All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2010 – Page 3
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NewsIndian wagon builder enters European market
FRANCE: Indian rolling stock and earth moving equipment manufacturer Titagarh Wagons Ltd has made its first overseas acquisition, purchasing the assets of French rolling stock supplier IGF Industries-Arbel Fauvet Rail which went into receivership in February last year. TWL said AFR has the capacity to produce up to 5 000 ...
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NewsCertification and materials specialist bought
USA: Testing and certification company TÜVRheinland announced its acquisition of the Rail Sciences Inc consultancy on July 7. Founded in 1987, Atlanta-based RSI provides specialist track/train dynamics studies and simulations, derailment investigations, track inspections, grinding programmes, operational analysis and risk assessment. It has a materials and metallurgical laboratory in ...
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NewsSiemens joint ventures to supply Desiros and modernise yards
RUSSIA: Siemens is to form joint ventures to supply 240 electric multiple -units and modernise 22 marshalling yards under memoranda of understanding signed when German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for talks in Yekaterinburg on July 15. The agreements were signed by Siemens President & CEO Peter ...
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NewsLocomotive workshop opens
NETHERLANDS: NedTrain Chief Executive Michiel van Roozendaal opened the company's newly-built freight locomotive maintenance, servicing and refurbishment workshop at Rotterdam Waalhaven on June 24. The company said the new facilities would enable it to provide faster turn-round times and a higher quality of service than was possible at its ...
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NewsDB Schenker moving to Frankfurt
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn is to concentrate the management of its freight and logistics division DB Schenker at a new site near Frankfurt Airport over the next one to two years, it announced on July 14. Teams currently based in Berlin, Mainz and Essen will move to the Frankfurt site, which ...
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NewsSeries E6 mini-Shinkansen trainset unveiled
JAPAN: The: prototype Series E6 mini-Shinkansen trainset for East Japan Railway's Akita route was unveiled to the public at Sendai depot on July 9. Once trials are completed the train is expected to enter commercial service from 2013. The Series E6 has five motor and two trailer cars, providing 315 ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
Erico has developed a Positive Train Control grounding kit, containing rods, clamps, welding material, moulds, and cable for protecting PTC signalling towers from lightning strikes. The first screens showing 20 min blocks of news, 'what's on', and advertising material went live on 18 København S-Tog trains on ...
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NewsKolkata metro station design contract awarded
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp has appointed Mott MacDonald as detailed design consultant for the six stations to be built on the 5·7 km elevated section of the East-West metro corridor between Salt Lake Stadium and Salt Lake Sector V. The capital value of the project, which includes 'landmark' ...
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NewsBarcelona metro network exceeds 100 km
SPAIN: Following the opening of a 0·6 km section of Line 2 from Pep Ventura to Badalona Pompeu Fabra on July 11, the Barcelona metro network now exceeds 100 km in length. The new station opened to the public at 15.00 after the official inauguration ceremony.The network is now 100·2 ...
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NewsHaCon buys planning and scheduling specialist
GERMANY: Hannover-based HaCon has acquired Ingenieurbüro für Bahnbetriebssysteme GmbH, a specialist firm providing software and consulting in rail operations planning and simulation, vehicle and crew scheduling and performance analysis. Both companies were founded by researchers from the University of Hannover's Institute of Transport, Railway Construction & Operation. HaCon now has ...
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NewsLe Havre selects Citadis trams
FRANCE: On July 12 Alstom announced an €45m order to supply Le Havre local authority CODAH with 20 Citadis cars for the city’s future tram network. Continuing the tradition of French cities specifying locally-themed styling, the Le Havre cars will feature 'flowing lines and architectural references' to integrate with the ...
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NewsADIF awards Valencia contracts
SPAIN: The latest package of contracts to be let by ADIF for the high speed line connecting Madrid with Valencia, Alacant and Murcia includes installation of electrification equipment on the 167 km between Albacete and Alacant, awarded to a joint venture of Balfour Beatty Rail Ibérica, Cobra and SEMI for ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Czech passenger operator CD has selected wagon maintenance company OOS Ostrava as preferred bidder for its 51% stake in track maintenance company Tratová a Strojní Spolecnost. OOS Ostrava has offered KC600m, beating OHL ZS which has held the remaining 49% stake since March 2006. Heitkamp Rail has been renamed Eiffage ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Union Pacific board has approved a $100m increase in 2010 capital spending to $2·6bn, with the additional money being spent on equipment for intermodal traffic, which grew 8% last year despite the recession. On May 24 UIC and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe signed a memorandum covering ...
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NewsUS cities receive tram grants
USA: Five US cities have received nearly $105m for tram projects from the US Department of Transportation’s Urban Circulator Grant Programme, which is designed to help cities better co-ordinate transport, housing and commercial development. The recipients include: St Louis Loop Trolley: $25m for a 3·2 km, nine-stop route ...
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NewsLocomotive engine joint venture launched
RUSSIA: Transmash Holding and Finnish maritime and power generation engine maker Wärtsilä are to form a joint venture to produce diesel engines in the Russian city of Penza from 2012. Production is expected to reach 250 to 300 engines a year, mostly for the Russian market where Wärtsilä sees ...
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NewsElectro-diesel shunter order
SWITZERLAND: SBB Cargo has awarded Stadler Winterthur a SFr88m contract to supply 30 electro-diesel locomotives in 2012-13 for shunting and light freight duties. They are intended to replace Type Bm4/4 locomotives and various outdated three-axle designs, and the contract includes options for further locomotives to be ordered as required. ...
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NewsShort line operator buys infrastructure contractor
USA: RailAmerica completed the $24m acquisition of Atlas Railroad Construction Co on July 1. RailAmerica President & CEO John Giles said the deal would enable the short line operator to benefit from an expected increase in infrastructure spending as part of rail upgrading and government stimulus programmes. Founded in 1954, ...
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NewsLocomotive plant aims to create a domestic rail industry
KAZAKHSTAN: The foundation stone was laid on June 26 for an electric passenger and freight locomotive plant in Astana which Alstom sees as 'the jewel of a modern rail industry' supplying Kazakhstan and the wider 1 520 mm gauge region. The factory is being developed by a 50:50 joint venture ...
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NewsMahle Behr Industry launched
GERMANY: Automotive supplier Mahle Group completed its acquisition of a 60% stake in BEHR Industry on June 30, following approval from the competition authorities. BEHR Industry produces air-conditioning systems for trains, buses, ships, aircraft and specialist machinery, as well as stationary engines for power generation. It recorded sales of €178m ...
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