All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2007 – Page 5
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A meeting place for eventful times
THIS YEAR'S Elmia Nordic Rail will for the first time share its conference programme with Elmia Future Transport, a concurrent event launched to look beyond rail to the wider transport scene. Held at Jönköping in Sweden every two years, Nordic Rail has grown dramatically since the first event was held ...
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Tanzania concession starts this month
THE TANZANIAN government and Rites of India signed a 25-year concession for operation of the 2 700 km metre gauge state railway on September 3. The government holds 49% in the newly-established Tanzania Railway Ltd, with Rites holding 51%. Operation of Tanzania Railways Corp is scheduled to be officially handed ...
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Lifting constraints on capacity
TWO important documents on freight policy will shortly emerge from the European Commission: the Logistics Action Plan and a Communication on a European Rail Freight Network. Keen to influence both documents, the Community of European Railways presented 'a comprehensive business case analysis' on major freight corridors to the Commission on ...
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Three-way battle in the basin
THE ANNOUNCEMENT on September 5 that Canadian Pacific Railway is to purchase the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp for US$1·48bn came as a surprise to US industry experts and financial analysts, who queried the high price that CPR is paying for the 4?000 km network. However, President & CEO ...
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Correction
The weight shown for the AGV prototype trainset (RG 9.907 p548) was in fact for an 11-car version. The figure for the seven-car AGV prototype should have been 272 tonnes.
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Sidetrack October 2007
The Bombela consortium which is building the Gautrain rail network in South Africa has placed newspaper advertisements offering '2 million tonnes of rock, stone, soil and fill' excavated from its tunnels beneath Johannesburg. The material is free of charge – but people must collect it themselves. In nearby Tshwane, traditional ...
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People October 2007
President & Director-General of Paris transport operator RATP Pierre Mongin has announced a restructuring of the senior management plus the creation of two new business units. Of the two Deputy Directors-General, Yves Ramette takes responsibility for maintenance and engineering, whilst Philippe Martin will handle operational and commercial activities, sharing responsibility ...
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Corus wins Gautrain rail contract
SOUTH AFRICA: Steelmaker Corus announced on October 1 that it had won a €16·5m contract to supply the 20 000 tonnes of rail needed for the Gautrain project in South Africa. The first rails will be produced at the Corus steel works at Hayange in France this month, and shipped ...
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The lights go out in Guatemala
WITH THE whistle blowing and the crew wearing black armbands, Guatemala's last revenue freight train (for now) pulled out of Puerto Barrios on September 4, bound for El Rancho and Guatemala City. After a 10-year struggle against natural disasters and vested interests, concessionaire Ferrovías Guatemala has suspended all services pending ...
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