High speed rail industry news – Page 57
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NewsHigh speed to Alacant from June 18
SPAIN: On June 10 RENFE opened ticket sales for services using the 165 km high speed line between Albacete and Alacant, due to open on June 18. This will cut the fastest Madrid – Alacant journey time by 50 min, bringing it down to 2 h 20 min. During the ...
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NewsAlternatives investigated as NS drops Fyra V250s too
NETHERLANDS: The Dutch government has concurred with the decision by national operator NS to cancel its contract with AnsaldoBreda for 16 V250 trainsets, Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher confirmed on May 7. The findings of a review by NS had been presented to the cabinet by the State Secretary for ...
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NewsCHSRA awards first civil works contract
USA: The board of the California High Speed Rail Authority has selected a consortium of Tutor Perini Corp, Zachry Construction Corp and Parsons Corp to undertake civil works on the first 47 km section of the planned San Francisco – Los Angeles high speed line. The $985m offer by the ...
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NewsADIF assists TCDD
TURKEY: In preparation for the opening of the high speed line between Istanbul and Ankara, 35 TCDD staff are being provided with safety training by Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF. Running from May 20 to July 12, two courses of four weeks each will provide instruction in safety management systems ...
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NewsSNCB pulls out of Fyra V250 deal
EUROPE: Belgian train operator SNCB announced on May 31 that it had decided to cancel its contract with AnsaldoBreda for the trouble-prone V250 'Albatros' high speed trainsets and seek full reimbursement of the €37m it has paid so far. It may also decide to sue for damages. SNCB had originally ...
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NewsMoscow - Kazan should be Russia's first dedicated high speed line, says RZD
RUSSIA: An 803 km Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan route should form the first stage of a high speed rail programme, Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin told President Putin and other guests at recent conference held to discuss the prospects for developing dedicated high speed lines. ...
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NewsCHSRA evaluates Central Valley construction contract bids
USA: With a submission worth $985m, a joint venture of Tutor Perini Corp, Zachry Construction Corp and Parsons Corp has been selected by the California High Speed Rail Authority as the best-ranking of five shortlisted bids for a design-build contract for the Madera – Fresno starter section of the planned ...
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NewsAustralian high speed rail study published
AUSTRALIA: What Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Anthony Albanese called 'the most detailed and comprehensive study ever undertaken into high speed rail in this country' was published on April 11. The study identifies a potential 1 748 km route for a double-track electrified high speed line between Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra ...
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NewsPrivate company awarded high speed line rail grinding contract
CHINA: The CRM-Vossloh Track Maintenance joint venture of Chinese rail equipment services provider CRM and Vossloh Rail Services has won a contract to undertake preventative rail grinding on the 1 300 km Beijing - Shanghai Passenger-Dedicated Line. Announcing the contract on April 9, Vossloh said it was the first time ...
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NewsHigh speed track and electrification contract awarded
MOROCCO: A consortium of Colas Rail, local subsidiary Colas Rail Maroc and Egis Rail has been awarded a design and build contract covering track, overhead electrification and facilities at two work sites on the 183 km high speed line being built between Tanger and Kénitra Announcing the contract on April ...
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NewsTanger - Kénitra high speed line signalling contract signed
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS France and Cofely Ineo a €120m contract to design and supply signalling and telecoms for the 183 km high speed line under construction between Tanger and Kénitra. Consortium leader Ansaldo STS is to provide ETCS Level 1 and 2 ...
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NewsPassenger volumes up at Eurostar
EUROPE: High speed operator Eurostar International reported a doubling in operating profit and modest increase in passenger volumes when reporting full-year financial results for 2012 on March 25. The operator carried 9·9 million passengers in 2012, 2% up from 9·7 million for the prior year, whilst operating ...
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News'No delay' to High Speed 2 as legal challenges dismissed
UK: Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Burns confirmed on March 15 that there would be ‘no delay’ to the planned High Speed 2 railway between London and the north of England after a series of legal challenges to the project were dismissed at the High Court ...
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NewsKazakhstan plans 1 000 km high speed line
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has awarded Systra a contract to oversee the design and construction of a 1 011 km high speed railway between Almaty and Astana. The proposed 1 520 mm gauge single-track line would be suitable for 250 km/h running. A 10 km bridge across Lake Balkhash ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur - Singapore high speed railway agreement
ASIA: An agreement to build a high speed railway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is included in the joint statement issued by the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore following their annual retreat on February 19. The Joint Ministerial Committee has been tasked with looking into 'the details and modalities' ...
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NewsHS2 Phase II preferred route selected
UK: The Department for Transport issued its preferred route options for the second phase of the planned High Speed 2 network on January 28. This second phase builds on the 190 km first stage running from London Euston to Birmingham and a junction with the West Coast ...
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NewsAmtrak and California join forces on high speed fleet procurement
USA: Amtrak and the California High Speed Rail Authority held a joint event at Washington Union station on January 17 to issue a joint Request for Information with a view to the procurement of a common fleet of high speed trains. The partnership agreement is intended to ...
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NewsEurostar to trial London – Aix-en-Provence service
EUROPE: International high speed operator Eurostar is to operate a new service between London and the south of France on a trial basis in May and June 2013. Building on its long-standing seasonal service between London St Pancras International and Avignon-Centre which has operated on Saturdays in ...
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NewsOurense - A Coruña broad gauge high speed line opens
SPAIN: Development Minister José Blanco officially opened the 149 km high speed line between Ourense and A Coruña on December 10, built at a cost of €3·3bn. The route includes 87·1 km of new construction between Ourense and Santiago de Compostela, built at a cost of €2·55bn. More than 57% ...
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NewsPPP model to fund Moscow – St Petersburg high speed line
RUSSIA: The Russian government has confirmed its support for a public-private partnership backed by Russian Railways to construct a 658 km high speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg. Speaking in London on October 20, Denis Muratov, Chief Executive of RZD’s high speed rail agency Skorostnye Magistrali, ...