Ghan contracts
A CONTRACT worth A$2·4m to build an interim passenger terminal at Darwin East Arm for The Ghan has been awarded to Northern Territory-based construction firm Sunbild. Katherine station is to be built by Norbuilt in a A$2·2m contract.Work on the stations will be completed by January, ready for the arrival ...
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DB enters the final stage of reform
INTRO: German Railway is on course for a stock market listing as it reaches the final stages of restructuring begun nearly a decade agoBYLINE: Hartmut MehdornChairman, German RailwayWHEN THE railway reform programme was launched in 1994 a major step was taken in the history of Germany’s railways. Changing the old ...
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Will DB make it to the market?
INTRO: DB’s ability to qualify for a stock market listing depends on the prevailing economic conditions and on the political situation, argues Ralf Roman RossbergKEYSTONE of the programme of reforms begun in 1994 was to ensure that DB would become financially self-sufficient and thus able to enter the capital markets. ...
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Speed detectors
SPEED measuring devices from Rowe Hankins use magnetic pulses to produce a signal which is proportional to speed and does not suffer from electromagnetic or radio-frequency interference. The Hall-effect probes can be retrofitted directly to a gearbox, using the cogs as a target. Where the gearbox is unsuitable, Rowe Hankins ...
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Dortmund hosts rail#tec forum
SUPPLIERS and international railway organisations will be participating in the 4th international rail#tec trade fair and congress, which takes place at Westfalenhallen in Dortmund from November 10-12. The event is sponsored by the Land of Nordrhein-Westfalen, whose Transport Minister Dr Axel Horstmann believes it will be a key forum for ...
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European Networks go east
NEXT YEAR will see eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe joining of the European Union, along with Malta and Cyprus. With this in mind, the European Commission announced proposals on October 1 that envisage extension of the Trans-European Transport Network into Eastern Europe, so helping to cement the accession ...
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Energy-saving light rail vehicle
MANNHEIM Transport has started trials with on-board energy saving equipment developed by Bombardier. A light rail vehicle operated by MVV Verkehr AG has been fitted with the Mitrac Energy Saver, which captures regenerated braking energy and recycles it for use in subsequent acceleration. Put into revenue operation on September 5, ...
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Mid-range locomotive engine
THE LATEST addition to Cummins’ Quantum Series of diesel engines for the locomotive market was officially unveiled at the Nordic Rail show on October 7. Rated at 1800hp at 1800rev/min, the QSK45-L has been configured for both new build and repowered locomotives weighing up to 80 tonnes. The compact 12-cylinder ...
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Swiss ETCS is late
SWISS FEDERAL Railways confirmed on September 25 that its first production installation of ETCS Level 2 would not be completed in time for the inauguration of the new line between Mattstetten and Rothrist on December 12 2004. The line will open with conventional signalling, and cut over to ETCS in ...
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Evolution passes first field tests
Initial results with General Electric's low-emission diesel locomotive have confirmed the company's projections on performance, emissions and availability
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Kharkiv metro extends
THIS MONTH is due to see the delivery to Kharkiv metro of the first of 25 additional cars ordered earlier this year from Metrowagonmash of Moscow. Under the agreement signed by General Manager Mikhail Pilipchuk, the cars are due to arrive at the rate of five per month for final ...
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Finance
Argentina:Under a restructuring programme to be launched this month, Planning Minister Julio De Vido hopes to attract private investors to take up a majority shareholding in Belgrano Cargas, currently operated by a union-led consortium (RG 10.02 p606). The government hopes to reopen the 73 km Tucum
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FNC launched
ANOTHER open-access freight operator took to the rails of the Italian network on November 22 with the launch of Ferrovie Nord Cargo. Based in Milano, FNC is the former freight division of Ferrovie Nord Milano, reconstituted as a wholly-owned subsidiary company. In turn, FNC holds FNM’s 76% stake in Eurocombi ...
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Going underground in Neu-Ulm
A symbolic start was made on September 18 to kick off the project that will see the Stuttgart - München main line relocated underground in Neu-Ulm. Known as Neu-Ulm 21, the scheme will see a new station built and all four tracks of the main line relocated below ground over ...
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Shanghai network keeps growing
ON OCTOBER 7 Alstom Transport confirmed that it had won a €184m contract to build 28 six-car Metropolis trainsets for the Yangpu metro line in Shanghai. They are due to be delivered between October 2005 and the end of 2007. Being built by Shanghai Mass Transit Yangpu Line ...
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North to Gulu
AFTER a suspension of 15 years due to civil unrest and insurgency, Uganda Railways Corp is planning to restore passenger and freight services on its 509 km Northern line between Tororo and Pakwach. Acting Managing Director Bugeni Buwolya announced in mid-September that work had begun to clear bushes, earth and ...
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NewsNürnberg - München in one hour
Germany's second 300 km/h route, now under construction between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt, opens in 2006. Ralf Roman Rossberg reports