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Shareholders give approval
ALSTOM’s annual shareholders’ meeting on July 2 approved the reduction of the nominal value of the company’s shares from €6 to €1·25, and authorised the board of directors to increase the share capital by the issue of shares, with maintenance of preferential subscription rights.Chairman & Chief Executive Patrick Kron said ...
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Open architecture of GIF’s Da Vinci system operates on three levels
The Da Vinci architecture is made up of three distinct management levels, each serving a specific role within the overall railway management scenario. These are a Real Time Network, a Quasi Real Time Network, and the Corporate network/intranet/internetThe system that was built for GIF is illustrated in Fig 1. In ...
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Belt line backed
FOUR YEARS of negotiations have culminated in an agreement to proceed with a $1·5bn programme to upgrade rail freight corridors across Chicago over the next 12 years. The city is the only place where all six US Class I railroads meet, with 1200 freight trains and 37500 wagons a day ...
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DB backs down on fare structure
FROM August 1 German Railway introduces a revised suite of fares following heavy criticism and dissatisfaction among passengers with the arrangements launched last December. These required advanced booking and compulsory reservations to secure discounts on long-distance journeys, and quota controls limited the number of reduced tickets available. Speaking at the ...
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Motorway ban will favour rail
RAIL TRAFFIC using the Brenner transit route through Austria stands to gain a substantial boost on August 1. From that day the Tirolean regional government is banning lorries carrying specified goods over a 46 km section of the A12 Inn valley motorway. Banned cargoes include cereals, wood, cork, iron and ...
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Bandits nabbed
Police in Jersey City are celebrating the successful break-up of a gang that has been robbing freight trains for more than a decade. The Conrail Boyz used night vision binoculars and other modern technology whilst stealing consumer goods and designer clothes worth millions of dollars. According to Stephen Hanes, director ...
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BC Rail shortlist
THE GOVERNMENT of British Columbia has shortlisted four companies for a concession to operate the BC Rail network. According to BC Transport Minister Judith Reid, the province will retain ownership of the infrastructure but lease out the operation and management of the railway.The province is seeking to divest itself of ...
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Beating the snow and ice
PROBLEMS with snow and ice blocking points during cold weather can be avoided with IceSolution point heaters. Developed by Holland Railconsult, these use natural heat stored in the soil to heat the rails in winter and can work in reverse to prevent heat affecting rails in hot weather. A fully-closed ...
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Trans-Hudson boost
JUNE 29 saw the reopening of PATH station at Exchange Place on the New Jersey waterfront, as the first step in restoring services on the cross-river line to lower Manhattan, which was flooded and heavily damaged on September 11 2001 following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The ...
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UK refurbishment in brief
UK refurbishment in briefOver 200 sets of stainless steel sanitaryware have been supplied to Maintrain by W & G Sissons for the refurbishment of Midland Main Line’s High Speed Train fleet (RG 4.03 p195). The order includes toilets, towel and soap dispensers, bins and grab handles.Voyager hard-wearing sheet vinyl floor ...
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Hatfield charges brought
documentary evidence was seized and 1500 witnesses interviewed. The extreme complexity of this case has its roots in the split of responsibility between the infrastructure owner, the different contractors undertaking day-to-day maintenance in specific geographical areas and a separate set of contractors who undertake track renewals over much wider areas. ...
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Montenegrin Railways face up to the challenge of independence
Europe’s newest state railway authority has inherited a network in poor condition owing to deferred maintenance of infrastructure and rolling stock. Some EU funding has been agreed for signalling renewal, but Ljubinko Dedovic suggests that much more investment will be required
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Inter-city coaches upgraded
TRENITALIA Chief Executive Officer Roberto Renon and Passenger Director Massimo Ghenzer unveiled the first refurbished inter-city coaches at Roma Termini on June 16.The first rake of the carriages to be completed re-entered service between Napoli and Udine six days later. The entire inter-city fleet is to be refurbished to modern ...
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International EFFORTS complete Korea’s first high speed line
INTRO: French consultants have been involved with South Korea’s high speed line project for the past decade, reviewing engineering designs, training staff and helping to commission the TGV-derived trainsets BYLINE: Jean-Pierre LoubinouxPresident & Director GeneralSNCF InternationalAPRIL 2004 will see the long-awaited start of revenue services on South Korea’s first high ...
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Mehdorn repeats ETCS concerns
GERMAN Railway ran a test train at 200 km/h using the European Train Control System for the first time on July 7. The trial took place between Jüterbog and Bitterfeld on the main line from Berlin to Halle and Leipzig, marking another step in the lengthy progress of ETCS towards ...
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Danish results
COWI ended the 2002-03 financial year with operating profits of DKr43·1m, down DKr7·7m from last year. Pre-tax profits declined by DKr14·8m to DKr42m. Turnover outside Denmark was up 42%, and formed 56% of the company’s record total turnover of DKr2·29bn, up 33% from 2001-02. Turnover in Denmark was up 23%. ...
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Engine upgrade in Paris diesels
A FLEET of 10 diesel locomotives owned by Paris metro operator RATP is being re-engined with Deutz 1015 power plants. The first of the BB 63500 locos has now been completed, and work is underway on the second. The modernisation is being carried out over 18 months by Voies Ferrées ...
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Doubling to Fuengirola
AS PART of a programme to increase capacity on Renfe’s suburban networks across Spain, tenders are to be called for doubling two sections of the 30·4 km M
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Electrification ranks high in SNTF modernisation
ALGERIAN Railways is poised to launch a major programme of modernisation that will include electrification of at least half the 3974route-km network. Recognition that rail faces growing competition from road transport has prompted SNTF to make major structural changes, paving the way for financial support from the World Bank. Modernisation ...