All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2012 – Page 5
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News‘Basket turning’ high capacity ore wagons ordered
SWEDEN: Northland Resources has ordered a fleet of custom-designed wagons for its Kaunisvaara iron ore development which will use a ‘basket turning’ body to achieve a 98 tonne payload within a 30 tonne axleload limit, and has placed contracts for the transport of magnetite concentrate to the ...
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NewsHitachi introduces smaller EMU inverter
INVERTER: Hitachi has developed a silicon carbide hybrid inverter for electric multiple-units using a 1·5 kV overhead power supply. The inverter uses hybrid modules rated at 3·3 kV, which are approximately two-thirds the size of standard silicon modules. The updated design has a simpler circuit configuration and smaller dimensions. By ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2012
Argentina: Following delivery by Emfer, a sixth EMU comprising four refurbished vehicles and four new double-deck cars (RG 4.11 p9) has entered service on the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires. Australia: On May 1 Wabtec announced an order for its MotivePower subsidiary to deliver 10 standard ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2012
Australia: NSW RailCorp has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a three-year contract worth A$63m to support its ticket sales equipment. Brazil: Digicon has won a R$15m contract to supply ticket gates and passenger-counting systems for São Paulo metro Line 4. Switzerland: SBB has awarded Scheidt & Bachmann a SFr40m ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has introduced an Alstom Chair at its Industrial Engineering School. The collaboration between the two parties is intended to foster research in the areas of electricity transmission, smart grid technology and railway signalling. On May 8 the University of Rhode Island and Deutsche Bahn signed ...
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NewsUpdated BiLevel coaches ordered for GO Transit
CANADA: Toronto regional transport agency Metrolinx has awarded Bombardier Transportation a C$200m order to supply commuter operator GO Transit with 60 double-deck coaches to an updated version of Bombardier's BiLevel design. The contract was announced by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on May 25 during a visit to Bombardier's Thunder Bay ...
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Groundbreaking launches Central Mesa light rail construction
USA: A ceremony on May 30 officially marked the start of construction of the $200m Central Mesa light rail extension of the Valley Metro in Phoenix, Arizona. The Valley Transit Construction joint venture of Kiewit, Mass Electric and Parsons Transportation Group is expected to begin main works shortly under a ...
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NewsBraunschweig orders Solaris trams
GERMANY: Solaris Bus & Coach has been awarded a contract to supply 15 Tramino low-floor trams to Braunschweig, where they will replace 30-year old cars which do not meet modern accessibility requirements. The customised trams for Braunschweiger Verkehrs AG will be unidirectional vehicles around 36 m long, with each of ...
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NewsIntegrated wagon tracking could improve productivity
RUSSIA: Proposals to develop a co-ordinated wagon tracking and reporting system covering the combined networks of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus were debated at the 1520 Strategic Partnership forum in Sochi on May 31. The hope is that an integrated system using advanced IT and automated reporting would improve productivity and ...
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NewsLeo Express recruitment campaign oversubscribed
CZECH REPUBLIC: Open access operator Leo Express reports that its recruitment campaign to find 80 staff ahead of its launch in December has been heavily oversubscribed. More than 800 people applied for the various positions on offer, many of which are customer-facing, such as call centre staff or onboard service ...
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