Main line rail industry news – Page 1007
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NewsMakkah metro contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: Thales is to supply Seltrac Communications-Based Train Control, an operations control centre, CCTV, SCADA and passenger information systems for the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro in Makkah under a contract announced on June 24. The €130m contract was awarded by China Railway Construction Corp, which is responsible ...
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NewsZaragoza light rail partner selected
SPAIN: The municipality of Zaragoza announced on June 10 that it had selected the Traza consortium of Tuzsa, CAF, FCC Construcción, Acciona, Ibercaja and Concessia as its preferred partner to build Line 1 of the city's light rail network. By the end of June it was hoped to form the ...
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NewsEuropean Railway Agency headquarters inaugurated
FRANCE: The new headquarters for the European Railway Agency was officially inaugurated by Valenciennes Métropole on June 22. By the end of July the building will be occupied by around 120 ERA staff drawn from 20 countries. Following the December 2003 decision to base the ERA in Valenciennes and Lille, ...
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NewsRailpower Technologies assets bought
RJ CORMAN: The Kentucky-based RJ Corman Railroad Group has finalised its acquisition of Québec-based Railpower Technologies Corp and its wholly owned US subsidiary Railpower Hybrid Technologies. 'We are pleased and honored to be able to continue the development and production of the Railpower genset locomotives for the railroad industry', ...
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NewsGovernment agrees to take over Tasmanian railways
AUSTRALIA: Agreement has been reached for Tasmania's state government to acquire Pacific National Tasmania's operations from Asciano 'as a going concern'. The transfer will be completed by November 30, subject to agreement by the Asciano board and the state cabinet which is expected by June 30. Financial details have not ...
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NewsPeople in the News - June 2009
Henry Chipewo has been appointed Acting Managing Director for the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority, following the dismissal of Tazara’s former Managing Director Clement Mwiya in August 2008. Chipewo is Chairman of local transport consultancy Muhechi Enterprises and a board member of Tazara. Dean Finch has joined London Underground ...
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NewsSão Paulo modernisation contract placed
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro operator CMSP has awarded a consortium of Bombardier, Temoinsa and Tejofran a €139m contract to modernise 26 six-car trainsets used on Line 1. 'This is a complete vehicle modernisation project that will extend the useful life of CMSP's rolling stock well beyond 30 years', said ...
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NewsInnovation in the development of heavy haul
CHINA: The Ninth IHHA Conference on June 22-25 offers an exceptional opportunity to exchange technical information and knowledge about heavy haul railways.
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NewsSoutheastern ready to launch High Speed service
UK: Domestic passenger services will begin using High Speed 1 on June 29, when Southeastern launches a limited ‘preview’ service between Ashford and London ahead of the introduction of the full service with the December timetable change. The train operator will then have three service groups: High ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2009
Bangladesh: BR has signed contracts to buy 50 flat wagons and five brake vans from Chinese shipbuilding company Apshara International for delivery within the next 12 months at a cost of 327m taka. Canada: CN has bought three EMD F40 locomotives and 14 passenger cars from ...
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NewsCrawling Tracklayer delivered
FINLAND: Desec has supplied contractor VR Track with a Tracklayer TL70VR turnout laying machine. Designed to offer a higher performance than the three similar machines which Desec has supplied to VR Track since 1993, the radio-controlled machine can handle 36 m turnout panels weighing 36 tonnes. It moves on ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market June 2009
Algeria: Rail development agency Anesrif has awarded Nortel further contracts to supply GSM-R equipment for the 930 km east-west High Plateau line (RG 9.08 p699). Frequentis is supplying FTS3020 terminals. Australia: ARTC has awarded Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia a A$14m contract for signalling on the 36 km Southern Sydney Freight ...
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NewsHuron Central Railway to close
CANADA: Genesee & Wyoming is to close its Huron Central Railway Inc subsidiary, the short line operator announced on June 15. The economic downturn has brought a substantial decline in traffic over the last 12 months, 'to the point that the railroad is not economically viable to operate for the ...
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NewsRiyadh university metro contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: A contract for the construction of an automatic light metro within the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman women's university in Riyadh was signed on Finmeccanica's stand at the Paris air show. General contractor Saudi Binladen Group has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda a €218m contract ...
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NewsCairo to extend
EGYPT: A consortium headed by French construction company Vinci expects to receive the go-ahead imminently to start work on the second section of Cairo metro Line 3. This will continue the underground line eastwards by 6·2 km from Abbasiya to Al Ahram (Heliopolis), and includes four underground stations. A turnkey ...
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NewsPPP possibility for Auckland electric trains
NEW ZEALAND: The government is study the possibility of using a public-private partnership model for the acquisition of electric multiple-units for the Auckland electrification project. 'The use of public private partnerships can be a sensible way to procure this kind of expensive, long-life asset' said Transport Minister Steven Joyce ...
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NewsLine 3 completes high speed network
BELGIUM: Line 3 between Liège and the German border was inaugurated on June 12, completing the last link in the star-shaped national high speed network and making Belgium the first European country to have a network of high speed lines linking its borders. Line 3 became available to ...