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Railway Gazette 1992 May Innovation to woo the passengers
Railway Gazette 1992 May
Contents
First with the
world news:
COMMENT297
NEWS299
CITY PAGE302
PEOPLE303
INTELLIGENCE304
ANALYSIS307
LETTERS309
SIDETRACK309
BEHIND THE NEWS310
PRODUCT NEWS353
DIARY354
PUBLICATIONS354
Innovation to woo the passenger
PRESTIGE RETURNS TO OVERNIGHT TRAVEL315A three-tier service of international overnight trains proposed by the UIC is set to re-awaken Europe's long-distance travel market, which has been slumbering in graceful decline. Reinhard Chris-teller looks at the rolling stock concepts being drawn up to attract tomorrow's passengers
JOINT VENTURE TO EXPLOIT TUNNEL NIGHT STOCK323In February four railways authorized GEC Alsthom to start work on building 139 coaches for overnight services between Britain and the Continent. The first overnight trains through the Channel Tunnel should start running at the end of 1994
GRANDE COURONNE GOES DOUBLE-DECK329Main line comfort standards have been applied to a fleet of V2N push-pull double-deck stock being launched this summer by SNCF on short-haul inter-city runs from Paris
STANDARD TWINS TO TAKE OVER CALTRANS ROUTES333The first 88 double-deck coaches in a planned fleet of over 300 to operate commuter and inter-city services in California have been ordered from Morrison Knudsen
SWISS ADOPT THE LOW-FLOOR TRAIN335The first of 23 two-car EMUS with low-floor centre sections for three independent metre-gauge lines was rolled out by Schindler at Altenrhein in February
LONDONERS TO RIDE HIGH-TECH TUBE STOCK339Chopper control of separately-excited motors on every axle allows regenerative braking of 85 eight-car trains destined for London's Central line. As well as setting higher standards for comfort and performance, the stringent fire standards make these perhaps the safest metro trains ever built
RATIONAL SPENDING ON SAFETY BRINGS RESULTS345In a survey of European rail safety, Richard Hope believes that the right way to improve rail's already low accident record is to apply value-for-money criteria to a rigorous analysis of failure probabilities, based on hard statistical evidence
CAN INERTIA BARRIERS PROTECT LEVEL CROSSINGS?348
TRAIN AND PLANE CAN BE PARTNERS351High speed trains feeding hub airports can be cheaper to operate and more attractive to passengers than infrequent direct flights between provincial cities
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