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Norfolk Southern will temporarily cut service to several cities and postpone the $10 billion breakup of Conrail because the industry can't handle any more chaos, The Wall Street Journal reports. (July 29th 1998)
Swedish SJ earned US$200 million on the transport through Sweden of Nazi soldiers during the second world war, a grade 9 history class has concluded after 2 months of research. The sum has been adjusted for inflation. The trains were used to replenish German forces battling Norway. (April 7th 1998)
Israel is testing Adtranz tilting trains on the lines Tel Aviv - Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - Beersheba. The trains are thought to be able to cut travel time on the jrusalem line from 115 to 55 minutes. (March 15th 1998, more here)
Malmö's Sturup Airport will be rail-linked with Kastrup, the international hub airport in København, if the Swedish airways administration Luftfartsverket gets its way. Swedish Sturup has excess capacity whereas Danish Kastrup does not. The rail link would consist of a track to the Malmö-Ystad railway which in turn will be linked to the Øresund Fixed Link, to be completed in 2 years. (December 8th 1997, more here)
CSX is understaffed and this is compromising safety, is the message of a Federal Railroad Administration report to be released next week. Dispatching and maintenance functions are affected, with greenery growing unchecked and obscuring signals, some of which have broken lenses, low voltage or show green instead of red. (October 18th 1997, more here)
Eurotunnel's 99-year lease may be in danger just months after it was extended from 65 years. The British government wants Eurotunnel to run more freight trains, and short of this, a bigger share of Eurotunnel profits. Profits for the first six months 97 were about £8 million, according to Ny Teknik. (September 23rd 1997, more here)
The German railway recovers half its costs related to infrastructure, the Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute of Business Research) says. Intercity passenger rail covers almost 90% of its costs, but freight rail covers only 20%. Commuter services were the only rail service to cover all infrastructure costs through revenues. The DIW puts rail infrastructure costs for 1996 at 13,5 billion D-marks. The DBAG, proud of its profits, says that the DIW's calculations are based on incorrect figures. (September 18th 1997, source Bahnreport)
Connex South Central is aborting its attempt to run suburban trains around London every 10 minutes on September 28th 1997, citing lower demand in the winter months. Railtrack says the number of trains will be unchanged since last winter, before the increase in frequency. (September 18th 1997, more here)
British Steel is shifting to rail the transport of 70% of its 1 million tonnes of steel shipped annually, by 1999. The former British Rail companies shipped 200 000 tonnes in 1996, and EWS, the company which bought the former BR companies, is this year carrying 500 000 tonnes from BS' plants in Wales. BS has received a government grant for construction of the necessary terminals. The company reports bouyant demand for steel for autos and white goods (washers etc). (September 18th 1997, more here)
The London Underground will have to be privatized if the acute investment backlog is to be alleviated, ministers of Britain's new left wing government said on Tuesday. Accountancy firm Price Waterhouse has done a study for the government and it concludes that the kind of money required cannot be found without increasing the government's budget deficit. The study advocates splitting the infrastructure between three companies, and having separate train operating companies. But the LU corporate identity would remain unchanged. (September 18th 1997, more here)