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NewsAddis Abeba tram supplier selected
ETHIOPIA: CNR Corp announced on March 17 that it had been selected to supply 41 trams to Addis Abeba. The three-section 70% low-floor vehicles would have a minimum floor height of 350 mm and a maximum speed of 70 km/h. The first trams are to be delivered at the ...
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NewsNorthern focus needed, says HS2 Chairman
UK: Deferral of the proposed link between High Speed 2 and High Speed 1 and extension of the first phase route from Lichfield north to Crewe are among the recommendations of a report issued on March 17 by HS2 Ltd Chairman Sir David Higgins outlining how the UK’s proposed high ...
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NewsSouth Africa's 'largest ever' locomotive order awarded to four suppliers
SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet announced the 'largest-ever loco supply contract in South Africa's history' on March 17. The country's 'single biggest infrastructure investment initiative by a corporate' comprises orders for four companies to supply a total of 1 064 locomotives worth R50bn. CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive is to supply 359 electric ...
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NewsFreiburg tram network extends north
GERMANY: A northern extension of Freiburg’s metre-gauge tram route 5 from Reutebachgasse to Zähringen opened on March 15, six weeks ahead of schedule. ‘For the first time in the city’s history of over 100 years, light rail goes beyond the city limits — a sign of how highly integrated ...
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NewsHasselt – Maastricht fast tram agreement signed
BELGIUM: Flanders Transport Minister Hilde Crevits signed an agreement with Limburg province in the Netherlands on March 11 to push ahead with construction of a fast tram line between Hasselt in Belgium and Maastricht in the Netherlands. The 32 km Spartacus line would partly use the alignment of Infrabel’s ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
The VOTG subsidiary of wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG has set up a dedicated fleet of tank containers for foodstuffs and obtained GMP+ B4 certification of cleanliness and responsible handling along the production chain. CMI has acquired depot equipment manufacturer Sogema Engineering. Knorr-Bremse has acquired ...
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NewsSignalisation et automatismes ferroviaires - Railway signalling & automation
Co-ordinated by Walter Schön BOOK REVIEW: This three-volume overview of signalling and train control has been compiled by academics and engineers associated with the masters degree course in railways and guided transport systems which has been offered by French engineering universities since 2008. Aimed at present and future rail ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro car converted to diesel-electric railcar
ARGENTINA: A former Buenos Aires metro car is being converted into a diesel-electric railcar by the Ferrocarril Central Buenos Aires co-operative, which hopes to restore passenger services to the currently disused Fátima - Rojas section of the 1 435 mm gauge Urquiza network. Intended to operate with two trailer vehicles, ...
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NewsLinz buys accessible ticket machines
AUSTRIA: Linz city transport operator Linz Linien has ordered 200 Scheidt & Bachmann FareGo Sales ST|40 ticket vending machines meeting TSI PRM accessibility standards, with an option for 110 more. The TVMs will feature menus with audio response via speakers, and tactile elements on the front panel to ensure ease ...
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NewsConstruction of 2·2 km Amur bridge begins
ASIA: A ceremony on February 26 officially launched construction of a 2 209 m railway bridge across the River Amur or Heilong between Nizhneleninskoye in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Tongjiang in China's Heilongjiang province. Construction is expected to take 2½ years, for opening in December 2016. The bridge is ...
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NewsMendoza light rail Phase 2 contract signed
ARGENTINA: A Ceosa-Sogesic joint venture has signed a contract to build the second phase of the Mendoza light rail network. The 5·4 km northern extension from Central to Las Heras will include three stops. It is to be built in 24 months at a cost of 224·7m pesos. The ...
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NewsDen Haag orders more Siemens Avenio trams
NETHERLANDS: Den Haag city transport operator HTM placed a €55m order for 20 more Siemens Avenio low-floor trams on March 13, as an option on a contract for 40 signed in 2011. As with the original order, these will be produced in Siemens’ Wien factory. This batch of trams ...
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NewsAnkara opens metro line M2
TURKEY: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially opened Ankara metro Line M2 on March 13, one month after Line M3 opened and nearly one year ahead of the original schedule. The 16·6 km line runs west from Kızılay to Çayyolu, serving 12 stations. It is operated by the state-owned ...
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NewsKing opens rebuilt Rotterdam Centraal station
NETHERLANDS: King Willem-Alexander ceremonially inaugurated the rebuilt Rotterdam Centraal station on March 13, during celebrations which included dancing and musical performances. The station has been rebuilt to cope with predicted growth from the current 110 000 passengers/day - as many people as use Amsterdam Schiphol airport - to 323 000 ...
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NewsTendering to start for new line to Toluca
MEXICO: Secretary of Communications & Transport Gerardo Ruiz signed off tendering documentation for the project to build an electrified passenger railway from Mexico City to Toluca at a ceremony held on February 28. The new line would run for 58 km from Observatorio, the western terminus of Line 1 of ...
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NewsUlaanbaatar Railway orders coaches
MONGOLIA: Ulaanbaatar Railway has awarded Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works a contract to supply 12 second and two first class compartment coaches, and a staff car with a compartment adapted for a person with reduced mobility and an accompanying person. The air-conditioned coaches will be based on the 61-4440 and 61-4445 ...
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NewsNSB commissions Corena electronic train parts catalogue
NORWAY: NSB has appointed software company Corena to implement an electronic train parts catalogue meeting the S1000D technical document specification from the aerospace and defence industries. This forms a foundation of the emerging Raildex specification for the rail industry. The catalogue will support NSB’s new Stadler Flirt EMUs with ...
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NewsWarszawa - Łódź ERTMS contract awarded
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a Thales-led consortium a €100m contract to install GSM-R and ETCS Level 2 on the Warszawa Zachodnia - Koluszki - Łódź Widzew route. The contract covers around 125 route-km and includes the design and construction of a control centre in Skierniewice. The project ...
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NewsThyssenKrupp to close track business
GERMANY: ThyssenKrupp has announced plans to close its ThyssenKrupp GfT Gleistechnik track component business, which it says is unprofitable and 'under extreme cost pressure'. The company said the decision would result in the sale or closures of sites and the loss of up to 260 jobs by the end of ...
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NewsSuzhou orders more CSR Nanjing Puzhen metro cars
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen is to supply 40 six-car trainsets for Suzhou metro Line 4, to be delivered in 2015-16. Škoda Electric is supplying traction motors under a KC1·1bn contract. These will be produced in Suzhou by Škoda Kingway Electric, a joint venture of Škoda Electric and Jiangsu Kingway ...