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Articles in March, 2004 issue of International Railway Journal

• Brazil to upgrade railway infrastructure - World Report
• The first high-speed train for Taiwan rolled out of Kawasaki Heavy Industry's factory in Hyogo, Japan, on January 30 - IRJ February p5 - World Report
• The Strategic Rail Authority will launch a three-year scheme on April 1 - Britain
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved nine new projects costing about Rs 25 billion - $US 551.5 million - India
• The government has allocated 340 million [euro] to develop facilities - Netherlands
• Paris awards CBTC contracts - Transit News
• Hyderabad - Transit Briefs
• Network Rail has appointed GB Railfreight to operate its new Whitemoor infrastructure materials distribution centre - Britain
• Netherlands Railways has awarded a 8.5 million [euro] contract to Issue Information Technology, Netherlands, to supply pocket PCs and mobile telephones to train drivers, conductors, and other operating staff - NS - Netherlands
• Bombardier Transportation handed over the first AGC passenger train to French National Railways - SNCF - France
• Simulating can be stimulating: virtual reality is the next best thing to putting a trainee train driver on the track. But no-one's going to get hurt no matter what mistakes he makes - Simulation
• Spoornet plans new heavy-haul line - World Report
• At least $US 80 million is to be used to complete the laborious and risky job of removing land mines from the 1347km Benguela Railway - CFB - Angola
• Navari to head Bombardier Transportation - World Report
• Korean National Railroad is to set up the Korean Railway Development Foundation - KNR - Korea
• New Melbourne franchises agreed - Transit News
• Brussels - Transit Briefs
• Zurich - Transit Briefs
• German Rail has invited bids for three separate contracts - DB - Germany
• Swiss Federal Railways has awarded a SFr 146 million contract to Vossloh Locomotives, Germany, for 59 type Am843 diesel shunting locomotives - SBB - $US 118 million - Switzerland
• A foremost supplier of railway engineering system: Vossloh Information Technologies GmbH making solid progress - Vossloh: focus on transport technology
• JR East to build prototype HSTs - World Report
• Dutch study noise reduction - World Report
• A fibre-optic-based communications system is being installed this year - Belarussia
• Voith Turbo - Germany
• Netherlands Railways has started a multi-tasking experiment to improve the flexibility of its workforce and job satisfaction - NS - Netherlands
• MTRC crosses the border - Transit News
• Hanoi - Transit Briefs
• Bosnia & Herzegovina Railways and Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina invite bids for upgrading the 26km Bradina-Konjic section of the Sarajevo-Capljina line - Bosnia
• Harsco Track Technologies, United States, has sold its first piece of track maintenance equipment in Italy - Italy
• The European Commission is to procure, during the second quarter of this year - Uzbekistan
• Vienna test centre operates in a new climate: the world's largest climatic wind tunnel has been operating for just over a year in Vienna, Austria, with a remit to optimise thermal comfort in public transport vehicles - Simulation
  by Mike Knutton
• Conflict over rail package - World Report
• An Association of East African Railways and Marine Services is to be set up by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to foster better cooperation - Africa
• Intermodal operator Kombiverkehr recorded a 7.9% increase in traffic - Germany
• Work has started on the construction of two new stations in Modi'in on a new 6km line from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport - Israel
• Consortium wins suburban rail contract - Transit News
• Belgrade - Transit Briefs
• Tenerife - Transit Briefs
• Rhineland-Palatinate has reached agreement with DB Regio - Germany
• SL Infratechnik has contracted Windhoff, Germany, to supply three underfloor lifts for its Upplands Bro depot in Stockholm - Sweden
• DB network restructures: DB Network has restructured its maintenance and repair activities in the past year in an effort to cut costs and improve efficiency. It says the results are already evident - Germany
• Swiss rail tunnels to cost more - World Report
• Voestalpine, the steel producer, has decided to become a train operator - Austria
• Amec Spie Rail goes for growth - World Report
• The World Bank is to contribute $US 85 million towards the $US 240 million - Mozambique
• Florence awards LRT concession - Transit News
• Glasgow - Transit Briefs
• Algerian National Railways has provisionally awarded a contract worth 88 million [euro] to a consortium led by Alstom to electrify at 25kV ac three suburban lines radiating from Algiers to Thenia, Gue de Constantine, and El Affroun - SNTF - Algeria
• Hungarian Slate Railways is seeking assistance with the preparation of a technical description - MAV - Hungary
• Vossloh Information Technologies, Britain - United States
• Korea fulfils a high-speed dream: the world's eighth high-speed railway opens in Korea on April 1. It has been 15 years in the making and is destined to be the catalyst for progress in almost all aspects of Korean life - High-Speed
  by Mike Knutton
• China plans new 1350km line - World Report
• Renfe awards 1.4 bn [euro] contracts - World Report
• First Great Western - Britain
• Konkan Railway has started to install its Anti Collision Device ATP system on 1736km of broad-gauge lines belonging to North East Frontier Railway - India
• The Ministry of Railways plans to complete the construction of an 800km line - Russia
• NY AirTrain expansion planned - Transit News
• London - Transit Briefs
• Merseyrail Electrics 2002 has invited tenders for the supply of up to 85 ticket issuing terminals and their installation at stations - Britain
• Poland's track authority, PKP PLK, invites bids by April 22 to resignal the Poznan area - Poland
• BNSF starts positive train control trial - North American Viewpoint
  by William Vantuono
• Planning maintenance site timetables: effective management of reduced track capacity caused by maintenance possessions can minimise disruption to passengers and offer practical transport alternatives - Simulation
  by Volker Klahn
• SNCF orders 460 locomotives worth 1 bn [euro] - World Report
• Plans are being drawn up to extend the railway that links Abidjan in Ivory Coast to Ougadougou in Burkina Faso - Africa
• The Bavarian government plans to sell its 76.9% stake in Regentalbahn - Germany
• Israel Railways' - Israel
• Madrid Metro seeks up to 808 new cars - Transit News
• Athens - Transit Briefs
• Prague - Transit Briefs
• DB Regio invites bids for the supply of between 30 and 60 emus, with an option for another 60, for operation primarily in Hessen and Westphalia - Germany
• Green Cargo wants to equip 10 freight wagons - Sweden
• Passenger services on the upturn: German Rail's passenger subsidiaries are anticipating an upturn in fortunes at exactly at the right moment, with the federal government contemplating a full stock market flotation of DB in 2005 - DB - Germany
  by Steve Bennett
• Eurotunnel plans again to restructure its finances - This Month
  by David Briginshaw
• India approves rail budget - World Report
• All 16 defendants have been acquitted in a trial into a fire in a train on a mountain railway at Kaprun which killed 155 people in November 2000 - Austria
• More than 250 people were killed and 350 injured in northeastern Iran - World Report
• The first batch of rails, supplied by Lucchini, Italy, has arrived for the 248km line - Namibia
• Funding recommended for US projects - Transit News
• Hamburg - Transit Briefs

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