All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2010 – Page 3
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NewsCairo orders metro trains
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a Japanese consortium a contract to deliver 88 cars for the Cairo metro. The vehicles will be supplied by Japanese trading group Mitsubishi, working with rolling stock manufacturer Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba which will provide electric systems and lighting. The ...
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NewsRail expansion in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: Government infrastructure company Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has obtained approval from the Department of Railways to expand the Kelana Jaya automated metro and Ampang light rail lines in Kuala Lumpur. Tenders for rolling stock and E&M equipment for the first phase are due to be issued next month. ...
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NewsEagle P3 takes off
USA: The Regional Transportation District has given Denver Transit Partners the official notice to proceed on the Eagle P3 commuter rail project following financial close by the Fluor-led team. Groundbreaking is scheduled for August 26. As part of RTD’s FasTracks expansion programme, DTP will design, build, operate, maintain and finance ...
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NewsBudget crunch hits Czech rail projects
CZECH REPUBLIC: On August 9 Transport Minister Vít Bárta called an immediate halt to all railway upgrading projects being undertaken by infrastructure manager SZDC with funding from the State Transport Infrastructure Fund. The move is part of aggressive austerity measures announced by the new government which came to power ...
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NewsWagon wheelsets
FRANCE: Wheel and axle supplier GHH-Valdunes entered the wheelset maintenance business with the inauguration of a dedicated workshop in June. Located at its existing Trith-Saint-Léger production near Valenciennes, the European Wheelset Centre is focused primarily on the market for wagon wheelsets. Liberalisation of the rail freight sector across Europe in ...
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NewsGold Coast groundbreaking
AUSTRALIA: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh turned the first sod on the A$949m Gold Coast Rapid Transit project at the site of the new Gold Coast University Hospital in Southport on August 1. The event marked the start of work by Leighton Contractors on the shell of the terminus station at ...
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NewsTrack component firm bought
USA: Atlantic Track & Turnout Co has purchased the assets of Memphis-based Mid-South Rail. The acquisition will augment Atlantic's specialist trackwork manufacturing capacity, particularly in the areas of highly engineered products such as spring frogs. Atlantic will now sell reconditioned switches crossings and other railway equipment produced by Mid-South.
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NewsAECOM buys Tritech Rail
UK: International technical and management support services company AECOM has acquired Tritech Rail, a civil engineering consultancy specialising in rail infrastructure surveying, design and electrification work. 'We are now able to offer clients a broader range of services including infrastructure surveying and design, route clearance and structure gauging analysis, project ...
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NewsTram order announced as Spårväg City launched
SWEDEN: Trams returned to central Stockholm with ceremonies to launch Spårväg City on August 21, and free rides were provided before the start of revenue service two days later. The Spårväg City project has seen the 3·2 km Djurgårdsstaden heritage tram line modernised, rebranded as Line 7 and extended a ...
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NewsTianjin metro cars unveiled
CHINA: The first of 23 six-car stainless steel bodied trainsets for Tianjin metro Line 2 rolled off the assembly line at CNR Dalian on August 6. This followed the unveiling of the initial six-car set for metro Line 3 by CSR Sifang on July 16. Both lines are due to ...
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NewsBangkok Suvarnabhumi airport rail link opens
THAILAND: The 28·8 km airport rail link connecting Bangkok city centre to Suvarnabhumi International Airport started commercial operations on August 23. State Railway of Thailand had been running a free trial service since June 1 carrying around 17 000 passengers/day.Express and stopping services are available on the route, which operates ...
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NewsSubte Line H tendered
ARGENTINA: Plans to expand Buenos Aires metro Line H took a step forward on July 31 when Sbase published tenders for civil works on sections A0 (Nueva Pompeya), A1 (Sáenz) and C2 (Córdoba - Plaza Francia), 17 air-conditioned trains and a depot at Parque Patricios. Bids will be opened on ...
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NewsVossloh awarded €140m Urumqi track contract
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has selected Vossloh Fastening Systems (China) to supply rail fastenings for the 1 800 km passenger line now under construction to parallel the existing railway between Lanzhou and Urumqi in western China. On August 23 Vossloh said it expected to sign agreements worth €140m covering ...
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NewsHigh speed concession plan
SPAIN: Development Minister José Blanco visited Santander on August 11 where he signed an agreement with Miguel Ángel Revilla, President of the Cantabria region, committing the government to completing a high speed line between Madrid and Santander by the end of 2015. The third signatory, Cantabria’s Vice-President Dolores Gorostiaga, pointed ...
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NewsSakura stars at depot launch
JAPAN: The first of 10 Series N700-8000 Shinkansen trainsets being supplied to JR Kyushu was put on display when the operator unveiled its new rolling stock maintenance depot at Kumamoto on Sunday August 22. Being built as part of the second phase of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the new depot ...
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NewsCeremony launches work on Ho Chin Minh City metro Line 2
VIETNAM: Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai attended a ceremony on August 24 at which the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee formally marked the start of work on metro Line 2. Opening is scheduled for 2016. The first phase of Line 2 will be 11·2 km long, linking Tham ...
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NewsDesert locomotives delivered to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: The first six of 25 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACS freight locomotives ordered in April 2009 were handed over to Saudi Railway Co in Dammam on August 22. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, bringing the number of EMD locomotives in the country to ...
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NewsKeen interest in High Speed 1 concession
UK: August 17 was the deadline for the submission of indicative bids for a 30 -year concession to operate High Speed 1, the rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel. Railway Gazette International's sister publication Rail Business Intelligence understands that government-owned London & Continental Railways has secured keen ...
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NewsHupac takes Crossrail stake
SWITZERLAND: Intermodal specialist Hupac has acquired a 25% stake in Crossrail, the Swiss -based rail freight operator which is active in Switzerland Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Hupac CEO Bernhard Kunz has joined the Crossrail board. Announcing the acquisition on August 24, Crossrail ...
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NewsKarara ore railway construction contract
AUSTRALIA: Macmahon has been awarded a A$86m contract for civil works and tracklaying on an 85 km railway forming part of the Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia. Starting from Karara, 500 km northeast of Perth, the new line will run to Tilley Siding near Morawa where it will ...
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