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KNR to be restructured
ON MARCH 8 the government of South Korea announced the formation of a working party to draw up plans for restructuring and privatisation of the country’s railways. The 11-strong team includes representatives from the Ministry of Construction & Transport, Korean National Railroad and the Korea High Speed Rail Authority. The ...
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Spoornet to run Maputo line
CONCESSIONING of Mozambique’s 88 km main line from Maputo to Ressano Garcia near the South African border appears close to agreement. According to Ravi Nair, Spoornet’s Head of International Joint Ventures, a deal has been clinched with CFM and details are being worked out which could see US$40m invested in ...
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Rail-air link takes off
ON MARCH 1 German Railway introduced its long-planned service for airline passengers between Stuttgart and Frankfurt Airport, in conjunction with the national airline Lufthansa. There are initially six daily ICE services in each directionAir travellers can now check their luggage through to their destination airport from Lufthansa desks at Stuttgart ...
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Sokol tested on Shcherbinka loop
RUSSIA’S prototype Sokol high speed train has completed over 10000 km of test runs and is due to end its programme of trials by the middle of this year. This should pave the way for series production to go ahead at the Transmash plant in Tikhvin - the Ministry of ...
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Metros
Canada: Stcum of Montréal has signed a co-operation agreement with Lyon transport authority Sytral and its operator SLTC. Joint development projects may include smart card ticketing.GO Transit has opened a new station at Rutherford on its Toronto - Bradford route. The station building and parking spaces for 500 cars were ...
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Monitored PA
If a voice alarm is to be used to inform passengers of the need to evacuate a station, it is important that it is working correctly. With Application Solutions Ltd’s PA/VA technology, monitoring of the critical signal path and wiring integrity is carried out site-wide, allowing a service centre to ...
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Tram security monitoring
FOUR static cameras have been provided at 17 Utrecht tram stops, along with Adpro Axiom Video Motion Detection and Fast Scan III transmission equipment. This provides integrated monitoring of the public transport network, aiming to reduce crime and vandalism, and reassure passengers.Adpro Axiom looks for specific targets within its viewing ...
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Namibia starts
NEXTMONTH is due to see the start of earthworks on the 350 km Tsumeb - Oshikango line in Namibia (RG 11.99 p689). Design and project management has been awarded to Windhoek Consulting Engineers. Tracklaying is scheduled to commence in January 2002, and the line is expected to open in August ...
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Heinrich Brüggeman has been appointed to head German Railway’s regional railways office in Nordrhein-Westfalen; he was formerly Board Member, Personnel, at DB Regio AG. Former Board Member, Production, Dr Joachim Trettin will head the Northeast office covering Berlin-Brandenberg and Mecklenberg-Vorpommern.Walter Flühmann has joined BLS L
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Pointers
n Canada’s Federal Minister of Transport David Collenette has called for bids to build a rail link between Toronto Union Station and Pearson International Airport. The privately-financed line would be completed by 2006, as part of Toronto’s bid for the 2008 Olympics, and would include a spur to Woodbine Racetrack.n ...
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Publications
Railway ReformEuropean Conference of Ministers of TransportThis report was presented to Ministers of Transport at the Praha Council in May 2000 as a basis for discussion of the key issues for regulatory reform of rail freight services. It examines railway regulation and attempts to promote the efficiency of railways and ...
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Simplon ready
MEETING in Milano on February 19, Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger and his Italian counterpart Pier Luigi Bersani confirmed that rolling motorway services would begin running over the L
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Toulon tram route
PUBLIC transport operator Sitcat has confirmed plans to build an initial 17 km tram route in the French city of Toulon. Due to open in 2005, the line will run from La Seyne-sur-Mer eastwards to La Garde, with 26 intermediate stations. The route was agreed in an urban transport programme ...
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Tilt trains to Toulouse
FRENCH Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot, French National Railways President Louis Gallois and Reseau Ferré de France President Claude Martinand signed an accord on February 22 releasing funds for modernisation of the Paris - Orléans - Limoges - Toulouse main line. A total of Fr1·6bn will cover improvements to the infrastructure ...
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Privatisation delayed until 2004
INTRO: Appointed as Director General of Taiwan Railway Administration in October, D C Huang talked to Murray Hughes in Taipei about the need for investment in the 1067 mm gauge network and his plans to restructure TRA ready for a move to the private sector in 2004WITH PRIVATISATION of the ...
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282 high speed trains planned
SPEAKING on February 9, Development Minister Francisco Álvarez-Cascos outlined the rolling stock orders that are likely to be made as the 2000-07 Railway Infrastructure Programme takes the Spanish high speed network to 7200route-km. By 2010, routes from Madrid to Sevilla and Barcelona and the French border are expected to be ...
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$30bn bonanza proposal
TRUE TO their promise made during the waning days of the last Congress, Amtrak supporters introduced a revised bill on January 31 that would provide about $12bn over the next 10 years for development of inter-city passenger services. The bill submitted in the Senate with strong bi-partisan support would allow ...
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U4 to the Messe
STADTWERKE Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt-am-Main held a ceremony at Festhalle/Messe station on February 10 to mark the opening of the long-planned extension of U-Bahn Line U4. Participating in the event were Mayor Petra Roth, Federal Transport Minister Kurt Bodewig and the Hessen Minister for Economy, Transport & Development Dieter Posch.Construction of the ...
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Upgrade accords
RUSSIAN Minister of Railways Nikolai Aksyonenko signed a co-operation agreement with Siemens AG board member Volker Jung on January 23, during a visit to Germany. It covers technical assistance and supply of equipment by Siemens Transportation Systems for modernisation of signalling and train control, construction of locomotives and rolling stock, ...