All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2012 – Page 5
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NewsHigh speed line to Bursa to open by 2015
TURKEY: Transport Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed on December 30 that contracts had been signed to build a 75 km mixed-traffic high speed line from Bilecik to Bursa, and that civil works would start this year. The line is to be built in two sections for opening by mid-2015. The first ...
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NewsSt Gallen 2013 project underway
SWITZERLAND: Works are underway for the S-Bahn St Gallen 2013 project to optimise passenger services in eastern Switzerland, following a launch ceremony during November. A joint project of St Gallen canton, the federal transport ministry and operators SBB, Südostbahn and Thurbo, the S-Bahn scheme will see services on six standard ...
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NewsCroydon tram on test in Chemnitz
UK: The first of six Stadler Variobahn trams ordered to increase capacity on the Tramlink network in south London underwent testing in the German city of Chemnitz during December. Stadler won its first UK contract in August 2011, when Transport for London announced a £16·3m order for six Variobahn trams ...
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NewsFoster + Partners to design new Ourense station
SPAIN: ADIF has appointed a joint venture of UK architectural practice Foster + Partners, civil engineering consultancy GOC and Cabanelas & Castelo Arquitectos to design a new station at Ourense. The contract is worth €3·4m and includes supervision of architectural works over 24 months. A budget of €67·3m has been ...
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NewsSilicon Valley BART extension contract awarded
USA: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded a joint venture of Skanska, Shimmick Construction and Herzog Contracting Corp a $772m contract to build the 8∙6 km Berryessa Extension of the BART metro network south from Warm Springs Station in Fremont to north San Jose.The extension will include two stations ...
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NewsPalma - Inca electrification goes live
SPAIN: Mallorcan regional operator SFM expects to begin electric operations over the 34 km route between Palma de Mallorca and Inca in January. Deployment of CAF electric multiple-units with a maximum speed of 100 km/h is expected to cut the journey time with 16 stops from 39 min to ...
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NewsCN merges three US subsidiaries
USA: Canadian National completed the merger of three US operating subsidiaries on December 31, with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway becoming part of Wisconsin Central Ltd. 'CN expects the merger will lead to operational efficiencies and service improvements through the integration ...
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NewsSouthern orders Electrostars and SWT confirms unit changes
UK: Train operator Southern announced on December 28 that it had awarded Bombardier Transportation a £188·8m contract to supply an additional 130 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars. Production is due commence at Bombardier's Derby plant in the second half of 2012. 'Following a competitive tender process, we found that ...
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NewsTrams are getting even greener
AUSTRIA: Technische Universität Wien is heading a consortium of Wien transport operator Wiener Linien, Siemens, Vossloh Kiepe, Rail Tec Arsenal and Schig which is undertaking research into operating strategies and design modifications which could lower the energy consumption of trams. Launched in March 2010 and backed by Austrian research agency ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2012
Canada: Montréal's STM has selected Thales to provide broadband radio communications for CCTV, passenger monitoring and other data applications across the 69 km metro network by November 2013. Germany: Bombardier is to supply a Innovia 300 peoplemover for München airport Terminal 2. The €89m contract includes 12 vehicles and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market January 2012
Belarus: AZD Praha and BETZ have won a KC65m contract to install ESA11-BC interlockings at Zhdanovichi, and provide ABE-1 signalling with LED lights on the 8 km route to Minsk-Severnyi. Brazil: Thales is to supply SelTrac CBTC for the 18 km driverless São Paulo monorail Line 17 which is ...
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