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Articles in August, 2005 issue of International Railway Journal

• Spanish HS projects launched
• New Maglev tests start
• Automatic Train Protection will be installed on the Delhi to Agra line to increase speeds and safety
• Westinghouse Rail Systems, Britain, has successfully completed upgrades to three solid state interlockings at Campanha station in Oporto
• Hatfield safety breaches admitted
• Danish State Railways is to buy 380 traction packages for its Flexliner dmus from Bombardier
• Indian Railways is building the second batch of six low-cost locomotives for Sudan after a four-vehicle delivery in 2004
• Florence awards LRT concession
• A 102 million [pounds sterling] upgrade for Metrolink will include eight new light rail vehicles, improvements at stops, track upgrades, and new ticket machines
• Siemens plans modular bogie production: Siemens' bogie factory in Graz, Austria, is developing an innovative approach to bogie design and production. Following an exclusive visit, IRJ reveals a bold vision for the future
  by Andrew Roden
• Wheelset overhaul & repair
• Spain to expand HS network ten-fold
• Acela Express trains back in service
• Engineering Support Group has completed a project for entertainment system company Volo to install touch-screen monitors to seat backs in a First Great Western passenger coach
• Kenya has withdrawn from a proposed rail link with Sudan
• The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded the Railroad Research Foundation
• A group of five passenger train operators has signed a contract with Atos Origin IT Services, Britain, for the supply of portable ticket machines
• Arriva/Noordned, and Lower Saxony Regional Transport, Germany, have been awarded a 15-year concession from autumn 2006
• Dutch to franchise public transport
• The city council has summoned regional rail operator, Connex Auckland, to account for its "persistent inability" to run services on time on the 92km city network
• SuperVia, the private operator of Rio's suburban trains, has added two nine-car trains to its services
• Safetran's integrated crossing controller
• The first half-car life-size mock-up of a fleet of 12 new Alstom Pendolino emus for Trenitalia was unveiled in Turin at the end of June
• Peru plans natural gas locomotives
• Train operator First ScotRail is spending 1 million [pounds sterling] upgrading cars on its London-Scotland sleeper train services
• Latvian Railway is to be restructured following approval by the government
• Power blackout halts all trains in Switzerland
• JR West unveiled its new series 321 seven-car emu on July 12
• Bumar Group, Poland, is to upgrade parts of the Philippine railway system in a deal signed by the Polish Prime Minister in July
• MTA plan finally agreed
• Successful trials have taken place of a quieter type of light rail track
• The Viscom division of Diversified Security Solutions has been selected by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
• Rendezvous
• Gautrain project preferred bidder announced
• VTG sold to French company
• The Guangdong Railway Construction Investment Group plans to build 2164km of railways and inter-city rail systems in the next 15 years
• Punctuality on Norwegian railways for the first half of 2005 averaged 90%
• Sino-German rail cooperation deal
• Czech Railways has signed a deal with Siemens to supply 12 sleeping cars for use on routes to Western Europe
• The Surtees group has bought two 1065mm-gauge locomotives from China
• Brazil invests in metros
• Metronet is installing a new rollback protection system across London Underground's
• Leila: an innovative new freight bogie: a new disc-braked railfreight bogie is expected to offer greater functionality with lower life-cycle costs
• Powder coatings
• Become interoperable or die
  by David Briginshaw
• TEN-T projects receive boost
• English, Welsh & Scottish Railway says the amount of freight handled on Britain's railways
• A complaint has been sent to the European Ombudsman about the reopening of the cross-border line from Canfranc, Spain, to Oloron, France
• New York State senators will spend $US 5 million on a study looking at how to introduce high-speed rail services to the region
• On-train monitoring specialist Rowe Hankins has signed an agreement with Secheron to develop dc substations
• Holland Railconsult will provide technical advice and support to Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail in a new deal
• Delhi Metro gets phase two go-ahead
• Alstom clinches three LRV orders
• Brussels public transport operator, STIB, in partnership with Semaly, France, has won a contract to study a light rail network running from the Moroccan capital to Sale
• New Australian strategy: the Australian railway industry is working on a national strategy to reduce deaths on level crossings from the current total of 30 per year by changing the behaviour of road users
  by Andrew Roden
• Pakistan to invest $US 1 billion
• Mermec, Italy, expects to hand over its Roger 1000 measuring train to Swiss Federal Railways in October
• Mr Colin Foxhall is the new acting chairman of the Rail Passengers Council following the resignation of his predecessor
• Israel Railways is tendering for the supply of glued insulated joints for tracks over a three-year period
• Vietnam Railway Corporation says $US 1.54 billion must be spent on improving the railway system between now and 2010
• Bulgarian State Railways has signed a contract with Siemens for 25 Desiro Classic emus
• The Bureau of Public Enterprises has shortlisted six companies to provide advisory services for the concessioning of Nigerian Railway Corporation
• HMC city plans six metro lines
• The city has announced the construction of a new north-south metro line in the western part of Beijing
• Bids have been called for modernising the city's 14 old streetcars
• High-performance drives for 350km/h: when the new AVE S103 train enters service in Spain, the route between Madrid and Barcelona will have a maximum speed of 350km/h. Voith Turbo explains how it met demanding noise requirements for the final drive unit
  by Dr-Ing Michael Holzapfel
• World's fastest train launched
• Queensland Rail has paid out more than $A 180,000 in compensation to passengers involved in a derailment last year
• Plans are being developed to introduce radio frequency identification tags on freight wagons for Indian Railways
• Russian Railways
• Letter
  by Helena Alfirevic Arbutina
• Consolis, Finland, has formed a new company called Consolis Track Technology in Germany
• Dar-es-Salaam-based freight forwarding company Panache Tanzania has ordered 100 wagons from Quick Fab of South Africa in a deal worth $US 5 million
• Bombardier vice-president and chief country representative for China, Mr Jianwei Zhang is pictured at the official signing ceremony for the 70 million [euro] contract for a 2km automated peoplemover at Beijing Capital International airport
• Miami-Dade County has awarded a contract for the design of a $US 250 million elevated Metrorail extension to URS Corporation
• Optimising wagon and track maintenance: TTCI has developed several new processes and systems that directly address wagon and track maintenance. The main objectives are to reduce the level of dynamic loads exerted on the track structure—reducing the s
  by Keith Hawthorne
• Zwicky—back on track
• Better outlook for US railways
• Voest Alpine, Austria, is building Brazil's first rail manufacturing plant, due to open this year
• The Indonesian government plans to sell Indonesian Railway Corporation's greater Jakarta unit in a bid to improve operations and increase investments

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