All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2013 – Page 6
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DB orders Twindexx Vario EMUs for Main-Spessart services
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation announced a €113m firm order to supply Deutsche Bahn with 12 four-car Twindexx Vario electric multiple units on April 2. The contract has been placed within a December 2008 framework agreement. The latest batch of double-deck EMUs are to be used on Main-Spessart services between Bamberg, Würzburg, ...
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More Alstom trams arrive in Bordeaux
FRANCE: Alstom Transport delivered the first of 26 Citadis trams to Bordeaux on March 29 under a contract worth €80m. The 43 m 100% low-floor vehicles are for the lines being built under the 33 km Phase III expansion of the network, and they will be delivered over the following ...
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Voith to develop tram technology for China
GERMANY: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group has selected Voith Engineering Services to develop a low-floor tram for the Chinese market. The €7m project will last until the end of 2014. As part of the collaboration between the two firms, Voith will train 15 Chinese employees at its headquarters in Chemnitz, ...
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Bertling joins Bombardier
Lutz Bertling has been named as the next President & Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Transportation. Currently President & CEO of EADS subsidiary Eurocopter Group, he will take up his new post on June 3, succeeding André Navarri, who will remain as Strategic Advisor to Bombardier Inc President & CEO ...
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RATP stops planting bulbs underground
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded Soitec and a Philips/Step consortium contracts totalling €11m for the replacement of 250 000 lamps and strip lights at its 302 metro and 66 RER stations with LEDs in 2013-17. RATP says it will be the first existing transport network to convert completely ...
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Feature articles in the April 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Goodbye Ministry of Railways, hello China Railways Corp News Main line Urban rail Innovations Industry Analysis Indian Railways: alive, but not kicking GSM-R progress in Britain A vision for rail in 2050 Signalling & train control ETCS or CBTC on cross-city links? Promoters ...