All Railway Gazette International articles in September 1999 – Page 4

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    Border accords

    1999-09-01T10:00:00Z

    UPGRADING of the 371 km Praha - Nürnberg corridor is to be completed by 2002, under the terms of an accord signed in the Czech capital on July 13. CD General Manager Dalibor Zeleny and DB Chairman Johannes Ludewig agreed to electrify and resignal the route and modify the alignment ...

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    Seoul moves from 8 to 9

    1999-09-01T10:00:00Z

    BARELY TWO WEEKS after the inauguration of the final section of metro Line 8, the Seoul City Government announced that work would start on the long-planned Line 9 in 2001. Despite the region’s recent economic problems, construction is pushing ahead on Line 6 and the second stage of Line 7 ...

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    Eurostar up 6%

    1999-09-01T10:00:00Z

    Eurostar Group has reported a total revenue of £198·3m for the first six months of 1999, up 6% from £186·8m in the first half of 1998. Over the same period, volume was up 1% from 3·4million to 3·5 million passengers.Chief Executive Designate Hamish Taylor said that a combination of ’powerful ...

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    3 green bottles

    1999-09-01T10:00:00Z

    FURTHER consolidation in the world rolling stock industry could be in the offing. Stories surfaced in mid-August about the possibility of Bombardier moving closer to Siemens, with speculation ranging from a merger to Bombardier acquiring Siemens factories supplying traction equipment - which is precisely what is missing in the Canadian-based ...