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Railway Gazette 1991 September France attacks the technology frontiers
Railway Gazette 191 September
Contents
`Privatization of the SNCF is not on the agenda'Murray Hughes asked Transport Minister Paul Quiles about the French government's priorities for high speed lines and its strategy for development of the SNCF network583
Double-deckers launch third generation of TGVDevelopment of a double-deck TGV has required extensive research into weight saving and structural design parameters, although SNCF's 100-strong fleet will draw on the proven success of the Sud-Est and Atlantique trainsets593
Race to the 1993 rendezvousMen and machines are hurrying to complete the 322 route-km of new line linking Paris and the Channel Tunnel. Murray Hughes met New Line Director Jean-Pierre Pronost at his headquarters in Paris Nord601
Tunnel freight plans running short of time Alain Poinssot, Freight Director of French National Railways, is concerned that major decisions have still to be taken on Channel Tunnel freight services, although less than two years remain until opening609
Smart intermodal transfer station pioneers automation technologyAt an experimental Commutor intermodal transfer station near Trappes, SNCF is testing rival automated container and swap body handling technology615
Cities wake up to rail's potentialFrench government support spawned Lille's VAL and rubber-tyred metros in Marseille and Lyon during the 1970s, and trams were reintroduced in Nantes and Grenoble. Gordon Wiseman discovers that urban rail is hotting up again in the 1990s623
World speed survey 1991ICE lifts Germany into third placeThere are now four countries operating substantial lengths of high speed line, although the Italians have yet to exploit the opportunities offered by the Roma - Firenze direttissima 633
Colour and design beat the vandalsTired of the effects of graffiti and vandalism on the Kobenhavn S-Bane fleet, DSB teamed up with designers and manufacturers to develop a programme of low cost rolling stock refurbishment that would deter the vandals643
Comment559
News561
City Page564
People565
Intelligence568
Analysis571
Letters573
Sidetrack573
Behind the News576
Product News649
Diary652
Publications652
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