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	2005 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		September 6 - Indonesian transport officials at a meeting in Bandar Lampung announce plans to build a trans-Sumatran railway to connect Banda Aceh to Bakauheni, a distance of 2,151 km (1,337 miles).
		The strike, the sixth by French rail workers in 2005, suspended one third of all TGV trains across the country.
		It is a move that may be in violation of a previous court ruling that makes subway worker strikes illegal, and MTA lawyers have asked the courts to review the strike action as one that may be in contempt of court with that ruling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_in_rail_transport (3502 words)

	RAIL#TEC - Congress 2005
		The range of contentious issues being addressed at the three-day conference includes mechanisms for coping with substantial growth rates in international freight transport, organising the movement of mass crowds, as well as the structuring of financing programmes and the reduction in the level of bureaucracy associated with local rail passenger transport services.
		Representing the rail industry at the forum will be Roland Keller, who is President of the Swiss Rail Industry Association and Edmund Schlummer, President of Locomotives and Freight for Bombardier Transportation.
		The FIFA World Cup 2006, as the litmus test for the performance capability of public transport services, will be put under the microscope, given that “Transport must flow prior to setting the ball rolling”.
	www.railtec.de /e/2553/favicon.ico (650 words)

	Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online
		At a briefing in July, the head of the Main Administration of Internal Transport Affairs of the Russian Ministry of the Interior, Anatoly Romakhov, reported a sharp worsening of the crime situation in rail transport: rail transport accounted for 86% of the total number of transport thefts.
		In May, MRT proposed a new reorganization plan for passenger transport: passenger directorates would be established at each of the 17 railways, and these directorates were supposed to be united into the state corporation "Passenger Transport." At the same time, the sale of passengers cars to private operators was supposed to begin.
		However, although the main figures in railway transport, as before, are concentrated in the Ministry and reform of the monopoly has not yet started in earnest, the railways can no longer dispose of these riches at their discretion.
	www.kommersant.com /tree.asp?rubric=3&node=40&doc_id=306625 (6510 words)

	UNEP Energy Group: Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Transport consumes a quarter of the world's energy, and accounts for some 25% of total CO2 emissions, 80% of which can be attributed to road transport.
		A partnership with the International Association for Public Transport (UITP) was formed where UNEP and UITP joint forces to promote the environmental and life-style benefits of public transport (TV campaign).
		The videos available are Mobility Mix, which informs about transport choices, Power-full, the effects of tyre pressure on fuel consumption and Gear-up, how fuel consumption can be reduced by gearing up at the appropriate time.
	www.uneptie.org /energy/act/tp (752 words)

	Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland
		Number of passengers in bus and rail transport in the 1st half-year 2005
		Rail transport of goods 1st to 3rd quarter of 2005
		Rail transport of goods in the 1st half of 2004
	www.destatis.de /presse/englisch/sach/pm19.htm (325 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Election 2005 \| Rally for rail renationalisation
		Rail workers have held a rally in Glasgow as part of a series of demonstrations calling for renationalisation of the railways.
		The Rail Maritime and Transport union will be holding similar events in 14 UK cities over the next two weeks, ending in London on 30 April.
		When protest action was announced last month the Department for Transport said bringing the railways back under public control was not affordable.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4449201.stm (312 words)

	AUSTRLIAN RAIL SUMMIT SYDNEY 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As well as providing an update on the various rail developments over the last year, I want to talk today about the implications for the rail industry at the June COAG meeting and the recent report of the Prime Minister's Export and Infrastructure Taskforce.
		For the rail industry, the first year of AusLink marks the completion of a time of intensive planning and project design and the start of a period of construction and implementation of key projects over the next 4 years.
		The House of Representatives Transport and Regional Services Committee is currently undertaking an inquiry into the integration of regional rail and road networks and their interface with ports.
	www.ministers.dotars.gov.au /wtr/speeches/2005/WS02_2005.htm (2768 words)

	Call to ‘reward not punish’ people for using trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rail fares in the UK are already among the highest in Europe and have risen by 7 per cent in real terms since 1997 while motoring costs have fallen.
		Transport 2000 also criticised requests by ATOC that lightly used stations or services be closed down to release capacity for long distance trains.
		Public transport fares in the UK are more expensive than in other European countries with the exception of Denmark and Sweden.
	www.transport2000.org.uk /news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=250 (650 words)

	Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems 2005 (CHES 2005)
		Transport by bus is fast, cheap and easy in Edinburgh.
		The local buses (Lothian Buses) provide good transport from Pollock Halls and from areas with bed and breakfast accommodation.
		There is also an "NCP car park 5 mins walk away from the hotel in Castle Terrace (Choose the Car Park Finder" tab and enter the hotel post code, namely EH2 4HQ to obtain directions.) It costs slightly more, but the hotel can obtain a discount.
	islab.oregonstate.edu /ches/transport.html (460 words)

	RAIL#TEC - CONGRESS 2005
		The Congress programme drawn up for the 2005 International Rail Summit in Dortmund was dedicated to extensive debate among industry experts.
		Privatisation of former state-owned railway enterprises, cross-border freight transportation and harmonised international standards within the area of technology, systems and sales are just some of the key points on the agenda at this year's rail # tec congress.
		Along with acclaimed transport experts, private sector leaders and political decision-makers, they will be addressing and debating all the key questions of the sector at the 5th International Rail Summit.
	www.railtec.de /e/2554 (624 words)

	SCI Verkehr \| MC Studies: Public Funding of European Rail Transport 2005/06
		The supply of public funds for the different areas and purposes of rail transport (High Speed Rail, conventional railway, metro and Light Rail Transit; operational effectiveness, investments, business funding) is highly various in form and content.
		The financial inclusions of national budgets for rail transport have been analysed and discussed in terms of their development in the prognosis period 2006-2011.
		In the annexes you find tabular overviews of key data from national economics and transport, the determined values of national budgets for rail transport as well as an overview of the current and future relevance of the different funding sources in all surveyed countries.
	www.sci.de /english/studie_rail_transport.php (719 words)

	Railroads Market Research Reports
		Industry Definition This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized services for railroad transportation, including servicing, routine repairs (except factory conversion, overhaul or rebuilding of rolling stock), and maintenance of railcars, loading and unloading of more...
		The report gives an instant overview of the Turkish rail transport market, and covers passenger and freight transport, more...
		The report gives an instant overview of the UK passenger rail transport market, and covers national railways more...
	www.marketresearch.com /browse.asp?SID=77724557-238655780-177758889&CategoryID=252 (993 words)

	2005: introduction to rail policies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Statement to Parliament by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling on the Government's objectives for rail freight.
		Written statement to Parliament by the Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, concerning the chairmanship of the Rail Passengers Council.
		Written statement to Parliament by Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, on the management of the overall performance of the rail network.
	www.dft.gov.uk /stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/divisionhomepage/039905.hcsp (298 words)

	National Statistics Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The safety levels of most major forms of transport are much improved over the levels of the early 1980s, and improvements in most areas have continued since 1993.
		Provides information about the trends in the average number of journeys and average distance travelled per person per year and the average length of journey, by mode of travel and by purpose of the journey.
		A report on average door-to-door journeys times by different modes of transport (car, bicycle and public transport) for short and long trips in inner London and short trips in outer London.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /CCI/nscl.asp?ID=8084 (402 words)

	Transport Forum 2005: Ports
		His specific areas of expertise are the development planning of port facilities, the economic, financial and institutional aspects of transport systems administration and management, and the integration of national logistics functions within the international transport system, focussing in particular on transport and trade facilitation issues.
		Prior to this, he was technical advisor to the Minister of Transport in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, where he took an active part in strengthening public private partnerships, including privatizing the national air carrier Air Ivoire, as well as in modernizing the legal framework in land, urban and maritime transport.
		He is currently supervising the SSATP Transport Performance Initiative which aims at supporting the SSATP member countries in the establishment of sectoral databases as well as an appropriate and sustainable data management institutional framework.
	www.worldbank.org /transport/learning/ports.html (2435 words)

	Rail Interoperability Regulations and the interface with rail safety legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Please note that due to a late change the closing date for receipt of responses to the consultation is Tuesday 15 November 2005 and not as indicated in the document.
		Annex C to the main consultation document inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on draft Regulations relating to railway interoperability and the interface with safety legislation.
		Annex D to the main consultation document inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on draft Regulations relating to railway interoperability and the interface with safety legislation.
	www.dft.gov.uk /stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/divisionhomepage/041370.hcsp (423 words)

	U.S. rail network still vulnerable to terror - Attacks on London - MSNBC.com
		Homeland security experts say that improving commuter rail security is difficult and expensive due to the very nature of the rail systems.
		Unlike airports, where passengers arrive an hour before their flight and can be funneled through security devices, rail systems have multiple entrances at each of what may be hundreds of separate rail or subway stops.
		Rail security officials insist some progress has been made, much of it invisible to commuters, including promising new technologies using inexpensive RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and “smart” closed-circuit cameras.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/7069390 (616 words)

	SCI Verkehr \| MC Studies: The German Rail Market — Market Analysis 2006 to 2011
		The current study is a complete revision and update of the study of the German rail market that was published for the first time in 2004.
		SCI Verkehr GmbH, industry insider and independent consultancy firm for the rail transport sector, would like to use the study to provide companies, especially foreign companies, with a quick and compact overview of the German rail market.
		Description of the transport markets in the fields of long-distance passenger transport, short-distance passenger transport, freight transport and urban rail transport.
	www.sci.de /english/studie_rail_market.php (459 words)

	State favours freeways over rail, trams: expert - National - theage.com.au
		Professor Bill Russell said the Government had not lived up to its public transport promises, and was showing a clear preference for road over rail.
		He said all states except Victoria were committed to major new rail projects but "we, for a variety of reasons, have a very, very low level of investment".
		Transport Minister Peter Batchelor said the Bracks Government had, since 1999, allocated $3 billion in road funding, and $3 billion for new public transport projects.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/11/04/1130823405948.html (427 words)

	Transport Forum 2005: Railways
		He joined the World Bank in 2003 as Transport Adviser based in Washington and is currently advising both on transport policy issues in the World Bank and on active assignments in China, Pakistan, Poland, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Southeastern Europe.
		Currently, he is working on developing a regional transport sector strategy for Central Asia and studying the impacts of WTO regulations on the PRC railway sector.
		He is a member of the Transportation Research Board's Surface Freight Regulation and Economics Committee, Princeton University's Operations Research and Financial Engineering Advisory Council, serves as a Trustee of the Winchester Thurston School and has lectured and published extensively on railway matters, with a particular emphasis on developing countries.
	www.worldbank.org /transport/learning/railways.html (1981 words)

	Transport - What's new?
		Public consultation on the report of the High Level Group on the extension of the main trans-European transport axes to the neighbouring countries and regions and the way forward.
		Adoption by the Commission of a Proposal for a Regulation on public passenger transport services by rail and by road (COM(2005)319); Notification of Railway Undertakings with a European licence and a safety certificate in Italy (ATC, Train One, Railion and Metrocampania Nordest), Germany (Westsächsische Eisenbahntransport Gesellschaft, AWV, RCN Logistik) and the Netherlands.
		Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (OJ L255 of 30/09/2005)
	ec.europa.eu /transport/home/whatsnew/2005_en.htm (2719 words)

	Rail-Tech Europe 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There will be a cocktail reception on Monday 4 April 2005, an industry dinner on Tuesday 5 April 2005, technical tours and a partner programme.
		The major challenge for the coming decades is to have progress on the issues of interoperability and cost reduction combined with improving performances of the integrated railway system.
		Both the industry, rail infrastructure managers and railway operator have a common interest in this in order to serve the European mobility.
	www.europoint-bv.com /events?railtech2005/154 (341 words)

	Hgv Training
		In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
		The guideway (permanent way) usually consists of conventional rail tracks, but may be monorail or maglev.
		In many parts of the world, particularly Japan and Europe, high-speed rail is utilized extensively for passenger travel.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/76/hgv-training.html (1241 words)

	Paul Côté appointed as president and CEO of VIA Rail - March 14, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On February 1, 2005, the Minister proposed Mr.
		VIA Rail Canada Inc., a Crown corporation created in 1977, operates Canada’s national passenger rail service.
		Subscribe to news releases and speeches at apps.tc.gc.ca/listserv/ and keep up-to-date on the latest from Transport Canada.
	www.tc.gc.ca /mediaroom/releases/nat/2005/05-h032e.htm (261 words)

	Light Rail Now! NewsLog - Light Rail Transit News
		From a transport planning perspective, the greatest mistake in New Orleans was the lack of a detailed action plan to dispatch buses for evacuating transit-dependent residents.
		Union County, New Jersey is proceeding with plans for a light rail transit (LRT) line to link Elizabeth, NJ (the county seat) with Newark Liberty International Airport terminals, reports Doug Bowen, a leader of the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (an underwriter of the Light Rail Now Project).
		Rails for a promised “future conversion” to LRT will supposedly be embedded in the busways and paveways.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_newslog004.htm (5714 words)

	UNECE - Transport Division - Inland Transport Committee (ITC) - Working Documents 2005
		The Inland Transport Committee (ITC) and its Bureau
		TRANS/2005/16 - Transport trends and economics : Transport in the Mediterranean (CETMO)
		TRANS/2005/7 - Transport Trends and Economics : Studies on transport economics and track costs undertaken by other organizations, "Conclusions of the 16th ECMT International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics"
	www.unece.org /trans/main/itc/itc_doc_2005.html (384 words)

	Port Angeles Vehicle & Passenger Ferry to Victoria, BC - Olympic Peninsula ferry service.
		It is in that same tradition that Black Ball Transport and the vessel M.V.Coho takes pride in its record of reliable and prompt service.
		In the forty-five years of service we have transported over 20 million passengers and 5 million vehicles without losing a sailing due to bad weather.
		Whether the traveler is visiting Victoria, capital of British Columbia, or heading north to experience the beautiful and pristine wilderness of Vancouver Island, or heading south to visit the Olympic Peninsula, Seattle, Oregon and California, our link is safe, reliable, and affordable.
	www.cohoferry.com (145 words)

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