All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2010 – Page 5
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NewsHaut-Bugey line inaugurated
EUROPE: French Secretary of State for Transport Thierry Mariani and RFF President Hubert du Mesnil travelled on a special TGV service from Paris Bercy to Genève Cornavin on November 30 to mark the completion of work to rebuild the Haut-Bugey line between Bourg-en-Bresse and Bellegarde. Reconstruction of the 47 km ...
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NewsNorthern Railway revival funded
SRI LANKA: Ceremonies were held on November 27 to mark the start of work on the first phase of a programme to refurbish the war-damaged railways serving the island’s Northern Province, following the signing of a credit agreement under which India will provide US$416m towards the cost of the work. ...
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NewsCalifornia picks first high speed section
USA: California High Speed Rail Authority has selected the first section of its planned high speed network to be built, although the choice immediately drew criticism as ‘a line to nowhere’. The initial section will run for approximately 105 km through a rural part of the San Joaquin Valley from ...
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NewsDynamic testing rig
CHINA: Renk Test System of Germany has won a contract to supply a dynamic wheelset test rig to the China Academy of Railway Sciences, able to simulate operation at 500 km/h whilst applying vertical, lateral and yaw forces up to 250 kN each at a frequency of 60 Hz. Renk ...
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NewsBelgrano Railway upgrade
ARGENTINA: The federal government's US$408m programme to upgrade 1645 km of the metre-gauge Belgrano network is to be funded by a US$326m loan from the Andean Development Corporation. Work is already underway to upgrade routes between Joaquín V González in the northwestern province of Salta and the river ports ...
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NewsCrossrail seeks privately-financed rolling stock
UK: Procurement of rolling stock for the Crossrail east-west link through London was officially launched with the publication of an OJEU notice on December 1 seeking expressions of interest in a privately-funded train provision contract. With a capital cost estimated at around £1bn, the package would include the supply and ...
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NewsUS high speed plans in the balance
ANALYSIS Some US high speed plans are likely to go ahead despite the changing political landscape following the mid-term elections, but others are set to be abandoned, reports Julian Wolinsky.
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News'All change' awards
UK: Nexus has awarded framework agreements to five companies - Balfour Beatty Rail, BAM Nuttall, May Gurney, Serco and Morgan Sindall - as part of its £385 'all change' programme to modernise the Tyne & Wear metro (RG 1.09 p32). The government is providing £350m, with the remainder ...
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NewsUnion Railway starts prequalification process
UAE: Prequalification bids have been submitted for the first two contracts on the 265 km initial phase of the proposed Union Railway network linking the Gulf port at Ruwais with the gas fields at Shah and Habshan in the western region of Abu Dhabi emirate. The first two lots to ...
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NewsPRASA to resignal suburban lines
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has selected Siemens as preferred bidder for a R961m contract to install new signalling on key suburban routes. Work on the first phase is expected to start in January 2011, with the construction of a CTC control centre for the Gauteng ...
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