All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2012 – Page 2
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NewsAmey awarded Great Western electrification contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Amey a five-year contract to install 25 kV 50 Hz electrification on the Great Western Main Line. The contract covers the line from Maidenhead near London to Bristol and Cardiff, along with the routes to Newbury and Oxford. Announcing the contract on March 26, Amey ...
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NewsGlasgow Subway upgrade funding package completed
UK: The Scottish Government has confirmed the allocation of up to £246m to complete the funding package for a major modernisation of Glasgow’s 1 220 mm gauge small-profile metro. A further £41·5m is to be provided by transport authority Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. The upgrading programme is ...
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NewsKuwait invites first expressions of interest in metro contracts
KUWAIT: Government procurement agency the Partnerships Technical Bureau has invited expressions of interest in the Integrated Rolling Stock & Systems contract, a public-private partnership deal covering the provision and maintenance of rolling stock, a depot, signalling, electrification and control systems for the planned Kuwait Metropolitan Rapid Transit System. The KMRT ...
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Jean-François Michotte
Jean-François Michotte has been appointed Managing Director of Syntigo, the IT and telecommunications division of SNCB Holding, succeeding Giovanni Palmier.
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NewsJICA to fund Cairo metro Line 4
EGYPT: Less than a month after the opening of the first stage of Cairo Line 3, the National Authority for Tunnels has authorised the start of work on the capital's fourth metro route. On March 19 Minister of Transport Dr Galal Moustafa Mohamed Said signed a loan agreement with the ...
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NewsWaging war on litter
SWITZERLAND: Three days' worth of litter was collected by staff at Zürich Hauptbahnhof and put on public display to mark the launch of SBB's campaign to keep the network tidy. Noting that there has been 'a recent increase' in the amount of rubbish left on trains and at stations, SBB ...
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NewsResponding to market conditions
TRINITY INDUSTRIES: 'Our companies are responding well as economic conditions change', said Trinity Industries Chairman, CEO & President Timothy R Wallace, when the 2011 last quarter and full-year results were presented on February 15. ‘We continue to see consistent demand for railcars that resulted in a US$2·1bn increase in order ...
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NewsHigh speed programme axed
PORTUGAL: The Ministry of Economy & Employment announced on March 21 that the country's high speed programme had been 'definitively abandoned'. This followed a ruling by the Court of Auditors that the concession awarded to the ELOS consortium to build the eastern section of the Lisboa - Madrid route between ...
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NewsSydney monorail to be scrapped
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced on March 23 that it had paid A$19·8m to acquire light rail and monorail owner Metro Transport Sydney, clearing the way for the monorail to be removed to accommodate the new Sydney International Convention Exhibition & Entertainment Precinct. The deal will also simplify ...
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NewsCN announces locomotive acquisition programme
CANADA: Canadian National announced orders for 161 locomotives on March 22, saying the acquisition programme would accommodate anticipated traffic growth and improve operational efficiency. CN has ordered 35 GE Transportation ES44AC and 30 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe locomotives for delivery in 2013-14. Intended to haul coal trains on demanding steeply-graded and ...
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Axel Marschall
Axel Marschall has been confirmed as the permanent replacement for Karsten Sachsenröder as Head of Sales at DB Schenker Rail.
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NewsAtkins awarded Mälarbanan upgrade design contract
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has appointed Atkins to undertake design work for a major upgrade of the Mälarbanan route to increase rail capacity in the greater Stockholm region. Inter-city, regional and commuter services on the Stockholm - Västerås - Örebro route use the same pair of tracks over the 20 km between ...
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NewsDSB seeks to exit Göteborg contract
SWEDEN: Danish state passenger operator DSB is seeking early termination of its contract to operate commuter and regional services around Göteborg on behalf of transport authority Västtrafik. Jacob Kjær, Acting Chief Executive of DSB and Chairman of its Swedish subsidiary DSB Väst, said that the services were reliable and punctual, ...
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NewsCSR to build Express Rail Link train fleet
CHINA: CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co announced on March 21 that it had been selected to supply high speed trainsets for the 146 km Express Rail Link which will connect Hong Kong with Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The contract is still to be signed, but will cover nine ...
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NewsFinding the next generation
WEBINAR: 'For rail, the time is now. It is time to seize the moment', emphasised Bentley Systems Senior Director Steve Jolley, during Railway Gazette’s latest webinar, broadcast live from the London Stock Exchange on March 21. Now available to watch on demand, the webinar discussed the growing demographic crisis in ...
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NewsStudy highlights potential diesel savings
UK: A study commissioned from Ricardo and TRL by the Department for Transport has proposed a variety of upgrades to improve the fuel efficiency of diesel multiple-units and EMD Class 66 locomotives. While containing little that is new in technology terms, the report strengthens the business case for including efficiency ...
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Ruud Haket
Ruud Haket has been appointed Managing Director of the Greater Anglia franchise in the UK, which was transferred from National Express to Abellio on February 5.
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NewsWork begins on £128m Midland Metro expansion project
UK: Work has now begun on a £128m project to increase capacity on the Midland Metro light rail line and extend the route 1·3 km through central Birmingham, following the signing of contracts for a new tram fleet and related depot enhancement works. Transport Minister Norman Baker announced the final ...
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NewsParis Saint-Lazare station reborn
FRANCE: A day of celebrations including dancers, horseriders and art activities for children on March 21 marked the completion of a 10-year programme to refurbish Saint-Lazare station in Paris. Undertaken at a total cost of €250m, this has been 'the largest station renovation project undertaken by SNCF for 15 ...
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NewsDemonstration high speed freight train links Lyon and London
EUROPE: The vision of a network of high speed freight trains carrying express parcels and other premium consignments across Europe moved a step closer on March 21, when a demonstration train from Lyon Saint-Exupéry and Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airports arrived at London's St Pancras International station. The trial run was organised ...