All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2013 – Page 2
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NewsSafer floors rolled out in London Underground depots
UK: Following successful trials at London Underground's Cockfosters depot, Plastic Extruders' custom design Dynatrack slip-resistant matting is now being installed at Northfields depot. Dynatrack features a wide grid to allow for dirt and detritus to fall through the gaps, removing slip and trip hazards. Highly visible edging clearly warns workers ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem cars ordered for Cairo Line 1
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels signed an E£2·16bn contract on December 19 for Hyundai Rotem to supply 20 nine-car air-conditioned trainsets for Cairo metro Line 1. The national government will fund the purchase of the trains. Four trainsets will be manufactured in South Korea, with the rest assembled in ...
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NewsSiemens monitors real-world conditions as Lastochka enters service
RUSSIA: Siemens Desiro RUS electric multiple-units began entering service on January 23, when the first fare-paying passenger from St Petersburg's Moscow station was presented with a commemorative certificate by Russian Railways. Pairs of Lastochka EMUs are initially being deployed on the route from St Petersburg to Chudovo, where the train ...
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NewsBombardier wins Latvian signalling contract
LATVIA: A consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Belam Riga has won a contract to upgrade signalling on the line from Bolderāja to Zasulauks, which runs to Riga harbour. The total contract is valued at around €13·6m, with Bombardier’s share worth €5·3m. Bombardier will install INTERFLO 200, EBI Lock 950 ...
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NewsDowner awarded Gosford Passing Loops Project contract
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has awarded Downer EDI a A$90m contract to undertake infrastructure works for the Gosford Passing Loops Project, one of four work packages forming part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program. Downer will be responsible for the design and construction of two passing loops ...
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NewsDomestic suppliers sought in Argentina
ARGENTINA: On January 16 Industry Minister Débora Giorgi and Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos announced an initiative aiming to increase the participation of domestic suppliers in the government's rail investment programme. Three working groups are being set up for track materials (including electrification equipment), rolling stock and signalling equipment to ...
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NewsCSX announces $2·3bn investment plan
USA: CSX Corp announced a 2013 capital spending programme worth $2·3bn on January 23, saying the investment would support initiatives to help meet long-term demand, improve customer service and support the company's long-term growth aims. Excluding coal traffic, growth is predicted to be at a rate above the general economy ...
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NewsReopening closer for Arica - La Paz
CHILE: The reopening of the 206 km railway between the port of Arica and the Bolivian border at Visviri moved a step closer this month with the operation of the first test train along the entire route. A locomotive hauling six wagons carrying track materials left Arica at 18.07 ...
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NewsInvensys wins Great Northern Great Eastern signalling contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Invensys Rail a £57·8m contract to undertake the Great Northern Great Eastern signalling upgrade project. The 16-month programme forms part of the East Coast Main Line Capacity Relief Project, which aims to upgrade the Doncaster - Lincoln - Peterborough line for use as the primary ...
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NewsMetro cars blown up to test bomb resilience
EUROPE: Controlled explosions have been carried out on a decommissioned Madrid Metro car and a prototype redesigned vehicle as part of a research project which aims to develop blast-resilient metro cars better able withstand a terrorist attack. The three-year EU-funded SecureMetro project is being led by the NewRail research centre ...
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NewsVossloh expands in Brazil and Argentina
SOUTH AMERICA: Vossloh Group has acquired Brazilian turnout component manufacturer Metalúrgica Barros Monteiro with effect from January 18, and has announced the formation of a consortium which is to build a turnout plant in Argentina. Barros Monteiro has its headquarters at Sorocaba in São Paulo state, and recorded sales of ...
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NewsFirst Emilia Romagna FLIRTs handed over
ITALY: On January 21 Stadler Rail and AnsaldoBreda handed over five FLIRT ETR-350 multiple-units to Ferrovie Emilia Romagna in Bologna. These are part of a €200m order for two operators. FER is to get 12 five-car EMUs. Sistemi Territoriali will get four six-car EMUs, 16 four-car EMUs and two ...
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NewsBNSF announces $4·1bn capital spending programme
USA: The 2013 capital spending programme announced by BNSF on January 18 has a total value of $4·1bn, an increase of $450m on 2012. The largest component is $2·3bn allocated to infrastructure and related assets on the 52 000 km network, which serves 28 US states and two Canadian provinces. ...
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NewsFyra halted by ice build-up
EUROPE: All Fyra International trains between Amsterdam and Brussels were suspended on January 17, after Belgium’s national safety authority DVIS withdrew permission for the AnsaldoBreda-built V250 trainsets to carry passengers. Three of the nine trainsets delivered so far had been damaged by a build-up of ice and snow under the ...
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NewsRail network proposed in Sulawesi
INDONESIA: The six provincial governments of Sulawesi have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Transport to draft a development plan for the construction of up to 2 000 km of railway under the government’s MP3EI national infrastructure programme. According to Deputy Transport Minister Bambang Susantono, the next ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market January 2013
Australia: The state of Victoria has placed a A$200m order for a further 40 Bombardier VLocity DMU cars for delivery in 2014-16, a mix of new units and extra cars to lengthen existing units to three cars for when the Regional Rail Link opens in 2016. Botswana: BR is ...
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NewsWheel plant agreement signed
INDIA: State-owned steelmaker RINL-VSP and Indian Railways signed a memorandum of understanding on December 21 to establish a forged wheel factory at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. The plant is scheduled to be completed within 36 months at a cost of Rs10bn. It would have a production capacity of 100 ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2013
Australia: Frazer-Nash is to work with the Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board to provide independent validation of the draft Rail Systems Interoperability Standard AS7450, covering the introduction or upgrading of infrastructure, rolling stock and other systems. Denmark: Compliance software specialist Comply Serve is to supply cloud-based risk assessment ...
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NewsAlstom to test onboard flywheel energy storage
ENERGY: Alstom Transport and Williams Hybrid Power signed an agreement on January 17 to test Williams’ energy storage technology on a Citadis tram. Under the exclusive relationship, the two companies will adapt Williams’ composite MLC flywheel energy storage. Trials will start in 2014, with a view to installing a ...
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NewsAustralia consolidates rail safety regulation
AUSTRALIA: A consolidation of safety regulation and accident investigation for the rail industry comes into force on January 20, when National Rail Safety Regulator Rob Andrews officially takes up his post and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau becomes the National Rail Safety Investigator. Replacing separate state and territory regulatory regimes ...