All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2012
All articles published this month.
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NewsSkanska to start work on Bermondsey diveunder
UK: Network Rail has awarded Skanska a £60m contract to design and build the Bermondsey diveunder, a 'crucial component' of the final phase of the Thameslink Programme. The grade-separated junction on the eastern approach to London Bridge station will allow services on the Thameslink route to cross the lines ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2012: Focus on employment
Career Point will take over an entire hall for the first time at InnoTrans 2012. Universities, recruitment firms, rail industry employers and publishers will be offering advice and career opportunities in Hall 7.1c. Information will also be available on other employment matters such as staff development, education and starting ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2012
Australia: A Leighton/Downer JV has been awarded the A$43m West Werribee Junction design and build contract, the final package of works for the Melbourne Regional Rail Link. China: Siemens is to supply Trainguard MT automatic train control and protection for the 26 km Suzhou metro Line 2, 25 km ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2012
Australia: UGL has won four contracts totalling A$190m to supply 38 locos. Rio Tinto has ordered GE Evolution locos, while C44ACi locomotives will be supplied to QR National, PN Rail, and Xstrata Coal Brazil: MRS Logística has ordered a prototype articulated double-stack container wagon from AmstedMaxion and ...
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NewsWorld rail market July 2012
Bangladesh: Heavy Engineering Corp of India has won an Rs110m order to supply machine tools for BR’s Saidpur workshops. Colombia: National Infrastructure Agency has awarded Ardanuy Ingeniería, Consultora Latinoamericana de Ingeniería and TNM a €41m contract to provide supervisory services for an upgrade of the 245 km Atlantic network. ...
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NewsFirst phase of Poznan Glówny PPP redevelopment completed
POLAND: A new main building at Poznan Glówny station was inaugurated by President Bronisaw Komorowski on May 29. The €7m building partially spanning platforms 1, 2 and 3 has been developed under a PPP agreement between infrastructure manager PKP PLK which provided the land, and Europa Fund III and TriGranit ...
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NewsCAF forms Power & Automation business
SPAIN: CAF announced the merger of its Traintic, Trainelec and DTQ4 businesses to form a single CAF Power & Automation company on July 2. CAF said the new company would design and manufacture electric power distribution, communications and control systems for all types of rolling stock, drawing on its own ...
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NewsEMD and Barloworld form African locomotive joint venture
SOUTH AFRICA: Electro-Motive Diesel and plant, automotive and handling product distributor Barloworld have formed Electro-Motive Diesel Africa, a joint venture which will assemble locomotives in South Africa for the wider southern African market. 'Africa is an important market for us and the joint venture with an established company, like Barloworld ...
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NewsUnion Pacific subsidiary buys Yard Control Systems business
USA: Union Pacific Corp's PS Technology subsidiary announced its acquisition of the Yard Control Systems division of Ansaldo STS USA on June 25. Terms were not disclosed. Based at Norristown in Pennsylvania, Yard Control Systems provides automation and control technology for marshalling yards. Later this year it expects to release ...
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NewsSlaskie abandons national operator PR in favour of local company
POLAND: Slaskie voivodship's in-house passenger operator Koleje Slaskie has been directly awarded a three-year contract to replace Poland-wide Przewozy Regionalne as the provider of all regional passenger services in the voivodship when PR's current five-year agreement ends in January 2013. PR operates nationally and is owned by the voivodship governments. ...
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Pepy nominates directors
SNCF President Guillaume Pepy has nominated Jean-Pierre Farandou (left) to work closely with him in the newly-created post of Deputy Director General. Voyages-sncf.com Director General Rachel Picard (below) has been appointed Director General, SNCF Gares & Connexions, succeeding Sophie Boissard who is now Deputy Director General, Strategy & Development.
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NewsOdense picks light rail consultants
DENMARK: Odense Municipality has selected Parsons Brinckerhoff to assist with project management for the city’s light rail project, which was one of the schemes outlined in the government’s latest public transport strategy unveiled on June 12. Under an agreement announced on July 2, the consultants will provide strategic and economic ...
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NewsIntelligent planning to minimise disruption
AUSTRALIA: RailCorp of New South Wales has awarded Siemens a contract to supply and support 'intuitive' technology designed to optimise timetabling to improve reliability and punctuality on the busy Sydney - Blacktown corridor. 'Our control system is capable of re-routing and prioritising trains automatically in the event of disruption', according ...
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NewsIC4s return to service
DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB announced on July 2 that it had received authority to put its troubled fleet of IC4 DMUs back into passenger service. The trains had been withdrawn from traffic in November 2011 after problems were identified with the braking system. DSB has been allowed to run ...
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NewsSBB to replace maintenance fleet
SWITZERLAND: The Swiss Federal Railways board has approved a SFr606m programme to procure 1750 new infrastructure maintenance vehicles. These will replace the current fleet of 2240 vehicles, which have an average age of 33 years and no longer meet current technical, environmental and safety standards. SBB expects ...
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NewsDB Schenker to serve London Gateway
UK: DB Schenker expects to operate four intermodal trains per day from the London Gateway deep-water port when it opens in the fourth quarter of next year. Representing total investment of £1·5bn, London Gateway is being developed by DP World on the site of the former Shellhaven ...
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NewsOpening in sight?
BRAZIL: Federal railway construction company Valec expects the first section of the North-South Railway, running from Palmas to Gurupi in Tocantins state, to be operational in September this year. This would be followed by Gurupi – Uruaçu in April 2013 and Uruaçu – Anápolis in September of that ...
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Gert Frost
Gert Frost (photo) is to succeed Mogens Jonck as Commercial Director at Danish state railway DSB; Frost will continue as CEO of DSB S-tog until a successor is found. Director of Personnel Lone Lindsby has decided to step down, and will be replaced by CEO Jesper Lok on an interim ...
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NewsThree-year investment programme approved
VIETNAM: An investment programme worth US$9·5bn over the next three years has been approved by parliament, paving the way for state railway DSVN to undertake significant modernisation works on key north-south corridors. Due for completion by 2015, the package focuses on raising line speeds to 120 km/h ...
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NewsSound Transit sets budget and timescale for North Link project
USA: Seattle's Sound Transit board approved project scheduling and a $2·1bn budget for the North Link light rail extension from the University of Washington to Northgate on June 28. North Link will be a continuation of the 5·1 km Westlake - Capitol Hill - University of Washington extension, which is ...