All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2014 – Page 6
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NewsVossloh delivers a train of locomotives
GERMANY: The first six of 16 Vossloh G6 three-axle diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives ordered in December 2011 were delivered to chemicals company BASF in Ludwigshafen during December. Delivery of rest of the Kiel-built 671 kW shunters and four 1·2 MW DE12 Bo-Bo locomotives is scheduled for completion in February.
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NewsCanadian Pacific to sell part of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern network to GWI
USA: An agreement for Canadian Pacific to sell the west end of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern line to short line group Genesee & Wyoming Inc was announced on January 2. Subject to Surface Transportation Board approval the sale is expected to close by mid-2014. The lines would be operated ...
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NewsTesting underway on Ankara – Istanbul fast line
TURKEY: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined newly-appointed transport minister Lütfi Elvan in the cab of a CAF trainset to travel over the Arifiye – Köseköy section of the Ankara – Istanbul high speed corridor on December 27. Elvan has replaced Binali Yıldırım, who has stood down after 11 years ...
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NewsIsrael Railways opens Sderot station
ISRAEL: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the official opening of a railway extension from Ashkelon south to Sderot on December 24. Public services began at 16.00, and to encourage ridership local residents are able to apply for up to three months of free travel. The building at the US$56m Sderot ...
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NewsBombardier to operate Vancouver commuter service
CANADA: Vancouver regional transport authority TransLink has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to operate West Coast Express commuter rail services from May 2014. The C$17m contract runs for five years, with options for three additional five-year periods. West Coast Express was launched in 1995 and now carries more than 2·8 ...
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NewsDR Congo locomotive contract signed
DR CONGO: Chinese manufacturer CNR Beijing February 7th Railway Transportation Equipment Co is to supply 18 diesel-electric locomotives to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The order has been placed as part of the World Bank-backed national Multimodal Transport Project. This was launched in in 2010 with the aim of restoring ...
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NewsEurostar tops 10 million passengers
EUROPE: Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar International carried more than 10 million passengers during 2013, setting a new ridership record. The annual total was slightly up on the 9·9 million handled in the previous year. Announcing the milestone on December 30, Eurostar reported that it had now carried more ...
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NewsDB to spend €4·6bn in 2014
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has set out its plans to spend €4·6bn on modernisation and renewals on the 34000 km network during 2014. Maintenance spending will increase by €200m compared to 2013. More than 3000 km of track is to be replaced at 755 sites on 65 corridors. Major ...
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NewsFeature articles in the January 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Going green is not enough News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis California’s high speed dream hits a hurdle No TGVs to Madrid ISO standards in Japan Europe 'The Fourth Railway Package is our top priority' Accelerating the Technical Pillar of ...