Main line rail industry news – Page 1142
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ETCS is really rolling out, but the costs are still too high
MORE MILESTONES are passing in the development and deployment of ETCS/ERTMS. From May 19 trains began running at 250 km/h on the Madrid - Lleida section of the Madrid - Barcelona AVE line using Level 1, while from July 2 Swiss Federal Railways goes live with Level 2 on the ...
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Slovak strategy
ZSSK Passenger has endorsed plans for the renewal of its obsolete rolling stock during 2006-09. The proposals envisage conversion of nine East German-built BRcm couchette/buffet cars dating from 1984 into Type WRRm restaurant cars, and modernisation of 14 Bc sleepers as Type B.A programme to modernise 64 Bmee second-class coaches ...
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TTX is coming
After five years of development, the prototype Korean Tilting Train is now under construction. Taking to the tracks at the end of this year, it promises a significant enhancement in service quality on Korail's conventional network
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Nürnberg - Ingolstadt opens at 300 km/h
READY FOR this month's football world cup, German Railway inaugurated its upgraded route between the two Bavarian venues at Nürnberg and München on May 13. DB Chief Executive Hartmut Mehdorn was joined for the celebrations by Federal Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, the Premier of Bayern Edmund Stoiber, local Transport ...
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Nanjing - Hangzhou approved
CHINA’S MINISTRY of Railways announced on May 9 the go ahead for construction of a 300 km/h passenger railway between Nanjing and Hangzhou, with the aim of starting work by the end of this year.Due to be completed by 2010, the 251 km line is expected to cost 20·3bn yuan. ...
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Ressano Garcia line ready this year
REHABILITATION of the 90 km line from Maputo to the South African border at Ressano Garcia is to be completed by the end of this year, according to Mozambique’s Minister of Transport & Communications Antonio Munguambe. Addressing a conference to promote the ’Maputo Corridor’ at the beginning of May, Munguambe ...
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Bombardier wins Chicago race
ON MAY 10 the Board of Chicago Transit Authority approved the purchase of 406 metro cars from Bombardier Transit Corp in a deal valued at $577m. They will be CTA's first cars to have AC propulsion and regenerative braking. The contract covers a base order of 206 vehicles ...
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Paris MF2000 order placed
JULY 2007 has been set as the target date for delivery of the first series-built MF2000 metro cars for Paris. The consortium of Alstom, Bombardier and Areva TA announced on May 10 that RATP had ordered an initial batch as part of its framework contract for 161 five-car sets.Valued at ...
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Contracts placed
DELHI Metro Rail Corp confirmed on May 1 that it had awarded contracts for all six projects in Phase II of the Indian capital’s metro network, and said work was expected to get underway on all of them shortly.Construction has already started on the 6·4 km northern extension of Line ...
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Moscow ring line
CONSTRUCTION of the first stage of an outer metro ring line around the Russian capital will get underway in mid-2007, according to Moscow Metro President Dmitri Gayev. He said on May 12 that a second ring line was needed urgently to relieve overcrowding on the existing lines. He envisages that ...
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NewsInterconnector study starts
IARNRóD éIREANN announced on May 12 that it was starting work on the ambitious plan to build a cross-city suburban rail tunnel under the heart of Dublin. Bids have been invited from consultants to assist with detailed design of the 5·2 km Interconnector, which will run from the ...
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DART expansion approved
WORK WILL start this year on two extensions to the DART light rail network in Dallas, following approval by the Federal Transit Administration of a $700m Full Funding Grant Agreement. This is intended to support a $2·4bn programme that will double the network to 150 km by 2013. With an ...
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Portland picks Avanto for MAX
ON May 10 the TriMet board approved a $75m contract with Siemens Transportation Systems for 21 S70 Avanto light rail vehicles, with an option for another three. Intended to operate the Interstate 205 and Portland Mall extensions of the MAX light rail network that are scheduled to open in September ...
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Huancavelica upgrade
PERU’s MINISTRY of Transport & Communications has selected Ferrocarril Central Andino to undertake an upgrade of the 914mm gauge Huancayo - Huancavelica Railway that will include conversion to 1435mm gauge. To be completed within 480 days, the US$18·1m project is to be funded by the government, with US$14·9m provided by ...
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Port link upgrade
AUSTRALIA’s Federal Transport Minister Warren Truss and his Victoria counterpart Peter Batchelor inaugurated work on the A$120m Dynon Port Rail Link on April 21.The project includes replacement of the existing single-track mixed-gauge line into Melbourne docks by a double-track line further west, with overbridges to replace the Footscray Road level ...
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ALL acquires Brasil Ferrovias
AMERICA Latina Logística is to take control of the Ferronorte, Ferroban and Novoeste concessions after signing an agreement on May 9 to purchase parent company Brasil Ferrovias from shareholders Funcef and Previ, both pension funds. Under a deal worth R$1·41bn, former shareholders in Brasil Ferrovias will be granted a 20% ...
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Stress at Metronet
SOME London Underground services were badly disrupted on several days last month by the sudden imposition of 32 km/h speed restrictions around lunchtime. It happened for the first time on May 4, a rare day of unbroken sunshine over the city which saw air temperatures reach 25íC, and even 27íC ...
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NewsVenezuela plans US$2·2bn spend
A CONSORTIUM OF Italian companies Astaldi, Impregilo and Ghella has been selected by the Venezuelan government to build two new lines following the signature of a co-operation agreement between Italy and Venezuela. Once contracts worth a total of US$2·2bn have been signed, work on the 252 km San Juan ...
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Separation battle
WHEN Federal Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee called in January for a ’constructive debate’ over the form in which Deutsche Bahn AG should be privatised, he no doubt foresaw that there would be some pretty heated discussion.There have been no fisticuffs yet, but a clear, if predictable, separation of views has ...