All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2000 – Page 4
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Ankara extension bids in
BIDS for infrastructure and electromechanical works on three additions to the Ankara urban rail network were submitted on September 21. Seven consortia of local civil engineering firms have bid for the 18 km metro extension from Batikent to Sinkan and T
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Testing time at Alstom
INTRO: The first pre-series Pendolino Britannico trainset is nearing completion at Alstom’s Washwood Heath works in Birmingham. With a high profile roll-out scheduled for February, there is no time to lose in completing a demanding test programmeVIRGIN TRAINS has staked its commercial future on the success of its Class 390 ...
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Track Alliance aims to beat the clock
INTRO: The WCRM Track Alliance is using high output and conventional machines to relay the fast lines between London and CreweNOT FOR NOTHING did Richard Branson name a West Coast Main Line locomotive ’Mission Impossible’ when Virgin took over the InterCity West Coast franchise in March 1997. The ...
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Praha extends again
CZECH Prime Minister Milos Zeman and the Mayor of Praha Jan Kasl ceremonially laid the foundation stone for an extension of metro Line C on September 21. Running 3·9 km north from N
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Africans seek Chinese aid
THE RWANDA government is seeking Chinese assistance with construction of a 400 km rail link from Kigali to Isaka in Tanzania. Rwandan Ambassador to Tanzania, Zephyr Mutanguha, said last month that the government was confident of finding donors to fund the line. Import and export traffic for Rwanda is currently ...
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ACTS goes metre-gauge
THIS AUTUMN, Switzerland’s metre-gauge Rhätische Bahn is taking delivery of the first of 21 transporter wagons designed to carry ACTS roll-on roll-off containers. Developed for the RhB by Josef Meyer Waggon AG of Rheinfelden, the SI7751 series have a tare weight of 18 tonnes and can carry two 21 tonne ...
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Adtranz acquires Railcare jv
ON OCTOBER 2 Adtranz UK announced that it had signed a sales and purchase agreement with Babcock International plc and Siemens Transportation Systems Ltd, covering the acquisition of their British rolling stock maintenance joint venture Railcare Ltd, owned 60% by Babcock and 40% by Siemens. Regulatory approval for the transaction ...
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Mark IV group absorbs Focon
DANISH information systems supplier Focon Electronic Systems A/S announced on October 2 that it had signed a strategic co-operation agreement with the Canadian-based Mark IV Industries. With effect from September 28, the Focon shares held by Sandma Holding A/S were transferred to Mark IV.Based in Sønderborg, with around 100 staff, ...
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São Paulo signs Line 5 turnkey
BRAZILIAN suburban rail authority Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos announced in October that it had selected the Sistrem consortium to equip the 9 km section of São Paulo metro Line 5 between Capão Redondo and Largo Treze. Due to be completed by 2002, the line is being built by CPTM ...
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C5 to Humanes
ON SEPTEMBER 29 the Spanish government approved the award of a contract for extension of Madrid suburban line C5 from Fuenlabrada to Humanes. The 6·2 km extension is costed at Pts4·6bn. The work includes double-tracking, electrification and resignalling of the single track line forming part of the Madrid - Valencia ...
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3rd Street LRT under way
GROUNDBREAKING ceremonies were held in San Francisco on September 27 for Phase I of the city’s $500m 3rd Street Light Rail Project. This will extend the Muni Metro network by 8·7 km into the south-eastern suburbs. Mayor Willie Brown and Muni General Manager Michael Burns wielded the shovels at the ...
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Catenary upgrade brings 225 km/h to British tracks
Renewal of 25 kV overhead wires, coupled with the world's first autotransformer feeding of a four-track main line, will enable Virgin's Pendolino tilting trains to slash journey times and double frequency from May 2005. Richard Hope explains how it is being done mainly during overnight possessions
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Line 2 contracts
LAST MONTH Siemens Verkehrstechnik confirmed that it had won a contract worth 25m euros to supply signalling and operations control equipment for the second line in Guangzhou. The first section of the 23 km route is due to open in 2003, with the entire line to be operational by June ...
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ETCS Level 2 replaces flawed vision
Roger Ford reports on the progress with Railtrack's latest plans for resignalling the West Coast Main Line, following the collapse of the company's original transmission-based signalling strategy
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SFr1·85bn may cut lineside noise by 2015
A LAW passed in March that came into effect on October 1 allocates a total of SFr1·85bn to a programme of noise reduction that aims to see all Swiss Federal Railways’ passenger fleet meet acceptable standards by 2004, and freight wagons by 2009. If these measures alone do not bring ...
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