All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2004 – Page 4
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DB challenged to be truly profitable
INTRO: With a move to the private sector now a real talking point for transport policy-makers, German Railway faces a serious challenge to prove that it can become a profitable companyON AUGUST 16 German Railway was due to publish its interim results covering the first six months of this year. ...
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CargoSpeed demonstrated
A PROTOTYPE of the CargoSpeed intermodal wagon loading system was unveiled near Chesterfield on July 29. Being developed by BLG Consult, Warbreck Engineering and Newrail in collaboration with Cholerton Ltd, CargoSpeed is an attempt to use roll-on roll-off ferry concepts to reduce the time spent at rail terminals and lower ...
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Feeder cable
ONJULY 30 the President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe inaugurated a 2 km aerial cable transit system designed to act as a feeder to the Medellín metro network.Built in 14 months at a cost of US$23m, MetroCable serves the northeast part of the city, which lies on the steep side of ...
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Estonians buy Latvian Lokomotive
LATVIAN rolling stock repair business Lokomotive has been bought by two Estonian firms for an undisclosed sum. Wagon parts supplier Skinest Projekt acquired its share through the purchase of Remlok, which owned a 49% stake in the company, while freight shipper Spacecom acquired a 36·4% stake in Lokomotive from Parangon.One ...
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Competition brings change to regional routes
INTRO: Traffic on Germany’s regional and local rail routes has flourished in the last 10 years as services have been opened up to competition. David Haydock finds that private companies and operators owned by regional governments now run around 11% of services, and many of them have invested in new ...
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Technology conquers the break of gauge
Development of variable-gauge powered bogies will bring significant time savings on multi-gauge routes
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On the box
TNX UK has signed an agreement to install six to eight television screens in each car of London commuter operator c2c’s EMU fleet. The project is being funded by advertising and sponsorship. Passengers will receive ’near real-time programmes’ including news, sport, weather and general interest features; real-time travel information is ...
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Virgin may lose both franchises
on August 6 when Strategic Rail Authority Chairman Richard Bowker met Sir Richard Branson and Brian Souter, who head Virgin Group and Stagecoach with 51% and 49% stakes respectively in Virgin Rail Group, he rejected outright VRG’s best and final offer under which its CrossCountry (VCC) franchise could ...
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Bonds to build London projects
MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone has been authorised by UK Secretary of State Alistair Darling to issue bonds to raise £2·9m for transport projects in the capital.’This ground-breaking agreement means that London, for the first time, has the opportunity to make long-term decisions on planning major capital projects without the ...
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Crossing borders with Bombardier
BOMBARDIER’S theme for the 2004 InnoTrans exhibition is ’crossing borders’, and this will be emphasised with the first public display of one of its multi-system locomotives being built for SBB Cargo services between Switzerland and Italy.The Traxx F140 MS, or Class 484, has a rating of 5·6MW. The locomotives can ...
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One board on-board
MEM Mikro Elektronik will be exhibiting at InnoTrans for the first time, promoting the recently-announced PP01 single board 384MHz computer.Based on a PowerPC MPC 5200, the computer supports Linux and VxWorks and is designed for use in on-train control applications.
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Dubai metro bidders line up
PLANS to build a two-line automated metro in Dubai (RG 3.04 p164) are set to move forward this month with the announcement of a shortlist of bidders for the civil engineering work. Six groups are reported to have qualified for a shortlist chosen from around 50 bidders. Odebrecht of ...
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Flat battery
SCHALTBAU will be showing its recently-launched flat battery power supply with static converter, for preventing deep discharge of the batteries on rolling stock which is operated under more than one electrical supply system.Able to be fed from a range of voltages and supply frequencies, the ZH1801 and ZH1804 are suitable ...
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Tram promoters hit back
The DECISION by the UK government on July 20 to abort three light rail projects at the final bidding stage in Manchester, Leeds and South Hampshire (RG 8.04 p447) has sparked a furious reaction.Chris Mulligan, Director General of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, spoke of ’enormous resentment’ over the cancellation ...
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New projects axed as budget shortfall bites
INTRO: A budget shortfall means Germany’s ambitious proposals for new lines have been scaled back, although 66 projects are still going ahead between now and 2008RESPONSIBILITY for capital expenditure on rail infrastructure in Germany falls to the federal government under the legislation which set up DB AG; this also made ...
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Automated metro contract
THE SOUTH Korean city of Yong-In announced in July that it had awarded a 35-year build-transfer-operate concession for an 18·5 km automated light metro linking the Seoul metro with Yong-In and the Everland theme park (RG 2.02 p66). The 15 station double-track light metro will be built by the Yong-In ...
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Into Australia
Into AustraliaVOSSLOH AG has acquired Delkor Pty’s rail fastener operations as part of its strategy to enter the Australian market.Delkor’s rail fastener operations generate annual sales of €2·6m, and Vossloh AG Chief Executive Officer Burkhard Schuchmann said the acquisition ’has enabled us to participate in a market with good medium ...
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Europe's next tram-train arrives
On July 6 the first RegioCitadis dual-system LRV for the Regionalbahn Kassel network was rolled out by Alstom LHB. Harry Hondius reports from Salzgitter
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NR maintenance is all in-house
NETWORK Rail ended its last contracts for routine maintenance of the UK rail infrastructure on July 26, when it completed a 13-month process to bring the work in-house. The last five of 20 contract areas were transferred to direct NR control from Carillion and AMEC, bringing the total number of ...
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Testing Alaskan rail integrity
ALASKA Railroad is testing a method of detecting broken rails on routes that are not equipped with track circuiting, in a 14-month Federal Railroad Administration technology demonstration project.The FRA is contributing 93% of the $409740 cost of the project, and selected Alaska Railroad for the tests because of the extreme ...