All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1111
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Dubai metro Purple Line gets go-ahead
CHAIRMAN of Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority, Mattar Al-Tayer, announced the go-ahead for the 49 km Purple Line on May 23. A contract has been awarded to Parsons Brinckerhoff for initial design work on the express metro line, which will link the current international airport with the new Dubai International ...
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NewsHybrid High Speed Train unveiled
UK: On May 3 Hitachi Europe unveiled 'Hayabusa', which it says is Europe's first battery-assisted diesel-electric power car. The hybrid drive has been installed in a British HST power car to allow realistic trials of the prototype technology, which Hitachi and its development partners Brush Traction, Network Rail and Porterbrook ...
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Moving people, moving cities
Cities and regions can only be sustainable if they have dynamic and efficient public transport, but at the same time public transport can only be dynamic and efficient if it is fully integrated with urban policies, argues Hans Rat
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V150: Entente discordiale
ONE organisation seemed determined not to be impressed by the French speed record of 574·8 km/h attained by the V150 trainset on April 3. Not only that, but it actively set out to discredit the achievement in the UK media. The following briefing note was sent out to British journalists ...
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It's now or never for ERTMS roll-out
Intended to provide a single signalling and train control system across the continent, the European Rail Traffic Management System promises to increase the competitiveness and dynamism of the railway sector, bringing both cost savings and safety improvements. As such, it forms a key component of the European Union's strategy for ...
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Research underpins Korail’s drive to be a global player
‘KOREA is not an island’, emphasises Kang Gil-Hyun forcefully, adding that ‘we want to play a big role in the Asian railway sector and reconnect South Korea to the developing Eurasian railway network’. He points out that the choice of theme for next year’s World Congress on Railway Research - ...
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V150: Power-packed train proves AGV technology in record sprint
Laurent Charlier describes the record-breaking train that combined TGV and AGV traction technology
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V150: 574·8 km/h eclipses the 1990 world record
Supremely confident engineers from SNCF, RFF and Alstom pushed railway technology past known limits with a dramatic dash on April 3 that shattered the previous world speed record for passenger-carrying trains. Murray Hughes reports from France
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V150: Tweaking the track
The alignment of the test section on the eastbound track used for the record included 11 large radius curves where adjustments were made to the transitions. It was the passage through the transition curves which caused the greatest sensation of movement on board the train as it traversed them in ...
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ADIF spends k1bn
MEETING ON MARCH 30, the board of Spanish infrastructure authority ADIF gave its approval for contracts worth a total of k1?03bn to be awarded or put out to tender. According to the Ministry of Development, this is one of the largest investment packages approved at a single board meeting since ...
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NewsLevel 2 to be installed on Nürnberg - München corridor
A decision to fit ETCS Level 2 on DB's main line between two major cities in south Germany means that three separate signalling and train control systems will operate in parallel on one route
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Full service with Level 2
ALL TRAINS running on Swiss Federal Railways’ Mattstetten - Rothrist line now use Level 2 ETCS. SBB announced on March 22 that the switchover had been completed on March 18, with around 250 passenger and freight trains operating every 24?h.Trains run at 2?min intervals at speeds of 160?km/h, making this ...
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Finance May 2007
China: Citic Securities, Citigroup and Macquarie Bank have been appointed to advise China Railway Construction Corp on a US$2bn initial public offering planned for the end of this year. Hungary: PricewaterhouseCoopers is to assess the assets of the passenger division of MÁV in preparation for a planned spin-off. South Africa: ...
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Intelligence May 2007
Asia: On April 9 Pakistan and India agreed an extension to January 19 2010 of their 2004 agreement for the operation of Samjhota Express cross-border services between Lahore and Amritsa via Wagah. Bosnia: During a visit to Sarajevo at the end of March, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader signed ...
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Market May 2007
Australia: On April 3 ARTC signed an A$85m deal under which Telstra will replace nine separate communication systems between Brisbane and Perth and in the Hunter Valley. When it is fully operational in June 2009, the integrated system will use 77 Telstra Next G base stations to cover 10 000 ...
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Metros May 2007
Belgium: On March 21 Managing Director of Brussels transport authority STIB Alain Flausch said he hopes to take up options to purchase between 135 and 150 Bombardier trams in 2007-11, enabling the elimination of high-floor PCC cars from the 1970s. Canada: The city of Calgary has selected the West ...
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Pointers May 2007
National Railways of Zimbabwe is planning to establish a mineral prospecting firm which General Manager Air Commodore Michael Karakadzai said will exploit 'under-explored potential' to earn critically-needed foreign currency. 'Since colonial days NRZ and Zimbabwean railways have jointly held mineral prospecting rights in South Africa,' he said.Reversing a cancellation by ...
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People May 2007
Ren? Cort?zar has been appointed Chile's Minister of Transport. Ludovic Orban has been appointed Minister of Transport in Romania. Last month Bob Scheuber announced he was to step down as Chief Executive of Queensland Rail by the start of May, taking leave ahead of his retirement on July 1. ...
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Extra stations on Athens Line 3
Three stations on the northern section of Line 3 of the Athens Metro are to be constructed under a k90m deal signed on March 16 between state-owned Attiko Metro and an Aegek-Impreglio-Alstom consortium.The consortium will supply and install electrical equipment and trackwork at Holargo, Nomismatokopeio and Agia Paraskevi stations on ...