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NewsADB provides US$150m to boost Bangladesh Railways
BANGLADESH: The Asian Development Bank is to provide a further US$150m for projects to increase capacity and improve safety on the Bangladesh Railway network, following the signature of a loan agreement in Dhaka on August 26. This should enable BR to complete double-tracking of the 64 km Tongi – Bhairab ...
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NewsHelsinki tram extension opens
FINLAND: Helsinki tram Route 9 services began running to the Länsisatama ferry terminal on August 13, completing a €7·5m extension project. Trams run every 10 min during the day, with late-night services co-ordinated with ferry times. The 4·1 km double-track extension has 11 stops. Construction was undertaken by city transport ...
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NewsCycle-Rail Toolkit published
UK: The Association of Train Operating Companies has published a 'Cycle-Rail Toolkit' containing guidelines to help railway managers and local authorities make it easier for passengers to combine cycling with rail travel. Devised in consultation with train operators, the Department for Transport and cycling organisations, the publication draws on international ...
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NewsGE Transportation unveils Tier 4-compliant diesel locomotive
USA: In a ceremony at its plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, GE Transportation unveiled the prototype for its next generation of Evolution Series diesel locomotives on August 24. This is claimed to be the first to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s stringent Tier 4 emissions standards without needing a urea additive ...
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NewsSharing knowledge globally
INTERNATIONAL: The UK’s Rail Safety & Standards Board and UIC signed a memorandum of understanding last month to develop an online web portal known as Railway Research to foster global co-operation. The web application, which will be hosted by UIC’s International Rail Research Board, is an extension of the Spark ...
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NewsFurka Tunnel rescue train enters service
SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn officially inaugurated new fire and rescue vehicles for the 15·4 km Furka Tunnel with a ceremony at Oberwald on August 7. Fire-fighting and rescue vehicles have been stationed at Realp and Oberwald since the Furka base tunnel opened in 1982, and MGB decided to update the ...
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NewsOff-the-shelf signalling trials
UK: Trials are underway with Virtual Lineside Signalling, which is being developed by Park Signalling with the aim of using off-the-shelf technology including commercial mobile phone networks, industrial standard RFID tags and iPads to provide signalling at a fraction of the cost of conventional or Ertms implementations. Trials on the ...
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NewsFRA launches Railroaders' Guide to Healthy Sleep
USA: Funded by the Federal Railroad Administration, an interactive web portal has been launched by the Department of Transportation to help railway staff to monitor their sleep patterns. Entitled ‘the Railroaders’ Guide to Healthy Sleep’, the site provides a range of tools to enable staff to record their sleep patterns ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2012
Belgium: Rail Service Net has ordered a Rafamet UFB 125 N wheel lathe for delivery next year. France: RATP has signed an agreement with telecoms operator SFR that should see 3G and 4G available by the end of 2014 at the 170 busiest stations on the Paris metro and ...
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NewsCAF wins Sydney tram order
AUSTRALIA: Spanish manufacturer CAF has been awarded a A$20m contract to supply six new and four leased trams to Sydney, New South Wales Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian announced on August 16. The new light rail vehicles will be delivered from next year. They are needed for the 5·6 km ...
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NewsBNDES funds Carajás upgrade
BRAZIL: National development bank BNDES announced on August 23 that it had approved an agreement to provide R$3·9bn to mining company Vale, which is to be used to fund a RS$8bn programme to increase capacity on the Carajás Railway and other transport infrastructure for its northern iron ore operations. To ...
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NewsEurasian Development Bank backs Kazakh rail industry
KAZAKHSTAN: Eurasian Development Bank has signed a 10bn tenge 10-year loan to support the development of an 18bn tenge factory in Astana which will assemble electric locomotives based on Alstom technology. The factory is to be built by national railway KTZ and operated by the EKZ joint venture of KTZ ...
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Thomas Kratzer
Thomas Kratzer has been appointed Director of freight operator Captrain Germany, where he will work closely with Managing Director Henrik Würdemann.
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Paul Furze-Waddock
Paul Furze-Waddock, currently Business Development Director at Virgin Trains, will join National Express Group as Commercial Development Director in October.
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David Ferryman
David Ferryman has been elected as a Governor of Arema for a three-year term. The Canadian National Vice-President will assume his post at the association’s annual conference in September.
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Flavio Crivelli
Flavio Crivelli has been appointed Regional Co-ordinator, South, at SBB, succeeding Roberto Tulipani. Ilona De March has resigned from the Swiss operator’s board.
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NewsLocal rail specialists needed
AFGHANISTAN: The government is keen to ‘eliminate the lack of rail experts’ in the country as it seeks to develop its embryonic network, according to Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Minister of Trade & Industry. Speaking during a visit to the border town of Hairatan on June 22, ul-Huq said that ‘we ...
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NewsConstruction of diesel engine factory begins
RUSSIA: The Governor of Penza oblast attended a ceremony on August 15 to launch construction of a diesel engine factory at Transmashholding's Penzadieselmash plant The factory is being developed by a joint venture of TMH and Wärtsilä under an agreement signed in May 2010. The first engines are expected to ...
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NewsInternational Rail Partners launched to seek freight line opportunities
INTERNATIONAL: Former RailAmerica and Patriot Rail Corp executives have launched International Rail Partners, a new company which aims to acquire freight railways in Canada, South America, Australia and Europe, along with 'other rail-related support businesses' in the USA, Canada and elsewhere. IRP has its headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, and ...
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NewsCzech Railways finally takes over Railjet train order
CZECH REPUBLIC: National passenger operator CD finally approved the purchase of a reduced batch of seven 230 km/h Viaggio Comfort seven-car push-pull trainsets from Siemens Mobility on August 16. They are to be deployed jointly with Austrian Federal Railways on the Praha - Brno - Wien - Graz ...