International Railway Journal back issues from September 2001:
Managers Must Take The Long-Term View. (This Month).
Sep 01, 2001; ... Top managers from the world's railways, together with politicians, will meet in Vienna this month at the World Railway Congress to discuss, and hopefully resolve, some of the common problems facing the rail industry today. As Mr Philippe Roumeguere of the UIC and Mr Antoine Martens of the ...
OBB Appoints German Chairman. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (OBB) has appointed a new streamlined board of management under the chairmanship of Mr Rudiger vorm Walde, who has been chairman of Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) since 1994. The new board has only three members compared with five on the previous board. Only ...
CSXT Unveils Revolutionary Fuel Saving Device. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... CSX Transportation (CSXT) has unveiled what it describes as a revolutionary new locomotive operating system designed to reduce fuel consumption and meet US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tier 0 limits which will be required from January 12002. CSXT estimates fuel savings of about ...
China Introduces 180km/h Train. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... CHINESE Railways has introduced a new 180km/h passenger train, the Jin Lun (above), into service on the 216km route between Xining in Qinghai province and Lanzhou in Gansu province. The train, comprising two power cars and six double-deck passenger coaches, is now the fastest on the ...
KTZ Upgrades Motive Power. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) has launched a multi-million dollar motive power modernisation plan that includes purchasing new locomotives, upgrading existing two-part freight locomotives, and installing locomotive washing, cleaning, and painting facilities at two depots. Tender ...
Spain Approves Toledo HS Link. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE Spanish government has approved construction of a 76km high-speed line between Madrid and Toledo. The Railway ...
SNCF Seeks Electric Passenger Locomotive Fleet. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has invited bids to supply up to 300 4MW dual-voltage electric passenger locomotives. SNCF says it will order between 100 and 120 of the 140km/h units initially, with options to increase ...
CPR Gears Up For Spin-Off. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... CANADIAN Pacific Railway (CPR) is gearing up for its spin-off from Canadian Pacific Limited on October 1. CPR's shares will start trading two days later on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges. CPR is conducting a series of road shows in six north American cities at which ...
FNM Invites New Train Bids. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... NORTH Milan Railway (FNM), Italy, invites bids by September 28 for three separate contracts for locomotives and coaches worth a total of Euros 204.4 million ($US 174 million). All of the contracts include options for additional vehicles. FNM requires six push-pull 3MW electric ...
Trinity And Thrall To Merge. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... TRINITY Industries and Thrall Car have entered into an agreement under which Thrall will merge its operations with Trinity's freight wagon manufacturing business in exchange for $US 165 million in cash and 7.5 million shares of Trinity stock. Trinity will make additional payments of not ...
ABC-Naco Plans Second JV In China. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... ABC-Naco, United States, says that it hopes to formalise a joint venture soon with Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works, China, to manufacture and sell its swing motion bogie suspension systems in China. It hopes to begin production next year. Prior to this ABC-Naco will supply up to ...
Canfranc Link To Be Restored. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) plans to go ahead with a project to restore the international rail link from Pau to Zaragoza, Spain. This will involve work to reopen the ...
Perth To Have Underground Link. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE Western Australian state government has agreed to a new alignment for the northern part of a planned 77km electrified commuter rail line from Perth to Rockingham and Mandurah. The new route will include an underground link in the city centre from a junction with the Joondalup line via ...
European Rail Research Institute (ERRI).
Sep 01, 2001 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: THE European Rail Research Institute (ERRI) has appointed Mr Peter Winter, of Swiss Federal ...
Bulgarians Go For Separation. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... BULGARIAN State Railways (BDZ) is to be separated into an operating company and an infrastructure company from the beginning of next year. The new BDZ will be responsible for operating passenger and freight services, while the infrastructure company, which has yet to be named, ...
Russia Plans To Reform Railway. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... RUSSIA's government has set up a commission to reform Russian State Railways (RZD). The deputy prime minister, Mr Ilya Klebanov, is the chairman of the new body, which also includes the communications minister, Mr Leonid Reiman, and the railways minister, Mr Nikolai Aksenenko. ...
Springs-Darwin Railway.
Sep 01, 2001 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A CEREMONY to inaugurate construction of the 1420km Alice Springs-Darwin Railway was carried out recently at Alice Springs. The official sod-turning event was held some time after actual work had ...
TGV Med Traffic Exceeds Forecast. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has announced that TGV Mediterranee, which opened on June 7 (IRJ July p6), carried more than 2.5 million passengers during its first two months of operation. This represents a 35% increase over the same period last year and is higher than SNCF's original ...
First Electrification in Northeast China. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE first electrified section of line has opened in northeast China. Electrification of the 564km link between Harbin and Shenyan was completed last month. This will he extended to cover the entire 946km route from Harbin to Dalian in November. The work, which began ...
JR Freight Plans Express Emu. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... A NEW 130km/h express freight emu is to be developed by JR Freight for operation initially between Tokyo and Osaka. The operator says it will spend about Yen 1 billion ($US 8 million) to build the prototype, which it hopes to introduce in 2003. ...
More Maglev Links Planned. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE Thyssen Transrapid consortium, which already has an order to build a high-speed maglev link between Shanghai and its new airport at Pudong, is negotiating for similar types of connections to Baltimore/Washington International and Munich International airports. It is also developing ...
Connex Wants DB's InterRegio. (World Report).
Sep 01, 2001 ... CONNEX, Germany, has offered to take over German Rail's (DB) loss-making network of InterRegio long-distance semi-fast passenger services. The managing director of Connex, Germany, Mr Hans Leister, made the offer in letters to Germany's federal transport minister, Mr Kurt Bodewig, and the ...
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL).
Sep 01, 2001 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: CIVIL works have been completed on the North Downs Tunnel section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link ...
German Government. (Angola).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The German government says it will help finance a project to rehabilitate and extend the western coastal region of ...
Canadian National Railways. (Australia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Tasrail, Tasmania, is to be sold as a result of the takeover by Canadian National Railways (CNR) of its largest shareholder, Wisconsin Central, United States. CNR has ordered ...
British Transport Police. (Britain).
Sep 01, 2001 ... British Transport Police has submitted a report to the Crown Prosecution Service which may result in criminal prosecutions of Railtrack and Balfour Beatty, as well as individual managers ...
Ganzhou in Jianxi province and Longyan in Fujian province. (China).
Sep 01, 2001 ... A new 277km line is to be built between Ganzhou in Jianxi province and Longyan in Fujian province ....
Croatian Railways. (Croatia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Croatian Railways (HZ) has secured a long-term loan of Euros 52 million ($US 44.3 million) from a domestic ...
Eurotunnel. (Europe).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Eurotunnel, the Channel Tunnel operator, says it will challenge fines being imposed by the British government on operators who have been inadvertently carrying illegal immigrants into ...
Riihimaki and Lahti. (Finland).
Sep 01, 2001 ... A 130km/h express passenger train operating between Riihimaki and Lahti struck a highway vehicle at a level crossing at Jutila, killing five occupants. It was ...
German Rail. (Germany).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The government has told German Rail (DB) that it should provide guaranteed free overnight accommodation for passengers who are prevented by train delays from completing their journey during the same day ....
Kazakhstan Railways. (Kazakhstan).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) is to close several of its "unprofitable" vehicle ...
Mr. Jean Pelletier. (Canada).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The Transport Minister, Mr David Collenette, has appointed Mr Jean Pelletier (above) as the new chairman of Via Rail, the ...
Rajatgarh and Barang. (India).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The government has approved plans to track double a 25km branch line between Rajatgarh and Barang at a cost of Rupees 1.33 billion ($US ...
Regular Passenger Services. (Iraq).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Regular passenger services have resumed between Iraq and Turkey after an absence of more than 20 years. Trains are operating from Baghdad ...
Israel Railways. (Israel).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Israel Railways is to scrap 30 level crossings defined as potentially the most dangerous on the network and replace them with grade separations at a cost of ...
Italian State Railways. (Italy).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Italian State Railways' (FS) infrastructure division has now formally become a separate company, called Italian Rail Network (RFI). FS' infrastructure division director, Mr Mauro Moretti, has taken the ...
Pakistan Railways. (Pakistan).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Pakistan Railways (PR) reported revenue of Rupees 11.15 billion ($US 174.6 million) during the financial year to the end of June. This was short of its target of Rupees 11.33 billion, because of less than expected revenue from freight traffic. * PR has ...
Tacna-Arica Railway. (Peru).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Repairs are to be carried out on the Tacna-Arica Railway linking the Peruvian city of Tacna and the Chilean port of Arica, part of which was ...
Railway Minister, Mr. Nikolay Aksenenko. (Russia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Railways minister, Mr Nikolay Aksenenko, has announced that the government will support a proposed fast rail link between Moscow's two main airports- Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo- which will cost an estimated $US 200 million. He said the ministry would find 30% of the cost, with the rest of ...
Spoornet. (South Africa).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Spoornet has reported a big increase in profit from Rand 84 million ($US 10.2 million) in 2000 to Rand 605 million for the financial year to March 2001, although turnover only rose ...
Norfolk Southern Railway. (United States).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) has opened a new intermodal facility at Austell, Galveston. The new hub is designed to improve container traffic movements on northwest-southwest and northwest-southeast routes. Mr ...
Integrated transit solutions. (Australia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Integrated Transit Solutions (ITS), a joint venture formed by ERG Group, Australia, and Motorola, United States, has been selected as preferred tenderer for the Sydney Integrated Ticketing System. * Expressions of interest have been sought by the ...
Ferroban. (Brazil).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Ferroban, which recently bought 18 second-hand locomotives in the United States, plans to buy 52 more. Behind the purchase is Ferroban's plan to increase freight from 11 million tonnes in 1998, when the railway was privatised, to 29 million tonnes by 2003. * Companhia Vale do ...
First Great Western. (Britain).
Sep 01, 2001 ... First Great Western has called bids for the lease, hire, or purchase of five diesel locomotives with an option for a sixth. * W S Atkins has a [pound]2.1 million contract to replace halon-based fire suppression systems on all 114 class 43 diesel HST power cars leased by Angel ...
Ontario Northland. (Canada).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Ontario Northland, which owns and maintains a 1345km railway extending from North Bay to Moosonee in the north, Hearst in the west, and ...
Thyssen Krupp. (China).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Thyssen Krupp, Germany, has awarded a contract to Nexans, Germany, for the supply and installation of the motor winding (long-stator winding) for the Transrapid maglev track to he built in Shanghai. * China National Industrial Machinery Import and Export Company, acting for the ...
Northern Colombia railway. (Colombia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Gevisa, Brazil, which is controlled by GE, United States, is shipping four new U18C 1340kW, 914mm-gauge locomotives to ...
Union railways. (Britain).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Senior executives from Union Railways (North), London & Continental Railways, Costain, O'Rourke Civil Engineering, and Bachy Soletanche, at the signing of a [pound]141 ...
Estonian railway administration. (Estonia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Estonian Railway Administration has called bids by September 28 for detailed design, tender ...
General motors-EMD. (Europe).
Sep 01, 2001 ... General Motors-EMD, United States, has won a contract from Porterbrook Leasing, Britain, for 10 Series 66 locomotives for the European market ....
French national railways. (France).
Sep 01, 2001 ... French National Railways (SNCF) will soon be calling bids for a project to equip about 400 VB2N double-deck vehicles ...
The European commission. (Georgia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The European Commission, as funder, has called bids by October 8 for 761 tonnes of plain R50 rail, 34 single turnouts, 9940 timber sleepers and 13,000 cubic metres of ...
German rail. (Germany).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Voest-Alpine Stahl, the Austrian steel company with interests in railway trackwork products, has bought the railway engineering unit of Thyssen-Krupp for an undisclosed amount. * German Rail (DB) has called bids for three track maintenance vehicles each with a crane and a ...
Hocking rail. (Ghana).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Hocking Rail, Britain, a subsidiary of John Mowlem, has won a follow-on contract for rehabilitation of ...
Israel railways. (Israel).
Sep 01, 2001 ... SEL-Alcatel Israel and the communications department of Israel Railways (II?) are jointly planning a new control centre on ...
Italian rail network. (Italy).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Italy's new infrastructure authority, Italian Rail Network (RED, has called bids by ...
Kazakhstan railways. (Kazakhstan).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) has called bids for the following track maintenance machines: a rail grinding train, a dynamic track ...
Lithuanian railways. (Lithuania).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Bids will be called soon for modernisation of power supply, signalling and ...
German rail. (Poland).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Fabryka Wagonow Gmiewczyna has won a DM 35 million ($US 15.2 million) ...
Guimaraes. (Portugal).
Sep 01, 2001 ... The infrastructure company, Refer, has called bids by September 17 for converting the Lordelo-Guimaraes section of the Guimaraes line from narrow to broad gauge, with electrification and associated signalling and telecommunications works, plus remodelling of stations and halts. ...
Slovak rail. (Slovakia).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Slovak Rail (ZSR) is about to re-launch a tender for 35 three-car trains to replace 40-year-old stock. The first tender produced very high bids because of ZSR's special requirements. This has now been modified. The original bidders were Siemens with local partner ZTS Dubnica, Alstom with ...
Spanish narrow gauge railways. (Spain).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Spanish Narrow Gauge Railways (Feve) has called bids by October 2 for renovation of the Carranza-Arcentales section ...
Tagkompaniet. (Sweden).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Tagkompaniet beat the incumbent operator, SJ, for the Sundsvall-Ostersund three-year franchise in Rikstrafiken's recent round of franchising passenger services. SJ, however, has retained the Gothenburg-Kalmar and Orebro-Mjolby ...
Syrian railways. (Syria).
Sep 01, 2001 ... Syrian Railways has called bids for the following projects: rehabilitation and upgrading the Aleppo-Lattakia line (deadline September 22); a study to renew the ...