Main line rail industry news – Page 783
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NewsGrand Paris Express contracts awarded
FRANCE: Having approved a budget of €5·3bn in July for the first phase of its ambitious programme to develop a network of automated metro lines around the capital, Société du Grand Paris has now awarded a tranche of design and project management contracts. Forming part of a sustainable development strategy ...
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NewsMulti-faced approach is key to maximising rail capacity
INTERNATIONAL: Making best use of capacity on key corridors requires all stakeholders to work together, and address the issue from a ‘systems’ perspective, according to Stefan Wendel, Programme Director for European rail freight Corridor 1 linking Rotterdam and Genova. Speaking in the Railway Gazette TV interactive debate The Capacity Challenge ...
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NewsDRS orders 10 electro-diesel locomotives from Vossloh
UK: Freight operator Direct Rail Services has become the launch customer for Vossloh España’s dual-mode locomotive design, ordering 10 locomotives to be designated Class 88. Financed by leasing company Beacon Rail, the Class 88 fleet would be capable of electric operation from a 25 kV 50 Hz overhead supply or ...
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NewsUral Locomotives unveils twin-section AC 11201
RUSSIA: Ural Locomotives unveiled a pre-series AC 11201 electric freight locomotive at the Expo 1520 trade show in Moscow on September 12. The locomotive has been produced at the Siemens-Sinara joint venture’s plant near Yekaterinburg using traction equipment from Siemens, and it is designed for operation on AC networks throughout ...
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NewsTelent to renew NR’s traction power control network
UK: Network Rail has started a four-year programme to modernise and consolidate its electric power control network, covering traction power, signalling and telecommunications. The infrastructure manager says it is the country’s largest single consumer of electricity. NR confirmed on September 12 that it had awarded a four-year contract to Telent ...
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NewsWagon component joint venture
RUSSIA: US rolling stock component and braking equipment manufacturer Wabtec Corp signed a joint venture agreement with United Wagon Co at the Expo 1520 railway show at Shcherbinka on September 12, paving the way for the introduction of new technology in the Russian and CIS rail freight markets. Incorporated in ...
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NewsSiemens and Russian Machines unveil metro car design
RUSSIA: Siemens and local partner Russian Machines confirmed their intention to tender jointly to supply metro cars for Moscow by unveiling a mock-up of their proposed design at the Expo 1520 event being held at Shcherbinka on September 11. Moscow Metro is expected to call tenders for the supply of ...
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NewsInfotech extends partnership with Alstom
INDIA: Rolling stock and signalling engineering consultancy Infotech Enterprises has extended its partnership with Alstom Transport in the Asian market by opening an engineering centre in Bangalore. The facility will be focused on the development primarily of mechanical components for rolling stock to support Alstom’s business in India and other ...
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NewsAlain Picard
Alain Picard has been promoted to Director General of SNCF Geodis, succeeding Pierre Blayau who becomes Chairman of the Supervisory Board of nuclear energy provider Areva and advisor to SNCF President Guillaume Pepy. Mathias Emmerich has taken over Picard's former role as Executive Director, Finance, Purchasing & Information Systems.
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NewsGotthard contractor changes hands
SWITZERLAND: Following the insolvency of Austria’s Alpine Bau group earlier this year, the company’s Swiss subsidiary has now been sold to Wien-based Renaissance Construction AG. Headquartered in Hergiswil, the Swiss business unit is one of the four partners in the Transtec Gotthard consortium, which is the general contractor responsible for ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2013
Canada: Nomad Digital has completed the roll-out of wi-fi on VIA Rail’s Ocean service. China: Siemens has won a €25m contract to supply communications including the Controlguide station management system for Hong Kong’s Shatin – Central Link. France: SNCF has awarded a joint venture of Newrest (65%) and ...
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NewsHallandsås tunnel holed through
SWEDEN: Infrastructure manager Trafikverket celebrated the successful holing through of the second bore of the Hallandsås tunnel on September 4. The project to remove one of the biggest bottlenecks on the West Coast main line is now expected to be completed in 2015. Bypassing a steep, winding section of single ...
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NewsZSSK orders ŽOS Vrútky DMUs
SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has ordered 20 three-car DMUs from ŽOS Vrútky for €77⋅9m. Due for delivery in 2014-15, they are to be deployed on regional services around Bratislava and Košice, including the Nitra - Leopoldov, Košice - Kechnec and Humenné - Kapušany - Prešov routes. The new low-floor ...
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NewsBombardier wins signalling contract in Azerbaijan
AZERBAIJAN: On September 11 Bombardier Transportation announced the award of its first major signalling contract in Azerbaijan, where it is to supply its Interflo 200 product for the 503 km double-track main line between Baku and Boyuk Kesit. Covering design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning, the contract has been ...
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NewsWork starts on Ostrava airport link
CZECH REPUBLIC: A ceremony was held on September 9 to mark the start of construction on a 2⋅9 km route from Sedlnice to Leoš Janáček Airport outside Ostrava. Due for completion in 2014, the single-track electrified line is being built by Eurovia CS. The first airport link on the SZDC ...
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NewsPrivate-sector reopening proposed
AUSTRALIA: The government of New South Wales has invited registrations of interest from private-sector groups to restore, operate and maintain the 200 km Cowra Lines between Blayney and Demondrille, on which services have been suspended since 2007. The project is seen as a pilot scheme that could pave the way ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - September 2013
An Aeromovel air-propelled peoplemover was inaugurated in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on August 10. The train is powered by remotely-controlled fans that propel it along an elevated guideway running 900 m between the airport terminal and a nearby railway station. Marubeni is to conduct a pre-feasibility study ...
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NewsBaku Green Line extension tunnelling begins
AZERBAIJAN: Work has begun to complete and fit out long-abandoned tunnels between Khatai and Hazi Aslanov 2 as an extension of Baku metro’s Green Line. The work is being supervised by local firm Azartunelmetrotikinti with Akkord Company, Bouygues and Ukrainian firm Interbudmontazh acting as subcontractors. The Azeri capital had seen ...
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NewsSNCF Partenariat to provide Corsican courses
FRANCE: SNCF Partenariat is to provide staff training to Chemins de la Fer de la Corse under a three-year technical assistance contract which began last month. Including safety, operations, train driving, rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance, the programme is intended to enable CFC to become self-sufficient in railway skills. CFC ...
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NewsDB orders first tranche of Pesa Link DMUs
GERMANY: Under a framework agreement signed last year with Pesa for the supply of up to 470 units, DB Regio has ordered 36 Link DMUs to operate passenger services on the Sauerland network. A 12-year contract awarded to DB by the transport authorities for Westfalen-Lippe, Rhein-Ruhr and northern Hesse covers ...