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NewsXi’an opens first metro line
CHINA: The first of three metro lines under construction in Xi’an was officially opened at midday on September 16, with large crowds turning out to take a ride. Designated Line 2, the 20·5 km line runs south from the North railway station to Qujiang International Conference & ...
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NewsCAF wins Bucuresti metro train contract
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex named CAF as the winner of a contract to supply 16 metro trainsets on September 22. The six-car trainsets will be delivered from 2012 to replace IVA Astra rolling stock currently used on Line 3. Metrorex said the new vehicles will be equipped for automatic ...
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NewsQuick arrival in the Klang Valley
MALAYSIA: CSR Zhuzhou delivered the first of 38 six-car electric multiple-units to KTMB in September, having rolled it out just a year after the 4bn yuan order was signed in July 2010. Six are scheduled to arrive this year, entering traffic from January on KTM Komuter services in the ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2011
Argentina: The province of San Luis has acquired a 3GS-24C GenSet N-ViroMotive for 11m pesos. Australia: Fortescue has ordered 246 iron ore wagons from CNR, while Pacific National has ordered 728 coal hoppers from CSR Yangtze. Bangladesh: CNR Tangshan is to supply BR with 20 three-car metre-gauge ...
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NewsCo-operation agreement
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou has signed a Framework Agreement on Strategic Co-operation with the electrical engineering department of Tsinghua University. The agreement covers a commitment to create a joint 'innovation platform' to undertake research and development of electrical control equipment, traction drives, power systems and transmission components. The joint venture ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2011
Austria: VeriFone Systems is to supply its PAYware mobile ticketing validation and payment technology to Westbahn. Bosnia: Italferr and IRD Engineering have completed an EU-funded project to assist the Ministry of Transport with bringing rail regulation in line with EU interoperability and safety directives. Europe: ERA has awarded ...
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NewsSenate vote puts US inter-city rail vision in doubt
USA: The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on September 21 to provide $110m in funding for inter-city passenger rail enhancements in the next financial year, a fraction of the $8bn President Obama had requested under his long-term plan to provide inter-city passenger rail services to 80% of the population by 2036. ...
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NewsMadrid Barajas airport rail link opens
SPAIN: RENFE suburban services began running to a new station beneath Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas airport on September 23. An official opening ceremony had been performed the day before by Development Minister José Blanco, President of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre and Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. Trains ...
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NewsStadler opens Berlin assembly plant
GERMANY: The Stadler Pankow GmbH subsidiary of Stadler Rail officially opened a new rolling stock final plant in a former concrete factory in the Hohenschönhausen area of Berlin on September 5. Stadler has 830 staff in Germany, 70 at Hohenschönhausen. The company is investing €10m expanding capacity in Berlin, ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market September 2011
Australia: NSW Department of Transport has appointed Turner & Townsend to provide cost planning services for the 23 km North West Rail Link project in Sydney. ARTC has awarded an alliance including Leighton Contractors a A$150m contract for the final stage of the 36 km South Sydney Freight ...
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NewsTier 3 emissions standards drive locomotive evolution
USA: The introduction of EPA Tier 3 emissions standards for main line locomotives in January 2012 was clearly reflected in the variety of motive power on show at the Railway Interchange 2011 outdoor exhibition at CP's Humbolt Yard in Minneapolis on September 18-20. Progress Rail Services was showing a purpose-built ...
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NewsPoint machines joint venture
KAZAKHSTAN: Alstom and the Kamkor subsidiary of national railway KTZ signed a memorandum of understanding on September 19 setting out plans to establish an equally-owned joint venture to produce point machines for Kazakhstan and the wider 1520 mm gauge market. Alstom says its designs offer reduced maintenance costs and improved ...
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NewsPKP PLK awards signalling contracts
POLAND: Thales announced the signing of eight signalling contracts worth a total of €87m with infrastructure manager PKP PLK on September 19. The agreements cover the supply of electronic interlockings and centralised traffic control to increase capacity on sections of the E30 corridor between the German and Ukrainian borders by ...
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NewsSofia joins the European container network
BULGARIA: Sofia joined the list of locations served by block intermodal trains with the arrival of a pilot service from Ljubljana on September 17. Block container trains have previously only transited Bulgaria, as the country lacked terminals with sufficient capacity to handle them. The arrival of the train carrying 24 ...
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NewsDB Schenker opens covered transhipment facility
ITALY: DB Schenker has opened a logistics centre and covered road-rail transhipment facility adjacent to Schenker Italiana's existing site at Dinazzano near Bologna and Modena in northern Italy. The new facility includes hard standing and a 600 m siding serving a 250 m shed where valuable or sensitive goods can ...
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NewsAlstom to supply trains for O-Train capacity expansion
CANADA: Operator OC Transpo has awarded Alstom Transport a C$34m contract to supply six Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units to increase capacity on the O-Train service in Ottawa. The 8 km line currently carries around 12 000 daily riders, double the initial target when the service was launched in 2001, and ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro Line 5 signalling contract awarded
BRAZIL: Bombardier Transportation announced it had won a €70m turnkey contract to supply CBTC equipment for São Paulo metro Line 5 on September 21. Teams in Brazil, Spain and the USA will design, install and commission Cityflo 650 on the 8·4 km existing section of the line and the ...
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NewsReview of UK light rail costs published
UK: A Department for Transport report into the high costs of light rail projects in the UK was published on September 20. 'Green Light for Light Rail' was commissioned by Transport Minister Norman Baker with the aim of identifying the key cost drivers and what can be done to make ...
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NewsClass 730 high speed electro-diesel trainset on test
SPAIN: During a test run on the high speed line between Ourense and A Coruña on September 20, Development Minister José Blanco announced that RENFE would introduce Class 730 gauge-changing electro-diesel trainsets on services between Madrid and the northwestern region of Galicia in mid-2012. The trainsets would enable Madrid - ...
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Vernon Barker
Vernon Barker has been named as Managing Director, UK Rail at FirstGroup, having served as Managing Director of First TransPennine Express since the start of the franchise in 2004. Nick Chevis becomes Acting Finance Director in place of Jeff Carr, who has announced his intention to leave FirstGroup on ...