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MPV launched
ITALIAN construction equipment supplier Gallmac has expanded its range of rail construction equipment with the launch of its RMW 115 road-rail multi-purpose vehicle. This is derived from the company’s WMW 115 hydraulic excavator, fitted with retractable rail guide wheels 500mm in diameter.Capable of carrying a shovel, fork lift or other ...
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Letter
Zaragoza centreSir - The information regarding the control centre for the Madrid - Barcelona high speed line in February’s Intelligence (RG 2.02 p69) is not completely correct.The €10m contract for traction power supply, communications, station equipment and installation has been awarded to UTE TAVE, a joint venture between Sainco and ...
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Market
Brazil: Balfour Beatty Rail Power Systems has been awarded a R$21·7m contract to electrify the Recife - Cajueiro Seco route for Metrorec at 3 kV DC. The contract includes 14 km of double track and the construction of two substations.Cameroon: Nine General Motors GT18MC 1600hp Co-Co locos were sent to ...
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Metros
France: The Ile-de-France transport authority has voted in favour of extending Paris metro Line 12 from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d’Aubervilliers. The 3·8 km route would have intermediate stations at Proudhon-Gardinoux and Pont-de-Stains.Hungary: Budapest city council has approved an HF5·2bn programme to modernise the city’s public transport network. ...
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Roving staff on mini-metro
Michel Richardot, formerly a senior French police officer who worked for Interpol, has been appointed to oversee security with French-based contract operator Keolis. Speaking during a visit to the automated metro in Rennes on March 12, Richardot said his company’s policy was to provide a ’firm presence’ that deterred criminal ...
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PEOPLE
Amtrak President & Chief Executive Officer George D Warrington announced on March 7 that he was resigning; he is to return to New Jersey Transit, becoming Executive Director in succession to Jeffrey Warsh. John Robert Smith has been elected Chairman of Amtrak in place of Tommy Thompson, who stood down ...
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Pointers
n Chinese Railways Minister Fu Zhihuan confirmed in February that CR’s freight and passenger businesses will be reformed as separate companies over the next five years. Foreign companies will be permitted to form joint ventures with Chinese firms from 2003 to operate freight trains on selected routes, and as a ...
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Revival in prospect
THERE IS encouraging news for rail users in Nigeria. The Ministry of Transport has given details of plans to lease motive power from South Africa to haul freight, while 50 more locos are being acquired from China for passenger trains. Recent developments include the launch of a regular passenger service ...
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Publications
Telematics in Public Transport in GermanyTelematics is the combination of telecommunications and information technology, and has found applications with many German operators. In this 588-page book, 15 authors discuss current state-of-the-art applications, including mobile radio communications, locating vehicles, traffic management, passenger information systems, electronic payment, vehicle supervision and security, as ...
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Randolph Street refurbishment
RANDOLPH Street station in Chicago is to undergo a $15m multi-phase refurbishment. Served by Metra Electric District and South Shore commuter trains, the station will be expanded by 1300m2, with improved lighting, larger passenger concourses, more convenient ticket sales, revamped toilets and modern information systems. Waiting areas will be air-conditioned, ...
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Windhoff takeover
German railway equipment manufacturer Windhoff AG has been taken over by Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH. Windhoff slid into financial difficulties last year and applied for insolvency in December. The insolvency procedure opened on March 1, and Georgsmarienhütte acquired the assets of the Rheine-based company. Originally a steel maker, Georgsmarienhütte Holding is ...
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Bilbao to invest i1·5bn
AIMING to increase the number of passengers using public transport in Bilbao from 90million in 1999 to over 200million by 2025, the Basque regional government has unveiled an infrastructure investment programme totalling €1·5bn. Expansion of the metro, expected to carry over 134million passengers a year, has been allocated €115m; projects ...
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First 20-year franchise
M40 Trains has secured the first 20-year franchise awarded by Britain’s Strategic Rail Authority. The new Chiltern Railways agreement was signed on February 18 and starts this month. M40 won the original seven-year Chiltern franchise in July 1996, but the SRA called bids for a longer replacement and chose M40 ...
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TransRussia 2002 focuses on transit corridors
INTEREST in the potential of Russia’s Trans-Siberian rail landbridge is growing considerably, and the topic will be one of several up for debate at TransRussia 2002, the seventh International Transport & Logistics Conference being held on March 25-26 at Moscow’s Renaissance Hotel. Speakers at the plenary session will include newly-appointed ...
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Intelligence - March 2002
Afghanistan: Plans to build a 1815 km rail network, based on a scheme drawn up in the 1970s (RG 6.76 p204), were revived at January's International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance held in Tokyo. Australia: Freight Australia's request for the Commonwealth government to take control of access to Victoria's rail network ...
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CFL plans i3bn spend
LUXEMBOURG Transport Minister Henri Grethen signed an accord with the board of the national railway on January 24 approving a long-term development strategy known as mobilitéit.lu. The aim is to boost public transport’s market share from 13% to 25% by 2020.Following the abandonment of plans to develop a dual-mode light ...
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Class 377 order
GOVIA announced on March 11 that it had ordered 460 more Electrostar EMU cars from Bombardier Transportation for its South Central franchise. The deal follows a renegotiated contract for 240 similar vehicles transferred from Connex with the South Central franchise last August (RG 10.01 p654), lifting the total investment to ...
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Tehran Line 4
DURING a visit by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to Austria last month, Siemens secured a letter of intent worth around €1bn for work on Line 4 of the Tehran metro.Line 4 will run on an east-west alignment, providing interchange with both the north-south Line 1 and with Line 2, which ...
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LA seeks 50 light rail cars
SPEEDY delivery of 50 articulated LRVs is sought by Los Angeles MTA, together with two options for a further 33, in an invitation to bid issued last month. With traffic burgeoning on the Blue and Green lines and higher ridership estimates for the new Gold line (formerly the Pasadena Blue ...
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Chapter of accidents
FEBRUARY saw four serious accidents that killed a total of 405 people in Africa and Europe, with Egypt’s worst rail disaster capturing the headlines. Transport Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri and ENR Chairman Ahmed el-Sherif both resigned after fire gutted seven out of 16 coaches of a stopping train that left Cairo ...