International Railway Journal - January 2008 - (Page 12) Market news Australia Thales will supply communications and surveillance sub-systems, and perform information technology system integration for the Sydney suburban passenger vehicle project. Thales will integrate areas including train information system, brakes, doors, traction, air-conditioning, fire detection, and communications on the project. Oil Group, Dubai, to supply 2 million concrete sleepers for the 700km Western and Central line. A new sleeper factory will be built in Ghana at a cost of ƒ7 million. Technology news NS deploys Resource Manager ETHERLANDS Railways (NS) will soon start using Funkwerk IT York’s resource management software, Resource Manager, to support staff rostering and assignment. Resource Manager will need to be adapted for the project, as until now, it has been focused on real-time rolling stock management. Extra functionality will allow the visualisation of train and crew deployment, train paths, and location. It will also enable NS to track visits to depots for maintenance. N France Voith Turbo, Germany, is delivering 344 one4 couplers to Bombardier for use on Paris commuter trains which enter service in December 2009. The design of the low-maintenance coupler was adapted in order to extend the maintenance intervals beyond the usual eight to 10 years. Britain Commuter train operator London Midland has ordered two lightweight PPM 60 dmus for use on the 0.8km line from Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Junction. The vehicles use flywheel energy storage drives for power, and are significantly more efficient than the heavyweight singlecar train they will replace. Jacobs Engineering Group, United States, has won a contract from Network Rail to assist with redevelopment of Blackfriars station in London. The contract involves project management and architecture; civil, mechanical and electrical engineering; and environmental services. Italy Ansaldo STS has won a ƒ42.5 million contract to provide signalling equipment for the under-construction, 192km Milan - Bologna high-speed line. It means NS will have a clear overview of staff and rolling stock, traffic, processing scenarios and strategies and the correct communication resources. The new tool will replace the legacy system VKL and enable NS to adapt the timetable, rolling stock and staff deployment during incidents quickly and effectively. The product will be integrated with NS’s other rail operations systems, including message-based train delay reports and disposition feeds. Renfe selects Saft batteries R Latvia A consortium led by Bombardier has won a ƒ41 million contract to modernise signalling on eastwest routes from Krustpils to Resneke, and Krustpils to Daugavpils. Interflo (i)200 signalling will be installed over approximately 200km of route, telecoms and power supply equipment will be replaced, and new signalling centres at Jelgava and Daugavpils built. ENFE, Spain, has selected French battery supplier Saft to provide backup power systems for 160 Civia emus being built by a Siemens/ CAF/Alstom consortium. Two 72V, 145Ah, Matrics MRX nickel-cadmium battery systems will be mounted on the underframe of each train to provide back-up power for key safety and auxiliary circuits including brakes, door opening, lights, ventilation and communication systems. Kelox’s new catering terminal K Canada Via Rail has signed a five-year, $C 100 million ($US 95.2 million) contract with CAD Railway Industries to rebuild its fleet of F-40 locomotives. Via Rail expects exhaust emissions to fall 12% once work is complete. The first locomotive will re-enter service in 2009, and the programme will be completed in 2012. Philippines EADS Secure Networks will supply a Tetra radio communication system for the North Luzon Railway. A consortium which also includes Beijing Huatie Information Technology Development Company will deliver data and voice applications for the train dispatcher system, which will be deployed in 2009. ELOX, Spain, recently launched a new multifunction terminal for onboard catering, offering high power and an ergonomic interface. It can withstand environmental temperatures from 0ºC to 50ºC and is IEC61131-2 (JIS B 3502) vibration resistance compliant. The 3.8-inch screen is powered by a standard processor and is capable of communicating with a PLC by Modbus over Ethernet, it has 6MB memory for loading screens, and has no moving parts. It has a USB port for exporting temperature data and is fully compatible with PLC processors that control modern thermal switches and freezer temperatures. With a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, and a resistive 1024 x 1024 pixels touchscreen, Kelox says a great deal of information can be displayed and several parameters can be introduced by touching one icon on the screen. Ghana Sill lights CTRL ILL Lighting, Britain, has supplied 1000 luminaires for stations on the new High Speed 1 line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel. At London St Pancras, 200 Sill 022 projectors light the concourse area, while 200 Sill 455 asymmetric projectors light the brick arches of the flank walls. At Stratford and Ebbsfleet stations more than 300 Sill 453 projectors are used on the columns and canopies. S New Matrox graphics cards ATROX says its new Millennium P690 Series fanless graphics cards offer several form factors, low power consumption, and unified display drivers for easy deployment across multiple systems. The cards can be upgraded to drive four analogue monitors and up to eight analogue or four digital monitors in a joined-graphics card configuration. IRJ Turkey Atlas Copco has won an order to supply tunnelling equipment for use on construction of the Ankara Istanbul high-speed line. The order includes 13 tunnel drilling rigs and two surface crawler rigs, which will be used to excavate 39km of tunnel in 40 different locations. IRJ M Rail.One, Germany, has signed an agreement with Kampac 12 IRJ January 2008
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