All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2008 – Page 4
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Rolling stock market April 2008
Australia: On February 28 United Group confirmed it is to supply Pilbara Iron with 30 GE Transportation Evolution Series locos worth A$150m. Canada: Faiveley Transport USA describes as its largest ever order a contract to supply doors for the 160 double-deck commuter coaches which have been ordered from Bombardier by ...
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State funding deal
USA: Responding to an 88% increase in ridership on state-supported inter-city services between 1996 and 2006, the Department of Transportation has unveiled a grant programme to support efforts by individual states to fund enhancements to passenger rail operations. 'Rail passengers demand improved service and quality and this grant programme will ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways on the path to renewal
UKRAINE: With traffic volumes and customer expectations increasing, Ukrzaliznytsya has started to renew its rolling stock and upgrade its infrastructure. Structural reform would allow the railway to become more commercial and raise funding for investment from external sources.
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DB launches Touch&Travel pilot
TELEPHONE Ticketing: The first 200 test users began using Touch&Travel mobile phone e-ticketing in Germany on February 29, in a pilot for a system which DB and development partner Vodfone hope to introduce nationally in 2010. The initial trials cover suburban trains in Berlin, local transport in Potsdam, and Berlin ...
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Sydney suburban data
IP NETWORK: Downer EDI Rail has awarded Finnish firm EKE-Electronics a €15m contract to supply an IP-based information system for 78 eight-car trainsets on order for Sydney suburban services. The double-deck EMUs are to be built by a joint venture of Downer EDI Rail and Hitachi Australia for Reliance Rail, ...
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Infrastructure market April 2008
Africa: Consta has subcontracted Mesfin Industrial Engineering to undertake a 40m birr modernisation of bridges on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway. Corrosion on will be treated on 65 steel bridges, while a further 25 will be replaced with concrete structures. Australia: Rio Tinto has awarded Macmahon Holdings a A$65m contract to extend ...
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Skates away
LIBERIA:?Currently renovating the disused Bong Mining Railway with a view to resuming iron-ore shipments in June 2009, the giant steel supplier Arcelor-Mittal has hit upon a little local difficulty. In common with many railways — both active and disused — across Africa, Asia and Latin America, the line is widely ...
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Los Angeles is going gated
USA: The board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has voted to approve a 10-year, $46m lease contract with Cubic Transportation Systems which will see the installation of 379 faregates at all Red and Purple line stations and selected light rail stops where it is architecturally feasible. MTA ...
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Automation in a medium-sized city
BRESCIA: The Metrobus light metro will bring the benefits of automated operation to a city considered too small to justify a conventional metro
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NewsBurj Dubai tram plan unveiled
UAE: Emaar Properties has announced plans for a peoplemover and 4·6 km tramway to link the Dubai metro to its 73bn dirham Burj Dubai mixed-use development of 30 000 homes, nine hotels and 350 00 m2 of retail space. The transport plan announced on April 23 is costed at 500m ...
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NewsKowloon - mainland Express Rail Link approved
HONG KONG: On April 22 the government announced the go-ahead for construction of the HK$39·5bn Express Rail Link between Kowloon and the border with the mainland. The link is expected to open in 2015. It will form part of a new high speed line to Shenzhen and Guangzhou, offering a ...
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NewsPassenger News In Brief
UK commuter operator Merseyrail has awarded Cityspace a contract to install seven Smart Point touch screen terminals to provide ticket sales, passenger information and journey planning at five unstaffed stations. Wireless links provide real-time data feeds to the machines, which go live next month. The total number of Pasmo and ...
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NewsBaffin Island arctic ore line advances
CANADA: On April 24 Montréal-based consultant Canarail announced that it had been awarded a contract from Baffinland Iron Mines Corp to undertake detailed design of a heavy-haul railway on Baffin Island, approximately 520 km north of the Arctic Circle. Baffinland is currently developing a project to exploit the Mary ...
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Trains reach Modi’in Merkaz at last
ISRAEL: ISR General Manager Yitzhak Harel visited the new central station in Modi’in on April 1 to mark the start of revenue services on the final 6 km section of the new line from Ben Gurion Airport which opened as far as Modi’in Outskirts station on September 1 last year. ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Metrolink expansion
UK: On April 25 Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced it had selected the M-Pact Thales consortium as the preferred bidder for a three-line expansion of the Metrolink light rail network (RG 10.07 p649). GMPTE is now seeking final sign-off from the Department for Transport before awarding the ...
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Rajin port accord
NORTH KOREA: Minister of Railway Transport Kim Yong Sam signed an agreement with Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin in Moscow on April 24 clearing the way for the start of work on the reconstruction of the 54 km railway from the border station at Khasan/Tumangan to the Korean port of ...
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Synergies drive growth in traction components market
Harry Hondius visits ABB's 'power electronics triangle'
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Tenders called for Bangkok Purple Line
THAILAND: A 2013 opening is now envisaged for Bangkok's Purple Line, after Japan Bank for International Co-operation signed a 25-year loan agreement worth ¥62·4bn following months of negotiations. Invitations to tender were issued at the end of April, and bids are due to be returned by August. Work is ...
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Gotthard base tunnel E&M contract
SWITZERLAND: A contract covering the supply of railway systems for the Gotthard base tunnel was signed in Luzern on April 29 by AlpTransit Gotthard and the Transtec Gotthard consortium of Swiss and European suppliers, paving the way for the start of electrical and mechanical installation next year. Transtec brings together ...
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Al Sufouh tram project consortium selected
UAE: The Dubai government's Roads & Transport Authority announced on April 29 that the ABS consortium of Alstom, Besix and Serco has been selected to undertake the Al Sufouh tram project, also known as the Yellow Line. Final negotiations will now begin before a contract is signed. The 10 km ...