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      <title>Faster Across the Border</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On December 12, 2010, tilting trains were used to relaunch rail service between Finland and Russia. Jointly operated by Russian Railways (RZD) and VR (RZD's Finnish counterpart), the "Allegro" upgraded services allows trains to run at 220 km/h in Finland and 200 km/h in Russia. This has slashed trips between Helsinki and St. Petersburg, a route in operation since 1870, by two hours, to a 3 1/2 hour journey. Karelian Trains, a joint venture between RZD and VR registered in Finland, manages the service's legal aspects and owns the trainsets, which the two operators lease. The author discusses the new Pendolino Sm6 trainsets being used by the Allegro service.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:25:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Alstom Unveils Fourth Generation Pendolino</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The article examines the new generation of Alstom's Pendolino tilting trains, which, following dynamic test completion at the Czech Republic's Velim test circuit, are due to start mainline testing this month in Italy. The new Pendolinos reach speeds of 250 km/h, and feature better accessibility, improved reliability, and a more spacious interior than their predecessors. Trenitalia has ordered a fleet of 12 ETR 600 trains equipped for operation on 25kV ac high-speed lines and 3kV dc conventional lines for service in Italy from Alstom. Fourteen tri-voltage trains have been purchased by Cisalpino for service on operator routes to 15 kV networks in Switzerland and Germany from Italy beginning in 2007. Train design and components, including bogies, body shell, and signaling systems, are discussed.]]></description>
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      <title>The Tilting Train's Future is Shaping up in Savigliano</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In Alstom's Savigliano factory in Italy, the construction of tomorrow's tilting train is in full production. The first of the New Pendolino trainsets should be delivered to Trenitalia this November (2006). This article previews the fourth-generation tilting train, all of which since 1976 share the so-called "active tilting system," with actuators that tilt the train body toward the inside of a curve. Tilting considerably reduces the combined effect of gravity and lateral acceleration on the seats, countering the centrifugal effect experienced by passengers and increasing their comfort. With a maximum tilt of 8 degrees, the Pendolino can reach speeds up to 30% faster than conventional trains on curves, while improving ride quality. The evolution and development of the tilting train since 1976 is generally described, and the features of the fourth-generation version are provided in some detail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:35:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Future for Tilting Trains?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[High-speed tilting trains were proposed for parts of France's TGV network. They are presently in use in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Czech Republic. Less expensive to put into service than the TGV trains, the tilting trains can reach speeds of 200 km per hour. Some regions of France want to implement the tilting trains quickly, while other areas do not want them at all.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Virgin Gets to Grips with its New Train Fleet</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article describes how the introduction of 200 km/h Pendolino tilting train on Britain's Virgin West Coast (VWC) franchise posed enormous technical and training challenges. Nonetheless, the 53-train fleet has taken two years to overcome its obstacles and is now finally demonstrating its reliability. Staff are better trained in dealing with maintenance issues as they happen. Eighty percent of train failures are down to 12 repeating issues, which makes a difference in how drivers and fitters deal with defects. Another major operational change for the VWC staff was becoming accustomed to the new tilting system called the Tilt Authorisation and Speed Supervision (TASS) system, which authorizes the driver to obey the faster speed signs for tilt operation. When something goes wrong, TASS signals the driver to slow down to the non-tilt speed and it intervenes if drivers do not slow down. Initially, TASS suffered poor reliability because it was a new system, but it has shown improvement. The new trains are proving popular with staff due to their ease in getting a train moving compared to the older locomotive-hauled sets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:37:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ALSTOM UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION OF PENDOLINO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new state-of-the-art high speed emu, developed by Alstom, was unveiled in May.  These new modular trains, designed to meet European interoperability standards, come in two versions: a tilting Pendolino, and a non-tilting train for shuttle services. The technical specification for interoperability mean that the train can run on the several different voltages used in continental Europe.  The introduction of new interior and exterior designs reflect the international character of the trains.  Additionally, the trains address the new market requirement for non-tilting emus for 250 km/h shuttle services.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FORCES ON RAILWAY TRACK DUE TO HIGH SPEED TILTING TRAINS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper describes measurements of the deflection of the track fastening system under a number of test runs of the Italian Pendolino train at different speeds on a curve on Finnish Railways. The effects of changes in speed on the deflection of the fastening are discussed. The use of a mathematical model to infer the loads which must have been applied to the track to result in the deflections measured is also described.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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