All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2000
All articles published this month.
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Tunnel vision
ASIA: 'The construction is technically feasible, but the problem is money' said Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, unveiling a US$80bn plan to end Japan's insularity with a 174 km tunnel between the island of Kyushu and South Korea. Japanese engineers built Korea's first railways, and Mori said the project is ...
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Marriage of convenience
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways and the Mittelthurgau Railway announced a surprise tie-up on November 3 with the formation of the East Switzerland Regional Railway (Regionalbahn Ostschweiz, RBO). MThB took over passenger services on the Schaffhausen - Kreuzlingen - Romanshorn route in May 1998, taking delivery in September that year ...
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Stop those spills
ENVIRONMENTAL protection against spills of oils and dangerous chemicals is available using lightweight Track Collector modules being introduced to Europe by CBI Engineering A/S of Denmark. Developed in North America, the moulded track pans can be laid around existing sidings and easily removed for inspection of the soil. Moulded edge ...
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Programme software solution
RAILTRACK’s System Engineering Manager Brian Halliday uses Doors management software from Quality Systems & Software to co-ordinate the various facets of the route modernisation. In particular, it is essential to manage the interfaces between the various projects on the ground, Virgin, SSRA, the Office of the Rail Regulator, and the ...
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Pointers
n Spain’s Andalucía region has proposed that the Ministry of Development takes back responsibility for infrastructure spending on the east-west routes that the region has supported since 1985. A regional passenger service may emerge when Andalucía negotiates a new agreement with Renfe from January 2001.n Turkish Transport Minister Enis Oksuz ...
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PEOPLE
A new board has been appointed for South African Rail Commuter Corporation following the departure of Chairman John Edwards and Managing Director Wynand Burger. Peter Malungani chairs the new team, with Ben van der Ross as acting Managing Director and board members Willem Burger, Jerry Makokoane, Omega Shelembe and James ...
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Railtex show moves to new venue
RAILTEX: Halls 1 and 2 of the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham will be hosting Railtex 2000 from November 21 to 23. Organisers Mack Brooks Exhibitions are expecting over 500 exhibitors at what has become Britain's largest rail industry event, which last year attracted a total of 8534 visitors. We ...
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Small-profile point motor
THE LATEST point machine from Alcatel is designed to be integrated into a sleeper, allowing a greater degree of pre-assembly and reduced installation time. The L826H is an electro-hydraulic unit with variable stroke, making it virtually maintenance-free. It is currently on test with German Railway on pointwork supplied by ...
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Metros
China: Berger Group of the USA has been selected to conduct a feasibility study of a 25 km light rail route linking the Shanghai metro network with the Songjiang development zone. One route option would run via Pudong airport.France: A new station on RER Line A at Val d’Europe-Serris-Montévrain is ...
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Market
Brazil: China’s Ziyang loco works was due this month to ship 20 units to Brazil. Beijing wagon works is also reported to be interested in entering this market.Bulgaria: BDZ expects to invite bids by the end of this year for 125 locomotives, 11000 wagons and 1000 km of track materials ...
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Loco servicepartnership
A THREE-WAY partnership offering a range of operations and logistics services across Europe was launched in Berlin on October 10. The occasion was the signing of a Letter of Intent between Swiss loco leasing firm RentATraction Vertriebs AG, Ludwigshafen-based MEV Eisenbahn Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH and logistics research group TransCare GmbH of ...
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Outback link set
THE PENULTIMATE piece in the Alice - Darwin jigsaw was slotted into place on October 18. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Northern Territories Chief Minister Denis Burke and South Australian Premier John Olsen met in Adelaide to sign an agreement committing A$480m of public funds to the project to build ...
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NY joint venture
SIEMENS Transportation Systems Inc has formed a joint venture with Union Switch & Signal and RWKS Comstock to undertake a $100m programme to install Automatic Train Supervision on Division A of the New York City Transit subway network. ATS is intended to integrate central train traffic control, wayside signalling, automatic ...
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Momentum makes its mark
CATERING contractor to Eurostar Group since June 1 this year (RG 8.00 p475), Momentum has introduced a number of changes to food service on the high speed trains linking London with Paris and Brussels. The new seasonal menu for first class passengers introduced on October 13 was accompanied by an ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: New South Wales Rail Access Corp has re-opened the Kandos - Gulgong route to traffic.Belgium: Flanders regional government has approved the construction of a second route into the Antwerpen port complex from 2009. Costed at BFr29bn, the line would run from Noord marshalling yard to Lier via Schoten, Wijnegem ...
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WCRM infrastructure suppliers
GeneralParsons Brinckerhoff has a seven-year framework contract covering programme management services.Multi-functional infrastructure consultants include CEDG, Mott MacDonald, Scott Wilson Railways and WS Atkins.TrackworkJarvis Rail - relaying 320 route-km of plain line *AMEC Spie Rail Systems - Manchester South remodelling *Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance - London Euston remodelling *Carillion - Proof ...
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Industry News
Great Britain: ATA Group plc is to acquire Catalis Group Ltd, including Catalis Rail Training Ltd and Rail Training Audit Services Ltd. The acquisition was expected to be completed by October 31.International: Panrail of Austria, McIntire Group of the USA, Multi-Technologies Group of Great Britain, IED International of France and ...
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Joint venture held up
WHEN proposals were first put forward for a joint venture between the freight businesses of Swiss Federal Railways and Italian State Railways, observers were not slow to raise their eyebrows. SBB has an enviable reputation for punctuality and reliability, whereas FS has a less complimentary image.No surprise then, that the ...