All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2011 – Page 2
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NewsLA Gold Line Foothill extension bids submitted
USA: Three short-listed consortia seeking a design-build contract for the first phase of the Los Angeles Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa have submitted their final proposals on schedule. The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority’s technical evaluation committees is now reviewing and assessing the submissions. Contract ...
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NewsAdvisory role for Interfleet
UK: Interfleet Technology has launched Interfleet Transport Advisory Ltd as a separate company to provide strategic consultancy to the transport sector including road, urban transit and freight. Based in London, ITA operates both in support of and independently from Interfleet offices worldwide, having developed out of the consultancy's advisory ...
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NewsEtihad Rail signs telecommunications accord
UAE: National rail network developer Etihad Rail announced on June 19 that it had signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration with Dubai-based communications specialist du. The MoU was signed by Etihad Rail CEO Richard Bowker and du CEO Osman Sultan in a ceremony at du headquarters attended ...
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NewsPhoenix SkyTrain schedule accelerated
USA: The $1·5bn PHX SkyTrain automated peoplemover connecting Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with the region’s light rail line should be finished more than five years earlier than originally planned. Phoenix city council in mid-June approved completion of Phase 1A by early 2015, just two years after Phase 1, ...
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NewsOntario’s Waterloo region approves light rail line
CANADA: The Waterloo Regional Council on June 15 approved construction of a C$818m light rail line linking Conestoga Mall in Waterloo with Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener. The 19 km line with 18 stops, tentatively set to open in 2017, will run along dedicated lanes on existing streets. Services ...
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NewsMetro tunnel floated underneath Amsterdam Centraal
NETHERLANDS: Construction experts from around the world were in Amsterdam on May 31 to observe the complex operation to float a 20 000 tonne concrete immersed tunnel section for the north–south metro line into place beneath Centraal station. The Noord/Zuidlijn will provide a fixed link from the north bank of ...
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NewsAkiem adds Class 77s to lease fleet
FRANCE: Electro-Motive Diesel announced on June 20 that it had delivered seven Class 77 locomotives to the SNCF Geodis subsidiary Akiem, who will lease them to local operator Voies Ferrées Locales et Industrielles for use on heavy freight trains in northern France. Facilitated through a financing package arranged by Bank ...
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NewsGauge-changing trains ordered for Moscow – Berlin
RUSSIA: RZD's Federal Passenger Co and Patentes Talgo signed a contract for seven 20-car long-distance passenger trains at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 18. Talgo said the contract worth more than €100m ‘marks the culmination of 15 years of bilateral contact between the two companies’. Three trains ...
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NewsSiemens unveils London Underground concept train
UK: A design concept for a next-generation train for London Underground’s small-profile ‘tube’ lines was unveiled by Siemens during the Railtex exhibition. Building on its successful role in supplying replacement bogies for Central Line and Waterloo & City Line stock, Siemens was asked by LU to develop a ‘concept ...
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NewsRZD orders 2ES5 and narrow gauge locomotives
RUSSIA: Russian Railways signed two agreements for the purchase of locomotives during the 1 520 Forum in Sochi. The first is a contract for 200 Alstom-TMH 2ES5 twin-section AC electric freight locomotives to be delivered by the Novocherkassk plant in 2013-20, building on a memorandum signed at InnoTrans 2010. The ...
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NewsTognum and Transmashholding announce diesel engine joint venture
RUSSIA: On June 17 Tognum and Transmashholding signed an agreement to form a joint venture to market and later manufacture diesel engines for the Russian and CIS locomotive, mining, marine and energy markets. Tognum Transmashholding BV will be registered in the Netherlands and owned 50:50 by the partners. It will ...
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NewsEasier electrification
SWITZERLAND: Nencki has supplied BLS with a catenary assembly system which is designed to increase productivity when exchanging wires. Nencki says it will be of particular interest to operators of relatively small electrified networks. Hydraulic hoists handle the cable drum directly. The machine provides continuous unwinding of the cable, with ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2011
Belgium: SNCB Logistics has selected Quintiq and Ab Ovo to supply a resource and operations decision-support system. It will go live this year, with real-time operations management by early 2012. China: Nice Systems is supplying its NiceVision IP video security system for Tianjin metro Line 2, providing unauthorised ...
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NewsRégiolis regional train rolls out
FRANCE: Alstom unveiled its first Régiolis regional multiple-unit to 300 guests at its Reichshoffen plant on June 14, and expects to start running trials with 10 trainsets from the end of June. Part of Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent product line, Régiolis is a 160 km/h multiple-unit offered in a range of ...
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NewsTours – Bordeaux concession signed
FRANCE: RFF President Hubert du Mesnil and Chief Executive of Vinci Constructions Xavier Huillard signed the PPP concession for construction and operation of LGV Sud-Europe Atlantique on June 16. The ceremony in Paris followed confirmation of the terms by the RFF board on June 9 and approval by the Prime ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market June 2011
Denmark: København metro authority Metroselskabet has signed a €33m upgrading framework agreement with Ansaldo STS covering ATC, Scada, security and information systems, rolling stock components and depot equipment. A joint venture of Strukton Rail and Aarsleff has won a contract for track renewal and bridge repairs on ...
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NewsEU ministers agree recast proposals
EUROPE: Meeting on June 16, European Union transport ministers reached agreement on the proposed recast of the First Railway Package to promote more competition in the rail transport market. European Commission Vice-President for Transport Siim Kallas welcomed the decision, which he said would 'shut loopholes in the current laws that ...
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Mosenngwa Mofi
Mosenngwa Mofi has been appointed CEO of South African operator Prasa, a new position in which he will be responsible for Metrorail suburban and Shosholoza Meyl inter-city services. He was previously CEO of the Railway Safety Regulator.
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NewsSiemens beats Bombardier to Thameslink train order
UK: Rail Minister Theresa Villiers named Siemens plc and the Cross London Trains (XLT) consortium of Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, PPP fund Innisfree Ltd and investment company 3i Infrastructure plc as preferred bidder to build, own, finance and maintain new trains and depots for the Thameslink Programme on June 16. ...
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NewsChina starts work on line to Myanmar
ASIA: A foundation laying ceremony in the border town of Ruili on May 30 marked the official launch of construction on a railway from Kunming in China to Myanmar. The 330 km double-track line will join the CR network at Dali in Yunnan province. Construction is being undertaken in two ...