All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2013 – Page 5
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NewsLatest Moscow metro extension opens
RUSSIA: On December 24 Alma-Atinskaya opened to become the 187th station on the Moscow metro. The station serves the Bratyevo district in the southeast of the city and becomes the new southern terminus of Line 2, at the end of a 3·1 km extension from Krasnogvardeyskaya. Three entrances lead into ...
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NewsGeorge to head Interfleet
Richard George is to take over as Managing Director of Interfleet Technology at the end of February, with the retirement of David Rollin after almost 20 years in the post. Having been appointed MD in 1994, Rollin led the management buy-out of the former British Rail business unit in 1996 ...
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NewsAbellio orders Talent 2 electric multiple-units
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation's Hennigsdorf plant is to supply 20 three-car and 15 five-car Talent 2 electric multiple-units to Abellio Rail NRW under a €172m contract announced on December 31. The EMUs are to be deployed on Saale-Thüringen-Südharz services which Abellio is to operate from December 2015 under a 15-year contract ...
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NewsCalgary light rail goes west
CANADA: The western leg of Calgary’s CTrain light rail line was officially opened on December 8. The opening ceremony for the C$1·4bn West LRT project was attended by the mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi, the Premier of Alberta Alison Redford and Transportation Minister Ric McIver. The 8·2 km extension includes ...
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NewsPakistan Railways signs Night Coach Express PPP agreement
PAKISTAN: A public-private partnership agreement for Shalimar Group to manage an overnight Lahore - Karachi passenger service was signed by Pakistan Railways on December 26. The Night Coach Express is scheduled to start in early January, with Shalimar Group managing commercial aspects of the service and PR responsible for ...
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NewsSão Paulo calls bids for airport rail link
BRAZIL: Prequalification bids have been invited for construction of a rail link to São Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport. Announcing the go-ahead for the project in December, state governor Geraldo Alckmin said the winning bidder would be selected in early 2013, with the aim of starting construction in March and completing ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - January 2013
EIB is lending €20m to the Czech city of Olomouc to co-finance infrastructure projects including the construction of 1·4 km of tram line in Nove Sady. Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission has reportedly given the go-ahead for the state of Melaka and Mrails International to build a 272m ringgit natural ...
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NewsEIM elects Malm
EIM, the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers, has elected Gunnar Malm as its President for a two-year term. The Director General of Swedish transport administrator Trafikverket succeeds former Réseau Ferré de France President Hubert du Mesnil.Three vice-presidents were also elected at EIM’s General Assembly on November 23: Paul Plummer, ...
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NewsTreviglio - Brescia E&M contract awarded
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded a €176m contract to the Consorzio Saturno consortium of Alstom, Ansaldo STS, Balfour Beatty Rail and Sirti to provide electrical and mechanical systems for the Treviglio – Brescia section of the Milano – Venezia high speed line. Being built by Cepav Due as part ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 PPP proposal
PERU: A team of consultants led by Geodata of Italy has proposed a PPP or concession model for Lima metro Line 2, a planned 27 km east-west route from Ate to Callao with 35 stations. The project has been costed at US$5·37bn, including US$2·94bn for infrastructure and US$871m for vehicles. ...
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NewsStuttgart 21 called into question again
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s controversial Stuttgart 21 project to replace its present terminus with a through underground station is under threat once more, because of a steep rise in costs. In a report handed to DB’s Supervisory Board on December 12, the official cost of the scheme is shown as increasing ...
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NewsNews in Brief - January 2013
EBRD is providing Romanian infrastructure manager CFR with a €175m loan to enable short-term liabilities to be paid off, support corporate reforms and assist with developing a detailed restructuring plan. French track renewals contractor Egénie is expecting to begin operations as an operateur ferroviaire de proximité or local freight operator ...
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NewsFeature articles in the January 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Articles in the January 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine Comment UIC still seeking progress and unity Analysis Stuttgart 21 in question again Efficiency drive at Canadian Pacific Eurostar probes border constraints Europe Inching towards a single railway area As the European Commission prepares to ...
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