All Railway Gazette International articles in October 1999 – Page 4
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Line 8 to Barajas
SEPTEMBER 8 saw the formal inauguration of the final 1·9 km of Madrid metro Line 8 from Barajas airport to Pueblo de Barajas. Costing Pts4bn, this short addition completes the city’s 1995-99 metro expansion programme. Line 8 now runs between Pueblo de Barajas and Mar de Cristal, where passengers must ...
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Line 5 heads São Paulo expansion
TENDERS were due to be submitted on September 16 for two tracklaying contracts on São Paulo metro Line 5 between Capão Redondo and Largo Treze. The contracts cover 9·5 km of ballastless double-track and 4 km of ballasted track for the maintenance depot and stabling sidings. Bids for M&E installations ...
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Finnish Sm4s enter service
DURING NOVEMBER, Finnish Railways will put into traffic its 10 new low-floor Sm4 EMUs on commuter services in the Helsinki region. Following demonstration runs on other routes, the air-conditioned sets will be assigned to the I and P services between Helsinki and Hiekkaharju.The 10 sets were ordered from Fiat Ferroviaria ...
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BB21 contracts
ONSEPTEMBER 1 Netherlands Railways’ infrastructure unit Railinfrabeheer awarded contracts totalling 90m guilders to Alstom Signalling and Adtranz Signal for development of its planned BB21 train control system. The three-year project will cover the design and installation of pilot equipment. BB21 will meet ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 and Level 3 specifications (RG ...
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World Speed Survey 1999
Quantity not quality as high-speed operators mark time The closing years of the 20th century have seen a consolidation in high-speed train performance, with more trains in the top categories but no services faster than in 1997. In our regular biennial survey of the fastest timetabled point-to-point journeys, Dr Colin ...
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