Modern Railways 1991: Vol 48 Index

5 Pages·1991·1.6 MB·English

RAILWAYS
Public Service Obligation increased/
budget crisis — 226
PSO legal query 227
quality/Delivering 45
Recession: Chairman takes the
initiative in hard times (Railtalk) 393
renaissance not guaranteed — Ellis/
Index: Volume 48 Rail 626
Reorganisation: BR’s last chance?
(Railtalk) 61
January - December 1991
reorganises on business lines 74, 35
461
Makeup of Volume 48 Revenue protection 46, 138
Rover tickets 91-92 300
Safety priorities 138
Pages Month
1-56 July Sector conflict 519
57 — 108 August Service cuts challenge? 395
109 — 164 September Signals safety call 507
165 — 220 October
221 - 276 November Snow action plan 228
277 — 332 December snow/BR’s performance in , 173
Timetable changes 285
timetable delayed/Summer 6
A Brazil: timetable/DIY computer 264
AFcocoitpdaetnht s,c roUsKs:i ng standards set 510 Tfuetruersei nian BMreatzriol//‘UCnucte rtpariince ’ 245284 ttrraacckk-sciidrec uiat lasrafme/tNye ww orry 258133
Newton collision reopens single-lead BREL Ltd: Traction efficiency 45, 138, 139, 269
row 456 Chief Executive/New 516 union's alternative BR / The 114
Purley, SR/Collision at 182 Derby Loco Works to close 62 Unstaffed station code 454
Rail safety in 1989 121 Thailand Express DMUs nearing Wrong Side of the Tracks
Walton-on-the-Naze crash verdict 619 completion 264, 267 Report 225, 326, 355,
West India Quay, DLR/Accident at 28 York Works’ year of transition 357 Cc
512 British Rail:
Airports: ATP: Crisis in the cab 83, 206, 268, 299 Canada:
Newcastle International airport/First ATP standards/aims to set new 537, 652 BC Rail motive power
electric test train at 619 Board: Change at the top (Railtalk) 616 BC Rail/Native relations on
Rome airport service 19 Braking for double yellows 138 CN/Operations management
Rome/The high-level station at branch-line cuts/Minister backs 284 CN results
Fuinicino airport, 257 Business performance (Railtalk) 393 double stack/Preparing for
Stansted airport link inaugurated 115 Chairman: Yardsticks for Sir Bob 45 Draper Tapers, Big Freights and
Stansted airport rapid transit systern/ Complaints rise 450 Budd Cars
The 310, 623 Consensus politics (Railtalk) 113 Montreal-Toronto rationalisation
Tokyo Narita Airport Express services349, consumer shake-up/Rail 450 ‘Mountaineer/Another
350 Crisis: Gloom for present and Passenger service: ‘ A deal is a deal’
‘Alan Williams’ Column’: future rail (Railtalk) 447, 448 Passenger trains in turmoil 204,
52, 103, 160, 216, 272, 324, 383, 434, deficit confirmed 284 summer services/Western
494, 549, 606, 664 drivers/A career to attract tomorrow's 474 VIA cars/Refurbished
Environmental locomotives 45, 138, 139 Western Canada/
‘Alan Williams’ Column’ — replies:
269 Rails in 204, 316, 461,
138, 208, 354, 519
Fair Deal for Customers booklet/ Windsor-Quebec corridor
Albania:
a 511 Channel Tunnel:
Passenger services: 424
fleet/BR’s winter 79, 209 Ashford International imminent
Australia: Future Rail : The next decade 447, 448 Belgian Chunnel terminal debate
gauge conversion/Funding for 147 lan Allan Heritage Awards 183 Brixton high-level bridge replaced
State Rail reform — first year 200 information: Talk to us! Chunnel progess/BR
‘Tilt’ trains study 487 (Railtalk)/Passenger 169, 299 freight plan/£4bn Chunnel
Westrail results 147 investment blues/No relief from 10 freight terminal controversy
Austria: Investment: BR stalled 617 Freighters reject Chunnel
diesels/OBB acquires ex-DB 348 Investment: Chairman’s ‘awesome intermodal timetable/Chunnel 483
Dual-current locomotives 200, 201 package’ for BR 114 night-stock bids in/Tunnel 231
environment/Care for the 544 investment (Railtalk)/No alternative to 337 Rail Link details still vague 616
‘New Railway’ takes shape/Austria’s investment ‘prospectus’/Government sup- Rail Link goes east/Chunnel 560, 635
£3 billion 21 ports BR 64 rail-link ostrich (Railtalk)/A 560
Vienna Metro motive power 487 loan limit raised 454 Rails for the Channel Tunnel 251
Vienna U-Bahn extended 313 network proposed/National minimum 227 signalling/More on Channel Tunnel 230
B Parliament 1990-91 / Railways in 241 signals and trains race against time/
Pay settlement 339 Channel 117
Belgium: Performance: BR’s snow job 173 sleeper demand/North 115
Brussels RER proposal Performance: The bottom line (Railtalk) sleepers/Seven interested in Chunnel 11
Chunnel terminal debate 169 Tracklaying progress at British
Class 900 EMU problems Platform height poser 6, 138, 170 end of Chunnel 568
Development plans agreed Policy: Or maybe the problem will trains special 628
Ghent-De Panne electrification just go away? (Railtalk)/ Trans-London Tunnel services still
‘Longest train’ for charity Transport 225, 326, 355, 397 unclear 342
parcels service/Rail-air Privatisation: Transport Secretary Trans-Manche Super Trains/
Three-system locomotive on the move (Railtalk) 281 Confusion over north of
timetable at home/Electronic Privatisation veil lifted 617 London
TMST delayed — official/North 6 SSI into France Class 125s and 158s for N Wales
TMST equipment looking good 65 Strike over economies plan Cross-Country — Dynamic stability
Transport Secretary wants switch to TER design policy Crossrail/Inter-city
rail 338 timetable innovations/Winter Customer Action Team
TVM 430 for Channel Tunnel/Full TGV Atlantique success Diesels to meet the high-speed
Waterloo International/The TGV in trouble challenge
ground will move — 92, TGV / Lille prepares for East Coast Main Line ‘bad deal’
Chartered Institute of Transport: TGV Nord delays ECM closed by overhead line
London reports/Report on TGV Nord headways damage
Chile: TGV protests/Anti- East Coast sparks fly
InterCity/Chilean TGVs ordered/Double-deck Edinburgh and Glasgow?/move on 266
Vendéme/New station at Fares rise 620
China:
Canton-Hong Kong at 100mph Wagonload traffic Frequent Traveller is dropped 285
Goole loses InterCity 6
Coal to the coast G
Great Western 91-92 380
Electrification progress
HST re-engining — Valenta rules OK! 12
Locomotive production plans Germany:
1C225 and IC250 horn specification 287
railway venture/Joint Air-rail services
1C225: Publicity claim 46
‘Silk Line’ at frontier Black Forest/DR locomotives in
1C225 — See how they run 400
Colombia: Chairman inherits problems/DB IC250 bidding 65, 176
Class 119 refurbishing
Railway restoration 1C250 — now for the long wait 514
Class 252 starts trials
County Councils: IC250 tender date extended 399
Delays expected
Derbyshire services 1C250/Three invited to bid for 232
East-West connections
Edinburgh Metro backing Managing Director sets out his stall 318
East-West Trains/More
Glos and Avon park and ride Mké4 coach cocktail/High-speed thrash572
Electric locomotive procurement
Gwent stirrings? Mké4 coach ride meets target 286
electric locomotives / New DR
Lincolnshire lines to be saved? Midland electrification debate 462, 598
electrification extended/DR
Lincolnshire to back Sleaford line Fares increased again push-pull/Good news for
Stockton light-rail line Recession attack by InterCity
Freight at 100mph
Czechoslovakia: Reliability: InterCity chases the
freight declines/DR
High-speed lines planned unforgiving minute
Hannover — Berlin high-speed project 19
ride evaluation monitors whole
D Hannover — Wirzburg part-opening 148
train/Instant
IC network changes 149
Denmark: ICE pre-service tests 19, 20 Shrewsbury/remit hits
Copenhagen S-train renewal 487 ICE spearheads German Shrewsbury/to leave
InterCity services/Quicker 348 tirnetable redraft 520, 576 Special trains: Charter price
Traveller's tale
‘Diary’: ICEs in service 314
‘West Coast Main Line
50, 102, 155, 214, 270, 323, 492, 540, Karlsruhe Stadtbahn on DB 545, 660
consolidates 376, 461,
600 leaves problem on Rhine —
WCML problems
E Ruhr/Wet 149 WCML sleeper strategy/
motive power/Interchange of 256
Review confirms
Electrification: Neubaustrecke/Freight on 149
International:
Belgium numbering scheme/Unified 350
Alataw Pass/Traffic through
China Parcels by rail 425
Berlin to Kaliningrad
Denmark Postal traffic by rail 72
Brush and Westinghouse sale/
France 256, S-Bahn gaps/Closing 601
Bid clouds
Germany 314, 489, signalbox/First DR electronic 350
Chile-Argentina link
India speeds on DR / Higher 658
container traffic/European
United Kingdom 8, 229, 339, 462, staff from DR/DB borrows 314
Cross-Border tunnel ‘wired’
F timetable development/Electronic 148
Cross-Channel routes
Trans Europ Express set returns 19
deregulation criticised/Rail
‘Forum’: Washing plant recycles water 424 East Europe/Changes in
45, 97, 138, 206, 268, 299, 354, 397, 461, Greece: EuroCity coaches/Improved
518, 596, 634 passenger services/Restoration of 602 EuroCity expansion in 1991
France: H European Economic Community’s
Alsace/Higher speed in 18 high-speed rail plan 188,
businessmen/New service for 350 Hungary: Eur pean Parliament/Special
Class 40100: lower workload 349 Change in Hungary trains for
Electrification works 256 European transport proposals
electrified connection/New 544 General Motors’ EMD for sale
Environmental concerns 601 India: German-Czech link restored
freight revival/Plans for 147 Delhi-Madras all-electric Jutland electrification agreed
Intermodal promotion 72 reservations/Computerised Liege-Lille services
Investment in 1991 Lisbon — TGV connection
indonesia:
Italian locomotives on loan Moscow-Madrid mystery
Railway rehabilitation 149,
Lyon Metro plans and doubts Open access accord
Management reorganised ‘Informed Sources’: Pakistan-iran link
Massy TGV 10, 64, 117, 173, 229, 286, 341, 398, Pan-European bi-modal system 71,
Motorail to Rome 478, 514, 572, 628 Reform: Splitting track from trains
Paris inter-teminal link InterCity: snow/Europe not immune to
Paris Metro first class/End of budget slashed as revenue slumps South America/Coast-to-coast in
Paris/Orbital transport for suburban Class 48 options speed conference/European
Public Service Obligation/SNCF’s Class 48 read 1C160/For TGVs/Cross-Border
RATP report Class 90/The eccentric traffic trends/Rail
Regional Express Services 71, 355 Class 91: Northbound 91 Traveller's tale
Iran: Underground fire safety requirements Network SouthEast:
Bafgh-Bandar Abbas double-track applied 355 assets — Green/Sweat those 624
line/New 314 Underground ‘Monopoly’/The 436 Black Box/NSE’s 152
Iraq: Underground: No relief from bogie/Politics loom for hi-tech 174
Kirkuk-Baiji cross-country connection 314 investment blues 10 Cash crisis cuts trains 450
Underground PA upgrading 34 Chiltern Line modernisation nears
lrish Republic:
Waterloo International/ completion 8, 289, 518
Freight on Irish Rail 644
The ground will move — 92, 326 Clapham Junction: Hidden costs
Rover tickets 91-92 309
(Railtalk)/Chairman warns on 282
Israel: Class 73 in ‘Pullman’ livery for Brighton
IC3 sets ordered 425 Malaysia: Belle recreation 565
Timetable changes 425 Kuala Lumpur/LRT for 658 Class 165 170
Italy: Class 321 fleet for LT&S/Cascaded 574
Mali:
Direttissima/Speed on the 658 Class 456 enters service 565
Railway development proposals 658
electric locomotives/New 202 Class 456 on trial on Shepperton
finance/High-speed network 488 ‘Modern Railfreight’: branch 154
High-speed plans 602 47, 98, 156, 211, 250, 322, 352, 402, 482, Class 465 option — nothing in
Rome airport service 19 533, 594, 644 the kitty 459
Rome/The high-level station Motive power & rolling stock: Class 465 option uncertainty 398
approach at Fuinicino airport, Advanced Suburban Bogie 174 Class 466 investment drip-feed/
warning system/Simplified 201 BR Class 60 vs 37 585, 634 Networker
BR Class 159 design impressions 177 Crash simulations: Weak at the
J DB ICE spearheads timetable knees in crash?
redraft 520, 576 DOO pickle/in
Japan:
Diesels to meet the high-speed EE507 traction motor: Classic traction
Fares standstill challenge 466 finale 66
Shinkansen/Extending
Energy consumption 97, 268 Fares rise 620
Shinkansen speeds/Higher JR Shinkansen: Third generation Kingston/Roundabout again for 9
Shinkansen: Third generation bullet bullet train 260 Liverpool Street redeveloped 639
train NSE Waterloo & City/Modernising the404 London rail schemes 426, 597, 636
Tokyo airport services/New 349, Powell Duffryn Standard’s European LT&S: Waiting for investment36, 207,
L challenge 296 Networker — grim outlook for
ride evaluation monitors whole commuters and builders
London: train/Instant 478 Networker procurement update
Annual Business Plan 1991-2: LT’s ‘Moving Wheels’: Networker programme gathers pace
grim prediction 48, 100, 157, 210, 270, 321, 438, 485, Networker Turbo delayed
Central Line stock progress 543, 596, 656 Platforms: Mind the gap
Chartered Institute of Transport’s Railhead cleaning machine
report on London reports N snow (?) / Last word on
closures South West option: A rail solution/
National:
Crossrail 67, 130, 354, The 41,
Consensus politics (Railtalk)
Crossrail plans firm up 395, 518, Freight Transport Association: SSoouutthh erWne/sAt ersnim psleerrv ices
Crossrail’s impact studied Enhancing rail freight 482
CDroocykldaonnd st raLmi ghcta mRpaaiilwgany accident mFTaAs:s Mtarraknesti t/fFourncdeisn gn ot enough 363383 StSrttaaacnntssittonee dd moaRtiaorpprio rdft iTnlraialnnke s/iiCtln aasuSsgyiuscr taetme/dT he 310
background Minister embarrassed over small Waterloo & City/Modernising the 404, 461
DLR accident enquiry stations 170 Waterloo-Exeter/
DLR imbroglio (Railtalk) Policy: Or maybe the problem will Re-equipping 177, 299, 397, 518, 519
DLR reaches the Heart of the City just go away? (Railtalk)/
DLR reliability study under way Transport 225, 326, 355, 397 ‘News Briefing’:
DLR security and safety “polluter pays’ plan/Morton’s 338 151, 263
DLR to Lewisham public transport/‘Missed opportunities’ ‘NewsFront’:
DLR under fire of 62 6, 62, 114, 170, 226, 283, 338, 395, 450,
Funding mass transit Railways in Parliament 1990-91 241 505, 560, 616
Investment: Make-do won't do Road v rail 461, 597, 636 Nigeria:
(Railtalk) Transport Secretary wants switch Money and spares problems 425
Jubilee Line extension/The to rail 338 Railway reorganisation 603
Jubilee plans development Transport Secretary's outline for Northern Ireland:
Northern Line 2001 privatisation of BR (Railtalk) NIR 'monopoly’/The 132
Parliament 1990-91/Railways in Netherlands: NIR today 135
Piccadilly revamp Breda — Utrecht line proposed Rover tickets 91-92 309
Rail schemes 426, 597, construction/New Norway:
Rover tickets 91-92 Double-deck trains Diesel power 73
Travelcard Gouda Bridge/Opening of Voss cut-off opened 488
Travelcard left to the market High-speed prospects
Oo
Tube cash boost Intermodal system
Tube colour splash Locomotive sales to France 148, ‘On The Rails’:
Tube crime falls Rail traffic growth accelerated
536
Tube plan pre-empted ‘Rail 21’/Updating
Tube risks (Railtalk) Results in 1990 Pp
Tube-station mission control Rolling stock orders Parcels:
Tunnel services still unclear/ Services under pressure future?/What 411, 470,
Trans-London taxi service/Train letter trains/Circular
Underground A-stock protection Widening schemes Rail Express Systems livery
Underground events 1,500V to stay Red Star cuts
PTAs/PTEs: Tiger wagonload — on the rails Spain:
accord /P TAs and Regional seek 571 Timetabling freight trains Begging on trains 20
budget crisis / PTA 267 Trailer Train II livery changes/RENFE 349, 351
Cardiff/West from 184, 299 Trainload Metals’ niche-market Madrid-Barcelona high-speed link 546
Cheshire electrics go-ahead 62 success ‘Mediterranean Corridor/The 257
Class 323 builds in Leeds 457 Yeoman goes for the big one Narrow-gauge retrenchment 546
Glasgow?/Leased DMUs for 619 ‘Railtalk’: speeds/Higher 603
Gourock in jeopardy 396 5, 61, 113, 169, 225, 281, 337, 393, 447, suburban services/RENFE 202
Leeds rail masterplan 266 504, 560, 616 Talgo locomotives 351
Leeds revives light rail 151 Regional Railways: Three-phase motors specified 489
Manchester cuts 564 Anglia/Life on a budget in 244 Sweden:
Manchester Metrolink bridge pillar Class 142 Pacers have a future 8 freight operators/Private 659
protection 516, 517 Helsingborg/Through station at 659
Class 153/Cycles and the 634
Manchester Metrolink delay 505 Class 158 arrives in England 115 IC3s for private operator 258, 315
ManOcpheensitnegr dMaetter olfionr k/ 561 Class 158 couplings: Through access 354 railbus services/Private 258
Class 158/Door cracks hit 517 X2000 service
Manchester timetable ‘92 571
Manchester's Metrolink 207, 268 Class 158 shortcomings 139 Switzerland:
Class 158/Training for the 116 Base tunnels a stage nearer 315
Manchester's Metrolink Chief
slams BR 229 Class 158 trouble/Coupling Class 460/‘Switch on’ for
Manchester's Metrolink hits volte-face after 62 Destaffing stations
the streets 233, 354, 381 Class 159s approved 9 disabled wheelchair travellers/Lift for 315
Midland Metro/Limited aid for fares increase/Summer 284 Driver-only trials
Mytholmroyd station rebuilt Fares rise 620 local services/Reduced
Newcastle International Airport/ Gwent stirrings? 430 Rail 2000 locomotives
First electric test train at 619 income down 620 RER fire investigations
railway?/Want to run a 365 North Leeds electrics go-ahead 8 S-Bahn stock faults
Rover tickets 91-92 302 Nottingham goes alone on Senate derails base tunnels
South Yorkshire anti-stagnation plan 568 Robin Hood 566 SOB hires DR locomotives
South Yorkshire review 418 Public service obligation 97, 206 T
South Yorkshire Supertram green light 7 service changes 340
Strathclyde electrification/New 228 Sleaford line/Lincs to back 9
template for a revived industry/A 459 South Humberside closures Thailand:
Trans-Pennine report 198 proposed 509 Express DMUs nearing
Wakefield-Pontefract to reopen 172 South Wales and West/Decongest 52 completion at BREL 264, 267
Yorkshire projects in jeopardy 339 596, 634 ‘Trackwatch’:
Portugal: Station safety 528, 598, 634 50, 104, 155, 209, 269, 327, 382, 433,
CP traction/Modernising 547 Station safety puzzle (Railtalk) 560 492, 540, 600, 665
Oporto/New bridge at 19 subsidies — mixed response/Local 153 Transport & Environmental Studies
Trans-Pennine rail ‘better value’ 563 (TEST):
urban vision/pursues its 344 Wrong Side of the Tracks
‘Rail Tourer’: Wakefield-Huddersfield threat 570 Report 225, 326, 355, 397
51, 102, 158, 214, 268, 327, 381, 438, Wolds coast plan changes 9 Turkey:
493, 541, 593, 643 ‘Review’: railcars/British-engined 150
Railfreight: 31, 86, 146, 246, 312, 346, 497
Bulklink 98 S U
Cerestar expands rail operations
Chatham waste contract 47 ScotRail: USA:
Class 59s/Smoother 64, 268 Broughty Ferry crossing crash row 619 Amtrak investment boost
Class 60 hits Hawker Siddeley Class 158 bike backtrack 396 BN goes for 28ft boxes
profits . . . 229 Class 158 bike restrictions 339 BN/Trucker signs up with
Class 60 update Class 158 saga: Shared concern California plans passenger
Class 60 vs 37: Head-to-head (Railtalk) 170 improvements
on Stormy Bank 585, 634 Ciass 158’s baptism of snow 115 CP acquires D & H
Class 62 is off 229 crews agreement/Reduced
economies 266
Class 62/Next it’s 47 fares increase/Summer 284 freight locos/First ac
Class 62 requirement unveiled Future Rail critics in Scotland 509 Grand Central electrics/The
Coal in Scotland 367 Reorganisation arrives 451 Grand Central goes suburban
Duxford/Rail freight to 533 ScotStock?/More 9 maglev go-ahead/High-speed
East-West freight axis?/New 340 NEC developments
transition/ScotRail in 88, 208, 209
Freight needs a new track (Railtalk) 504 RoadRailer expands
Garw reopened for coal 623 “Service Please’: Secaucus transfer nearer
Multifret clearance leads RfD drive to 30, 87, 131, 187, 247, 356, 410, 486, 542 SP/West Coast to Chicago by
Europe 457 599, 638 Texas/TGV technology for
Powell Duffryn Standard’s European Signalling & Telecommunications: USSR:
challenge 296 ATP: Crisis inthe cab 83, 206, 268, 299 equipment, few replacements/
PDS’s new products 620 ATP standards/BR aims to Ageing
Private operators, state network 506 set new 537, 652 Trade Union moves
rail freight — FTA/Enhancing 482 Channel Tunnel signalling/More on 230 VSM high-speed studies
Railfreight plans/Users confront new 211 Solid State Interlocking into France 232
Railfreight Users Group 402 SSI update — and thrifty CCTV 153 W
Seaforth, closes Bristol/RfD chooses 622 Southern Region: Exorcising the
Speedlink/After 322, 352 hidden fear 14 ‘Worldview’:
Speedlink axed 98 Track-circuit safety worry 283 18, 71, 147, 200, 256, 313, 348, 424, 487,
Speedlink doom 47 trackside alarm/New BR 513 544, 601, 657