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Errant car triggers high speed collision
A LAND ROVER towing a trailer carrying a second car veered off a motorway at Great Heck in Yorkshire on February 28, and plunged on to Railtrack’s East Coast Main Line. Despite an emergency phone call by the driver at 06.12, his vehicle was struck almost immediately by the 04.45 ...
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Commercial development contemplated
RAIL India Technical & Economic Services has produced ambitious plans for the commercial development of underused space at a number of stations across the country. The expansion of retail facilities, food outlets and advertising potential is being studied at various locations, including Sealdah, Howrah, Bandra East, New Delhi, and the ...
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Track suppliers congregate at Rail-Tech Europe
THE THIRD Rail-Tech Europe rail and infrastructure exhibition is being held in Utrecht on April 3-5. The exhibition and its associated conferences will form an important European forum for railway industry suppliers and operators.Inside the exhibition hall will be a 160m stretch of track, but additional exhibition space will be ...
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Croatian DMU deal
ADTRANZ and HZ subsidiary TZV Gredelj signed a general agreement for future co-operation in the construction of Regio Swinger tilting diesel multiple-units on February 28. Following an audit and positive technical appraisal by Adtranz, the Croatian vehicle component manufacturer is to produce parts for Adtranz, who are supporting the modernisation ...
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Crossing tested
Canadian Pacific Railway has given a positive review to ARS Networks’ Crosslogix advanced warning system for level crossings. Testing has been under way on CPR’s main line west of Toronto since last autumn, and an external third party auditor will be appointed to ensure that Crosslogix meets the criteria for ...
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Crowding not over
PASSENGERS commuting across central Paris on RER Line A were led to believe some time ago that overcrowding on the busiest section between Gare de Lyon and Auber would be eased when other cross-Paris rail arteries were opened. Since then, no less than three cross-city routes have been completed. Line ...
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DB to devolveits local services
GERMAN Railway is to devolve responsibility for local passenger services to regional management. Announcing the move on March 15, DB Regio Chairman Dr Christoph Franz said that ’we want decisions to be taken where our customers are’, and announced the appointment of two DB Regio board members (p220) to oversee ...
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Silk Road link moves to engineering design
INTRO: On February 5 the President of Kyrgyzstan signed legislation promoting the development of rail links between Central Asia and China. Chris Jackson asked the State Directorate on New Railroad Construction about the state of progress AT THE END of March, a Chinese study team is due to complete a ...
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Tunis suburban electrification funded
TUNISIAN State Railways has negotiated a ´13bn loan from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation to fund the long-planned electrification of its metre-gauge Tunis suburban service to Borj Cedria. This was first floated in 1990 following the completion of a new maintenance depot at Borj Cedria and the extension of ...
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Electronic locker services
TOKYO suburban operator Keihin Express Electric Railway is testing electronic lockers at its stations. The lockers provide a range of services, including photo developing, laundry, and the sending or receiving of parcels. Credit card and locker content data is transmitted along the railway’s optic fibre network, completed in March.Customers must ...
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Escape route
Alert Safety Technologies has developed Safescape, a device which can break instantly a toughened glass window to provide an escape route when a button is pressed. It can be fitted to existing windows, and a film over the glass makes it easy to push out when frosted.Alert Safety Technologies, Great ...
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Finance
Australia: Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd of Hong Kong is to invest A$26·5m in the Alice Springs - Darwin project, buying two tranches of floating rate loan notes issued by Asia Pacific Transport Consortium.Brazil: Ferropar, operator of the Guarapuava - Cascavel section of Ferroeste, is planning to invest R$43m ...
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Finnish seats
Sir - In your Passenger Portfolio seating review (RG 2.01 p98), you include a photograph of our Rica Basic seat. Unfortunately, there is no reference to our company in the article, but only to another Finnish manufacturer. I am concerned that this might lead to a possible misunderstanding among your ...
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Spoornet rethinks its loco fleet
INTRO: Faced with an ageing and increasingly unreliable motive power fleet, South Africa’s national railway has launched a major programme of upgrading and renewal. Bids are being called for new high-tech locomotives which will give Spoornet the ability to overcome a legacy of different electrification systems BYLINE: Leo Petkoon and ...
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Gas insulation
THE Griebnitzsee switching station that Siemens Transportation Systems is building for DB Netz is to use inert SF6 gas-insulated switchgear, rather than traditional air insulation.Gas insulation has previously been used by Amtrak, Kowloon - Canton Railway and Hungarian State Railways, but this is the first application in Germany. The ...
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Help needed
NIGERIAN Railways Corp is once again on the point of collapse, with only 30 of its 200 locomotives in working order, according to Board Chairman Alhaji Waziri Mohammed. What is particularly sad is that the 50 Class 2101 locos, 150 passenger coaches, 20 railcars, 100 guard’s vans and 400 wagons ...
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Houston light rail starts
A FORMAL groundbreaking was held on March 13 for the 12 km Main Street light rail line in Houston, after a state appeals court unanimously overturned a temporary injunction that had stalled the project for six weeks. Houston Mass Transit Authority CEO Shirley DeLibero estimated that the court action by ...
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Industry News
Spain: CAF has reported a gross profit of Pts1·9bn for 2000, up 3·3% from the year before. Turnover was up 20% at Pts61·2bn, of which 54% was generated by export orders. The company’s gauge-changing Brava bogie for motor and trailer applications has been tested at speeds up to 275 km/h.USA: ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Brazil: Work was to be completed last month on a R$500000 project to increase capacity on Central Atlantic Railway’s steep 50 km Cachoeira - São Félix route in the state of Bahia. It will be followed by a RS$5m new alignment to by-pass the centre of Belo Horizonte.Bulgaria: Electric services ...
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Ipanema link on track
PROPOSALS to extend Rio de Janeiro metro Line 1 to Ipanema have moved closer, with the signing of an agreement between the state government, metro operating concessionaire Opportrans, commuter rail operator SuperVia and the national development bank BNDES. The 1·7 km extension from the Line 1 terminus now under construction ...