Category: International Railway Journal

German Rail will invest [euro]385 million this year in the rail network of Saxony, about [euro]40 million more than last year – DB – World in Brief: Germany German Rail (DB) will invest [euro]385 million this year in the rail network of Saxony, about [euro]40 million more than last year. Both tracks of the flood-damaged […]

http://www.looksmart.com/ http://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles > International Railway Journal > Jan, 2002 > Article > Print friendly Britain – World in Brief A feasibility study is to be carried out into upgrading the West Anglia rail link from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport and Cambridge. Passenger traffic on Stansted Express and commuter services is expected to […]

First Swietelsky, a joint venture between First Engineering, Britain, and Swietelsky, Austria, has won a two-year framework contract worth about 30 million [pounds sterling] First Swietelsky, a joint venture between First Engineering, Britain, and Swietelsky, Austria, has won a two-year framework contract worth about 30 million [pounds sterling] for the maintenance and operation of Network […]

http://www.looksmart.com/ http://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles > International Railway Journal > Feb, 2004 > Article > Print friendly Land Transport Authority has invited tenders for civil works – LTA – Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has invited tenders for civil works, including station construction and tunnelling contracts, on stages four and five of the Circle Line which is […]

DB Makes Operating Profit – World Report GERMAN Rail (DB) improved its financial performance by Euros 286 million ($US 255.5 million) last year turning an operating loss (after interest payments) of Euros 87 million in 1999 into a profit of Euros 199 million. “Measured on the basis of passenger and freight revenue, 2000 was the […]

No flash in the pan for DB David Briginshaw HARTMUT Mehdorn, CEO of German Rail (DB), and his management team must be congratulated for getting DB into the black. Last year’s operating profit of 253 million [euro]–the first by Germany’s national railway since 1945–was clearly not a flash in the pan, as DB has just […]

http://www.looksmart.com/ http://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles > International Railway Journal > March, 2001 > Article > Print friendly Cournonsec – Transit news The city plans to build a new Line 2 up to 20km long which would provide a link to Saint-Jean de Vedas, plus a 13km extension to Cournonsec. The initial line would cost Euros 424 million […]

How smart can electronic ticketing get? Electronic ticketing in public transport is the most innovative example of mass fare collection and payment. But what started as a means of making public transport more manageable is now becoming a business in itself with ever wider applications – Fare Collection MAJOR issues affecting technology, finance, and human […]

http://www.looksmart.com/ http://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles > International Railway Journal > June, 1999 > Article > Print friendly La Paz – Brief Article Bolivian National Railways (Enfe) is expected to invite consultancy tenders soon for a planned new electrified line from central La Paz to El Alto, the site of the city’s main airport. Enfe is expected eventually […]

Downtown Design Partnership, a joint venture of DMJM+Harris and STV, has entered contract negotiations with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey – New York Downtown Design Partnership, a joint venture of DMJM+Harris and STV, has entered contract negotiations with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for the design and […]