All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2011 – Page 3
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NewsWorld rolling stock market March 2011
Australia: In February UGL Rail announced contracts totalling A$225m to supply nine GE Evolution locomotives to Rio Tinto, an additional 25 Oscar EMUs to RailCorp, and 10 C44Aci locomotives and wagon maintenance services to Freightliner. Belarus: BC has placed a 8·1bn ruble order for six 620M single-car DMUs to ...
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NewsRFF backs Line E extension
FRANCE: Meeting on March 17, the board of Réseau Ferré de France confirmed its intention to press ahead with its plans for a western extension of Paris RER Line E, with a view to seeking a Declaration of Public Utility giving powers to build the line. Following public consultation between ...
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NewsBangkok to complete Blue Line loop
THAILAND: Mass Rapid Transit Authority has awarded a further package of civil works valued at 46·6bn baht covering construction of extensions to the Bangkok Blue Line heavy metro (table below). These works would see the completion of a loop connecting the existing termini at Bang Sue and Hua Lamphong via ...
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NewsWorld rail market March 2011
India: Indra and local partner Keltron have won a €6m contract to supply gates and contactless ticketing systems for Kolkata's North-South metro line. New Zealand: Consultancy GHD has been appointed to identify options for developing rail or bus transport to Auckland International Airport. Panama: Systra has been ...
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NewsRambol to undertake Trondheim - Oslo high speed rail study
NORWAY: National railway authority Jernbaneverket has appointed Danish engineering group Ramboll to assess the feasibility of constructing a high speed line between Trondheim and Oslo, one of six high speed rail schemes currently being considered for inclusion in the government's 2014-23 National Transport Plan. The study is to be completed ...
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NewsTaichung awards turnkey metro contract
TAIWAN: A 16·7 km automated metro is to be built in Taichung under a turnkey contract valued at ¥29·5bn, which was confirmed by the Taichung city government on March 9. Under consideration since 1990 and approved in 2004, the Green Line is the first of three routes for the proposed ...
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NewsTransContainer targets Eurasian transit market
KAZAKHSTAN: Russian intermodal freight operator TransContainer announced on March 21 that it had taken control of a majority stake in Kazakh container terminal operator JSC KedenTransService, with an eye to expanding rail’s share of the transit market for containers moving between Asia and Europe. As well as providing cargo handling ...
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NewsGlasgow Subway upgrade approved
UK: Driverless operation, new rolling stock and infrastructure upgrading are set to go ahead on the 1 220 mm gauge Glasgow Subway under a £290m renewal programme announced by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney confirmed on March 9 that following ‘careful consideration’ of ...
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NewsPreliminary engineering approvals for LA urban rail projects
USA: A $21·5m planning and engineering services contract for the Regional Connector light rail project in Los Angeles has been awarded to a joint venture led by AECOM. The scope of work encompasses advanced conceptual design and preliminary engineering, including the completion of environmental impact reports. The Regional Connector is ...
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NewsMadrid metro Line 2 extended to Las Rosas
SPAIN: Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid regional government, inaugurated an eastern extension of metro Line 2 from La Elipa to Las Rosas on March 16. The 4·6 km extension, with three intermediate stations at La Almudena, Alsacia and Avenida de Guadalajara, cost €315m and took 28 months to build. ...
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NewsERA recommends changes to Channel Tunnel safety regime
EUROPE: There is no intrinsic reason why trainsets with distributed traction should be banned from operating through the Channel Tunnel, according to a Technical Opinion issued by the European Railway Agency on March 21. The Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission had asked ERA to review its findings on proposed changes to ...
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NewsFirst congress on rail training
EUROPE: The Technical University of Madrid's Railway Technology Research Centre (Citef) will host the first World Congress on Railway Training on April 6-8. Entitled 'From Strategy to Performance', the congress has been organised at the behest of UIC with the support of its network of regional rail training centres. The ...
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NewsManchester Metrolink starts Phase 3b
UK: Construction work has started on a 3·9 km extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne, following a groundreaking ceremony held on March 8. This is the first of the projects included in Phase 3b of the network expansion programme to get underway. The work ...
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NewsWabtec wins Los Angeles PTC contract
USA: Wabtec Corp announced on March 22 that it had signed a $27m contract to provide equipment and services for the implementation of Positive Train Control on the Metrolink commuter rail network radiating from Los Angeles. The contract has been awarded by Parsons, which was selected by the Southern California ...
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NewsAnsaldo scoops Honolulu metro contract
USA: The award of two major contracts totalling $946m covering construction and fitting out of the elevated metro line in Honolulu was announced by the city’s mayor Peter Carlisle on March 21. The Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture, bringing together Finnmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda, has been selected as core ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market March 2011
Brazil: Engexata Engenharia has won a R$38·7m 18-month contract to build two light rail routes totalling 12·5 km with 11 stations in Sobral. Bom Sinal is supplying five two-car trains. Vale has awarded Uzminias contracts to build six bridges for the first phase of the Carajás railway project. ...
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NewsSino-Thai construction agreement edges closer
THAILAND: A framework agreement for a Memorandum of Understanding covering the construction of two standard-gauge inter-city corridors was approved by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on March 21. This marks the latest milestone in the Thai government’s efforts to agree its position ahead of ministerial negotiations with China to reach ...
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NewsMixed welcome for ERA ruling on Channel Tunnel safety
EUROPE: Welcoming the Technical Opinion on safety in the Channel Tunnel issued by the European Railway Agency on March 21, Deutsche Bahn’s Board Member, Passenger, Ulrich Homburg said he was ‘optimistic’ that the Intergovernmental Commission would approve the operation of ICE trainsets through the Tunnel in ‘early summer this year ...
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NewsPKP Cargo starts running into Germany
EUROPE: Just 24 h after the Polish government invited expressions of interest for the sale of a majority stake in PKP Cargo to a strategic investor, the state-owned freight operator announced on March 22 that it had started running its own trains on the German network. Up to now, PKP ...