All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2006 – Page 4
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City News July 2006
On June 6 Alstom announced that it had been awarded a €92·5m contract by the Dominican Republic's transport authority Opret to supply 19 three-car Metropolis trainsets for the 14·5 km first metro line in Santo Domingo, which is due to open in 2008.Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and UK Transport ...
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Market July 2006
Angola: Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co is to supply the Benguela Railway with two SDE16N locos powered by Cummins QSK60-L engines rated at 1640 kW. Bosnia: Funded by a €67·7m loan from the Spanish government, Patentes Talgo is to supply BHZJK with nine trainsets of nine cars each ...
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Intelligence July 2006
Africa: Last month Ghana's Minister of Harbours & Railways Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi told the second meeting of the Joint Committee of Burkinabe & Ghanaian Railway Experts in Ouagadougou that the Canadian International Development Agency has provided funds to study the feasibility and impact of constructing a 795 km single ...
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World urban rail news July 2006
Algeria: A consortium of Semaly and Ingerop has been awarded a €9·6m contract to design, tender and supervise construction of a 9 km tramway in Constantine on behalf of Alger Metro Co. Running from Place des Martyrs to the Rhumel Industrial Zone and Zouaghi, the topography will demand substantial engineering ...
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Alvia cuts Madrid - Barcelona to 4h 15min
THE FASTEST journey time between Madrid and Barcelona was cut to 4h 15min on May 17 when Renfe brought its fleet of 12 Class 120 EMUs into service under the Alvia brand. Equipped with CAF’s Brava system, the self-propelled trains pass through the new gauge-changing installation at Puigverd de Lleida ...
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Valencia Line 1 gets €300m upgrade
VALENCIA metro operator FGV is embarking on an upgrade programme for its 80 km Line 1, which is to receive €300m up to 2010 for improvements to infrastructure, power supplies and customer facilities, including accessibility. The train service frequency is to be doubled and 34 new trainsets are to be ...
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Phase 1 opens in Valenciennes
THE FIRST PHASE of the light rail network in the French city of Valenciennes was officially opened on June 16 by Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of Employment and President of the greater Valenciennes authority. From June 17 to 30 the 9·5 km route with 19 stops between Dutemple and Université was ...
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