All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2009 – Page 5
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NewsLight rail pioneer secures a long-term future
UK: A £300m government financing package has been agreed for Metro Re-invigoration, a two-stage investment programme to overhaul the Tyne & Wear Metro. The pre-qualification process to create a shortlist for a seven-year operating concession is due to be completed this month, marking the start of a decade of change. ...
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NewsDB Schenker buys into Polish freight market
POLAND: Deutsche Bahn announced on January 30 that it had reached agreement to purchase PCC Logistics, the largest private-sector rail freight operator in Poland. The deal was signed in Warszawa by DB Chairman Hartmut Mehdorn, Board Member, Logistics, Norbert Bensel and the founder of PCC Group Waldemar Preussner, and is ...
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NewsSanto Domingo metro enters service
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Leonel Fernández officially inaugurated the first metro line in Santo Domingo at 17.40 on January 29, in a ceremony held at Centro de Los Héroes station. Full public service started at 06.00 on January 30. Speaking at the launch, Diandino Peña, MD of OPRET (the organisation responsible ...
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NewsKraków tram tunnel opened
POLAND: Trams began regular Route 50 services through a 1 538 m pre-metro tunnel beneath Kraków’s main station on December 12. The tunnel was planned in the 1960s as part of a proposed east–west metro line, which was subsequently dropped in favour of a north–south pre-metro. Construction was undertaken intermittently ...
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