All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2007 – Page 2
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Cold-flexible glass keeps passengers dry
WHILE inter-city trains race past on the outer tracks of the recently-quadrupled mainline (RG 9.07 p570), since June 10 stopping trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam have been calling at a new Utrecht Zuilen station, where passengers from the northern suburbs can shelter beneath a curved glass roof over the island ...
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Going further with near-field
TRANSPORT for London is using Blackfriars underground station for a three-month trial of passenger information provision using near field communication. NFC technology has been embedded in 19 'touchpoint' posters at the station as part of the Visualization of Real-Time Transport Interchange project developed by TfL, Imperial College London's Internet Centre ...
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NewsMarseille builds a network
To ensure that 95% of its residents are no more than 25 min and a single change away from the centre, the French city of Marseille is building a light rail network and extending its metro, as Laurent Charlier reports
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Capacity is the key as Banverket moves to a higher level
Sweden's infrastructure manager has replaced a regional structure with national operations and projects divisions, in a bid to focus on getting the most out of its network. Operations Director Björn Östlund explained to Chris Jackson the significance of the move
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Hyderabad metro shortlist
THE provincial government of Andhra Pradesh is expected to call tenders shortly to build a three-line metro in Hyderabad. The Indian Minister for Urban Development Ajay Maken has given the regional government permission to draw up a shortlist of technical bidders to build the 66·4 km network. The Empowered Group ...
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Chinese test stand tested
NOVEMBER is due to see the commissioning of an advanced multi-function bogie test plant at China Southern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp's Sifang works in Qingdao. Being supplied by Swiss precision hydraulics specialist Nencki AG, the unit is the third, and most advanced, bogie test stand that the company has ...
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NewsTransmash Holding consolidation
RUSSIAN rolling stock maker Transmash Holding has completed the consolidation of its holdings in various businesses under a project which was launched in 2006 to simplify the corporate structure. At the end of August the Federal Financial Markets Service registered six additional share issues by Transmash Holding Group, which has ...
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NewsMorocco to order Duplex TGVs
MOROCCO: The dream of high speed trains in North Africa moved a step closer on October 22, when Alstom Transport announced that it had been selected to supply a fleet of 18 TGV Duplex trainsets to Moroccan national railway ONCFM. Subject to final negotiations, the order is ...
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US leasing acquisitions
SUMITOMO subsidiary SC Rail Leasing America acquired leasing firm Southern Illinois Railcar Co and its affiliate Ohio Ag Terminals during September. Established in 1990 with the acquisition of 10 grain wagons from Soo Line, SIRC has grown to manage more than 2 500 wagons, mainly covered hoppers, and also provides ...
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NewsNice: Trams return to the Côte d'Azur
The first of three planned tram lines in Nice on the Côte d’Azur is due to be opened by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on November 24, restoring urban rail services to the city after a gap of 55 years. Murray Hughes reports
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Urban rail news in brief
With the aim of opening the second light rail line in Santa Cruz de Tenerife towards the end of 2008, the island council hopes to award construction contracts for the €45m project before the end of this year. Services will run from Tíncer to the existing route at Taco, leaving ...
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Getting it right at China's mega-stations
Pedestrian flow modelling is enabling informed design decisions during the construction of huge new stations in Beijing and Guangzhou
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Electronically-controlled sand in Wien
WIENER Linien is to fit its fleet of Siemens ULF trams and all future vehicles with an electronically-controlled sanding system. Manufacturer Knorr-Bremse says field tests have demonstrated a 50% saving in the volume of sand used in braking, cutting dust pollution as well as lowering costs. The controls deliver ...
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Polish freight progress
A NEW open-access freight operator began revenue services in Poland on September 1, when Freightliner Poland Ltd began moving coal from Bogdanka mine to Kozienice power station. FPL has assembled a fleet of seven Class 66 locomotives and 432 wagons, and signed a track access agreement with infrastructure manager PLK ...
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DB sale weathers more storms
THE GERMAN government's bill to privatise Deutsche Bahn AG was presented to the Bundestag for its first reading on September 21. Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee had to defend the bill against forceful opposition that had been building up during the preceding weeks. Leading the charge against the legislation were the ...
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NewsManchester plays catch-up with Metrolink expansion
A £102m renewals blitz that includes replacement of 24 km of track on the original Altrincham and Bury lines is a prelude to a major expansion of Manchester's light rail system that will begin in earnest next year. Nick Kingsley reports
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Metros October 2007
Brazil: São Paulo state government is negotiating with IBRD and JBIC for loans to fund the acquisition of 17 six-car trains for the city's metro network, and the modernisation of signalling and telecoms. China: Andrew Corp has won a contract to modify Hong Kong MTR's communications infrastructure to enable migration ...
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NewsERTMS moves on: 'there is no way back'
Chris Jackson reports from the UIC ERTMS World Conference in Bern
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Competitors force SNCF to act
OLIVIER Marembaud, SNCF's Deputy Director-General, Freight, was stung into calling a press conference on September 5 after La Vie du Rail revealed that wagonload service was to be withdrawn from 262 terminals in western France from November 30, and that another working document suggested wagonload would cease at a further ...