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NewsZambian Copperbelt railway agreement
ZAMBIA: An agreement to complete a bankable feasibility study for the construction of a 590 km railway to serve the Copperbelt area of northern Zambia and the Angolan border was signed by project promoter Northwest Rail Co and South African logistics company Grindrod on February 3. Road infrastructure in the ...
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NewsExtra platform opened at Gatwick Airport station
UK: The seventh platform at Gatwick Airport station was officially opened by Transport Minister Baroness Kramer on February 3. The platform forms part of a £53m project designed to improve capacity and flexibility on the Brighton Main Line, supported by £7·5m from Gatwick Airport Ltd. The work was undertaken ...
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NewsCIT expands into Europe with acquisition of Nacco
EUROPE: US asset financing company CIT Group Inc announced its acquisition of European wagon leasing business Nacco SAS for undisclosed terms on February 3. Nacco has its headquarters in Paris and subsidiaries in Hamburg and Crewe. It owns more than 9 500 wagons, which are leased to more than 150 ...
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NewsNew section of Moscow metro Line 8 opens
RUSSIA: A section of Moscow metro Line 8 opened on January 31 from Delovoy Centr to Park Pobedy. The 3·5 km section is not yet connected to the rest of the line; the section between the current western terminus of Tretyakovskaya and Delovoy Centr is due to open next ...
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NewsMumbai monorail opens
INDIA: The Mumbai monorail was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on February 1, with passenger service starting the following day. The first phase is an 8·9 km section from Wadala to Chembur with seven stations and an end-to-end journey time of 20 min. Construction, undertaken by a ...
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NewsSwitzerland to fund Italian gauge enhancement
EUROPE: An agreement for Switzerland to fund gauge enhancement works to provide clearance for 4 m high semitrailer traffic from freight terminals in northern Italy to the Swiss border was signed by the two countries' transport ministers on January 28. Switzerland is aiming to encourage road freight to switch to ...
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NewsCFM takes delivery of GE locomotives
MOZAMBIQUE: Deputy Minister of Transport & Communications Eusébio Saíde unveiled the first four of 10 GE Transportation C30ACi diesel locomotives for Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique on Janaury 29. The 1 067 mm gauge locomotives were ordered in 2011 at a cost of US$41·2m for use on passenger and freight ...
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NewsFeature articles in the February 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Concerns grow over crude oil safety News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry InnovationsPointers Analysis Fourth Railway Package’s plenary reading moves closerDebunking the social dumping mythIndia welcomes foreign fundingCzech bidders still waitingNetwork Rail debt goes back on the booksSafety drive bears fruitChina changes import rulesSouth ...
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NewsJoseph Giulietti
With effect from February 1, Joseph Giulietti replaces Howard Permut as President of US commuter railroad Metro-North. Giulietti was previously Executive Director of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
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NewsFlorida East Coast orders 24 GE locomotives
USA: Florida East Coast Railway announced an order for 24 GE Transportation ES44C4 Evolution Series locomotives on January 30. 'These locomotives will provide the fuel-efficient power we need to support the current operations and future growth of the railroad,' said Fran Chinnici, Senior Vice-President of Mechanical, Engineering & Purchasing at ...
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NewsVectron obtains TSI approvals
EUROPE: German notified body Eisenbahn-Cert has certified the Siemens Vectron locomotive family in accordance with the locomotives & passenger rolling stock subsystem technical specification for interoperability. 'Vectron is the first electric locomotive platform to be certified according to this specification in Europe', said Karl-Hermann Klausecker, CEO of Siemens Locomotives ...
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NewsAZD Praha and CAF become full members of UNISIG
EUROPE: AZD Praha and CAF have become the first associate members of UNISIG to upgrade to full membership of the organisation founded in 1999 to draft the technical specifications for ETCS. Czech signalling supplier AZD Praha had become the first associate member of UNISIG in 2009, and was joined by ...
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NewsBangalore metro Phase 2 approved
INDIA: The government approved Phase 2 of the Bangalore metro on January 30. This will add two new lines to the two being built under Phase 1. Ridership in 2041 is forecast at 502 000 passengers/day on the planned RV Road – Bommasandra line and 619 000 passengers/day on ...
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NewsGRP electrification mast on test
BELGIUM: A glass-fibre reinforced plastic overhead electrification mast developed by Austrian company Powerlines Group is undergoing testing at an exposed location on the coastal tram route operated by De Lijn. The manufacturer says its patented GRP mast offers server advantages over steel or reinforced concrete equivalents. It is entirely non-conductive, ...
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NewsHZ orders 44 Končar multiple-units
CROATIA: A €213m contract for a total of 44 diesel and electric multiple-units was signed by HŽ PP and domestic rolling stock manufacturer Končar on January 30. The largest order placed by the national railway’s passenger business is being partly funded with a €107m loan from the ...
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NewsStudy sets out ways to cut Denmark - Hamburg journey times
EUROPE: Passenger journey times on the 337 km route between Aarhus in Denmark and Hamburg in Germany could be reduced by 97 min to 2 h 53 min without requiring major infrastructure works, according to a study undertaken by Atkins on behalf of 17 local authorities. Atkins has produced a ...
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NewsPatriot Rail launches Blue Ridge Railcar Repair
USA: Short line group Patriot Rail is to relaunch the former Alderman Railcar Services wagon repair and cleaning business under the name Blue Ridge Railcar Repair during February, having acquired the assets at the end of 2013 after Alderman entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The workshop in in Keysville, Virginia, ...
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NewsPandrol acquires CDM Track
BELGIUM: CDM Group sold its CDM Track business unit to Pandrol with effect from January 6, as part of CDM's strategy to focus on noise and vibration isolation systems in the building and industry markets. The deal includes CDM's ballasted, slab and embedded rail track activities, as well as the ...
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NewsFinancial close for Queensland New Generation Rollingstock contract
AUSTRALIA: Queensland's Department of Transport & Main Roads announced on January 29 that it had reached financial close on the A$4·4bn New Generation Rollingstock PPP contract, which will see the Bombardier NGR Consortium supply and maintain 75 six-car electric multiple-units to introduce additional services in southeast Queensland and replace older ...
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NewsFaster track maintenance at RVR
AFRICA: Kenya - Uganda railway concessionaire Rift Valley Railways has taken delivery of a ballast tamper and ballast profiler ordered from Plasser & Theurer at a cost of USh3bn to significantly reduce the time taken to undertake track maintenance. The two machines will work in tandem to correctly align track ...