All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2012 – Page 3
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NewsSBB calls tenders for Gotthard high speed trains
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has invited tenders for the supply of 29 high speed trains to operate north-south domestic and international services, at an estimated cost of more than SFr800m. Due for delivery from the end of 2017, the trains are intended to cope with an anticipated doubling of traffic ...
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NewsBergen line resignalling moves forward
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket confirmed on April 17 that control of its Bergen - Geilo line had been successfully switched to a new control centre. This is a key step in its three-year programme to resignal the entire Bergen - Honefoss route, which is due to be completed by the ...
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Daniel Grabauskas
Daniel Grabauskas, formerly CEO of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, has been selected as Executive Director & CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.
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NewsGovernment to sell 25% stake in Georgian Railway
GEORGIA: The government announced plans to privatise a 25% stake in state-owned Georgian Railway on April 16. An initial public offering is planned for May, with global depositary receipts to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. GR is a vertically-integrated operator with a statutory monopoly on its 1 600 ...
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NewsGood performance to be rewarded
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP faces tougher performance targets under a four-year contract agreed in March with STIF, the organising and funding authority for the Ile de France region. Reflecting demand for more punctual and reliable services, the contract specifies performance levels for the RER and metro with a bonus-penalty ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2012
In the light of the March 11 2011 earthquake, East Japan Railway has allocated ¥100bn to improving the earthquake resistance of its infrastructure over the next five years. China’s Exim Bank has approved a US$270m loan to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Transport for construction of the 27 km Matara ...
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NewsJacks lift Dalian locomotives
NEW ZEALAND: Jacks supplied by UK firm Mechan are being used at KiwiRail's Te Rapa depot, which maintains the DL diesel locomotives suplied by CNR Dalian. An update of a design that has been in operation at Palmerston North for the past decade, the four 30 tonne jacks are being ...
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NewsSun Link streetcar construction begins in Tucson
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Tucson, Arizona, on April 12 for a ceremony to launch major construction works for the Tucson Modern Streetcar project and unveil the Sun Link branding for the new line. The 6·2 km route will run on-street from Arizona Health Sciences Center via the ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro deliveries begin
ARGENTINA: The initial 10 of a new fleet of metro cars being built by China CNR Corp for Buenos Aires metro Line A arrived in Argentina on April 11. The first of the cars had been rolled out in Shanghai in February. The yellow and grey exterior livery and yellow ...
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NewsRZD supports Serbian Railways modernisation
SERBIA: An agreement for Russian Railways to assist Serbian Railways with the construction of a 68 km electrified line between Valjevo and Loznica and assist with the modernisation of more than 300 km of existing route was signed by RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and ZS Director General Milovan Markovic on ...
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NewsLines 3 and 4 take Montpellier tram network to 56 km
FRANCE: Passengers began using lines 3 and 4 of the Montpellier light rail network on April 7, following an official opening ceremony the day before. Line 3 runs for 19·8 km from Juvignac in the west of the city to Pérols-Etang de l'Or in the southeast, with a branch from ...
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NewsBombardier launches Saudi project management academy
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation has opened a Project Management Academy in Riyadh, offering a modular training programme to young Saudi nationals. Aimed at recent university leavers and engineering or business professionals, the postgraduate course combines classroom teaching with on-the-job training. Students will also have the opportunity to get involved ...
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NewsRail milling joint venture formed
AUSTRIA: Vossloh MFL Rail Milling GmbH has been established as a joint venture between Vossloh Rail Services and Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Giesserei. Based at Liezen in Austria and operating under the Vossloh Rail Services brand, VMRM will draw on VRS' experience of conventional rail milling and grinding, and MFL's expertise ...
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NewsCarare Railway PPP plan
COLOMBIA: Minister of Mines & Energy Mauricio Cárdenas expects the Carare Railway to be the first project to be implemented under new legislation facilitating public-private partnerships which became law in December. The project includes the construction of 330 km of new railway and upgrading 130 km of existing line ...
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NewsCorridor X in Macedonia to be upgraded
MACEDONIA: A joint venture of Austrian firm Alpine Construction and its German partner HF Wiebe has been awarded a track renewal contract under a €17·6m programme to modernise the section of Pan-European Corridor X which runs north-south through Macedonia. The contract is worth €7m and covers the 13·3 km between ...
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NewsWellington light rail cost estimate
NEW ZEALAND: A review by AECOM has estimated that the cost of building a light rail system in Wellington would range from NZ$12m to NZ$141m per km. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown made the introduction of light rail by 2020 a major part of her campaign platform, and says the NZ$400m cost ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou awarded Ampang Line train contract
MALAYSIA: Lowest bidder CSR Zhuzhou has won a 530m ringgit contract to supply 20 trainsets for the 27 km Ampang Line metro in Kuala Lumpur, which is being extended by 17·7 km to Putra Heights. The six-car trains will each have a capacity of 1 308 passengers and a maximum ...
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Professor Richard Parry-Jones
Professor Richard Parry-Jones has been nominated as Non-Executive Director & Chairman Designate of Network Rail; he will take over as Chairman when Rick Haythornthwaite steps down in July. Senior Independent Director Steve Russell will also be leaving in July and will be replaced by board member Keith Ludeman.
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NewsCAF wins Latvian train contract
LATVIA: National passenger operator Pasazieru Vilciens has ordered 34 electric and seven diesel-electric multiple-units from Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. The contract signed on April 2 is worth 144m lats, however a 30-year maintenance deal takes the total value to €400m, which according to CAF is the largest rolling ...
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NewsAlstom to resignal Amsterdam metro network
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam municipality has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to resignal the 43 km four-line metro network and supply signalling for the North-South line which is currently under construction. The contract announced on April 5 covers signalling, train control and train supervision systems and associated communications. Alstom said its Urbalis ...