All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2011 – Page 2
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NewsGateway Project acceleration to replace ARC trans-Hudson tunnel
USA: Amtrak has proposed accelerating its Gateway Project as a replacement for the cancelled Access to the Region's Core trans-Hudson rail tunnel to increase capacity into Midtown Manhattan. Amtrak's plan would incorporate elements from ARC, including the 14·5 km route, a new and expanded Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River ...
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NewsWorld rail market February 2011
Colombia: Steer Davies Gleave has won a 500m peso contract to revise ridership forecasts for the proposed Bogotá metro, updating a 2008 study by Sener and TMB. France: Egis Rail has won a €32m project management contract for Rennes metro Line B (RG 12.10 p16). India: ...
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NewsFunding allocated to 78 French urban transport projects
FRANCE: Transport Minister Natahalie Kosciusko-Morizet announced the final tranche of light rail, metro and bus funding allocations under the Grenelle de l’Environnement on February 9. The announcement covers a total of €590m allocated to 78 urban transport projects in 54 conurbations outside Ile-de-France. These include 29 tram projects (152 km), ...
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NewsLess steep underneath
SWITZERLAND: The abbot of Engelberg Abbey opened the 4043 m long Grafenort – Engelberg tunnel on Switzerland’s metre-gauge Zentralbahn on December 11, with regular services starting the next day. The 10·5% gradient in the tunnel replaces the exceptionally steep 24·6% on the previous route, reducing uphill journey times by 14 ...
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NewsAfter the deluge
POLAND: A new bridge over the Poprad river in Nowy Sacz on the Tarnów – Slovakia route was officially opened on January 15, replacing a structure swept away by flooding on June 4 last year. The replacement bridge was constructed by Intop Tarnobrzeg under a 13·2m złoty contract awarded by ...
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NewsEP20 launches a new locomotive family
RUSSIA: This year is due to see the rollout of the prototype EP20 electric locomotive for RZD, being developed by Transmashholding and Alstom in association with the Velnii design institute. The single-section dual-system loco is intended to form the basis for a family of asynchronous-motored passenger and freight locos ...
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NewsCN announces capital investment
CANADA: Canadian National Railway Co announced a 2011 capital spending plan totalling C$1·7bn on February 9. Approximately C$1bn will be allocated to track, bridge and other infrastructure works, with improvements to be made to the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway which was acquired in 2009 to provide a 'missing ...
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NewsMetro automation gets green light in Brussels
BELGIUM: Presenting its results for 2010 at the beginning of February, Brussels public transport operator STIB unveiled a programme of enhancements to increase network capacity in 2011 and beyond.STIB carried a total of 311·6 million passengers in 2010, up 7% on the previous year, with the metro handling 48% of ...
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NewsNew Orleans tram project approved
USA: The Regional Transit Authority in New Orleans has approved moving ahead with final design on the French Quarter tram loop from Canal Street to Press Street via North Rampart Street and St Claude Avenue. In addition, a 1·9 km spur would be built on Elysian Fields Avenue to a ...
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PKP President dismissed
Andrzej Massel took over as Poland's Vice-Minister for Railways on December 28, following the dismissal of Juliusz Engelhardt. Massel was previously Deputy Director of Poland’s Railway Research & Development Centre, Instytut Kolejnictwa.Two days later, the President & CEO of state railway holding company PKP SA Andrzej Wach was also dismissed, ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2011
Algeria: The Méditerrail consortium of Alstom and Etrhb handed over the initial 8·7 km of the 23 km Alger tram line to Entreprise du Métro d'Alger for commissioning in December. China: OTN Systems has won contracts to supply its OTN-X3M 10 Gbit/sec optic fibre telecommunications backbone equipment for ...
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NewsHaramain High Speed Rail station construction contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: Contracts have been signed for construction of four of the five stations for the Haramain High Speed Rail project, Saudi Railways Organization announced on February 16. The contracts form Package 2 of Phase 1 of the HHR project. Saudi Bin Laden Group is to build the stations at ...
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NewsGovernor halts Orlando - Tampa high speed rail project
USA: Florida’s recently-elected Republican Governor Rick Scott announced on February 16 that he had decided to reject any federal funding for the proposed 135 km high speed line between Tampa and Orlando, as the start of a state-wide high speed network. This effectively stops the project, which had been widely ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2011
Australia: CNR began delivering 260 ore wagons designed for 40 tonne axleloads to Fortescue in December. China: Last month GE Transportation and the Ministry of Railways signed a letter of intent to provide $350m of US-built locomotives, sub-assembly kits, service support and signalling systems. Czech Republic: Pesa has ...
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NewsMadrid tunnel complete
SPAIN: A ceremony on February 11 marked the completion of tunnelling work on the 7·3 km route that will connect high speed lines entering the Madrid from the north and south. Having driven a total of 6·8 km from Chamartín, the 2200 tonne earth pressure balance TBM broke through ...
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News€486m contract for Torino - Padova upgrade
ITALY: A consortium led by Ansaldo STS has been awarded a €486m contract to upgrade the conventional route between Torino, Milano and Padova with the installation of ETCS Level 2 equipment, the company announced on February 15. The consortium will supply traffic control systems, signalling and telecoms, and upgrade tracks ...
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NewsLyria enhancements agreed
EUROPE: SNCF President Guillaume Pepy and SBB Chief Executive Officer Andreas Meyer signed an agreement on February 16 to step up the frequency and quality of services between France and Switzerland operated by TGV Lyria. The jointly-owned subsidiary will be allocated a fleet of 19 dedicated TGV POS trainsets, ...
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NewsHigh speed signalling PPP
SPAIN: With the aim of opening the route to traffic next year, ADIF has called tenders for a contract to design, install and maintain signalling and telecommunications equipment on 167 km of high speed infrastructure between Albacete and Alacant. As with construction of the Olmedo - Ourense route, work ...
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Guillaume Mehlman
Guillaume Mehlman has been appointed Managing Director of Alstom Transport North America.
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NewsGE and Tessco agree Positive Train Control partnership
USA: Wireless and telecoms specialist Tessco Technologies has signed a 'long-term partnership' with GE to develop Positive Train Control products. The two firms will work together to produce, market and sell 'integrated, turnkey PTC' products. 'Tessco brings a unique combination of state-of-the-art communication and radio frequency technology', commented Pierre Comte, ...
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