All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2008 – Page 3
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NewsGlobaltrans to establish Ukrainian subsidiary
UKRAINE: On July 15 the board of Russian private freight operator Globaltrans approved the creation of a Ukrainian subsidiary. 'In line with the growth strategy we presented during our recent IPO, we believe that Ukraine provides significant current and future opportunities', said Globaltrans CEO Sergey Maltsev. 'We intend ...
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Pacific transfer approved
COLOMBIA: National concession agency INCO has given its approval for the concession to upgrade and operate the 498 km Pacific rail network to be transferred to a new owner, Ferrocarril del Oeste SA. The 30-year concession had originally been awarded in 1998 to Tren de Occidente, but in 2006 INCO ...
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Contracts July 2008
Germany: Following the rejection of a legal challenge from DB, Hamburger Hochbahn has been confirmed as the winner of a contract to operate regional services in Regensburg and the Danube valley for 12 years from 2010. Italy: RFI has awarded a consortium lead by Thales a €15m contract to supply ...
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NewsNTV unveils Italian AGV livery
ITALY: The red and gold colour scheme which will be carried by the 25 AGV trainsets ordered by Europe's first open-access high speed operator was unveiled in Roma on July 15. Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori announced in January that it had chosen Alstom's Automotrice à Grande Vitesse design for its ...
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More Talgo work for RENFE
SPAIN: RENFE's Integria rolling stock maintenance business is to build Talgo rolling stock for other operators under an agreement signed with the train builder on June 16. Running for a term of 14 years from 2009, the agreement should guarantee 1 150 000 h of work for the Integria sites ...
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NewsMake your own information display
USA: San Francisco metro operator BART is encouraging local retailers, offices and coffee shops to use spare computer screens to provide their customers and staff with real-time train running information. A simple file available to download from www.bart.gov enables almost any internet-linked computer to display departure information for a chosen ...
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NewsFortescue opens the world's heaviest haul railway
AUSTRALIA: A remarkable iron ore railway has been built across the Pilbara region in record time. John Kirk reports.
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Madrid - Valencia contracts awarded
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF has awarded 14 contracts worth a total of €430m for construction of the high speed line that will connect Madrid with Valencia, Alacant and Cartagena. On the branch to Cartagena, two civil works contracts worth a total of €83·3m have been awarded to Pavasal, Obrum and ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Czech government has reached an agreement with the Praha city and regional authorities for the construction of a KC28bn rail link to Praha Ruzyne airport by December 2013. A PPP model is proposed, with funding to upgrade the existing line to Kladno to come from the privatisation of the ...
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NewsArriva chosen in Sweden
SWEDEN: Arriva Skandinavien has been awarded a contract to run Kinnekulletåget passenger services between Göteborg and Örebro from June 14 next year. The agreement with transport authority Västtrafik runs for seven years, with an option for a two-year extension. Services have been run by Veolia since 2003, with eight DMUs ...
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Wabtec wins Class 321 upgrade
UK: Wabtec Corp announced on July 10 that its UK subsidiary Wabtec Rail, based in Doncaster, had been awarded a £26·3m contract to refurbish 308 Class 321 EMU cars for HSBC Rail. Work on the National Express East Anglia fleet is due to take three years to complete, and will ...
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CAF signs Izmir commuter train order
TURKEY: On July 10 Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF signed a €123m contract to supply 22 three-car EMUs which will enter service on suburban routes in Izmir from early 2010. The order was placed by IZBAN, a joint venture of state railway TCDD and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. The ...
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NewsScotland orders Desiro fleet
UK: An order for 38 Siemens Desiro EMUs was announced on July 11 by John Swinney, the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth. Passenger franchisee First ScotRail led the procurement of the 16 four-car and 22 three-car units, and is expected to sign the contract later ...
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NewsRijnGouwe design award
NETHERLANDS: Movares has been awarded a contract by ProRail to design the project to convert the Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn – Lammenschans line to light rail standards. The section from Gouda to Alphen is expected to be completed in 2010, the remainder by 2015. The move follows the ...
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World infrastructure market July 2008
Australia: QR has begun a A$550m upgrade of its Goonyella coal network to increase the annual capa-city of the Jilalan yard from 92 million to 130 million tonnes by 2010. Bulgaria: Sofia Metro has appointed Systra to supervise the construction of Line 2 in partnership with local firms Infra Project ...
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NewsThe power wrench evolves
WRENCH: An updated version of Robel Bahnbaumaschinen's 30.82 RKS universal power wrench for track fastenings was launched on the track maintenance market last month. An evolution of the widely-used 30.82 machine, the detailed design has been improved with ergonomic changes and more components placed within a protective housing. The centre ...
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NewsThameslink shortlist announced
UK: On July 10 the Department for Transport named Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi and Siemens as the shortlisted bidders for a contract worth an estimated £1·4bn to supply trains for Thameslink services. Bidders will be asked to produce 1 100 EMU cars for north-south commuter services through London, increasing the ...
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NewsParis - Le Havre goes regular interval
FRANCE: SNCF and the Haute-Normandie region have agreed a package of measures to improve passenger services on the Paris - Rouen - Le Havre main line. A regular-interval timetable is to be introduced to the route in December, increasing the number of services by 15%. SNCF has also committed to ...