All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2001 – Page 4
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Lyon - Torino moves ahead
LAST MONTH saw the legal formation of a company to manage preliminary engineering works for the proposed Mont Cenis base tunnel. Formally announced in mid-September, Lyon Torino Ferroviaire is owned 50:50 by Réseau Ferré de France and RFI. Headed by the local Préfet François Lepine, it has a registered office ...
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AGV becomes a reality
Running trials with the experimental Automotrice à Grande Vitesse began last month, and the train should reach 320 km/h on the Lille – Calais TGV line in early November
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Death of Railtrack clears the way to start again
JACK SHORT, the recently appointed Secretary General of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport, had an important message for delegates to the 28th IRCA-UIC Congress in Wien at the end of September. He said governments must provide a framework for railways that encourages innovation and productivity and that gives ...
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African wagon
KWIK Fab Projects has developed a low-cost, low-maintenance wagon for 40ft or smaller containers, aimed at metre and Cape gauge railways with limited resources. Designed to cost the same as a similar second-hand refurbished vehicle, drop side, stanchion and hopper models of the EA01 are available.Steel parts are protected from ...
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Railtrack enters administration
ON OCTOBER 7 the operator of Britain’s national railway network entered administration, after the High Court granted a Railway Administration Order at the request of Transport Secretary Stephen Byers. Alan Bloom, Chris Hill, Scott Martin and Mike Rollings of Ernst & Young were appointed ’joint special railway administrators’, charged with ...
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Line 3 opens to Canyelles
SEPTEMBER 21 saw the inauguration of the 2·4 km extension of Barcelona metro Line 3 to Canyelles. Serving the populous district of Nou Barris, the extension has intermediate stations at Mundet and Valldaura. The line has been built over the past three years at a cost of €84·1m; the Generalitat ...
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