All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2013
All articles published this month.
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NewsFeature articles in the February 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Articles in the February 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Liberalisation: the war of words rages on Analysis Fyra lurches from farce to fiasco Amtrak and California team up UK franchising ‘not fundamentally flawed’ Heavy haul Developing a heavy haul network Indian Railways is adopting ...
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NewsOpen access operator Hamburg-Köln-Express celebrates first six months
GERMANY: Open-access inter-city operator Hamburg-Köln-Express held the ‘Fastest Music Festival in Germany’ on January 23 to celebrate six months of operation. Bands and solo artists travelled with the passengers, performing music in 120 sec slots while the train doors were opened at stations HKX has carried almost 150 000 passengers ...
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NewsMichael O’Higgins
Michael O’Higgins has been appointed a Non-Executive Director on the Network Rail board. The former Audit Commission Chairman and current Chairman of The Pensions Regulator was selected to bring a stronger focus on ‘serving the public interest’. The UK infrastructure manager has also named Jonathan Crick as Commercial Director, Retail.
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NewsSão Paulo Line 6 tender called
BRAZIL: São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin called tenders for a PPP concession to develop metro Line 6 (the Orange line) on January 30. The project is valued at an estimated R$7·8bn and construction is due to start in July 2014. The concession will run for 25 years, allowing six ...
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NewsCarillion awarded £40m Cumbernauld electrification contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Carillion a £40m contract to electrify at 25 kV 50 Hz 'over 50 km of railway' between Cumbernauld and Glasgow, lengthen platforms at Cumbernauld and install turn-back facilities at Springburn. The contract announced on January 30 forms part of a £80m upgrade of the Cumbernauld ...
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NewsDirect Rail Services reveals Class 68 design
UK: Freight and charter train operator Direct Rail Services has unveiled the design of its future UKLight mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotives. Vossloh España is building 15 locomotives in Valencia under a contract announced in January 2012, with deliveries scheduled to begin towards the end of this year. To ...
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NewsKuznetsovsk tunnel shortens the BAM corridor
RUSSIA: The Kuznetsovsk Tunnel on the Komsomolsk-na-Amur – Sovetskaya Gavan section of the Baikal-Amur Magistral was opened on December 25. Priced at 60bn roubles, it is one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by RZD in recent years. The 3890 m single-track tunnel was designed by Bamtonnelproject and built by ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
RATP Développement has selected GoalRailmetro and GoalStaff software from Spanish company Goal Systems to plan the deployment of light rail vehicles and drivers during the expansion of the Manchester Metrolink network. BNSF has appointed Bartless & West to digitise its collection of maps of the 51000 km network, some of ...
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NewsTÜV SÜD Rail acquires DNV KEMA's European transportation division
EUROPE: TÜV SÜD Rail announced the acquisition of the European Transportation Systems division of Norwegian-Dutch energy consulting, testing and certification company DNV KEMA on January 30. DNV KEMA is focusing its activities on the energy sector, and TÜV SÜD Rail said the deal was an opportunity to expand its portfolio ...
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NewsBidirectional Pesa trams coming to Warszawa
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has selected Pesa to supply 45 new bidirectional low-floor trams to the Polish capital for 380bn złoty. Delivery will start in April 2014. The trams will be similar to the six Pesa Swing Duo trams that arrived in Warszawa in September, which are twin-cab versions of ...
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NewsDoha tram track to be provided by Rail.One
QATAR: Construction contractor Habtoor Leighton Group has awarded Rail.One a contract to supply Rheda City ballastless track for the Education City tram project in Doha. About 15 km will be concreted, with a short section will be covered with turf. Around 14 000 TB/BZ concrete sleepers for the track ...
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NewsNS opens third Crescent Corridor intermodal terminal
USA: Norfolk Southern officially opened its $97m Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility at Greencastle, Pennsylvania, on January 21. Intended as a major gateway for freight in the Mid-Atlantic region, the terminal is located north of Hagerstown, adjacent to the Interstate 81 corridor linking central Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northern Virginia. ...
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NewsCSR locomotives arrive in Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: The first two of 24 diesel locomotives that CSR of China is supplying for the San Martín commuter route were unloaded at the Port of Buenos Aires on February 1. Capable at operating at up to 120 km/h, the new locos are equipped with rheostatic braking. As well as ...
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NewsMainline research project examines whole-railway assets
EUROPE: Funded under the European Union’s FP7 grant programme, the Mainline research project is examining best practice in the application of whole-life analysis tools to a broad spectrum of rail-related assets, including bridges, tunnels, earthworks and retaining walls. The €4·5m project is being co-ordinated by UIC and is due for ...
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NewsMilano Metro’s first driverless line inaugurated
ITALY: The inaugural journey on Line M5 of the Milano metro took place on February 5, ahead of the start of full service on February 10 at 11.00. The ceremony to mark the opening of the first fully automated line on the network was attended by Mayor Giuliano Pisapia. ...
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NewsTunis suburban construction contract awarded
TUNISIA: A consortium of Colas Rail, Siemens and local partner Somatra-Get has been awarded a €145m contract to build lines D and E of the Réseau Ferroviaire Rapide suburban network in Tunis, a total of 20 km. Colas Rail's €86m share of the contract announced on February 4 includes track, ...
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NewsONCF locomotives on test
MOROCCO: The first four of 20 NGT26CW-3wNFORCE diesel locomotives ordered by Moroccan national railway ONCF last year were on test in Croatia during January. The 3 300 BHP Co-Co freight locomotives have been assembled by TŽV Gredelj as subcontractor to US firm National Railway Equipment Co. They are powered by ...
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NewsDelhi Metro launches Line 5 extension
INDIA: Construction of an 11·2 km extension of Delhi Metro Line 5 was initiated on February 2 with the laying of a foundation stone at Bahadurgarh Sector 9 by Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath and the Chief Minister of Haryana state Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ceremony was also attended ...
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NewsBombardier backs Kasetsart University signalling course
THAILAND: Railway engineering students and academics at Kasetsart University near Bangkok are to benefit from a five-year partnership with Bombardier Transportation. Kasetsart University’s Engineering Faculty is to develop a syllabus of specialist courses focused on train control systems with assistance from Bombardier’s local signalling team, which numbers more than 300 ...
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NewsBill Shuster
Bill Shuster has been selected by the House Republican Conference as Chairman of the US Congressional Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, succeeding John Mica.