All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2012 – Page 5

  • Ethiopian Railways Corp contract signing ceremony.
    News

    Ethiopian Railways Corp awards northern construction contracts

    2012-06-28T10:00:00Z

    ETHIOPIA: State railway development agency Ethiopian Railways Corp has signed contracts for the construction of a new railway network in the north of the country. Planned to be completed within three years, the 1 435 mm gauge lines are intended to support regional development by providing Ethiopia with a second ...

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    Michael Clausecker

    2012-06-28T10:04:13Z

    Michael Clausecker, who became Chairman of Bombardier Transportation’s German business in March, has been elected to succeed Dr Klaus Baur as President of industry association VDB.

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    DB orders 38 Coradia Lint regional DMUs

    2012-06-28T14:32:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has signed a €160m contract for 38 Alstom Coradia Lint regional diesel multiple-units, which will be used on Dieselnetz Südwest services in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg from 2015. The contract announced on June 28 includes 14 DMUs with 112 seats ordered under a framework agreement signed in ...

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    The Greener Railway now available to watch on demand

    2012-06-28T15:06:00Z

    RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: Rail transport will still be the most environmentally-friendly mode of transport in the next decade, despite advances in energy efficiency and reduced emissions being developed in the automotive and aviation industries, believes UNIFE Director-General Philippe Citroën. Speaking in Railway Gazette's interactive debate on The Greener Railway, now ...

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    Nîmes - Montpellier contract signed

    2012-06-29T08:37:00Z

    FRANCE: The 25-year PPP contract covering financing and construction of the mixed-traffic high speed line bypassing Nîmes and Montpellier was formally signed on June 28, by Réseau Ferré de France President Hubert du Mesnil and Bouygues Construction President & CEO Yves Gabriel on behalf of the OC’VIA consortium. Bringing together ...

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    Bombardier announces €10m bogie technical centre

    2012-06-29T10:20:00Z

    GERMANY: On June 28 Bombardier Transportation announced it was investing €10m to set up a Bogie Technical Center at its site in Siegen. Scheduled to open at the end of 2014, the Bogie Techical Center will combine test and validation facilities with a business unit hub, including international bogie engineering ...

  • Impression of Doncaster concrete sleeper plant.
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    Consortium to build Doncaster concrete sleeper factory

    2012-06-29T11:00:00Z

    UK: Work is set to begin shortly on the construction of a concrete sleeper plant in Doncaster which will supply more than half of Network Rail's annual needs. Production is scheduled to start in spring 2013. The factory on the former Woodyard site will be owned and funded by Network ...

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    Postgraduate partnership extended

    2012-06-29T15:18:00Z

    RUSSIA: Russian Railways and DB Schenker agreed at the 1520 Strategic Business Forum in Sochi on May 31 to extend their postgraduate educational partnership for a further five years. DB Schenker and RZD established a joint Centre for International Logistics & Supply Chain Management at St Petersburg State University in ...

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    News in Brief - June 2012

    2012-06-30T04:00:00Z

    Ukrainian Railway’s Dnieper division is to fit 500 locomotives with satellite tracking equipment to help improve the management of freight services. The Spanish government has formally transferred responsibility for the A Coruña – Vigo high speed line project from the Ministry of Development to ADIF, undertaking to service ...

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    Country profile

    USA: New York East Side Access - project map

    USA: East Side Access project map – link from LIRR to New York Grand Central