International Railway Journal - October 2008 - (Page 1) October 2008 volume XLVIII number 10 Contents North American Transit 43 Dart takes light rail to the people Dart president Gary Thomas talks to IRJ News 2 4 6 12 16 This month News extra News Transit news Market news Signalling 32 35 39 Japan points the way forward ETCS: Switzerland takes the next step Alister - a new interlocking technology India Middle East 18 25 Gulf rail resurgence gathers pace New railways are planned across the region 46 49 51 51 52 High-wire challenge solved Rendezvous Full contact list Advertisers index The last word Urban rail blooms in Anatolia Light rail and metro expansion in Turkish cities IRJ International Railway Journal International Railway Journal October 2008 Volume 48, Issue 10 48, e1 www.railjournal.com Turkish delight! LRT extends its reach Online edition 29a Building Istanbul’s Kadiköy - Kartal metro line Front cover Turkish cities such as Eskisehir are turning to LRT to tackle their traffic problems. Photo: Bombardier India pioneers double-stack electrification - see page 46 Contact us Editorial Offices Post 46 Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3PP, UK Tel +44 1326 313945 Fax +44 1326 211576 Web www.railjournal.com Editor-in-Chief David Briginshaw Associate Editor Keith Barrow Contributing Editor Andrew Roden Senior Designer Fiona Browning Production Manager Jennifer Hearle db@railjournal.co.uk kb@railjournal.co.uk ar@railjournal.co.uk fb@railjournal.co.uk jh@railjournal.co.uk Advertising Sales Offices Post Suite K5 & K6 The Priory Syresham Gardens Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LB, UK Tel +44 1444 416368 Fax +44 1444 458185 Advertisement Manager Donna Edwards BA de@railjournal.co.uk International Area Sales Manager Benn Wood Tel +44 1444 416917 bw@railjournal.co.uk COPYRIGHT © Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation 2008. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced without permission. IRJ INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL (ISSN 0744-5326) is printed monthly at Headley Brothers Ltd, Invicta Press, Queens Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8HH, UK, by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. Periodical class postage paid at New York, NY 10014 and at additional mailing offices. Send all subscriptions, changes of address and correspondence concerning them to: Subscriptions Department, IRJ International Railway Journal, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010, USA. POSTMASTER: Send returns to IRJ International Railway Journal, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010. Printed in the UK. IRJ October 2008 1 http://www.railjournal.com http://www.railjournal.com
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