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South African machine ready to grind
SPOORNET’S rails are being reprofiled by two Speno 24-stone grinding machines built under licence in South Africa. Grinaker-LTA subsidiary Lennings Rail Services is using the Speno RR24M-12 and 13 rail profiling machines in the five-year contact with Spoornet. Most components were made locally for assembly and commissioning at the LRS ...
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Corus Rail aims to grow
According to its Director, Projects, Jeremy Blake, Corus Rail Consultancy’s head office in York is now home to the UK’s ’biggest combined multi-disciplinary organisation under one roof’. Steel producer Corus aims to grow the turnover from its rail businesses ’significantly’ from the current level of £250m a year, of which ...
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Tamping by laser alignment
IMPROVED control of rail lifting when tamping pointwork is offered by an automatic laser alignment controller from Plasser & Theurer. A rotating laser transmitter unit is mounted on the lifting and lining measuring car, with the receiver fitted to the additional lifting device. During tamping, data from the laser is ...
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Ipoh alliance
Malaysia-based Emrail has formed a strategic alliance with Barclay Mowlem for work on the Rawang - Ipoh double-tracking and electrification project.Barclay Mowlem will carry out flash-butt rail welding, sleeper laying and track surfacing. Rail Manager Graeme Spragg said ’the alliance will prove to be mutually beneficial, providing Emrail with technology ...
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UK woes hit Alstom profits
Continuing problems with train deliveries in the UK during the financial year ended March 31 2002 slashed Alstom Transport’s operating profit to €101m, a reduction of 62% compared with the previous year. Operating margin fell from 6·0% to 2·3%. According to the company, ’the major negative impact on operating income ...
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Taking a logical approach offers interoperability benefits
INTRO: Recent advances in data communications are enabling off-the-shelf equipment to replace purpose-designed links in transmission-based train control. The adoption of a common architecture based on standardised interfaces and modular design will enable operators to integrate proven equipment from different suppliersBYLINE: Peter LudikarProduct ManagerAlcatel Transport Automation SolutionsA CONFERENCE on Transmission-Based ...
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Five-year spend approved
AUSTRIA’S Ministry of Transport has authorised Austrian Federal Railways to proceed with a package of investment and project planning worth €1·7bn to the end of 2006. The 115 projects include four-tracking of the Westbahn between Attnang-Puchheim and V
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Wuhan goes ATC
Alcatel confirmed on May 22 that it had been awarded a €15m contract to install automatic train control on the elevated light metro in Wuhan. According to the President of Wuhan Light Rail & Transport Co, Peng Jun, the 10 km initial section and 10 stations is due to open ...
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Korea backs east coast route
CONSTRUCTION of a 504 km rail corridor up the eastern coast of South Korea is to be completed by 2014, connecting the port of Pusan with the Trans-Siberian landbridge. South Korea’s Vice-Minister of Construction & Transportation announced the go-ahead for the project on April 30, ahead of the second meeting ...
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BahnTrans in the clear
THE European Commission decided on May 7 to close its investigation into possible state aid for freight forwarding company BahnTrans, founded in September 1994 as a joint venture of Deutsche Bahn AG and Thyssen Haniel Logistik. DB sold its holding to SNCB in June 1998.Acting on a trade association complaint, ...
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Deadly trap at Potters Bar
MYSTERY surrounds the derailment of the 12.45 from London King’s Cross to King’s Lynn on May 10. Approaching Potters Bar at about 160 km/h on the Down Fast track, the last car of the four-car EMU left the rails on facing points. It quickly became evident that the points had ...
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PPP bidders prepare for handover
INTRO: As the long and often controversial process to set up the Public-Private Partnership nears completion, Metronet and Tube Lines are preparing to take over train and infrastructure maintenance on the London Underground network by the end of this month. Each consortium is planning a package of track renewals, resignalling ...
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UK bidders prequalify
the Strategic Rail Authority announced on May 21 that nine groups had prequalified for the new Greater Anglia franchise, which will operate all services from London’s Liverpool Street station. It will merge the existing Anglia Railways and Great Eastern franchises with the West Anglia portion of West Anglia Great Northern. ...
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Train ferry bidding
INTERNATIONAL partners are being canvassed to finance the development of a train ferry route across the Bohai Sea. China’s Ministry of Railways unveiled proposals in Beijing on April 26, and the Director of the Railway Co-operation Department Wang Chunsheng hopes to name the preferred investors by the end of this ...
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Products in Brief
Escol Panels is to supply vitreous enamel cladding panels for stations on Kowloon - Canton Railway's West Rail project.Spescom is providing software and equipment to allow Spoornet to record, monitor and archive train movement authorisations given by a variety of radio systems at 40 sites in South Africa.Ecebs is to ...
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Passenger News in Brief
Finnish State Railways is to introduce a clock-face timetable on its routes from Helsinki to Turku, Tampere and Kouvola and cut journey times with the introduction of more Pendolino services on June 2.Spanish National Railways has formed the NEFSA joint venture with Riofisa to undertake station modernisation and development ...
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Industry News in Brief
Stadler Rail AG and ABB Switzerland signed a rail vehicle business co-operation agreement on May 6. ABB is to supply converters, transformers, and associated protective and control electronics for Stadler rolling stock.Kawasaki Manufacturing Corp opened a $50m plant in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 19. The 40600 m2 custom-built facility will ...
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Schouppe ousted from SNCB in Brussels pantomime
THE APPROVAL by the Belgian Senate of government plans to change the management structure of Belgian National Railways (RG 4.01 p253) triggered a remarkable and unseemly round of political manoeuvring, as Transport Minister Isabelle Durant strove to gain control of the railway’s management board. A member of the Green party, ...
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Bucuresti launch
On May 22 the Managing Director of Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex Marius Lapadat took part in a special event to mark the launch of new rolling stock for Line 2. The first of 18 six-car Movia trainsets was demonstrated by builder Bombardier Transportation to Metrorex officials and other potential customers. ...
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Burned station restored
RESTORATION of Pretoria’s historic main station has been completed, and an official reopening ceremony was planned for May 30. Built in 1910 to the design of Sir Herbert Baker, the station was badly damaged by fire on February 19 last year, when commuters rioted following a signal failure. The final ...