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NewsFirst test train through the Marmaray tunnel
TURKEY: A ceremonial first test train ran through the Marmaray tunnel between Kazliçesme on the European side of Istanbul and Ayrılıkçesme on the Asian side on August 4, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the controls. 'This project is not the project of the century, but it is the ...
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NewsGeorgian Railway aiming to grow
GEORGIA: Georgian Railway has set out its plans for future development, saying it aims 'to become one of the companies promoting growth of the national economy.' The national railway said a close relationship with freight shippers is a priority. Freight income in the Q1 2013-14 was up 13% on the ...
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NewsZhengzhou to Hamburg freight train arrives
INTERNATIONAL: An inaugural freight from Zhengzhou in China arrived at Hamburg-Billwerder yard in Germany on August 2. The train was operated on behalf of Zhengzhou International Land Port Development & Construction Co, with DB Schenker responsible for the logistics services outside China. The 10 214 km route through China, Kazakhstan, ...
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NewsPrototype commuter EMU car on test in Tokyo
JAPAN: Japan Transport Engineering Co and Tokyo commuter operator Tokyu Corp have begun testing a prototype Sustina lightweight stainless steel electric multiple-unit car. Developed for both domestic and export markets, the vehicle is undergoing trials in revenue service as part of a Series 5050 EMU on the Toyoko Line. Sustina ...
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NewsEBRD backs expansion of Kazakh wagon leasing company
KAZAKHSTAN: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development announced a US$24·8m senior secured loan to support the growth of privately-owned freight forwarding and wagon leasing company JSC Olzha on July 30. Olzha intends to use the proceeds to support a US$32·8m programme to expand its wagon fleet and align ...
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NewsLegios wins Turkish tank wagon order
TURKEY: Czech rolling stock manufacturer Legios has announced a contract to supply 100 light oil tank wagons to Turkish refining company Tüpras. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. The KC600m contract includes an option for further deliveries in 2014 which Legios said would 'significantly' increase the overall volume of ...
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NewsToshiba motors to upgrade Singapore metro cars
SINGAPORE: Toshiba Corp has announced a 'major order' to supply its high-efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for the refurbishment of drive systems on 66 six-car C151 metro trainsets which SMRT Corp operates on Singapore's East-West and North-South lines. There are four motored cars in each trainset. Toshiba said this would ...
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NewsShibuya Hikarie EMU enters service
JAPAN: Tokyu Railway has started putting into service a new generation of 1067 mm gauge commuter EMUs designed for through running onto neighbouring networks. This follows the transfer of operations at its Tokyo Shibuya station from the former elevated terminus to a low-level station allowing through running with Tokyo ...
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NewsConstruction of Astana engine factory begins
KAZAKHSTAN: Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov formally launched construction of a diesel engine factory in Astana on July 4. The plant is being developed by a joint venture of national railway KTZ, GE Transportation and TransmashDiesel. The plant will assemble 300 GE Transportation GEVO engines a year, in eight, 12 and ...
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NewsSouth Korea aims to become 'global railway powerhouse'
SOUTH KOREA: Following a review of the structure of the national railway, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport has put forward plans for the restructuring of Korail as a holding company. MOLIT has also set out ambitions for the rail supply industry to replicate the success of the ...
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NewsTurkey orders Siemens Velaro high speed trainsets
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has placed an order for seven Velaro high speed trainsets, Siemens has confirmed. The contract is worth €285m, including seven years of maintenance by the manufacturer. Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens' Rail Systems Division, said the Turkish contract marked its entry into a promising growth market. ...
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NewsCNR Tangshan rolls out CRH3A
CHINA: CNR Tangshan rolled out its first CRH3A electric multiple-unit on June 8. The CRH3A draws on technology used in the Siemens Veraro-derived CRH380 family of high speed trains, but is a lower-cost design intended for use on inter-city routes with maximum speeds between 160 and 250 km/h. ...
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NewsTalgo signs 603-car Kazakh contract
KAZAKHSTAN: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Patentes Talgo and its local joint venture Tulpar-Talgo have been awarded a contract worth €482m to supply 603 long-distance coaches to the passenger business of national operator KTZ. The contract was signed on June 26 during a visit to Kazakstan by Spanish Development Minister Ana ...
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NewsWestern Dedicated Freight Corridor contract awarded
INDIA: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp of India Ltd has awarded a consortium of Larsen & Toubro and Japan’s Sojitz a 66·7bn contract covering civil and track works, freight terminals and bridges on the 626 km Rewari – Iqbalgarh section of the 1 483 km Western DFC, which will link Delhi ...
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NewsTwo high speed lines open in China
CHINA: The fastest Nanjing - Hangzhou journey times were almost halved with the opening of the Passenger-Dedicated Line between the cities on July 1, the same day as the opening of the Hangzhou - Ningbo PDL. Construction of the 249 km Nanjing - Hangzhou high speed line began in December ...
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NewsJoint Eurasian freight operator agreed
INTERNATIONAL: The national railways of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have signed an agreement to establish United Transport & Logistics Co, a jointly-owned company which would provide intermodal services within the three countries’ Common Economic Space, including transit routes between Europe and Asia. Once government approval is obtained for the plan, ...
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NewsCSR Qishuyan to supply 20 locomotives to Thailand
THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand signed a contract for CSR Qishuyan to supply 20 locomotives on June 25. The metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives with AC traction equipment are scheduled to be delivered in 2015 for use on freight trains as part of a 'hub and spoke' intermodal distribution model which is ...
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NewsOpening of India's longest railway tunnel joins Jammu to Kashmir
INDIA: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off Northern Railway's ceremonial first train on the next section of the rail link to Kashmir on June 26, travelling from Banihal to Qazigund with guests including local school pupils. Regular services began the following day. The latest 17·7 km section was built at ...
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NewsTaiwan high speed rail extension contract signed
TAIWAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Toshiba, in co-operation with Mitsui & Co, have signed a ¥20bn turnkey contract with Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp to provide trackwork and E&M systems for the Nangang extension, it was announced on June 24. The extension will connect Taipei Main station with Nangang, ...
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NewsNorth Korean cross-border route upgrading progresses
RUSSIA: RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and North Korean Minister of Railways Jon Kil-su have signed a protocol on reconstruction of the Khasan – Rajin line, following talks in Moscow. They reported that the rebuilding work was ‘in its final stages’. The protocol outlines plans to create a single control ...