All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2009 – Page 5
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NewsTours tramway project manager appointed
FRANCE: Tours transport authority SITCAT has appointed a consortium led by Systra as project manager for the city’s first tram line. Studies began last month and construction is scheduled to begin in June 2010, ready for services to be launched on September 1 2013. The consortium includes infrastructure consultants ...
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NewsFreightliner Australia begins with cotton contract
AUSTRALIA: Freightliner Australia ran its first train on June 30, using leased locomotives to haul containerised processed cotton in New South Wales under a contract with Namoi Cotton Co-operative. 'Freightliner have been exploring a number of overseas opportunities, and we are delighted to have commenced a long-term partnership with ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier Transportation signs its largest ever tram order
CANADA: Bombardier Transportation has announced its ‘largest single order ever for light rail vehicles worldwide’, covering 204 trams worth C$851m. Toronto Transit Commission Chief General Manager Gary Webster gave Bombardier the contract award letter on June 26, immediately after a special meeting of Toronto city council which ...
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NewsTheatre Orient Express
EUROPE: The Theatre Orient Express will arrive in Stuttgart on July 5, having set off from Ankara on May 14. One of the carriages has been converted into a stage, on which six groups from the European Theatre Convention are performing specially-commissioned plays on the theme of European identity at ...
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NewsPeople in the News - July 2009
Minoo Akhtarzand, Chief Executive of Swedish infrastructure manager Banverket, was elected a Vice-President of the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers at the EIM General Assembly in Warszawa on June 4. Akhtarzand became CEO of Banverket on February 1 2008, having previously served as the head of the County Labour ...
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Trans-Hudson ceremony
USA: The start of construction on the first element of the $8·7bn commuter rail tunnel linking northern New Jersey with central New York was marked on June 8 by a groundbreaking ceremony in North Bergen, New Jersey. An Early System Work Agreement provides $1·35bn in funding for the initial stages ...
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NewsMore Talent 2 EMUs on the way
GERMANY: DB announced a €100m order for a further 22 Bombardier Talent 2 electric multiple-units on July 1. They are to be deployed on E-Netz Franken regional and regional express services from the end of 2011, when DB Regio subsidiary Regional- und Stadtverkehr Bayern GmbH takes over responsibility for operations ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Ontario based pension investor Omers Private Equity has acquired Nordco from The Riverside Company, which has owned the track maintenance equipment manufacturer since 2003. Financing has been provided by GE Capital, Allied Capital and Omers Administration Corp, but terms have not been disclosed. Nordco has plants in Wisconsin and Ontario, ...
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NewsPointers July 2009
Canadian consultants are to start work this month on a 12-month feasibility study into the proposed railway linking the Mmamabula and Morupule coalfields in Botswana with Walvis Bay in Namibia. The World Bank has provided a US$44000 grant, and the two countries will each contribute US$82000. The New Zealand ...
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NewsVeolia prepares to expand
EUROPE: Changes in the regulatory landscape are opening up opportunities for Veolia Transport, according to CEO Cyrille du Peloux. Speaking to Railway Gazette International on June 10, he highlighted the Public Service Regulation which comes into force in December, and the liberalisation of international passenger rail services from January 1 ...
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NewsGovernment to take over National Express East Coast franchise
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Lord Adonis announced on July 1 that the government was taking back control of the Inter-City East Coast franchise currently operated by National Express Group. The move followed publication of the group's pre-close trading statement ahead of its half-year results due on July 30, ...
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NewsCompetition gets going
SWEDEN: The first open access trains on the national inter-city network began running on June 22, when Veolia Transport launched an overnight service between Malmö, Göteborg and Narvik using traction supplied by Hector Rail. The launch follows a decision by the Swedish government to end the monopoly enjoyed by ...
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