All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2002 – Page 2
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Highliner renewal
MEETING on October 11, the board of Chicago commuter rail operator Metra approved plans to buy new double-deck EMUs, to start the replacement of the former Illinois Central Highliner gallery car EMUs on the electrified line from Randolph Street to University Park.The 26 stainless-steel cars will be assembled by Super ...
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IR zones go live
INDIAN Railways Minister Nitish Kumar joined ceremonies at Hajipur in Bihar on October 1 to mark the formal inauguration of the East Central Railway. IR Board Secretary R R Jaruhar handed over a commemorative authorisation to General Manager S C Gupta.Indian Railways is pressing ahead with the creation of seven ...
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Lahore may get LRT
A consortium led by Interglobe and Nonolite International is offering to build a 25 km elevated light rail line connecting Shahdara in Lahore to the new airport on a build-operate-transfer basis. A Memorandum of Understanding enabling project development to proceed was signed by the Punjab government on August 24.The line ...
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Tehran plans four more lines
PROPOSALS for expansion of the Tehran metro were unveiled last month by the Chairman & Managing Director of Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Co Hashemi Bahramani. He confirmed that TUSRC expects to complete its initial five-line network by March 2005.Two urban metro lines and the suburban route to Karaj are ...
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SBB picks Flirt
SWISS Federal Railways announced on September 26 that it has ordered 42 low-floor EMUs from Stadler Bussnang AG for €330m. First deliveries are scheduled for autumn 2004, beginning with 12 sets for S-Bahn services around Zug. The other 30 for the Basel S-Bahn will start to arrive in mid-2005. The ...
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Finance
Africa: The African Development Fund has approved a US$3·3m regional railway feasibility study for the Economic Community of West African States.Cameroon: The French government has awarded Camrail a US$12·5m loan to rehabilitate the 263 km Ka’a - Belabo - Pangar line and acquire six locomotives and additional rolling stock.Czech Republic: ...
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Germans fastest
AS RAILWAYS continue to vie for the coveted title of fastest train in the world, it has emerged that Germany once again holds the blue riband for the top speed in commercial service. German Railway joined the 300 km/h club with the opening of its new line between Köln and ...
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The human face of interoperability
INTRO: Much of the discussion surrounding cross-border operation of passenger and freight trains is focused on technical issues of traction supply and signalling. Lesley Hodsdon* reports on the related need for training staff to deal with foreign languages, differences in rulebook principles and route knowledgeTHE RATIONALE for interoperability is to ...
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‘In five years it will be necessary to think very differently’
Two years after it came into existence, Italy’s state-owned train operator has laid the groundwork to cope with liberalisation in its domestic market. Trenitalia Chief Executive Roberto Renon outlined his vision to Chris Jackson
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Determination at Hitachi
BACK in 2000 Hitachi decided to explore the opportunities for securing a share of the UK’s rolling stock market. At the time there was much excitement about the need to replace MkI rolling stock by a legally-imposed deadline of December 2004, with a requirement for around 1600 EMU cars. Casting ...
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High horsepower demonstrators planned
ALSTOM Transport and the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors are to build two high horsepower diesel-electric demonstrator locomotives aimed at the European freight market. To be completed in mid-2004, the six-axle units will be derived from Alstom’s Prima design supplied to Israel Railways.With a UIC rating of 4300hp, the loco ...
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RFI defines its new role
INTRO: Since its birth on July 1 2001, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has been working to establish a new operations and management structure. Meanwhile, the government is investing over i120bn to upgrade the national network and boost capacity on the core corridors EARLIER THIS YEAR the Italian government approved a huge ...
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Malagasy deal
COMAZAR Group’s subsidiary Madarail has been awarded a 25-year concession to operate the northern network in Madagascar from January 1 2003. The agreement was signed on October 10 by Minister for Privatisation Horace Constant and Comazar’s Managing Director Eric Peiffer. The concession can subsequently be extended every 10 years.The government ...
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Czech Pendolino on test
LAST MONTH saw the start of static testing with the first Class 680 Pendolino car for Czech Railways at the Alstom Ferroviaria plant in Savigliano. Two vehicles for the first seven-car trainset are now on their bogies, and fitting out of the rest of the set is well advanced (above). ...
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European Commission clears London Underground PPP
ON OCTOBER 2 the European Commission announced that it had decided not to raise any objections to the Public-Private Partnership for London Underground. The commission was of the opinion that the PPP contracts and the payments to be made to the Infracos 'do not constitute state aid', as they were ...
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Caracas extends
CONSTRUCTION of the next phase of Caracas metro Line 3, from El Valle south to La Rinconada, is set to get underway next year, following the award of a US$240m turnkey contract to the Frameca consortium on September 30.Frameca (France Métro Caracas) is led by Spie subsidiary SGTE, with Alstom, ...
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Mexican car order
ON OCTOBER 15 Mexico City’s metro operator STC formally confirmed a US$478m contract for a new fleet of AC-motored trains. They will operate on Line 2, which is now carrying approximately one million passengers a day. The deal was announced on October 11, and Notice To Proceed was expected by ...
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Calabria joint venture formed
EARLIERTHISYEAR, a new joint venture was established to develop a rolling stock manufacturing and refurbishment business in Reggio di Calabria. CFE is backed by firms from northern Italy (50%), southern Italy (25%) and Germany (25%), including Bestgroup Industrie (RG 7.02 p361). It expects to benefit from EU and Italian ...
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Bursaray is open for business
The Y-shaped first phase of Bursa's light rail network is now carrying around 150000 passengers a day. Planning is underway on the next 4 km of a network that is projected to reach 55 km by 2015
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Brussels grows
BRUSSELS public transport operator STIB confirmed on September 19 the service pattern which will be adopted when the current round of metro extensions is completed. The Métro 2005-10 plan approved by the regional government envisages four self-contained services, with two on each route.Next year will see Line 1 extended southwest ...
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