All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1400
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Brazil: The Supervía consortium has begun operating Rio de Janeiro’s Flumitrens commuter network under a 25-year concession (RG 9.98 p567). Trains, stations, track and signalling will be upgraded over the next three years using a US$180m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.Canada: Bombardier has selected a site in Burnaby, British ...
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Pandrol has developed a lifting collar to speed handling of concrete sleepers fitted with the Fastclip fastening system. Fitted on the shoulder without disturbing pre-fitted Fastclip pads or insulators, the welded steel collar self-locks as the sleeper is lifted.Pandrol UK LtdReader Enquiry Number 144
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On December 21, Amtrak’s Board of Directors named George Warrington as President & Chief Executive Officer, a post he had held on an acting basis since December 1997. Mr Warrington graduated from Syracuse University in 1974 and received his Masters in Public Administration there in 1975. He joined New Jersey ...
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Trams to Portland
The city of Portland, Oregon, has ordered five narrow-bodied trams from Skoda Inekon for US$12m to operate its Central City Streetcar line. The L-shaped route will connect a large hospital complex northwest of the city with Portland State University to the southwest. The Streetcar is not part of the MAX ...
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Publications
Railway Directory 1999& CD ROMAll maps in the 1999 edition of Railway Directory are in full colour, and this edition adds a new portfolio of city maps, showing all modes of rail-based transport. They include metro, light rail and tramway networks in 40 cities worldwide, large and small. Main line ...
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ScanWays trial
JANUARY 12 saw the departure from København of the first block train to use the Nordic Freight Freeways. Carrying traffic from exporters in Denmark, Norway and Sweden bound for Milano, the trial train was chartered by Aargau-based Hangartner AG, which provided the swap bodies. Traction and wagons were arranged by ...
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Sidetrack
Mouse about townTo celebrate the 70th birthday of ’the world’s most famous mouse’, German Railway has teamed up with model manufacturer Märklin AG to decorate one of its Class 120 electric locos with Mickey Mouse motifs. The ’art loco’ will display its commemorative livery on InterCity and InterRegio services throughout ...
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RZD tests dual-system EP10
ON NOVEMBER 20 Russia’s Ministry of Railways took delivery of a prototype EP10 dual-system electric loco from the Novocherkassk Electric Loco Works in Rostov-na-Donu. Designed to haul up to 25 coaches at a top speed of 160 km/h, the six-axle EP10 was described as RZD’s principal passenger locomotive for the ...
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Line 11 to augment growing network
INTRO: Deep under China’s coastal metropolis, tunnel boring machines are hard at work on Shanghai’s second metro line. Another consortium is pushing ahead with Line 3, and plans are taking shape for Line 11. Chris Jackson discussed progress with Shanghai Metro Corp President & General Manager Shi Li ...
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TGV Méditerranée on course for 2001
INTRO: With civil works now approaching completion, RFF and SNCF expect to open the 250 km TGV Méditerranée route on June 1 2001 and cut the Paris - Marseille journey time down to 3h. SNCF Project Director Gilles Cartier described the challenges of building the high-speed line to Robert PrestonProject ...
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NSW to spend A$3bn on rail projects
A 10-YEAR construction plan that could see several new lines built in and around Sydney was announced by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr on November 23. He said Action for Transport 2010 commits the government to a statewide transport package which includes the expansion of the State’s rail network ...
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Setting standards for the accessible
INTRO: With the European Commission considering a Directive on improving access to rail services for passengers with reduced mobility, the British government has introduced new regulations for rolling stock. R W Armitage reports on the implications for operators and the response from the supply sectorIn recent years the European Commission ...
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Microwave activation
Under the High Speed Rail strand of the Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis programme (HSR-IDEA), funded by the US Federal Railroad Administration and administered by the Transportation Research Board, a microwave system developed by O’Conner Engineering to activate level crossing equipment has been installed at three locations on Kansas City Southern ...
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West African concession
DEADLINE for preselection bids to operate international services over the metre gauge route between Dakar and Bamako is January 8. By the end of the month CPCS Transcom Ltd, which is helping the governments of Mali and Senegal set up an independent company to run passenger and freight trains over ...
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Nottingham LRT to go ahead
CONSTRUCTION of a fifth British light rail network is to get under way this year. Nottingham Express Transit will get revenue support worth £167m under the government's local authority Private Finance Initiative scheme. Announcing the award on December 3, Transport Minister Dr John Reid said that as this ...
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Orbital approved
PLANS to develop an orbital rail link south of Paris have moved a step closer following a decision by the Conseil Général de l’Essonne to contribute Fr500m towards the scheme. Completion of the first phase is envisaged for 2006, with traffic estimated at 28 million passengers/year.. Costed at Fr5·4bn, plus ...
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Wisconsin preferred for Aqaba
ON NOVEMBER 23 Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp revealed that its international business unit had been selected as preferred bidder for a 25 year concession to operate the 283 km 1050mm gauge Aqaba Railway in Jordan. WCI is part of a consortium including Raytheon and local Jordanian investors. The decision follows ...
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DB to renew ATP and signals
GERMAN Railway has launched a DM300m programme to replace its Indusi inductive train control at over 10000 signals by mid-1999. Designated PZB90, the new intermittent train control will initiate an automatic brake application should a train pass a red signal. Developed following a collision between two S-Bahn trains at Rüsselsheim ...