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		Rail Gourmet is committed to the rail industry and sees it's future to be in providing catering, and other rail related activities, to train operating companies across Europe.
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	EyeforTransport - transportation glossary E-F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Transport of clothing and/or garments including shoes, belts and handbags in dedicated means of transport.
		A vessel normally used for local or coastal transport (for carriage of cargo and/or containers) to and from ports not scheduled to be called by the main (ocean) vessel, directly connecting these ports to the main (ocean) vessel.
		Transport condition denoting that the freight rate is inclusive of the sea carriage and the cost of discharging, the latter as per the custom of the port.
	www.eyefortransport.com /glossary/ef.shtml (2900 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Photo Archive: Big Guns of the Great War
		The German advance through Belgium in the summer of 1914, early in the war, demonstrated the value of siege artillery in particular, and all artillery in general.
		Rail presented the perfect transport and firing platform for land based naval ordnance.
		The gun could be moved relatively quickly along the rail system and the recoil could be dispersed by allowing the carriage to hurtle down the tracks (sometimes up to 100 feet).
	www.worldwar1.com /pharc005.htm (1175 words)

	Transport: Project: Rail: LIBERAIL- Final Summary Report
		In Belgium and Greece separate entities within one (holding) company will be set up, while this is already the practice in the other countries.
		Inter-urban passenger transport by road is essentially competitive in the countries studied although the method of licensing differs quite a lot.
		The targets of this workpackage have been an assessment of the impacts of implementation of the EC Directives, the determination of a common methodology for calculating railway line capacity, and the determination of a common methodology for calculating the costs of using the infrastructure.
	cordis.europa.eu /transport/src/liberailrep3.htm (706 words)

	Gay & Fisher. The Commission for Relief in Belgium. 1929. Appendix I
		Questions affecting the country as a whole were, in Belgium, decided at regular meetings of delegates, from the provincial committees, with the executives of the Comité National and the C.R.B. Due to restrictions on movement of civilians in Northern France the district committees of that area were represented in Brussels by American C.R.B. delegates.
		Belgium and, in fact, Northern France are traversed by a network of canals, railways, and tram lines and, as can be seen on the accompanying map, this network is readily accessible from the C.R.B.'s base port of Rotterdam.
		In Belgium the system employed was much more complex, as it required that the degree of dependency of beneficiaries be determined from day to day, and except in the case of economic relief in which the Belgian Government was interested, the relief organization left little for subsequent settlement.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/CRB/CRBapp1.htm (5666 words)

	Namur / Namen, Belgium
		Namur (Flemish Namen) is situated at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse and is the ideal base for visiting the picturesque Upper Meuse Valley.
		It is the capital of the province of the same name, the seat of a bishop, a university town and an important communications junction for railroad, inland shipping and road transport.
		In the Kingdom of Belgium the advance forts which had been erected in 1889-1902 were strong points of the Belgian line from the Meuse which, however, was taken in 1914 and again in 1940 by German troops.
	www.planetware.com /belgium/namur-namen-b-nm-nn.htm (431 words)

	Belgium travel guide - Wikitravel
		Belgium [1] is a low lying country on the North Sea coast in Western Europe.
		Belgium is a densely populated country trying to balance the conflicting demands of urbanization, transportation, industry, commercial and intensive agriculture.
		Most of Belgium is well connected by train, run by NMBS (SNCB in French) with most of the main routes passing through the Zuidstation in Brussels.
	wikitravel.org /en/Belgium (3926 words)

	Liegeonline.com : Location & transport : Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Belgium is situated in the west of Europe, bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and Luxembourg and to the south and the west by France.
		Belgium is a federal state in which considerable powers are delegated to the regional governments of Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.
		The largest province of Belgium in terms of population is Antwerp with 1,676,858 inhabitants.
	www.liegeonline.be /en/en/lt-belgium.html (217 words)

	Government Belgium Europe Regional
		Belgium: Strike at Volkswagen plant may soon end; union says...Automotive World (subscription), UK - Dec 22, 2006The restructuring may, however, face opposition from the Belgian government, which has warned both the union and management that it will not approve any...
		the support of Belgium and the international community for the government and said he will lead his country's participation at the Paris III conference.
		Harvard Law BulletinBye bye Belgium?Harvard Law Bulletin, MA - Dec 20, 2006For most of Belgium's history, Wallonia was much richer than rural Flanders, and the country had a strong unitary parliamentary government that centralized...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Belgium/Government (460 words)

	Tearing up the Tracks. Public transport in the UK pulled to pieces to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and ...
		Rail privatisation is the best step ever towards making the railways succesful and encouraging investment but you are only going to see that on long distance peak lines and dense commuter networks.
		One of the many criticisms of the former British Transport Commission regime was that, of their 15 members of the BTC board, only 2 were railwaymen.
		The aim should be to harmonise and co-ordinate the newer and older forms of transport with the objective of obtaining from each the maximum of advantage to th e public.
	members.tripod.com /copy_bilderberg/railways.htm (5681 words)

	FM 55-20 Chptr 1 Rail Transport Operations
		Extensive rail construction is beyond the capabilities of a military force, except during a prolonged war when a civilian work force would be employed to operate the railroad.
		Rail operations in a theater may consist of a broad initial or preinvasion plan based on limited available intelligence data.
		Rail units are responsible for the security of railway installations, equipment, and rail shipments.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/55-20/ch1.htm (4327 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Brussels Public Transport Network
		The Brussels Metro is operated by Societé des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB), which is also responsible for a 133km tram network (12km of which is in tunnels).
		Brussels is also a central hub in the European high-speed rail network and main lines that radiate from the city are undergoing construction and upgrading as part of a Europe-wide initiative to link all the countries' capital cities with a high-speed rail network.
		Brussels is the fourth city in Belgium to implement such a scheme.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/brussels (1240 words)

	Chapter Five: BELGIUM- Innovative Technology for Accelerated Construction of Bridge and Embankment Foundations in Europe
		The last visit of the study tour was to Belgium on June 27 and 28, 2002, where the program consisted of formal and informal meetings and presentations at several locations.
		The scan team was given a formal presentation on the rapid rail project and visited the construction site to view some innovative methods used to maintain existing bridge traffic (figure 18).
		During the site visit to the rail project, the team observed the use of lime stabilization to allow marginal soils to be placed behind retaining walls and a berm with a geosynthetic-lined cap that is being used as a sound barrier and to retain contaminated construction waste.
	international.fhwa.dot.gov /bridgeemb/belgium.htm (1701 words)

	The next few months are crucial for SNCB - Belgium International Railway Journal - Find Articles
		BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) is set to restructure in the wake of a bitter battle between the Belgian government and SNCB last year which led to the dismissal of the majority of the board.
		A further complication is that Belgium is holding a national election in May which could precipitate a change in transport policies.
		SNCB is still grimly defiant in the face of the EU's efforts to liberalise rail transport in Europe, even though it concedes that in some respects it will have to bow to the inevitable.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_3_43/ai_98880431 (921 words)

	Bottled Water of Belgium
		Belgium is a highly developed and sophisticated trading country, located in the heart of northern Europe.
		Today Belgium is a true federal state, reorganized into three Regions (Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels Capital Region) and three Communities (French, Dutch and German speaking population) each with their own legislative and executive power.
		Her communications network is second to none, offering rapid, efficient transport by air, sea, road and rail.
	www.finewaters.com /Bottled_Water/Belgium/Index.asp (247 words)

	BootsnAll.com - The European Rail Pass
		There are three main types of rail passes, which are the most popular, along with many other passes designed specifically for specialized travel areas.
		Single-country rail passes are for travellers who are just visiting one country and do not need a rail pass covering more countries.
		Rail passes are not only an inexpensive way to travel around Europe, they are also convenient and fast.
	www.bootsnall.com /toolkit/transport/feb00eurail.shtml (654 words)

	The Backpackers Ultimate Guide to train travel in Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Belgian train network (website: www.b-rail.be) is on par with that of neighbouring countries with comfortable trains, although this isn't such a big deal since the longest train journey isn't likely to last more than a couple of hours.
		This ticket is similar, giving the holder 10 single trips within Belgium, and it must be used after 9am (except on weekends, public holidays and in July and August).
		If you are travelling in a group the first person gets a 40% discount and the 2nd to 6th passenger gets a 60% discount as long as all the members of the group travel together on both the outward and return trip.
	www.bugeurope.com /transport/railbe.html (445 words)

	iRail
		Commuter Rail Ridership Hits New High Mark in 2000: In the year 2000, commuter rail ridership went up by 5.2 percent, as compared to the previous year, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
		A total of 411 million rides were taken on commuter rail trains in 2000, the highest number of trips since national commuter rail statistics were first recorded in 1980.
		Municipal transport strikes hobbled traffic in dozens of French cities this past week, compounding the frustration for thousands of passengers already beset by two weeks of strikes by national rail workers.
	www.irail.com /04-17-01 (901 words)

	Rail transport in Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1870, the Belgian state owned 863 km of rail lines, while the private enterprises owned 2,231 km.
		Most electrified Belgian lines use a 3,000 volt DC overhead power supply, but the high speed-lines (Brussels-Lille, Brussels-Liège-Köln and Brussels-Antwerp-Amsterdam) are electrified at 25,000 volts AC, as are recent electrifications in the south of the country (Rivage - Gouvy and Dinant - Athus lines).
		Citizens in Belgium, especially students and older citizens, are offered incentives and cheaper fares in order to alleviate congestion on the nation's roads.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_transport_in_Belgium (492 words)

	Transport in Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some heavy metro infrastructures were built in Antwerp and in Charleroi and its suburbs, but these are currently used by light rail vehicles, and their conversion to full metro is not envisaged at present due to lack of funds.
		The highways[1] in Belgium are marked with a letter A and a number.
		The outer ring is the only ring in Belgium to be a full ring (using part of the E42), and the inner ring is counterclockwise-only.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_in_Belgium (910 words)

	Light Rail In Charleroi
		Opened in 1887, the Charleroi light rail* (Métro Léger) was originally part of the "Vicinal", an interurban network of trams that covered Belgium like a spider web, reportedly more than 5,000 km of tracks.
		The 4 line light rail section of the tram network currently covers 25 km, including 9 underground stations.
		From Pétria station, trams not considered part of the subway continue on to the town of Anderlues.
	www.subways.net /belgium/charleroi.htm (348 words)

	Railway Technology - HSL Zuid High Speed Rail Line - Belgium / Netherlands
		HSL Zuid is a dedicated 100km (62 mile) high-speed rail line between Antwerpen in Belgium and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and a key part of the growing European high-speed rail network.
		Although European rules state that new high-speed rail lines are to be designed for speeds of at least 250km/h (155mph), the Dutch line, however, is being constructed for 300km/h (186mph) running.
		From mid-2005 the southern section of the line from Antwerpen to Rotterdam should be carrying trains, with the Rotterdam-Schiphol section opening in October 2006.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/zuid (1276 words)

	Car Rental Belgium with Auto Europe
		The highway system is excellent, the local drivers are laid back, and due to local stops on train routes, a rental car in Belgium is a much more convenient form of transport than any other.
		Belgium's rich history is such that there are three official languages (Dutch/Flemish, French and German), and each region has its own particular attractions and specialties.
		With a rental car in Belgium, you'll be able to tour this small country and see all the amazing things awaiting you.
	www.autoeurope.com /car-rental/Belgium.cfm (443 words)

	Getting Acela Back On Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The purpose of the hearing is to investigate the widespread brake failure on Amtrak’s flagship Acela, and determine the steps needed to restore the train to full service.
		The train is equipped with a tilting mechanism to allow faster speed on curves, but this feature cannot be fully employed as designers built the train four inches (4”) too wide.
		According to the UK Rail Safety & Standards Board’s 2003 annual report (the latest available), riding an automobile in Europe is twenty (20) times more dangerous than taking the train.
	www.house.gov /transportation/rail/05-11-05/05-11-05memo.html (867 words)

	Eurostar to Paris, TGV, Thalys with SNCF across France, European Rail Travel with Eurostar TGV SNCF
		Rail cards, child, youth or senior bookings click here.
		Rail Europe is the UK’s leading supplier of European Rail tickets.
		Including high-speed rail travel with TGV in France, Thalys to Benelux, Artesia to Italy, Elipsos to Spain and Lyria to take you to Switzerland.
	www.raileurope.co.uk (328 words)

	Economic Survey - Belgium 2005: Increasing productivity growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If it were possible to increase the average annual hourly labour productivity growth rate by 1 percentage point, the decline in the economic growth rate caused by population ageing would be offset and the budget cost of population ageing reduced by 0.8% of GDP in 2030.
		In particular, the laws and regulations that restrict the number of competitors in rail freight transport and in rail passenger transport, urban-, suburban- and inter-urban transport and in the provision of rail infrastructure and in ground handling at the airports should be abolished.
		In the electricity sector, major obstacles to more competition are the quasi-monopoly held by Electrabel in generation and the integration between generation and transport through majority ownership, slowing down the removal of transport bottlenecks and the increase in international interconnection capacity.
	www.oecd.org /document/59/0,2340,en_2649_33723_34546875_1_1_1_1,00.html (1685 words)

	Corus - much more than rail - much more than rail
		The business is dedicated to advancing the rail sector through the development of innovative, value-adding products and services.
		Corus offers a steel framed modular platform, appropriate for many applications, from the construction of new permanent and temporary platforms to the extension of existing platforms in main line, light rail, depot and underground locations.
		Corus has developed the innovative Silent Track noise reduction rail system, which significantly reduces noise generated by railway traffic.
	www.corusrail.com (225 words)

	Review, buy Traffic & Safety: A pictorial history of BRS: 35 years of trucking (An MHB book), The Trolley Coach in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Special attention is given to "congestion reduction" and the transportation of both passengers and freight, by land, air and water transportation modes.
		The work will be of special interest to researchers and practitioners of transportation engineering, operations research, control systems, economics and applied mathematics.
		The practice of road transport requires the daily exchange of commercial documents, correspondence, telex, telefax, electronic messages, telecommunications, etc. In order to work efficiently, people need to understand one another and consequently need to know the technical terms and expressions pertaining to the profession.
	booksall.net /traffic-and-safety (1582 words)

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