Contents January 2013
News 2 This month
4 News 10 Transit news
Heavy-haul freight 16 Mining drives African rail boom
New lines to extract resources across the continent
High speed 24 Vienna - St Pölten line opens Austria’s fastest trains enter service on 56km line
28 Setting an example in the Midwest Reducing journey times from Chicago to St Louis
32 Chinese high-speed back on track 18,000km network on course for 2015 completion
36 Indian high-speed plans take shape Political head of steam builds
Train maintenance 38 A faster route to fault-finding First Capital Connect’s system minimises disruption
42 Train maintenance market worth É38.5bn After-sales compensates for sluggish OEM growth
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Front cover
ArcelorMittal is transporting ore by rail after reviving heavy-haul operations in Liberia,a feat that is being replicated by other international mining companies which are currently building and rehabilitating lines across Africa.
Rock ‘n roll The race for Africa’s resources
Astana is born Kazakhstan becomes centre for CIS loco production
Back up to speed
China resumes high-speed construction programme
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Picking fault Developing a faster route to train defect detection
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