All Railway Gazette International articles in October 1999 – Page 3
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RTRI at the focus of railway research
INTRO: WCRR ’99, the fourth World Congress on Railway Research, will be held at the Railway Technical Research Institute in Tokyo, from October 19 to 23. RTRI President Hiroumi Soejima looks at some of the developments which will be under debateBYLINE: Hiroumi SoejimaPresident, Railway Technical Research InstituteIT IS A GREAT ...
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FS starts refurbishment
ITALIAN Railways has launched a national programme to refurbish and modernise around 2 500 stations across its entire network. FS says the aim is not just a renovation, but a ’veritable revolution’ in ambience and the quality of passenger service provided. Many stations will be rebuilt to improve interchange between ...
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ICF may go private
FOR some time now it has been clear that all is not well at Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF), and the mostly state-owned railways which own ICF are contemplating a radical restructuring for the ailing co-operative. One idea gaining favour is floating it off as one or more free-standing pan-European intermodal companies operating ...
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Green policies still uncertain
NOT FOR the first time, environmentalists are wringing their hands over the fate of the earth. The GEO-2000 report compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme and published on September 15 is up for discussion at an international convention in Bonn this month - and it will make gloomy reading. ...
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Heathrow link
A £170m plan to build a line between the proposed Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport and Railtrack’s Southern Zone at Staines has been endorsed by British Airways, airport operator BAA and Railtrack. The three signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 13 to launch operational and environmental investigations, which ...
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Quantity not quality, as high-speed operators mark time
INTRO: The closing years of the 20th century have seen a consolidation in high-speed train performance. In our biennial survey Dr Colin Taylor finds more trains in the top categories, but no services faster than in 1997. The next leap forward will come with the start of regular operations at ...
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Industry News
Australia: The Australian Railway Research Institute has been formed in Brisbane, run by Dr Wardina Oghanna with backing from Queensland Rail and Spoornet.Czech Republic: US investment group Bancroft Eastern Europe has taken a 70% stake in Bontrans, a joint venture with ZDB Bohumin that is to take over ZDB’s rail ...
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Inside INDUSTRY
BYLINE: Merger vote postponed Westinghouse Air Brake Co of the USA announced on August 20 that it had decided to postpone a meeting scheduled for August 23, called for shareholders to vote on the company’s proposed merger with MotivePower Industries (RG 7.99 p465). According to WABCO, the meeting was postponed ...
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Station Information Systems
Norbain SD Ltd has supplied CCTV equipment for stations on London Underground’s Northern line, enabling station staff and the central control point at Stockwell to monitor platforms, escalators, passages and station entrances. Sony SSC370P cameras, Tecton multiplexers, video recorders from Mitsubishi and JVC colour monitors were installed by Cubic Transportation ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: Tradegate ECA is developing an internet-based RailHub to provide automated consignment tracking and data management for the interstate rail network and associated feeder operators.Australian Rail Track Corp has lifted speeds on the Melbourne - Adelaide corridor from 80 to 115 km/h following an A$20m upgrading programme.Queensland Rail carried over ...
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Wisconsin moves into Jordan
Tonnage carried by the Aqaba Railway is expected to triple by 2002 after a Raytheon-led consortium takes a 25 year lease AUGUST 18 saw the signing of an agreement under which management and operation of the 292 km Aqaba Railway in Jordan will pass to a consortium that includes Wisconsin ...
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La Rochelle LRT
ON August 30 Alstom Transport signed an agreement with the town of La Rochelle, the région of Poitou-Charentes and the Conseil Général of Charente-Maritime to build an experimental light rail line in the streets of the Atlantic port.The 1·6 km line will run from the Alstom plant at Aytré (p630) ...
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Lovers' labours lost
ON SEPTEMBER 14 Lovers Rail Director Mr Kienhorst announced that the Amsterdam - Haarlem Optio service would be discontinued with immediate effect. Criticising the lack of regulation for access to the Dutch network, Kienhorst also blamed Netherlands Railways for failing to co-operate by refusing to accept Lovers Rail tickets. Local ...
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Letters
On rail breaksSir - I was very interested to read the Behind the News item on rail breaks in RG 6.99 p346, which contains fascinating figures regarding rail breaks and rail replacements on the Railtrack network. You report that Railtrack expects to replace only about 0·8% of its 32000 km ...
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Shenyang line starts
CHINESE Railways formally started construction on August 24 of the dedicated passenger railway between Qinhuangdao and Shenyang. The 422 km double-track line is due for completion in 2002, and will release capacity on the existing line for heavy freight trains.The Shenyang line is designed for 160 to 200 km/h, but ...
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Railion stalks logistics role
DIRECTOR of DB Cargo Dr Eberhard Sinnecker and his Dutch counterpart Ed Smulders unveiled on September 16 in Duisburg the name Railion for the future merged rail freight company known until now as Rail Cargo Europe. The name will apply from January 1 2000, when the merger becomes effective. Owned ...
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Single track maglev
JUST BEFORE he left the post of Transport Minister in the German government (p626), Heinz Münterfering ruled that the Hamburg - Berlin Transrapid maglev project was to be built initially using a single track (RG 6.99 p346), with provision made for vehicles to pass - presumably a reference to a ...
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Market
Brazil: MRS Logística has ordered 270 mineral wagons from Maxion and 180 from T’Trans, under a US$20m 10-year leasing deal with Debis Finance Corp; deliveries are due by December.China: Kowloon - Canton Railway Corp has awarded Maunsell two design and construct consultancy contracts for the 11·4 km Ma On Shan ...
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Øresund network takes shape
AN INTEGRATED network of regional train services is being developed to link the towns and cities around the Øresund following the opening of the fixed rail link between Denmark and Sweden next year. The link was physically completed with the installation of the final bridge segment on August 14 (RG ...
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