International Railway Journal back issues from October 2002:
Railways must champion the high-speed rail cause. (This Month).
Oct 01, 2002; ... THIS MONTH, the International Union of Railways (UIC) will be staging its bi-annual EurailSpeed high-speed rail congress and exhibition in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Spain is also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of its first high-speed line linking Madrid and Seville, ...
Work starts on Inter-Korean link. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... CEREMONIES were held on September 18 on both sides of the 4km demilitarised zone that has separated North Korea from South Korea since 1953 to mark the start of work on the reconstruction of the rail link between the two countries. Soldiers from both armies have started to clear landmines ...
European railfreight initiative launched. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... A MAJOR step forward in making European rail-freight interoperable has been achieved with the official launch of a new non-stop freight service between marshalling yards in Mannheim, Germany, and Woippy, France. The service was symbolically tested on September 3 by Mr Hartmut Mehdorn, ...
Network rail a step closer. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE European Commission (EC) has approved an application by the British government for state aid to enable London & Continental Railway (LCR) to acquire Phase 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link from Railtrack Group for [pounds sterling]375 million. Whilst the EC approval does not ...
Measures to speed WCML upgrading. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... BRITAIN's Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has negotiated with Railtrack and train operators new working practices for upgrading the West Coast Main Line in order to speed up the work and reduce costs. A prolonged series of weekend track possessions will be replaced by line closures ...
India to increase rail capacity. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE Indian government has announced a Rs 150 billion ($US 3.1 billion) five-year rail development plan. The objective is to remove critical bottlenecks on the network to increase capacity and reliability. Rs 80 billion will be invested in the Delhi-Kolkata ...
New Japanese maglev train. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... RUNNING trials are underway with two new maglev test vehicles and two bogies at JR Central's Yamanashi Maglev Test Centre. They consist of a new lead vehicle (MLX01-901) and a new intermediate vehicle (MLX01-22). The new cars are coupled to the existing lead vehicle to form a three-car ...
Nigeria approves rail plan. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE Nigerian government has approved a $US 40 billion, 25-year plan to revitalise and expand the country's rundown 3505km 1067mm-gauge railway network. The transport minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, says he hopes that about 80% of the funds will come from sources other than the government. ...
Eschede ICE crash trial starts. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... THREE railway engineers are on trial in Celle, northern Germany, accused of negligence regarding the Eschede accident in 1998 when an ICE1 train derailed and hit a bridge which then collapsed on part of the train. A total of 101 people were killed and 105 injured. The accident was blamed ...
Russian private line opens. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... RUSSIA's first private rail way to be built since the revolution in 1917 has opened. The 157km line connects a bauxite mine at Sredne-Timansky owned by Sual, an aluminium ...
Queensland Rail. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... QUEENSLAND Rail (QR) has started to conduct trials with its two 160km/h diesel tilting trains supplied by EDI Rail, Australia. The trains are due to enter service next year as the Tropical Explorer on the 1681km ...
New Anglo/US company set up. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... HERZOG Transit Services, United States, and Stagecoach Group, Britain, have decided to set up a new joint venture called TransitAmerica to focus exclusively on passenger rail operations and maintenance services for heavy rail, commuter rail, and light rail systems in the United States. ...
Indonesia to upgrade line. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... INDONESIA's Ministry of Communication & Transport has awarded a Euros 45 million contract to an international consortium to track double and upgrade the so-called 20km segment one of the Cikampek-Cirebone line in Jakarta. The consortium is led by Itochu, Japan, which is also arranging ...
Dutch to cut rail investment. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE new Dutch government is planning to reduce investment in public transport in favour of trying to reduce road congestion. Construction of the planned Hanzelijn linking Lelystad with Zwolle could be delayed by five years. The Randstadrail project to ...
China to build East-West line. (World Report).
Oct 01, 2002 ... CHINA is to build a new 2024km east-west rail artery paralleling the Yangtze River to link Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Wuhan, and Chongqing (IRJ May p17). It is also planned to upgrade the line from Chongqing to Chengdu. The new line will plug a major gap in the Chinese rail network ...
Australia. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Queensland Rail says it is the first Australian railway to carry more than 150 million tonnes of ...
Construction of stage two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Reached a milestone recently. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Construction of stage two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link reached a milestone recently when tunnelling began on the 7.5km section between ...
Strategic Rail Authority. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has reduced the length of the South Central franchise being negotiated ...
Bombardier Transportation. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Hull Trains is to acquire four class 222/1 four-car 200km/h diesel trains from Bombardier Transportation worth [pounds sterling]36 million to replace 160km/h Turbostars on ...
Bosnia/Croatia. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has loaned Euros 21 million towards a project to rehabilitate a 395km section of the Bosnian rail network which will improve international rail services between Croatia and Hungary ....
Bulgaria. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) suffered a reduction in passenger traffic of more than 20%, and in railfreight traffic of about 10%, during the first ...
Canada. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Canadian National has opened a new $C 47 million ($US ...
Taren Locomotive Works. (China).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Taren Locomotive Works has entered a partnership with Toshiba, Japan, to create a new company, Taren Locomotive Electric Equipment. Currently, Taren is a diesel locomotive ...
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company. (China).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * The Chinese government has created the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company (QTRC), which will be responsible for operating the 1142km line between Qinghai province and Tibet, of which 1118km is currently under ...
Europe. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Intercontainer is to launch a new railfreight service this month from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Sesto San Giovanni, ...
German Rail. (Germany).
Oct 01, 2002 ... German Rail (DB) has increased its estimated cost of the recent severe flooding which damaged many sections of the rail network (IRJ September p2). Mr Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of DB's board of management, said that the final cost will exceed Euros ...
North Fresian Transport Authority. (Germany).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * North Fresian Transport Authority (NV), will start operating InterRegio services between Hamburg and Flensburg under a ...
Japan. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... A report published by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Investment has revealed that the number of rolling stock orders for the financial year to the end of March 2002 slipped by 1.3% compared with the previous year to 4854 ...
Kenya. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been appointed to advise the Kenyan government ...
Pakistan. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The first 14 of 175 new passenger coaches ordered from China have been introduced by Pakistan Railways (PR) on the three-times-weekly Karakoram Express service linking Lahore and Karachi. The total order is expected to be worth Rupees 7.77 billion ($US 131 million), with 135 coaches being ...
Russia. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The transport minister, Mr Gennady Fadeyev, says that he expects electrification of the 9288km Trans-Siberian Railway to be ...
South Africa. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Cape Town's Khayelitsha suburban line is to be extended 4.5km from ...
Ukraine. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... A locomotive and three freight wagons derailed after thieves attempted to dismantle an automatic track switch in the Mykolaiv region. This followed a similar ...
US Surface Transportation Board. (United States).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The US Surface Transportation Board has approved a plan by San Jacinto Rail to build a 20.6km branch line which will link Bayport industrial district, near Galveston Bay, ...
Genesee & Wyoming. (United States).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Genesee & Wyoming is to purchase Utah Railway, a subsidiary of Mueller Industries, for $US 54 million ....
Zimbabwe. (World in Brief).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Signalling has been upgraded on National Railways of Zimbabwe's (NRZ) main line between ...
Bombardier Transportion. (Australia).
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Victorian government and train operator, National Express, have ordered 29 two-car diesel trainsets from Bombardier ...
United Goninan is the preferred bidder for 14 diesel-hydraulic suburban cars. (Australia).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * United Goninan is the preferred bidder for 14 diesel-hydraulic ...
Abigroup. (Australia).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Abigroup has won a $A 70 million ($US 38.6 million) contract to design and construct the North Bowen Basin rail link, in partnership with Queensland Rail ...
Belgium. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... De Lijn has invited tenders by October 7 for the internal refurbishment of the front and rear sections of ...
Alstom and Rail Door Solutions. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Alstom and Rail Door Solutions have won a contract worth [pounds sterling]32 million from Angel Trains to refurbish 59 three-car ...
Railtrack. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Railtrack has called bids for the supply of up to 1500 cast manganese crossings a year. The ...
Great North Eastern Railway. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) is to refurbish its fleet of class 225 electric trains. GNER and leasing company, HSBC Rail, have awarded a [pounds ...
Alstom Transport. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... A joint venture led by Alstom Transport, with Carillion Rail, Britain, and Travaux du Sud-Ouest, France, has won a [pounds sterling]120 million contract for the track and overhead electrification at 25kV of the 39km section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) between Southfleet and ...
Marconi. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Marconi has won a multi-million pound contract extension to deploy and ...
Harsco Corporation. (Britain).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Harsco Corporation, United States, has been awarded a $US 25 ...
Croatia. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Croatian Railways (HZ) has called bids for 4350 tonnes of UIC 60 rail and ...
Egypt. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Egyptian National Railways Authority has called bids for 200 ...
DB Cargo. (Germany).
Oct 01, 2002 ... DB Cargo has placed an order with Voith Turbo for new drives for 398 series 290/294 shunting ...
German Rail. (Germany).
Oct 01, 2002 ... German Rail (DB) has called bids for 20 track maintenance machines equipped with loading cranes, and for 400 sliding ...
Greece. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Alstom Transport has won a contract for turnkey project management, design engineering, and supply of substations, signalling, catenary, and track for a new 30km suburban line from Athens to the new ...
India. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Rane Brake Linings has won a Rs 300 million ($US 6.2 million) contract ...
Israel Railways. (Israel).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Israel Railways (IR) has issued a request for information to enable it to examine various means ...
IR has called bids for the manufacture. (Israel).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * IR has called bids for the manufacture and supply of ...
Israel's airports authority. (Israel).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Israel's airports authority and Ben-Gurion 2000 Project Management have ...
Korea. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Alstom Transport, as a member of the IFKC consortium, has signed a contract with Incheon International Airport Railroad Company for the project management and supply of equipment for a new airport ...
Switzerland. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Caterpillar, United States, through Zeppelin Baumaschinen and Vossloh Schienenfahrzeugtecknik, have signed a contract to supply Swiss Federal ...
Netherlands. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... British railfreight operator, English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is to lease up to five locomotives to the Dutch train ...
Norway. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Norwegian State Railways and Flytoget have awarded a Euros 14 million contract to Bombardier Transportation to supply ...
Portugal. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Portuguese Railways (CP) has called bids for the modernisation of 25 ...
Swiss Federal Railways. (Switzerland).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has ordered a further 40 class Re 482 multi-system freight locomotives from Bombardier Transportation at a ...
SBB. (Switzerland).
Oct 01, 2002 ... * SBB has called bids for 30,000 tonnes of rail for delivery ...
Tunisia. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Tunisian National Railways has called bids for signalling work on two double-track sections of the network: Boil ...
United States. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Metro-North Commuter Railroad, New York, has ordered 180 M-7 commuter cars from Bombardier ...
Vietnam. (World Market).
Oct 01, 2002 ... Vietnam Railways has awarded the Alstom Transport-led consortium of Alstom and Alcatel CIT a ...