All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2005 – Page 4
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TEA-LU passes
A SIX-YEAR bill to fund US transport investment projects was approved by Congress on July 29 in the final session before the annual August recess. With lawmakers repeatedly unable to agree on a new measure, a series of 11 temporary extensions had been needed to keep the previous TEA-21 legislation ...
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People
Tium Tekie has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ethio-Djibouti Railway, replacing Abraham Habtezgi.Teresa Zwiernik has succeeded Grazyna Liberadzka as board member for EU Co-Financed Projects at Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK. Jozef Jezewicz becomes board member for Operations, replacing Krzysztof Szwed who has stepped down for health reasons. Member ...
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Polish plant plan
HAVING taken over a rolling stock plant from bankrupt manufacturer Wagon, the Europejskie Konsorcjum Kolejowe Wagon consortium is planning to restart the production of freight vehicles at the site in the Polish town of Ostrów. ’We plan to invest 14m zloty annually starting in 2006’, said Chairman Marek Woloch. ...
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Pointers
Minister of Public Works & Transport Randall Quirós announced last month that the government of Costa Rica is planning to reactivate the country’s rail network to carry freight as part of a programme to save fuel. Trial movements had been conducted for a commuter service across San José from Pavas ...
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Suburban renewal
THE INDONESIAN government expected to sign last month a memorandum of understanding for modernisation and operation of the Jakarta suburban network. Transport Minister Hatta Radjsasa announced on July 20 that South Korean engineering consultancy Sam-An Corp had been selected to revitalise the capital’s railways, which will be separated from national ...
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Safer spraying
VEGETATION control on the Tyne & Wear Metro relied on handheld strimmers, cutting and spraying equipment, until Avondale Environment Services was awarded a contract to carry out the work with a specialised road-rail vehicle.A two-man team remains within the Mercedes Benz Unimog’s air-conditioned and filtered cab during spraying. Six integral ...
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Sensors on show
STRAINSTALL will be demonstrating the latest version of the TrackAlert wheel defect, vehicle weight and track force sensors (RG 11.04 p765).The company’s Bridge StrikeAlert will also be on show at Infrarail, and visitors will be able to see how control centres are notified when a bridge is hit by a ...
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