All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2003 – Page 4
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Second SCC opened
ITALIAN infrastructure manager RFI put into service its second SCC traffic control centre on September 22. Located in Bari, the new centre controls the 650 km Adriatica main line between Bari and Bologna, including 77 stations. The route currently handles around 600 trains/day.Linked to existing local interlockings, the control equipment ...
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Toll takes over Tranz Rail
ON OCTOBER 10 Australian transport and logistics group Toll Holdings declared its bid for New Zealand's Tranz Rail unconditional. Toll already holds a 50% stake in Australia's Pacific National. The company confirmed that it now had a majority of directors on the Tranz Rail board, and announced that Mark Rowsthorn ...
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Overbrook revival
PITTSBURGH light rail operator Port Authority Transit started test running last month on its 8·8 km Overbrook line, following a 10-year closure for rebuilding from tram to light rail standards. A diesel-hauled test train ran on September 15, after which the overhead line was energised to permit trial running from ...
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PEOPLE
Jirí Klutvor has been appointed Deputy General Manager, Commerce & Operations, at Czech Railways following restructuring on September 1 (p682). Vlastimil Nesetril becomes Deputy General Manager, Infrastructure. Vladimir Filip has been named Director of Finance, with Stanislav Brablík as Director of Economic Management, Josef Sedivy as Director of Accounts & ...
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Wheel works roll-out
NEDTRAIN officially opened its upgraded running gear refurbishment plant in Haarlem on September 5. Life-expired machinery has been replaced to ensure reliability and improve productivity at the works, which processes around 4000 wheelsets every year. The decision to upgrade the wheelset and bogie plant was taken in 2001, and all ...
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Schlumberger sells
ON SEPTEMBER 22 Schlumberger Ltd announced that it had signed a binding agreement with IT services provider Atos Origin for the sale of the majority of the SchlumbergerSema businesses, including Transport which incorporates the former British Rail Business Systems.If approved by Atos shareholders the transaction is expected to close in ...
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