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Pierre Tonon
Pierre Tonon will take over as Secretary-General of the European Rail Freight Alliance on October 1, succeeding Monika Heiming who is moving to infrastructure managers’ association EIM. Tonon is currently Head of Safety for Belgian rail freight operator SNCB Logistics.
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Vinay Mittal
Vinay Mittal has taken over as Chairman of Indian Railways and Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Railways following the retirement of Vivek Sabai. He was formerly General Manager of the South Eastern Railway, having held a variety of posts in IR’s Traffic Service since 1975, including Chief Operations ...
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NewsDelhi orders more Movia metro cars
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has placed a €84m order for a further 76 metro cars for delivery from the third quarter of 2012, Bombardier Transportation announced on September 5. The contract is a follow-on to orders for 114 vehicles announced in mid-2010, and brings DMRC's total order to ...
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NewsLusail light rail contracts awarded
QATAR: Civil works contracts have been awarded for construction of a light rail network to serve the new city of Lusail which is being developed on a 37 km2 waterfront site 15 km north of Doha. Lusail is expected to accommodate 200 000 residents, with an equivalent number of daily ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
A further step in the privatisation of businesses owned by Polish railway holding company PKP SA has been taken with the 225m złoty sale of rail infrastructure contractor Przedsiebiorstwo Napraw Infrastruktury to road and infrastructure development company Budimex. Having installed overhead electrification on the Al Mashaaer Al Mugadassah metro in ...
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NewsEdmonton awards light rail design contract
CANADA: The City of Edmonton has appointed AECOM to undertake preliminary engineering design for the proposed but unfunded Southeast light rail line from the city centre to Mill Woods, and the West Line to Lewis Estates. The US$35·5m contract announced on September 1 covers a total of 27 route-km of ...
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NewsHow to sell train tickets online
UK: Consumer body Passenger Focus has published a study into how passengers buy rail tickets online, making recommendations to improve the process. The report was commissioned from Outlook and follows a study of ticket vending machine interfaces. Passenger Focus says online purchasing is becoming the default choice for long-distance travel. ...
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NewsADB approves loan for Indian Railways investment programme
INDIA: The Asian Development Bank board approved a multi-tranche financing facility of up to US$500m to support the Ministry of Railways' US$1·1bn Railway Sector Investment Programme on August 31. Due to be completed by December 2018, the programme includes double tracking, electrification and resignalling on busy freight and passenger routes ...
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NewsBrunswick Rail sees growth potential in Russian leasing market
RUSSIA: Wagon leasing firm Brunswick Rail announced the purchase of metals transportation specialist Proftrans on August 30, saying the acquisition widens the services Brunswick Rail is able to offer as well as increasing its fleet by 1 647 open wagons. 'This deal is interesting and unique because Brunswick Rail has ...
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NewsIarnród Éireann proposes 160 km/h investment programme
IRELAND: A €175m programme of infrastructure works to raise inter-city line speeds to 160 km/h has been put forward by Iarnród Éireann for possible inclusion in the 2012-16 national development plan which the government is to publish later this year. IÉ completed a major rolling stock renewal programme under the ...
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NewsBy rail from Buenos Aires to Montevideo
SOUTH AMERICA: President Cristina Fernández of Argentina met her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica in Salto on August 29, having travelled from Ayuí using the rail link between the two countries across the Salto Grande dam on the River Uruguay, briefly used by passenger trains between 1982 and 1985. The ceremony ...
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NewsAll change at Vigo
SPAIN: RENFE services began calling at a temporary station in Vigo in the northwestern region of Galicia on August 28, following the offical opening of the new facility by Development Minister José Blanco the day before. With three platforms 285 m, 165 m and 100 m long and a ...
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NewsDocklands Light Railway opens to Stratford International
UK: A 5 km extension of London's Docklands Light Railway driverless light metro from Canning Town to Stratford International opened on August 31. The route is intended to meet the growing demand for public transport in Lower Lea Valley area of east London, and also provide access to 2012 ...
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NewsRZD seeks international high speed expertise
RUSSIA: Foreign contractors would be invited to bid for the construction of a proposed high speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg, Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin has confirmed. A seminar was held in Moscow on August 29 to discuss the potential for South Korean suppliers and financiers to co-operate ...
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NewsImperio progress
ROMANIA: The first Imperio tram produced by Astra Vagoane was unveiled outside Arad city hall on August 25. The low-floor tram has been developed in collaboration with Siemens, which supplied the electrical equipment. At the unveiling, the mayor of Arad said he hoped the city's metre-gauge network would be an ...
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NewsCrossrail rolling stock contract delayed pending procurement review
UK: The timescale for procurement of around 60 electric multiple-units for London's Crossrail project has been extended, promoter Crossrail Ltd announced on August 30. This should align deliveries with the tunnel construction timetable and allow the conclusions of a government review of public procurement to be taken into account ...
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NewsSBS Transit selected to operate Downtown Line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has selected SBS Transit to operate the 42 km Downtown metro line which is scheduled to open in three stages in 2013, 2015 and 2017. This is the first contract to be awarded under a revised financing framework which LTA adopted in 2010. The contract announced ...
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NewsHong Kong to get driverless trains
CHINA: CNR Changchun has announced a HK$1·4bn contract to supply driverless metro trains for Hong Kong MTR's future West Island and South Island lines. The manufacturer said these Type A sets would be the first fully automated heavy metro trains in China, and would use 'independently developed' technology.
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NewsIzmir metro is CSR's stepping stone to Europe
TURKEY: The Mayor of Izmir was in China on August 10 for the unveiling of a light metro trainset which manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou said is 'the crown of Chinese urban rail products', and proof that the company's scientific and technological innovation meets world standards. Imzir Metro placed a 350m yuan ...