All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2008 – Page 4
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Double-deck on Paris Line A
FRANCE: Following a finance agreement with STIF, the Ile-de-France transport authority, RATP intends to call tenders for replacement rolling stock on RER Line A. At the end of June, RATP presented STIF with its proposals to procure an initial batch of 30 double-deck EMUs at a cost of €600m to ...
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CPTM contracts
BRAZIL: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has been awarded a €442m contract to supply 40 eight-car trainsets to São Paulo suburban operator CPTM. Deliveries are scheduled for completion in 2010. CPTM has awarded Union Switch & Signal International and Efacec a US$120m contract to resignal lines 7 and 12 to ...
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NewsPilbara access battle continues
AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals is a step closer to gaining access to the Pilbara railway networks owned by rival mining groups BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. In mid-June the National Competition Council recommended that the Robe River, Hamersley and Goldsworthy rail lines should be opened up, in order to boost competition ...
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NewsPointers August 2008
The governments of France and Spain have agreed to establish a European Economic Interest Group that will be responsible for the design, construction and operation of a new central rail crossing of the Pyrenees, whose route is to be selected in autumn 2009. By the end of this year, SNCF ...
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Mumbai car order
INDIA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Company is to supply 16 four-car trains for Line 1 of Mumbai metro under a Rs6bn contract. The first four trainsets are due to be delivered in 18 months' time, with the whole fleet arriving in Mumbai by mid-2010. Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd ...
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Hamburg's DT5 takes shape
GERMANY: Hamburger Hochbahn AG presented its next generation U-Bahn trainset at the Alstom LHB works in Salzgitter in July, unveiling a full-size mock-up showing the car end, driving cab and interior layout. HHA ordered 27 trainsets in December 2006 from a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier at a cost of ...
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People in the News - August 2008
Dr Sebastian Jürgens will leave DB on September 30 to join the board at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik. He will be replaced as head of DB's Intermodal Business Area by Hans-Georg Werner (right). Michel Aymeric has been appointed Managing Director at French rail safety authority EPSF. Mike Coupe has moved ...
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NewsDon't re-regulate rail freight
REGULATION: Rail has a major role to play in reducing energy use and addressing environmental concerns in North America, but proposals being debated in the US Congress to increase regulation of the sector could halt much-needed investment in additional capacity, argues Ed Hamberger.
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Cross-acceptance
EUROPE: Legislation to require the cross-?acceptance of rail vehicles between EU member states moved forward on July 9, when the European Parliament voted to approve the second reading of amendments to the 2004 Railway Safety Directive. The Parliament endorsed an earlier conciliation discussion with the Council of Ministers which should ...
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DMU framework in place
GERMANY: Following a month-long tendering process, DB has awarded five framework contracts covering the supply of up to 300 regional DMUs to Alstom, Siemens and Stadler. Orders can be called off as required up to 2011 at a total cost of €430m. 'We want to have modern, efficient vehicles available ...
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Regional high speed contracts
SPAIN: Corsán and Bruesa have been awarded a €34·9m contract for civil works on the 7 km Fuente de Piedra – Antequera section of the 128 km high speed line between Sevilla and Antequera being built by the Andalucía ?regional government. Work will take 23 months. Between Marchena and Antequera, ...
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Segregation for 200 km/h running
UKRAINE: Minister of Transport & Communications Yosyp Vinsky has announced the designation of a number of UZ’s major inter-city routes as dedicated passenger lines under a US$6·5bn project to permit the operation of 200 km/h services by the time the country co-hosts the UEFA European football championship in 2012 (RG ...
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Galicia upgrade nears end
SPAIN: With the exception of the final 2·3 km into Vigo, where design studies are underway, contracts have now been awarded for all sections of the 155·6 km A Coruña – Santiago de Compostela – Vigo route upgrade. Opening of the 13·1 km Portela – Vilagarcía de Arousa section ...
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NewsSpanish freight to stand alone
SPAIN: Unveiling a package of measures aimed at reviving the national economy, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced on June 23 that RENFE’s freight business would be established as a stand-alone company within three months. Although 100% state-owned to start with, it is expected that the new venture would ...
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Tram-trains to Mont Blanc
FRANCE: 'We see an amazing future for this line', proclaimed SNCF President Guillaume Pepy on July 6, when he joined the celebrations to mark the centenary of the metre-gauge line between Chamonix and Vallorcine in Haute-Savoie. Accompanied by the President of Rhône-Alpes Jean-Jacques Queyranne and the regional Vice-President in ...
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NewsBetuwe Route is properly open
NETHERLANDS: More than a year after Queen Beatrix inaugurated the purpose-built Betuwe Route freight corridor, capacity restrictions are coming off and revenue operation is starting to ramp up. Eight paths an hour each way will be available from August 1.
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NewsMore VLocity in Victoria
AUSTRALIA: Victoria state premier John Brumby announced the purchase of a further nine three-car VLocity DMUs on July 31, along with an extra centre car to lengthen an existing two-car unit. The Bombardier trains will be used to boost capacity as part of an A$236m package of investment in ...
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Railpool to bridge gap between operators and banks
RAILPOOL: The leasing joint venture formally established this month by HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank will target locomotives and passenger rolling stock for lease in Germany and other western European countries, according to Christian Forster, Head of Rail & Intermodal at HSH Nordbank. Forster acknowledged that Railpool is already looking ...
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