All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2016 – Page 2
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NewsMongolian iron ore line opened
MONGOLIA: Parliamentary Speaker Zandakhuu Enkhbold has officially opened a 33·4 km rail connection to the Tumurtei iron ore mine development, which is around 200 km north of Ulaanbaatar. The line will be used to transport ore to the Darkhan Metallurgical Plant, with traffic expected to grow from an initial 1 ...
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NewsJózef Michalik
Józef Michalik has succeeded Maciej Duczyński as Vice-President of the Supervisory Board at Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag.
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NewsTests begin on Birmingham New Street tram extension
UK: West Midlands transport agency Centro started test runs on Midland Metro’s New Street tram extension in central Birmingham on April 24, ahead of the planned opening on May 22. Test running followed electrical systems testing to ensure that the trams do not interfere with main line railway systems ...
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NewsModernised Praha tram presented
CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Praha presented a prototype of a modernised Škoda 14T tram on April 18. If trial passenger operation on routes 3 and 17 is successful, the Praha tram operator intends to modernise its remaining 14T trams. The work was carried out at DP Praha’s central workshop in ...
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NewsCanadian capabilities on show at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Canadian exhibitors are to be strongly represented at InnoTrans 2016, with their numbers having trebled over the past eight years. Companies attending will include software firm Giro, flooring specialist Baultar and components supplier Rail & Traction Canada. Québec’s provincial government, Ministry of Economy, Science & Innovation and the ...
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NewsDigital railway roadmap unveiled
EUROPE: Rail industry associations CER, CIT, EIM and UIC presented a joint roadmap for digital railways on April 26, saying the aim was to ‘promote the proper use of digital technology, which is essential to enhancing rail's performance and increasing its attractiveness for customers.’ The roadmap aims to ...
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NewsEurostar undertakes detailed planning for London – Amsterdam service
EUROPE: Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar plans to run a test train between London and Amsterdam next month as part of the detailed planning for the launch of passenger services on the route in late 2017, CEO Nicolas Petrovic told Railway Gazette on April 25. Detailed discussions are underway ...
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NewsNormandie takes on TET services
FRANCE: On April 25 Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined President of the Normandie region Hervé Morin to sign the first agreement transferring responsibility for conventional long-distance services from central government to a region. Normandie is to become responsible for five routes forming part of the network of loss-making Trains d’Equilibre ...
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NewsIstanbul metro Line M7 trains ordered
TURKEY: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has awarded Hyundai Rotem a US$316m contract to supply 75 four-car metro trainsets, the supplier announced on April 25. Deliveries are due to take place between 2016 and the end of 2021. The trains are to be used on Line M7, which will connect Kabataş ...
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NewsMontréal automated light metro proposal unveiled
CANADA: Proposals for the development of a 67 km automated metro eparate from the existing metro in Montréal have been unveiled by CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary of public pension and insurance investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec that was established last year to study infrastructure projects suggested by ...
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NewsWorld rail market April 2016
France: RATP has awarded Faiveley a €75m contract to supply platform edge doors for Paris metro Line 4. SNCF has awarded Newrest’s Facilit’Rail a four-year contract to provide logistics for on-train catering on TGV, iDTGV, Intercités and Alleo services. India: Rites has appointed EY to identify options for ...
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NewsSeattle East Link groundbreaking
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony in Bellvue on April 22 marked the start of construction of Sound Transit’s East Link light rail line between Seattle and Redmond. The 22·5 km line will branch off the existing light rail line at International District/Chinatown and run east towards Mercer Island, Bellvue and ...
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NewsStrasbourg tram network extends south
FRANCE: A 1·8 km extension of the Strasbourg tram network opened on April 23, adding three stops to the southern end of Line A. Construction of the extension from Illkirch-Lixenbuhl to Graffenstaden took 2½ years and cost €37m. Greater Strasbourg provided €29m, the central government contributed €5·3m, and €1·5m ...
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NewsGeorgian Railway buys Stadler Kiss EMUs
GEORGIA: Stadler Rail is to supply Georgian Railway with four Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units under an €39·6m agreement signed on April 22. The EMUs are to be delivered between June and September and will be deployed on fast services between Tbilisi and the Black Sea resorts of Batumi, Kobuleti and ...
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NewsDenver Airport Line opens
USA: Denver Regional Transportation District inaugurated the A Line between Denver Union station and Denver International Airport at 12.00 on April 22, launching two days of free travel. The 37 km route is the first suburban rail line to open under the RTD’s FasTracks programme. Built at a cost of ...
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NewsPresident visits Antalya light rail extension
TURKEY: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu rode on the ceremonial first new tram to run on the Expo 2016 and airport extension of the Antray light rail line in Antalya on April 22. The 15·4 km from extension Meydan to Expo 2016 has a 2·4 ...
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NewsIran and Azerbaijan launch construction of cross-border railway bridge
ASIA: Construction of a railway bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between the two similarly-named towns of Astara in Azerbaijan and Iran was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 20. Guests at the event included the heads of the two national railways and the ministers ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2016
Australia: Construction company Built is to refurbish the 'crumbling' historic administration building at Melbourne's Flinders Street station as part of a wider A$100m modernisation (RG 8.14 p52). Concessionaire GoldLinQ has selected CPB Contractors as preferred bidder to design and build the Gold Coast light rail second phase for opening ...
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NewsIzban introduces through running
TURKEY: Izmir suburban rail operator Izban started through running between its two lines on April 17. In order to decrease congestion caused by passengers changing at Alsancak, which serves as the city centre terminus of both lines, several services in the morning and evening run through the station, connecting ...
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NewsSmartphone users safer in Augsburg
GERMANY: Stadtwerke Augsburg is testing ground lights at two tram stops as a means of warning distracted smartphone users when a tram is approaching. The LED lights flash red when a tram is approaching, and SWA hopes that they will be more easily seen by pedestrians who are looking ...