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News€450m for urban transport projects
FRANCE: The government announced on December 18 that it would be providing €450m to fund 99 urban transport projects with an estimated total cost of €5∙2bn. Including 15 light rail schemes totalling 81 km as well four metro lines with a combined length of 27 km, the projects are expected ...
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NewsWrocław orders Pesa Twist supercapacitor trams
POLAND: MPK Wrocław signed a contract with sole bidder Pesa on December 15 for the supply of six Twist trams with an option for 19 more. The order is part of the Integrated Rail Transport System in Greater Wroclaw Stage II programme. The city transport authority hopes that part ...
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NewsInfrabel warns of project delays
BELGIUM: Meeting on December 16, the board of infrastructure manager Infrabel approved a 2015 budget incorporating savings of €170m. Given the ‘very difficult’ economic climate, spending has been reduced across all categories with the exception of safety investment where €332∙4m is to be spent on programmes including the installation of ...
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NewsWork starts on Chuo maglev
JAPAN: Central Japan Railway officially marked the start of work on the first phase of its Chuo Shinkansen superconducting maglev line between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with ceremonies at the Shinagawa and Nagoya station sites on December 17. According to JR Central, construction work on the 286 km between Tokyo ...
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NewsS-Bahn expansion schemes launched
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has started work on a major capacity improvement programme between Genève and Lausanne. Announcing the launch of the SFr3bn ‘Léman 2030’ project at a ceremony in Renens station on November 22, SBB said that traffic on the route along the shore of Lac Léman is expected ...
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NewsWisconsin buys Union Pacific line
USA: The state of Wisconsin has completed the purchase of 110 km of Union Pacific route linking Madison with Reedsburg and Cottage Grove, Governor Scott Walker announced on December 11. The $30m purchase was made jointly by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission. The ...
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NewsSamskip to launch dedicated Rotterdam – Italy intermodal service
EUROPE: Samskip Multimodal is to launch a dedicated intermodal rail freight service between Rotterdam and the Melzo terminal near Milano during January. The initial focus is on pallet-wide high cube 45 ft containers, curtain-siders, flatracks and reefers. The Rotterdam – Melzo transit time will be under 30 h, with ...
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NewsVoivodship-owned operator Koleje Małopolskie launched
POLAND: Koleje Małopolskie operated its first passenger service at 05.10 on December 14, with a day of free travel marking the launch of regular services by the latest voivodship-owned local train operating company. KMŁ has a fleet of 10 two and three-car EMUs from Pesa’s Acatus Plus family, developed as ...
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NewsKlaus Deller
Klaus Deller is returning to Knorr-Bremse AG to replace Dr Michael Buscher as Chairman of the executive board on January 1. Deller first joined the board in 2009 as head of the Commercial Vehicle Systems business unit, before stepping down earlier this year.
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NewsMaisa Romanainen
Finnish national operator VR Group has named Maisa Romanainen as Senior Vice-President, Passenger Services.
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NewsJesús Silva Fernández
The Spanish Development Ministry appointed Jesús Silva Fernández as President of state-owned engineering consultancy Ineco at a ceremony in Madrid on November 17. He was previously Spanish ambassador to Panama.
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NewsParis opens tram Route T8
FRANCE: Paris tram Route T8 entered service on December 16, following four weeks of trial running without passengers. The 8·5 km route runs north from Saint-Denis Porte de Paris to Delaunay-Belleville, where it splits into two branches, terminating at Villetaneuse-Université and Epinay-Orgemont. There are 17 stops, and interchange is ...
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NewsMetrolink tram wi-fi rollout confirmed
UK: Following positive passenger feedback from trials on a single Metrolink tram, on December 16 Transport for Greater Manchester confirmed a £1·7m deal for the roll-out of free wi-fi on all 94 trams, 20 city centre shuttle buses and all new trams entering service within the next two years. The ...
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NewsCSR announces Belgrano order
ARGENTINA: Chinese rolling stock supplier CSR announced on December 15 that it had been awarded an order worth 1∙7bn yuan to supply 80 diesel locomotives and over 2 000 wagons. As well as new traction and rolling stock for the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network, CSR says it ...
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NewsHannover opens light rail extension
GERMANY: Hannover opened an extension of light rail Route 7 from Schierholzstraße to Misburg on December 14. The opening was marked with a day of free travel between Kröpcke in the city centre and the new terminus. The 1·5 km extension adds three stops to the network. The journey ...
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NewsSeoul metro operators to merge
SOUTH KOREA: The Seoul metropolitan government announced on December 10 that it plans to merge the two city-owned metro operators by 2016. The original operator, Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corp, operates metro lines 1, 2, 3 and 4. In 1994 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp was established with the aim ...
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NewsNaberezhnye Chelny opens tram link
RUSSIA: The city of Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan inaugurated a 6·1 km extension of its 1 524 mm gauge tram network on December 12. The new section runs along Naberezhnochelninskiy Prospekt, Prospekt Mira and Prospekt Syuyumbike with 11 stops. It provides a new link between Pedinstitut in the southwest ...
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NewsPATH airport extension study funded
USA: New York-New Jersey Port Authority has awarded a $6·4m contract to HNTB to study the proposed PATH metro extension to Newark Liberty International Airport. The three-year contract aims to determine a more precise cost estimate for the project, currently put at $1·5bn. A Port Authority study first recommended ...
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NewsBasel opens cross-border tram route
SWITZERLAND: A cross-border extension of Route 8 of the Basel tram network into Germany was officially inaugurated on December 12. Passenger services started on December 14 with a day of celebrations and free travel, including on heritage trams. The 2·5 km extension of BVB’s Route 8 runs north from ...
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NewsFrankfurt inaugurates tram link
GERMANY: A 1·1 km tram link along Stresemannallee in Frankfurt am Main opened on December 13 with celebrations and a weekend of free trips on heritage trams. The connection from Gartenstraße to Mörfelder Landstraße enables services on Route 17 to run from Hauptbahnhof to the suburb of Neu-Isenberg at ...