All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2012 – Page 5
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NewsTrain driver distraction study awarded funding
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a grant worth $250000 to commuter rail operator Veolia Transportation to fund a study into the causes of train driver distraction. The study is to be conducted at the Volpe Institute of Transportation Studies in Massachusetts. It will be co-ordinated by George Elsmore, ...
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NewsPutin opens factory to produce a wagon every 24 min
RUSSIA: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin officially launched production of wagons at the Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant in Leningrad oblast on January 30. Industrial investment business ICT Group has designed the TVSZ factory around the latest production processes from the automotive, aerospace and rail sectors. According to ICT, it ...
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NewsCAF named preferred bidder to supply new Midland Metro trams
UK: Having received bids submitted from 'all over the world, not just Europe', on February 2 West Midlands transport authority Centro named CAF as preferred bidder to supply new trams to replace the existing Midland Metro fleet and provide additional capacity on the 21 km light rail route linking Birmingham ...
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Joseph Lhota
Joseph Lhota has been appointed Chairman & CEO of New York MTA, having held the post in an acting capacity since November. He succeeds Jay Walder, who left in October to become CEO of Hong Kong’s MTR Corp.
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NewsThales to upgrade Turkish high speed line to ETCS Level 2
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has awarded Thales a €20m contract to install ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R communications on the existing 251 km high speed section of the Ankara - Istanbul route. Deployment of Level 2 in place of the present Level 1 supervision is expected to increase capacity on ...
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NewsSystra to take over SNCF and RATP engineering businesses
FRANCE: Engineering consultancy Systra, which is owned jointly by main line operator SNCF and urban operator RATP, is to take over the engineering businesses of its two shareholders with a view to enhancing its prospects on the international market. A draft agreement covering the proposals was announced on January 11. ...
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NewsSingapore offers loyalty prizes to encourage off-peak metro travel
SINGAPORE: 'Incentives for Singapore's Commuters' has been launched by Land Transport Authority as part of a programme to examine methods for spreading peak travel demand. Metro commuters participating in the Insinc study are awarded credits proportional to the distance they travel, with the credits entered into a lottery with cash ...
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NewsAnother €1bn to fund DB enhancement programme
GERMANY: Federal Transport Minister Minister Dr Peter Ramsauer confirmed on January 31 that another €1bn of federal funding would be made available for infrastructure improvements across the DB network by 2015, following the completion of a three-year programme funded by a €1·4bn ‘stimulus package’ and €100m from DB’s own resources. ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways orders 300 electric locomotives
UKRAINE: Transmashholding is to supply state railway UZ with 230 Type 2ES4K electric freight locomotives for 3 kV DC routes and 70 Type 2ES5K locomotives for AC routes. Last August the government approved a 28·7bn hryvnia renewal programme which would see 509 locomotives ordered in 2012-16. A preliminary agreement was ...
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