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Toronto airport link edges closer
CANADA: The Ontario government is holding talks with engineering group SNC Lavalin to revive plans for a rail link between Toronto's Union Station and Pearson international airport. The company won a concession to build and operate the project five years ago (RG 7.03 p417). But progress stalled because of ...
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Hyderabad consortium selected
INDIA: Last month the government of Andhra Pradesh presented the NMII Consortium with a 'letter of award' for a design, build, finance and operate concession for the Hyderabad metro. Financial close is expected within six months. The consortium comprises Maytas Infra (26%), Nava Bharat Ventures (27%), Italian-Thai Development (5%) and ...
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Marseille ditches the private sector
FRANCE: Following the election of a new socialist administration earlier this year, Marseille Provence Métropole, the authority for the greater Marseille area, has voted to terminate the eight-year contract to operate the city's light rail network held by a joint venture of municipal operator RTM and Veolia. RTM will ...
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Warszawa prepares tram fleet renewal
POLAND: An agreement has been signed between ZTM, the Warszawa city transport authority, and the mayor to replace much of the capital's tram fleet over the next 20 years. The 16bn zloty programme will see 246 low-floor trams bought by 2027 — the first tenders were due to be issued ...
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NewsCrossrail bill gets Royal Assent
UK: The £16bn Crossrail project to link London's Liverpool Street and Paddington stations via an east-west tunnel (RG 11.07 p679) gained parliamentary approval on July 22. The Crossrail Act grants powers for land acquisition to permit construction of the line, stations and associated maintenance facilities. Enabling works are ...
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Indian wheel plant contract
LARSEN & TOUBRO: Indian Railways has awarded engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro a Rs10·5bn turnkey contract to build and commission a cast steel wheel plant in the Saran district of Bihar. The plant is scheduled to be completed within two years, and will have a capacity of ...
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Mendoza bidding timetable
ARGENTINA: By means of Resolution 514/2008 published on July 25, the federal government has set out a revised bidding timetable for its project to create a 'high performance' passenger route between Buenos Aires and Mendoza (RG 10.07 p595). Technical bids are now due to be opened on ...
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NewsRace to the coal
AFRICA: Word reaches us that Pittsburgh-based Railroad Development Corp has reached agreement to sell its stake in Central East African Railway, which operates the 1 067 mm gauge railway linking Malawi with the port of Nacala in northern Mozambique. CEAR took over the Malawi rail network in 1999, but did ...
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Railjet on test
AUSTRIA: Testing has begun of the first Railjet push-pull trainsets to be delivered to Austrian Federal Railways (RG 11.07 p713). ÖBB placed a €245m order for an intial 23 trains with Siemens in February 2006, excercising a €571m option for a further 44 in September 2007. The first two ...
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People in the News - September 2008
Sadakazu Tanigaki has been appointed Japanese Minster for Land, Infrastructure & Transport. Shri Shreni has become General Manager of the North Eastern Railway division at Indian Railways. Mark Rosenker has been named Vice-Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board by US President George W Bush. He will serve a two-year ...
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Dieter - September 2008
CHINA: Guangzhou metro is trialling a free umbrella hire service at seven of its stations. Passengers pay a deposit of 20 yuan to borrow an umbrella, and the money is refunded if the umbrella is returned within 15 days.
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Editor appointed
Jane Pearce has joined the Railway Gazette group with effect from August 26, as Editor of our quarterly urban public transport magazine Metro Report International. She will also act as assistant news editor for the Urban Rail section of Railway Gazette International. Previously Key Account Manager for Platform ...
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NewsSBB to buy 32 FLIRT trains
SWITZERLAND: The board of Swiss Federal Railways has exercised options with Stadler for a further 32 FLIRT trainsets, to be used on services in Vaud, Ticino and Basel from 2010. The SFr418·6m order includes 19 FLIRT units for RER Vaudois services from Lausanne, and two trainsets for Regio S-Bahn ...
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NewsNTV targets 20% market share by 2015
'Congratulations on your initiative!' Endorsing the public launch of Europe's first private-sector high speed train operator at a press conference in Roma on July 15, newly-appointed European Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani welcomed the arrival on the scene of Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. 'We cannot but be happy with the development ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2008
Benin: Rites has placed an order with India’s Golden Rock workshop for the refurbishment of three metre-gauge diesel locos for use in Benin. They will be shipped in October. Bosnia: BHZJK has awarded Croatian firm TZV Gredelj a €4·1m contract to modernise three ex-DB Class 212 diesel-hydraulic locomotives and one ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market August 2008
Algeria: Railway agency Anesrif has awarded Nortel a contract to supply GSM -R equipment on the Tabia – Mecheria and Bordj Bou – Arreridj M’Sila routes currently under construction (RG 4.07 p205). Argentina: TBA has taken delivery of an 08-16 split-head levelling and lining tamper as well as a PBR ...
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NewsContracts August 2008
France: Finnish technology group Teleste has won a €1m extension to a previous contract to supply SNCF with CCTV equipment. India: Under a €4m contract Bombardier is to supply traffic management and passenger information systems covering 53 km of Central Railway’s suburban network in Mumbai (p496). Nigeria: ...
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NewsDB to develop Qatar rail plan
QATAR: National development agency Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Bahn for the planning of a rail network. The German national railway will prepare concepts for passenger and freight transport, and undertake a feasibility study for a fast rail link to ...