All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2010 – Page 4
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NewsRepublika Srpska rail investment plan
BOSNIA: Republika Srpska’s Minister of Transport Nedeljko Cubrilovi outlined plans to spend €500m over three years modernising the entity’s rail network when he signed orders for Polish wagons and workshop equipment on August 13. The contracts were placed using a €20m credit from the Polish government. EKK Wagon will supply ...
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NewsBenex arranges funding for train purchase
GERMANY: A consortium of Hamburger Sparkasse and KfW IPEX-Bank signed an agreement worth more than €74m to fund the acquisition of 12 Stadler trains for BeNEX on August 24. The rolling stock is needed for the Netz Stadtbahn regional operating contracts in Berlin-Brandenburg which were awarded in 2009 to Ostdeutsche ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn completes Arriva takeover
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn announced the completion of its acquisition of Arriva on August 27, following the registration of necessary court orders. DB UK Holding Ltd has acquired all the shares of Arriva plc, which is now its wholly-owned subsidiary. The German national railway company said it will conduct its ...
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NewsTwin Cities to get Avantos
USA: Minneapolis Metropolitan Council's Transportation Committee has recommended approval of a $153·2m contract with Siemens Industry Inc for the supply of 41 S70 Avanto light rail vehicles. The Central Corridor route now under construction between central Minneapolis and St Paul will receive 31 of the 70% low -floor cars, while ...
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NewsRoad and rail share Swiss tunnel
SWITZERLAND: Drivers traversing the A13 between Chur and Bellinzona through the San Bernardino Pass may be surprised to see a standard gauge railway laid along the road, 1600 m above sea level. Roads department Astra is spending SFr38m upgrading the A13, including work to improve tunnel safety following the fatal ...
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NewsWagon builder sees revival in rail market
USA: 'Recent orders for double-stack equipment represent the early signs of a restoration in demand for this car type', President & CEO of The Greenbrier Companies William A Furman said on August 25, when the company announced contracts to built more than 1 000 double-stack container wagons and 700 hoppers ...
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NewsCapita Symonds opens York rail office
UK: Capita Symonds has opened an office in York providing civil and structural engineering services for the rail sector. The company hopes to increase the initial 12 staff to 30 within 15 months, and generate turnover of £3·5m. 'As we are successfully bucking the national downturn trend thanks to contracts ...
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NewsThree Gorges route linked up
CHINA: Work has been completed on the Yiwan Railway, paralleling the lake formed by the Three Gorges dam. Running through mountainous terrain to the south of the Yangtze valley, the 377 km east -west line links the city of Wanzhou east of Chongqing with Yichang in Hubei province via Lichuan ...
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NewsRoyal ceremony marks Botniabanan opening
SWEDEN: A ceremony in Kramfors on August 28 attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf marked the start of a rolling inauguration of the Botniabanan in northeast Sweden. A royal train then left for Örnsköldsvik and Nordmaling, where further celebrations were held, before it reached Umeå in the evening. Revenue passenger ...
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NewsTikhvin signs first major wagon order
RUSSIA: Private sector freight forwarder Transgarant has signed the first major agreement to purchase wagons from Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant, a state-of-the-art factory being developed by ICT Group on a site 200 km east of St Petersburg in Leningrad oblast. Transgarant has agreed to order 15 000 wagons from ...
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NewsTrack machine exports
INTERNATIONAL: US on-track plant manufacturer Harsco Rail announced on August 30 that it had received orders worth US$13m to supply tamping and grinding machines to Bangladesh and Liberia. Bangladesh Railway will receive a Mark VI ballast tamper to support the upgrading of its 1 676 mm gauge ...
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NewsQueensland details 2030 rail vision
AUSTRALIA: An 8 km metro and major expansion of suburban and regional rail services in Brisbane are at the heart of a 20-year transport blueprint published by the Queensland state government on August 31. Entitled ‘Connecting SEQ 2031’, the plan would cost A$123bn if all the projects were adopted. According ...
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