All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2016 – Page 5
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NewsThree expressions of interest in Trainose privatisation
GREECE: Three potential investors submitted expressions of interest in the privatisation of 100% of national train operator Trainose by the April 15 deadline, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has announced. They are: Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA;Russian national railway RZD;Gek Terna Societe Anonyme Holdings Real ...
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NewsKrasnodar operator signs tram assembly agreement
RUSSIA: Krasnodar tram operator KTTU signed an agreement with PK Transportnye Systemy on April 14 to modernise its workshops for the assembly of PK TS’s Type 71-931 Vityaz trams. KTTU is to invest 16m roubles for the modernisation, which will enable the workshops to assemble up to 24 trams per ...
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NewsČD to award rolling stock framework contracts ahead of market opening
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has called tenders for framework contracts for the supply of diesel and electric multiple-units and inter-city coaches, ahead of the anticipated tendering of contracts for the operation of long-distance passenger services. ČD is seeking up to 30 DMUs worth an estimated KC4bn. These must be ...
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NewsSt Petersburg selects fast tram contractor
RUSSIA: The St Petersburg city authority announced on April 11 that it had selected the Transportnaya Koncessionnaya Kompanya consortium of Lider Group and LSR Group for a 30-year build, operate, transfer concession for a fast tram network. The contract is due to be signed within a month. The ...
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NewsRenata Suša
HŽ Infrastruktura President Renata Suša has become Vice-Chair of CER’s Management Committee, while FS Group Chief Executive Renato Mazzoncini joins as a member.
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NewsCP adds Alfa Pendular services as ridership grows
PORTUGAL: National operator CP is to introduce a premium Alfa Pendular tilting train service between Lisboa and Guimarães on May 1, as it adapts its operations to meet growing ridership after several years of stagnation during the country’s recession. CP’s decision doubles the provision of through trains between Guimarães and ...
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NewsMumbai Line 7 contractors selected
INDIA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority approved construction contracts for metro Line 7 on April 18. Work for the 16·5 km elevated line linking Andheri East to Dahisar East is split into three packages. Simplex Infrastructure is to build the five-station section from Andheri East to Ashok Nagar. J ...
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NewsEBRD loan to fund Cluj-Napoca tram purchase
ROMANIA: Cluj-Napoca Mayor Emil Boc announced on April 18 that city transport authority CTP is to receive a €20m ERBD loan towards the purchase of five to seven trams and 50 buses. The loan is to be disbursed in mid-June and would be paid back over 10 years using ...
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NewsPoitiers – Limoges DUP overturned
FRANCE: National transport users’ association FNAUT is pushing for investment to enhance and accelerate passenger services between Paris and Toulouse via Orléans following the State Council’s decision on April 15 to overturn the Declaration of Public Utility for a high speed line between Poitiers and Limoges.A DUP sanctioning the project ...
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NewsBaku inaugurates third metro line
AZERBAIJAN: President Ilham Aliyev opened the third metro line in Baku on April 19. The two-station Line 3 is designated the Violet Line and links Avtovağzal with Memar Əcəmi-2, where interchange is provided with the Green Line. Construction started in September 2009 and tunnel boring started in February 2011. At ...
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NewsSanyo Electric Railway EMUs enter service
JAPAN: Sanyo Electric Railway’s Series 6000 electric multiple-units entered revenue service on April 17. The two three-car 1 435 mm gauge 1·5 kV DC EMUs were ordered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in May 2015, and produced at the Hyogo works in Kobe. The cars are 18·9 m long and 2 ...
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NewsLisa Maurath
Lisa Maurath has been appointed Area Manager of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Los Angeles transportation and infrastructure office.
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NewsProvisional agreement reached on 4RP market pillar
EUROPE: An informal agreement on the consolidated wording for the market pillar of the Fourth Railway Package was reached in Brussels on April 19, under the leadership of the Netherlands Presidency of the EU. The final trilogue meeting between representatives from the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded seven months ...
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NewsCalgary’s Green Line project progresses
CANADA: The City of Calgary announced on April 18 that it had selected a preferred alignment for the central section of the Green Line light rail project. Technical design, economic analysis and further public consultation is due to take place before a formal recommendation is made to the city council ...
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NewsSydney to use London-style open payment technology
AUSTRALIA: ‘Open payment’ technology enabling passengers to use credit and debit cards instead of dedicated ticket media is to be trialled in Sydney during 2017, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance announced at the Future Transport Summit on April 18. The announcement was welcomed by ...
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NewsALE to deliver wagons to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: Specialist heavy-lift logistics contractor ALE has been appointed to deliver 1 186 molten sulphur and phosphoric acid tank wagons which Greenbrier's Wagony Swidnica subsidiary in Poland is building for Saudi Railway Co under a contract announced in October 2015. The wagons are being built to US standards ...
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NewsBelgrano upgrade relaunched
ARGENTINA: Under a wider development programme for the north of Argentina, the federal government has announced that it is to undertake track renewals on 1 500 km of the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network, focusing on routes serving the ports of Rosario and Santa Fe. Tendering has commenced ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement finalised
PANAMA: The governments of Panama and Japan finalised the agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on April 20, at an event attended by President Juan Carlos Varela and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The initial technical and financial co-operation agreement was signed on January 14. ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel’s unique status confirmed
FRANCE: The State Council has definitively upheld Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel’s appeal against a Ministry of Transport decree which had defined the fixed link as being comparable to the French national railway network, and thus subject to rail reform policies which were announced in August 2014. The reform policies would ...
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NewsManila metro Line 7 breaks ground
PHILIPPINES: Construction of Manila metro Line MRT7 started on April 20 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Quezon Memorial Circle. The 22·8 km line is being developed by San Miguel Holdings subsidiary Universal LRT Corp under a PPP concession that also includes 35 years of operations. EEI Corp is undertaking ...