All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1310
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Taurus spreads its wings
FOUR more rail operators are buying Taurus electric freight locomotives from Siemens, based on the 400-strong fleet being built for Austrian Federal Railways. Siemens has already built a batch of the Class 1116 dual-system version for the Dispolok leasing pool. On September 7, Siemens announced that it had signed a ...
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‘Zero tolerance’ could kill rail
THE INSTITUTE of Logistics & Transport has warned Britain’s Health & Safety Executive that ’the railways face the risk of long-term decline, leading to increased road traffic problems, if heavy safety regulation is imposed on the industry and a zero tolerance approach taken to the risk of an accident.’ ILT ...
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SMRT wins Marina line
SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority announced on August 8 that it had selected existing metro operator Singapore MRT Ltd for a 10-year concession to run the city’s new medium-capacity Marina line. The agreement includes an option to extend the concession for up a further 30 years. The SMRT bid was selected ...
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Yunusobod line opened
UZBEKISTAN President Islam Karimov formally inaugurated the third heavy metro line in Toshkent on August 28, as part of the country’s celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.The initial 7·6 km section of the Yunusobod line links Shahriston in the north with Lokhutiy in the ...
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Separation can be made to work - with state support
INTRO: This year Swedish State Railways’ operating divisions have become independent companies, marking another stage in the restructuring of Sweden’s railways. Rail’s share of freight hauled over more than 100 km beats that in all other EU countries, and passenger traffic is at a record high. Stig Larsson* offers an ...
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Market
Australia: Alcoa World Alumina has sought expressions of interest for the supply of nine 1067mm gauge locomotives and 283 bauxite, alumina, and caustic soda wagons if it signs a new haulage contract in 2003.Tenders have been called for the relocation of Townsville station inQueensland, and provision of a new access ...
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Metros
Australia: Transfield Construction has started work on a 2·2 km extension of Melbourne’s Mont Albert tram line, to Station Street, Box Hill.Egypt: National Authority for Tunnels has awarded the Interinfra consortium of Alstom, Vinci, Spie and Thales a €80m turnkey contract to extend Cairo metro Line 2 for 2·5 km ...
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Polish wheelset plant opens
BYLINE: Andrzej Harassek reports from WarszawaITALIAN steel group Lucchini inaugurated a new wheelset department at its Warszawa steelworks on August 29. The plant was formally opened by the President of the Polish Senate Marek Borowski, who was joined at the ceremonies by Warszawa Mayor Pawel Piskorski, Lucchini’s President Antonino Marullo ...
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PEOPLE
The President of Rail World Inc Ed Burkhardt has been elected Chairman of the new Estonian Railways board (p654), and Railroad Development Corp Chairman Henry Posner III becomes a board member. Former Wisconsin Central Executive Vice President, Planning, Earl Currie becomes interim Managing Director of EVR, with former Tasrail Operations ...
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Pointers
n Promoters of the 4500 km, A$10bn Australia Inland Rail Expressway linking Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin expect to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on October 26. This marks the start of construction of a new bridge across the Macintyre River, between Boggabilla, NSW, and Carrington, Queensland.n China’s Ministry of Railways has ...
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Publications
Modern Trains & Splendid StationsEdited by Martha ThorneA study of state-of-the-art station design, aimed at architects, designers and urban planners. With 25 drawings and 216 colour illustrations, this 160-page book focuses on the design and architecture of a number of recent projects across the world. The role of stations in ...
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Wagons for sale
FOLLOWING the merger of Brambles Industries Ltd and the support services division of GKN plc on August 7 to create the Brambles Group, the company is looking to restructure its business portfolio. Brambles Group is negotiating the divestment of its European wagon rental businesses, as it aims to focus on ...
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Training signallers through simulation
INTRO: Signalling and traffic control centres continue to grow, with the operator’s task increasingly assisted by features such as automatic route-setting and integrated train scheduling. But the size and complexity of such installations can create problems when incidents occur, making thorough preparation through training essential if staff are to manage ...
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Touch-screen ticketing
LONDON Underground ’Queue Buster’ ticket machines being built by Cubic Transportation Systems are to use acoustic-wave touch screen colour displays from Planar.The 10·4 inch TFT active matrix liquid crystal screens are based on similar designs installed on the New York and Singapore metros last year. They feature high back-lighting to ...
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World Speed Survey 2001
Speeds improve, but no change at the top HIGH-SPEED TRAINS have cut the fastest journey times on some inter-city routes by over 80% since 1914, according to the latest biennial World Rail Speed Survey, published in the October 2001 issue of Railway Gazette International. The opening of France's TGV-Méditerranée ...
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Developing wheelsets for 30 tonne axleloads
BYLINE: Roger Lundén, Johan Marais and Stefan Schrader *BYLINE: * Roger Lundén is Director of Charmec, and Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics at Chalmers University of Technology in G
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Line 9 contracts awarded
ON JULY 31 the Catalunya regional government announced the award of its largest ever package of public works contracts, comprising design, construction and technical assistance for Barcelona metro Line 9 (RG 7.01 p437) worth a total of Pts119·5bn. The largest single contract worth Pts64·4bn has been awarded to a consortium ...
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Putin and Kim agree Trans-Siberian strategy
MEETING in Moscow on August 4 (p572), Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean President Kim Jong-il backed plans to connect the Korean rail network into the Trans-Siberian landbridge corridor, confirming that ’the two countries will start working on reconnecting [the two lines] in the very nearest future.’Following the accord, ...
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Sheremetyevo gets airport link
CONSTRUCTION work is due to get under way next year on a rail link to Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, following the signing of an agreement in July between Russian Railways Minister Nikolai Aksyonenko, the Vice-Premier of the Moscow City Government Iosif Ordzhonokidze and Aeroflot Director-General Valery Okulov. The decision to connect ...