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NewsAlstom acquires Areva transport business
FRANCE: Nuclear energy company Areva transferred its Command & Control for Transportation activities and staff to Alstom with effect from October 31. The CCT business designs and produces signalling equipment for trams and metros, as well as radio communications and the Train Control Management System as used on the ...
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Newsc2c expands ITSO smart card ticketing
UK: Commuter operator c2c began offering season tickets on its c2c Smart card from November 3, including Travelcards valid for travel on the National Rail and Transport for London networks within Greater London. c2c Smart is the government’s pilot for the South East Flexible Ticketing programme to introduce smart ticketing ...
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NewsManchester Airport light rail line opens
UK: The first passenger service on Manchester Metrolink’s latest extension departed from Manchester Airport at 05.49 on November 3, more than a year ahead of schedule. The 14·5 km Airport Line with 15 stops leaves the existing East Didsbury branch at St Werburgh’s Road and uses a mix of ...
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NewsWSP Global completes Parsons Brinckerhoff acquisition
WSP GLOBAL: Balfour Beatty plc announced on October 31 that it had completed the sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP Global Inc for a net cash consideration of £753m. According to Balfour Beatty, this represents ‘a multiple of 11 times underlying EBITDA for the year ended December 31 2013’. Less ...
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NewsTest train runs through Delft tunnel
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail ran the first test train through a 2·3 km tunnel beneath Delft on November 1, ahead of its planned opening for passenger services in spring 2015. The tunnel and a new station with 340 m long platforms 8 m underground will replace the ...
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NewsNorth Galilee Basin Rail project management consultant appointed
AUSTRALIA: The Adani Mining subsidiary of Indian power and infrastructure group Adani has appointed Parsons Brinckerhoff as project management consultant for its A$16·5bn Carmichael integrated mine, port and railway project in Queensland. The coal development includes the construction of the North Galilee Basin Rail line, a privately-owned multi-user 388 km ...
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NewsLos Angeles ticketing upgrade
USA: Cubic Transportation Systems is to upgrade Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s TAP fare collection system under a $9m contract. The changes will enable the system to support new payment applications and increase security. The original system was supplied by Cubic in 2002 and is being upgraded to ...
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NewsZwolle passenger operating tender called
NETHERLANDS: Regio Twente and Overijssel province have invited expressions of interest in a contract to operate the 13 km Zwolle – Kampen and 67 km Zwolle – Enschede routes for 15 years from December 2017. Services are currently provided by NS Reizigers. The deadline for applications is March 5 2015, ...
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NewsPassenger trains return to Rosario in 2015
ARGENTINA: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo visited the city of Rosario in Santa Fe province on October 30 to inspect progress with infrastructure works being undertaken to reintroduce passenger services to Buenos Aires next year. As well as 517 km of track renewals, the programme has involved ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2014: the railway world in one place
InnoTrans 2014 attracted a record 138 872 attendees from more than 100 countries
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NewsNordWestBahn wins new Weser-Ems-Netz contract
GERMANY: Following a procurement process which attracted ‘strong competition’, the Niedersachsen, Westfalen-Lippe and Bremen transport authorities announced on October 30 that they had selected incumbent NordWestBahn as preferred bidder for a new contract to operate West-Ems-Netz regional services linking Oldenburg, Esens, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Vechta and Osnabrück. NWB is owned by ...
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NewsTracklaying completed in Gotthard base tunnel
SWITZERLAND: The completion of tracklaying in the 57 km Gotthard base tunnel was marked with a ceremony at 12.00 on October 31, when the concrete was poured for a ‘Golden Sleeper’, 54 m from the southern portal at Bodio. Noting that it is now possible for diesel-hauled trains to run ...
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NewsGE delivering Florida East Coast Railway locos
USA: Florida East Coast Railway is about to take delivery of the first of 24 GE Transportation ES44C4 locomotives which it ordered in January. All of the Tier 3 compliant Evolution Series locomotives are scheduled to arrive in Florida by the end of the year. The four-motored locomotives will ...
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NewsHitachi Rail Europe tops out Newton Aycliffe factory
UK: A topping-out ceremony on October 30 marked the completion of the structure for Hitachi Rail Europe’s rolling stock plant at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham. Construction of the £82m factory began in November 2013 and is expected to be completed by mid-2015. ‘Today’s topping-out ceremony signifies a milestone’, said ...
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NewsPrototype tram presented to Bydgoszcz
POLAND: Pesa presented a pre-series prototype Swing tram for Bydgoszcz on October 30, six months ahead of the original schedule. The Tramwaj Fordon subsidiary of Bydgoszcz city council ordered 12 Swing for 109m złoty earlier this year for use on the 9·5 km Fordon extension. The prototype will ...
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NewsNS selects CAF for Sprinter New Generation train contract
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS named CAF as preferred bidder to supply its Sprinter New Generation electric multiple-unit fleet on October 30. The Spanish firm beat a rival offer from Alstom. Expected to be finalised in December, the contract would cover approximately 120 EMUs worth €510m, with options for more. ...
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NewsNational Express pulls out of Berlin S-Bahn competition
GERMANY: National Express has confirmed that it has withdrawn from the competition for a contract to operate the Berlin S-Bahn’s ‘Ring & Branches’ service group. This leaves incumbent Deutsche Bahn as the only remaining candidate. While transport authority VBB had declined to name the prequalified bidders for the contract, DB ...
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NewsKlang Valley Line 2 contractor selected
MALAYSIA: Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit appointed Gamuda and MMC Corp to form a joint venture to build Klang Valley MRT Line 2 on October 28. The 56 km line would run from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya via Serdang. At Sungai Buloh there would be a depot shared with ...
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NewsIndian Railways begins wi-fi roll-out
INDIA: Minister of Railways D V Sadananda Gowda has inaugurated Indian Railways’ first station wi-fi installation at Bangalore City, which has been equipped as the pilot for a programme to provide wi-fi at all category A and A1 stations. The RailWire wi-fi programme is being undertaken by the Ministry of ...
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NewsRail Baltica agreement signed
EUROPE: Agreements to establish an equally-owned company to co-ordinate the construction of the Rail Baltica standard gauge line between the Polish border and Tallinn were signed by representatives of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on October 28. ‘This is the largest-scale joint project in the history of our country, and ...