All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1114
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NewsEurostar records strong growth
REPORTING ITS first quarter results for 2007 on April 17, Eurostar announced a strong jump in traffic and revenue on its cross-Channel high speed trains. Passenger-journeys increased by 5?4% to 1?79 million, whilst sales revenues of ?142m were 13?2% ahead of the same period in 2006. Contributing to the higher ...
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More extensions in Madrid
ON APRIL 11 two further extensions to the Madrid metro network were opened to traffic, both serving a new interchange at Pinar de Chamart?n which will also be the southern terminus of a light rail route to Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, due to open this month.The 7?km of metro extensions ...
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A new force in railway publishing
THIS ISSUE marks an exciting mile-stone for our magazine, as we launch a new publishing group dedicated to providing the very best news, business and technical information for the world's railway industry. With our portfolio including Railway Directory, Rail Business Intelligence and Metro Report, plus our websites www.railwaygazette.com and ...
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Siemens is thinking green
GREEN mobility is the focus of the Siemens stand, where metro trains supplied to Oslo will be used as an example of the trend towards environmental protection. Materials were carefully chosen, with life-cycle cost calculations taking in to account the final disposal of the trains which are 94% recyclable. An ...
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RZD infrastructure reform
RUSSIAN Railways announced at the end of March that its infrastructure maintenance business is to be restructured over the next two years, as part of the country’s ongoing railway reform programme.The first stage of the process is scheduled to take effect from the beginning of 2008. This will see track ...
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Lahar slides safely past
AN ESTIMATED 1?34?million cubic metres of volcanic mud, rock and water swept down the Whangaehu River valley on the morning of March 18, bringing peak river levels to 6?5?m at the Tangiwai Bridge, infamous as scene of New Zealand’s worst railway disaster.The ’lahar’ was caused when the rim of Mount ...
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Rubin project loses momentum
ROLL-OUT of Germany's first driverless metro has been delayed again, and commercial services on Line U3 of the Nürnberg U-Bahn are not now expected to start until early 2008. Contractor Siemens had intended to have the first segment of U3 ready for operator VAG to open in 2006, but the ...
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NewsStagecoach wins in Manchester
GREATER Manchester PTE announced on April 3 that it had selected Stagecoach Group as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the 37?km Manchester Metrolink network. Including infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance, the 10-year contract will also cover management of upgrading projects as well as operation of several planned extensions. ...
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NewsMobile radios on the move
AUSTRIA: Kapsch TrafficCom announced on March 12 that it was transferring its railway division to the newly-founded company Funkwerk Systems Austria GmbH. Mobile train radios represent a small percentage of Kapsch's activities, and Director Erwin Toplak said the sale forms part of a strategy to focus on its core business ...
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Progress in Venezuela
VENEZUELAN state railway IAFE announced on April 11 that civil works had been completed on 30 km of the 108·8 km Puerto Cabello - La Encrucijada route, now expected to open in 2011. Of the route's 15 tunnels, five totalling 23·7 km have been completed as well as 2·67 km ...
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Rediscovering the value of rail
IF THERE had been any remaining doubts among investors about the financial health of the US rail industry, they would surely have been dispelled last month when Berkshire Hathaway revealed that it had taken substantial shareholdings in three Class I railroads.A spokesperson confirmed on April 9 that the investment group ...
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Zürich S-Bahn stock
TENDERS will be called shortly for 60 double-deck S-Bahn trains and a fleet of double-deck coaches to run in the existing fleet of 115 double-deck push-pull S-Bahn sets serving Zürich. Demand for travel on the S-Bahn is expected to rise by 80% by 2025, and Swiss Federal Railways announced on ...
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NewsSelf-service scanning
UK: As its mobile ticketing project gains in popularity, Chiltern Railways has installed two scanning devices on ticket gates at London's Marylebone station to allow passengers to validate tickets carried as barcodes on their phones. Chiltern says its three-month trial of mobile ticketing (RG 1.07 p31) has proved a great ...
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Systra doing well
GROUPE Systra recorded a net income of k7m on turnover of k205?4m in 2006, up 20% on the previous calendar year. The engineering consultancy subsidiary of SNCF and RATP now employs around 1 300 people, and recorded ’favourable’ results at Systra SA, MVA in Britain and Asia, Systra Consulting in ...
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Morocco's rail renaissance takes a major step forward
The renewal of Morocco's railway is now proceeding rapidly with the start of work on major projects that will determine the future shape of the network. As well as providing major investment, the government is restructuring the national operator to facilitate the involvement of the private sector in both new ...
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Seeing the lights
Creating a 'virtual railway' allows signal locations to be optimised with minimal disruption to traffic, simultaneously reducing costs and producing better results
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In search of a smoother ride on narrow gauge track
Lateral oscillation of rail vehicles is a major concern on narrow or metre gauge track because of short-wheelbase bogies. This problem could be addressed by modifying the Prud'homme limit for the vehicles and by improving the track panel resistance
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Ballastless track ensures a high-quality ride
Rheda 2000 ballastless track has been used in all station areas and pointwork on Taiwan's high speed line. The track design was adapted to suit the elevated structure and seismic protection standards. Special slab designs had to be developed to meet specific alignment constraints
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Market April 2007
Australia: Australian Rail Track Corp has awarded Union Switch & Signal a A$7m contract to supply its Phoenix train control system for the Network Control Centre South in Junee, New South Wales, which is to be completed in August. Europe: In February Mitsui Rail Capital Europe ordered seven G1206 diesel-hydraulic ...
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Metros April 2007
Canada: The tram route along St Clair Avenue West between Yonge Street and Vaughan Road in Toronto reopened on February 18, following a rebuild to segregate tracks in the median. The C$65m project to modernise the route will be completed in 2009. Turbo Power Systems has won a US$8m order ...