Six confirmed dead in train crash http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3989277.stm A train driver and five other people have died and 11 are seriously injured after a train hit a car on a level crossing on Saturday evening.
December 22, 2004 Korean High-Speed Train Breaks Through 350km/h Barrier
THE G7 prototype high-speed train built by Rotem, Korea, reached a speed of 352.4km/h during a midnight test run on December 16. The run started at Gwangmyeung station and the train exceeded 350km/h between Cheonan and Shintanjin. The Ministry of Construction and Transportation said that only three other countries, France, Germany, and Japan have built trains that can travel at 350km/h or more. The train is a progression of the Korea Train eXpress (KTX), which is based on French TGV technology. Forty-six KTX trains, the first 13 built in France by Alstom and the rest progressively built in Korea by Rotem under a technology transfer deal, have been in service on Korea’s new high-speed line between Seoul and Busan that opened in April. The six-car aluminium-bodied G7 is an all-Korean train designed for ultimate operation at 350km/h. About 87% of the core technology is Korean. Korea has invested about $US 200 million during the past eight years to develop the train, which it hopes to export from 2007.
Eurostar was 10 years old on 14th November 2004. The celebrations follow the unveiling of record market share and passenger numbers. Eurostar carried 6,046 million passengers in the 10 months to the end of October, up 16.2% on the year before (5,203 million). Market share on the London-Paris route is now 68% and 63% on the London-Brussels route – the highest in Eurostar’s history.
THE Municipality of Dubai has opened bids from four consortia competing for a contract for the civil and electro-mechanical works for the 35km first phase of the Dubai Light Rail Transit project. The lowest bid was from Dubai Rapid Link, a Japanese-Turkish consortium of Mitsubishi, Obayashi, Kajima, and Yapi Merkasi, which bid Dirhams 6.28 billion ($US 1.7 billion). Dubai Star Consortium, including Alstom, bid Dirhams 8.85 billion, Salsabeel, including Siemens, bid Dirhams 8.9 billion, and Metro One, including Bombardier and Parsons Transportation, bid Dirhmas 10 billion. Mr Qassim Sultan, director general of Dubai Municipality and chairman of the Higher Committee of the Dubai LRT, said: "These are preliminary offers and a technical team comprising members of the project consultant, Systra, and the LRT committee, will evaluate the offers technically, financially and contractually before announcing final winners of the project in a few weeks' time." It is hoped to open the first phase in 2009.
http://www.igbahnbetriebswerkdresden-altstadt.de/ には Nach dem derzeitigen Stand wird es 2005 leider kein Dampflokfest in Dresden geben. Wir werden sie uber die aktuelle Entwicklung rechtzeitig informieren.
