Pakistan Future plan

Pakistan Railways has planned to replace the old and obsolete system in 3 phases. In phase-1, it will be replaced with Fiber Optic cable Transmission System from Peshawar to Karachi and Rohri to Quetta on main line during 2008-2012 covering 2200 kilometers.

Railway Electrification

25 KV AC, Single phase, Electric Traction System was introduced in 1970 over 286 Kms Lahore-Khanewal main line section to modernize the system and also to save foreign exchange, on import off Diesel Locomotives. The anticipated benefits have been fully achieved. However, the system is now in run down condition and rehabilitation. Pakistan Railways is providing a second line from Khanewal to Raiwind, so as to provide double line all the way from Karachi to Lahore. work in progress of shifting of ET Mast infringing the alignment in connection with doubling of track on Khanewal - Raiwind section. Electrification of the second line and Rehabilitation of existing electrified section also been programmed. Ministry of Railways now intends to conduct fresh feasibility for Electrification V/S Dieselization for a certain viability of Electrification on Khanewal-Karachi double line section through International/National Consultants under Transport Assistance (TA) loan from ADB. Financial proposals of the International consulting firms have been opened and evaluated, financial proposals have been sent to ADB for approval.

Extension work at Railway hospital begins

Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the extension of operation theatre and emergency room at Railway General Hospital being run by the Islamic International Medical College trust (IIMCT), says a press release.
Speaking at the ceremony, the minister expressed his pleasure over the extension plans for the Railway Hospital , prepared by the IIMCT.
The minister described the collaboration between the IIMCT and the Pakistan Railways as a unique example of public-private sector partnership.
The administrator of the Railway General Hospital , Dr Omer Awwab Khan, told the minister that the operation theater extension would facilitate more patients visiting the hospital. He said 768 patients were operated upon in 1998 while the number of surgeries in 2006 was increased up to 2,643.
The extension plan of the operation theatre, he said, would include the enhancement of sterilization system, increased operation rooms, improved recovery rooms, pain clinic and computerised camera system. The extension plan for emergency room includes increase in beds, staff? rooms and better approach for patients.
Dr Omer said the extension of ?emergency room was being carried out in view of manifold Increase In the number of patients. In 1999, he said, the total number of patients was 9,800 while in 2006 it increased up to 24,770.
The IIMCT had added skin laser clinic, leproscopic surgery, endoscopy department, burn unit and CT scan in the hospital recently for the benefit of Railway employees and general public.
The executive director of the IIMCT, Asadullah Khan, briefed media persons about community welfare programmes of the Railway General Hospital . He said the hospital organised nine free medical camps in recent days in which more than 4,300
patients were given free consultation and medicines.

as taken from: http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/ministries/ContentInfo.jsp?MinID=26&cPath=326_345&ContentID=4885

The factory that controversially lost out on one of the UK's largest train orders is to build 30 new trains for use in East Anglia. Bombardier Transportation's Derby factory, the UK's last surviving train-building plant, is to build 30 four-car trains for the National Express East Anglia franchise, which runs services from London Liverpool Street. The new trains, built according to Bombardier's widely used Electrostar design, will cost £173m, provide extra capacity and allow older, 1980s-vintage units to be moved elsewhere.

The future

S-Bahn services are expected to begin by late 2013, InterCity following within two years. For long-distance internal services such as St Gallen-Geneva, the project should save up to 30 minutes over present schedules. Upon project completion, the temporary 'Sihlpost' surface platforms 51–54 that were added mainly for S-Bahn use at the south side of Zurich HB should be abandoned.

Signalling and communications

Switzerland is a European leader for implementing the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) project and the new line will be equipped as an integral part of the principal route network. Nine emergency escape and access points are being built on the tunnel section. SBB have been operating an information centre and holding site visits to explain the works and act as public relations for the project.

Prague Metro Industry Projects

As the sixth-busiest metro system in Europe, Prague Metro consists of roughly 60km of track, running largely underground, serving 57 stations. The network was extended in 2008 but the majority was built about 30 years ago. It currently serves over 620 million passengers a year.
It has three lines – Line A (green), Line B (yellow) and Line C (red) – that all meet together in the centre of the city at three interchange stations (Můstek, Muzeum and Florenc). The system is operated by the Prague Transport Company Co. Inc. (Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy a.s.) which also manages all modes of public transport in Prague, including trams and buses.

Trains operate from 5am until midnight every day at about two to three-minute intervals during peak hours and roughly four to ten-minute intervals during off-peak hours. The system is connected to commuter trains and buses forming a public transportation network that extends to the wider reaches of the city called Prague Integrated Transport.