All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2013 – Page 6
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NewsRail market was rigged
GERMANY: The Bundeskartellamt competition authority has imposed fines totalling €232m on companies which operated anti-competitive agreements in the German rail, switches and sleeper market in 2001-11. The proceedings were triggered by an application for leniency filed by Voestalpine. 'The aim of the agreements was to divide up tenders or projects ...
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NewsDB orders double-deck EMUs
GERMANY: Deustche Bahn announced a €216m firm order for a further 18 Bombardier Transportation double-deck electric multiple-units on August 29. The three four-car and 15 six-car Twindexx Vario EMUs will have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. They are scheduled to enter traffic from December 2016 on Augsburg - Treuchtlingen ...
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NewsGamla Uppsala double tracking gets underway
SWEDEN: Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd attended a ceremony to launch work to double-track a 4 km section of the Ostkustbanan through Gamla Uppsala on August 21. This forms one of the final parts of a programme to double track the entire Ostkustbanan between Uppsala and Gävle by 2017. The ...
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NewsColton Crossing grade separation completed
USA: The Colton Crossing grade separation project to remove a flat crossing between north-south BNSF and east-west Union Pacific tracks in southern California has been completed 'significantly under budget and ahead of schedule', state transport agency Caltrans and San Bernardino Associated Governments announced on August 26. Skanska was lead contractor ...
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NewsOn-tram wi-fi on test in Manchester
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has begun providing free wi-fi on a Metrolink light rail vehicle in a trial which could lead to the entire fleet being equipped. The equipment has been supplied Icomera. Tram 3054 has been specially branded for the trial. 'Passengers can help us try out the ...
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NewsBangkok metro extension contract
THAILAND: General contractor CH Karnchang Public Co has awarded Alstom a €14m contract covering track, third rail power supplies and a depot for an extension of Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Line, also known as the Green Line. In April Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand awarded CH Karrnchang a 2·4bn baht ...
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NewsSiemens to supply traction equipment for Guangzhou trams
CHINA: Siemens has announced its entry into the Chinese low-floor tram market with a contract to supply drive components for seven low-floor trams which CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co is to supply to Guangzhou. Siemens is to supply propulsion and vehicle control, braking and auxiliary systems, as well as ...
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NewsIhor Breus
Ihor Breus has been appointed Director General of the state-run Ukrainian Railway High-Speed Company.
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NewsElectric freight locomotives unveiled in Toshkent
UZBEKISTAN: The first three of 11 electric freight locomotives which CNR Dalian is building for national railway UTY have been unveiled in Toshkent. Branded as O'zel by UTY, the six-axle single-section 1 520 mm gauge 25 kV AC locomotives have Toshiba traction equipment and are rated at 7·2 MW with ...
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NewsYour country needs you
ARGENTINA: During an official visit to Madrid last month, Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo met with Argentinian railway professionals currently working in Spain, hoping that they would consider returning to their native country to apply their skills to the government's ongoing railway investment programme. 'We have embarked ...