All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2012 – Page 2
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NewsBilfinger Berger awarded Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn tunnelling contracts
GERMANY: Two contracts totalling €230m have been awarded to civil engineering group Bilfinger Berger for construction of new urban rail links to serve Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the company announced on February 10. The bigger contract awarded by the local transport authority covers the missing section of U-Bahn line U5 between Alexanderplatz ...
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NewsRail Vision 2030 recommends investment in Irish inter-city routes
IRELAND: The 2030 Rail Network Strategy Review of the medium-term needs and long term vision for investment in the national rail network was published on February 22. It recommends that improvements to speed and capacity on inter-city lines should be prioritised, with electrification of the two main routes considered ...
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NewsNortheastern link proposed
THAILAND: The Thai Office of Transport & Traffic Policy & Planning submitted proposals for a 336 km railway from Ban Phai to Nakhon Phanom to the cabinet at a meeting in Udon Thani on February 21. The branch from the existing Nakhon Ratchasima – Nong Khai metre-gauge line would run ...
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NewsCincinnati streetcar groundbreaking
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Mayor Mark Mallory attended a groundbreaking ceremony on February 17 to mark the start of work on a tram line serving the centre of Cincinnati.The 5∙8 km route with 17 stops will run from Findlay Market in the district of Over-the-Rhine, to the Banks ...
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NewsShenyang tram network construction begins
CHINA: A ground-breaking ceremony at the Olympic sports centre in Shenyang on February 17 formally launched construction of a 60 km tram network in the city. The 4∙86bn yuan project is being managed by China CNR Corp under an agreement signed with the municipal government on December 1 2011. The ...
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NewsKuwait metro procurement to begin soon
KUWAIT: Expressions of interest in a public-private partnership contract to supply rolling stock and railway systems for the Kuwait Metropolitan Rapid Transit System Project are to be invited shortly, the government's Partnerships Technical Bureau announced on February 19. The contract will cover the supply of trains and railway systems for ...
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NewsAnkara metro expansion resumes
TURKEY: Three long-planned metro lines in Ankara are on course to open by mid-2014, according to Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım, following the award of contracts to complete civil engineering and fit-out works. Line M2 will run for 16∙6 km from Kizilay in the city centre to the southwestern suburb ...
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NewsDelhi Airport line to serve Gurgaon
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has submitted proposals to the Haryana state government for an extension of the Airport Metro Express line across the border to serve the growing satellite town of Gurgaon. The 12 km extension from the current terminus at Dwarka Sector 21 to meet the Orange Line ...
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NewsWork due to start on Besançon tram
FRANCE: March 1 is due to see the start of civil engineering work for the new tram route in Besançon. STD, Sacer, Roger Martin, Colas Rail and Alstom have been awarded a €43m contract to build the 7 km western section with 13 stops between Hauts-du-Chazal and Chama ...
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NewsAtlanta streetcar breaks ground
USA: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the $94m Atlanta streetcar line on February 1. The 4∙2 km tram route with 12 stops will linking the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site with Centennial Olympic Park, ...
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NewsSiemens signs Kazakh electrification agreement
KAZAKHSTAN: A €230m framework for Siemens to supply electrification equipment and assist with the modernisation of more than 40 traction substations was included in a series of trade agreements signed when President Nazarbayev visited Germany in February. Siemens signed the agreement with Kazakh national railway KTZ and the TemirZhol Electrification ...
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NewsToulouse metro extension public consultation
FRANCE: Next month is due to see initial public consultation for a 5∙2 km extension of Toulouse metro Line B from Ramonville to Labège, adding five stations to serve growing industrial districts to the southeast of the city. Expected to cost around €370m excluding rolling stock, the ...
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NewsOrlando SunRail groundbreaking
USA: Construction of the SunRail commuter rail route through Orlando officially began on January 27 with a ceremony at the site of the Altamonte Springs station to mark the start of work on the $357∙2m Phase 1. Florida Transportation Secretary Anath Prasad was joined by Congressman John Mica, Congresswoman ...
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NewsAbu Dhabi metro funding approved
UAE: The first sections of Abu Dhabi’s extensive metro and light rail networks are expected to be operational within five years, after the Executive Council announced funding approval for the Department of Transport’s programme at the end of January. The emirate is planning to build a 131 km metro network ...
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NewsSingapore metro contracts awarded
SINGAPORE: Two contracts have been awarded to Thales for signalling enhancements across the island’s metro network, where ridership increased from 1∙78 million passengers/day in 2009 to over 2 million in 2010. On February 1 SMRT signed a €118m contract with Thales covering the installation of SelTrac CBTC on the North ...
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NewsRio Tinto to introduce driverless trains by 2014
AUSTRALIA: Rio Tinto confirmed on February 20 that driverless trains would begin running on its Hamersley and Robe River iron ore network in Western Australia’s Pilbara region during 2014, under an A$518m investment package which forms part of the group’s ‘Mine of the Future’ strategy. Rio Tinto is currently investing ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2012
Argentina: ABB has a US$50m contract to supply traction equipment for nine-car EMUs Emfer is producing for TBA’s Sarmiento route in Buenos Aires using refurbished Toshiba cars and new double-deckers (RG 4.11 p9). NREC has delivered two TZV Gredelj G26CWN locos to Ferrosur Roca. Australia: QUBE is ...
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NewsCórdoba metro redesigned
ARGENTINA: Revised proposals for a metro network in the city of Córdoba have been submitted to the federal transport ministry for approval. Developed by China Railway International, the project envisages construction of three routes totalling 32∙9 km serving 26 stations. Expected to take seven years to build, the network would ...
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NewsBuenos Aires Line H extension groundbreaking
ARGENTINA: A groundbreaking ceremony attended by Buenos Aires Major Mauricio Macri on January 17 marked the start of work on two extensions of Line H totalling 4 km, which will add six more stations. The 5∙5 km orbital line is to be extended north from Corrientes to Plaza Francia, ...