ask Kuvacci :)

Well that shouldn't be such a problem as the track (in Holland) isn't ready till then i think.

HSA -combined KLM & NS- must be operative with their high speed trains by an agreement made in december 2001 where they stated and signed a contract for 15 years.
The opening date in 2007 is not going to be made by Ansaldotrains cause HSA has to rent Traxx locomotives from SSBCargo (486. )which are now in use for freight traffic to haul passengerstrains.
The safety system ECTS is not operative for the new trains meaning that even Thalys trains wont run on the high speed tracks.

This is going to be a tremendous money problem for KLM & NS cause they didn't reach the ultimate date!
Guess who's going to pay for this....the Dutch taxpayer

Maglev study for Eastern Europe http://www.transrapid.de/cgi-tdb/en/basics.prg?session=50de5e2e442671ec&a_no=153

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1586/eu1qh.jpg

news about rzd and siemens shortly.

Contract wasn't signed in march and now planned to be signed until end of april. Most probably it will happen during Russia-Germany summit in Tomsk on 25-26 april. $500mln contract will provide construction in Germany of 8 trains, where 3 trains will be dual-system (comparing to old $1,5bln plans with 60 trains). RZD still plans that other trains will be produced in Russia.

Pics of HS facilities in Milano-Bologna track, taken by nearby A1 highway (thank to dreaad )

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0225%20copia.jpg

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0118%20copia.jpg

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0105%20copia.jpg

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/DSC_0103%20copia.jpg



http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0102%20copia.jpg

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0096%20copia.jpg

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http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0144%20copia.jpg

http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/albums/userpics/10077/normal_DSC_0131%20copia.jpg

I like very much Calatrava's bridge :eek:

Czech highspeed trains - pendolinos, 7 trains (1 train 331+2 seats), max speed 230km/h, produced by Alstom and delivered in 2003-2006.
They run only intrastate between Prague and Ostrava for now (358km in 3h 29m), but after Germany, Austria and Slovakia railway offices
will permit operation of this pendolinos on their railroads,
they will mainly operate on Berlin-Dresden-Prague-Brno-Wien/Bratislava routes.
Czech railways speed record is 237km/h, here is short video (http://www.cd.cz/static/media/drahy%2011-1.wmv)

http://www.scpendolino.cz/fotogalerie/pendolino02.jpg
http://www.scpendolino.cz/fotogalerie/pendolino04.jpg
http://www.scpendolino.cz/fotogalerie/pendolinox15.jpg.http://www.scpendolino.cz/fotogalerie/pendolinox10.jpg

Since 1993 about 700km of 1440km main railroads were modernised for 160km/h speed, several tens kilometres were rebuild to straighten tracks.
This year reconstruction of Prague-Pilsen-(Nürnberg) route for 250-300km/h has started.
Plans for highspeed (min radius of curve 7000m, speed 250-300km/h) railway routes in Czechia (red color):
http://www.cd.cz/files/Mapa_VRT-f2f20f8fc58de92ae69e38cc2fe9b4f6.jpg
The first highspeed track will head from Prague via Pilsen to Czech/German border and further to Nürnberg and German highspeed railroads.
http://www.cd.cz/files/J_zdn__doby-862598248e0fe95d3534261708acf8f7.jpg

Current main tracks (1440km in modernisation, about 700km modernised for 160km/h till now)
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/images/cr.jpg

All railway stations and stops on maintracks are being modernised as well.

This 13,2km section of III.corridor (about 200km east from Prague) illustrate how are the maintracks in Czechia beeing modernised
Photos of this section were made during 2003-2006
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/images/krasikov-zabrehIII.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II226.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II227.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II230.jpg
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http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II337.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II344.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II395.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II444.jpg
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http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II725.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/II731.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/I198.jpg
http://www.k-report.net/koridory/galerieIV/I213.jpg

Current huge modernisation in Prague including two double track 2700m long tunnels, started 2004, to be finished 2008
(red are new tracks)
http://www.zelpage.cz/story/technika/stavby/nove_spojeni/schema-nove_spojeni.jpghttp://www.sudop.cz/images/reference/stavy.gif
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/vizualizace/9_d.jpg
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/vizualizace/24_d.jpg
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/vizualizace/55_d.jpg
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/vizualizace/16_d.jpg
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/vizualizace/22_d.jpg
http://www.zelpage.cz/story/technika/stavby/nove_spojeni/nove_spojeni9.jpg
http://www.zelpage.cz/story/technika/stavby/nove_spojeni/nove_spojeni1.jpg http://www.sudop.cz/images/newlink04.gif
http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/fotografie/665_d.jpg
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http://www.novespojeni.cz/img/fotografie/928_d.jpg

I like this czech project :cool:

EDIT
Post #508 :lock:

we need a new thread :)

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