All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2014
All articles published this month.
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NewsDoha Gold Line design and construction awarded
QATAR: Qatar Rail has awarded a €3·2bn contract for the design and construction of the Doha metro Gold Line to a consortium of Larsen & Toubro, Aktor, Yapi Merkezi, STFA Group and Al Jaber Engineering. The east-west Gold Line is to be completed by 2019 as part of Phase 1 ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
SJ is to use JDA Demand and JDA Rail Price Optimizer software to develop its forecasting and dynamic pricing strategies. ‘We needed a smarter, more dynamic revenue management approach to not only replace our manual processes, but one that would also streamline and automate our processes to better keep ...
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NewsElia takes charge as FS reports successful year
ITALY: RFI Chief Executive Michele Mario Elia has been nominated as the next Chief Executive of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, in succession to Mauro Moretti who was named head of the Finmeccanica group in April. The appointment was announced at the FS Group annual shareholders meeting in Roma on May ...
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NewsPhiladelphia station redevelopment plan launched
USA: A consortium led by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrell has been selected to work up development proposals for Amtrak’s 30th Street station in Philadelphia. To be completed within two years, the joint master plan has been commissioned by Amtrak, for whom the station is a significant driver of Northeast ...
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Metro Report InternationalEdinburgh tramway opens
UK: The Edinburgh tramway was officially opened on May 30, ahead of the start of regular passenger services the following day. ‘The tram project has been hugely challenging for the people of Edinburgh but now there seems to be a growing positivity in the city about ...
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NewsGovernor launches Indiana Gateway project
USA: Indiana governor Mike Pence joined FRA Deputy Administrator Karen Hedlund, Amtrak's Chief of State Contracts Michael Franke and Norfolk Southern Assistant Vice-President Jeff Harris at Hammond on May 29 to mark the start of work on the US$71·4m Indiana Gateway project. This is intended to relieve congestion and accelerate ...
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NewsUpgraded stock to work ČD’s Praha – Hamburg services
CZECH REPUBLIC: State-owned passenger operator ČD has called bids for the refurbishment of EuroCity and InterCity coaches to be used on Praha – Berlin – Hamburg services from the December 2015 timetable change. The move follows the signing of a collaboration agreement between ČD and DB on May 22 for ...
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NewsWuxi metro begins trial operation
CHINA: The first metro line in Wuxi started trial operation on May 26, ahead of an official opening in late June. The 29 km Line 1 runs from Yanqiao to Changguangxi with 22 intermediate stations, including the main line station. Most of the route is underground, with ...
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NewsSingapore orders driverless trains for combined line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 91 four-car driverless trainsets from a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang for S$749m. The trainsets are to be used on the Thomson and Eastern Region lines, which will be operated as one line when both have been completed. Kawasaki ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2014
To increase freight capacity to and from the port of Sines, Portuguese infrastructure manager Refer is to build a passing loop able to accommodate trains up to 750 m long between Canal-Caveira and Azinheira dos Barros on the route between Lisboa and Sines. The Canadian government has extended the ...
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NewsLOROL to operate TfL’s West Anglia routes
UK: Transport for London has selected London Overground Rail Operations Ltd as interim operator of the West Anglia routes in northeast London that are to be transferred to TfL from next year. LOROL will operate services currently run by Abellio Greater Anglia from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt ...
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NewsTraxx ME handed over in Bayern
GERMANY: The first of eight multi-engined Traxx P160DE diesel locomotives being built for Sudostbayernbahn services by Bombardier was formally handed over in Müldorf on May 23. SOB ordered the 2 252 kW Class 245 locomotives under a framework contract for up to 200 locos placed by DB Regio in April ...
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NewsSerco wins 15-year Caledonian Sleeper franchise
UK: Serco has won a 15-year franchise to operate the Caledonian Sleeper service between London and various Scottish destinations from April 2015, replacing incumbent FirstGroup.At present, two trains operate in each directions on six nights per week; a ‘lowland’ service connecting London Euston with Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and a ...
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NewsMelbourne awards depot development contract
AUSTRALIA: Melbourne tram operator Yarra Trams announced on May 28 the go-ahead for ‘the biggest tram depot redevelopment’ in the city’s history. Under the A$190m project, part of the historic Preston Workshops will be transformed into a state-of-the-art facility to provide stabling, operational and maintenance facilities for the E-Class trams ...
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NewsCharlotte track contract
USA: The City of Charlotte has selected Balfour Beatty Infrastructure to undertake track and systems work for the Charlotte Area Transit System LYNX Blue Line extension and the Blue Line Capacity Expansion Project. The $131m contract covers construction of ballasted track, overhead catenary and 11 traction substations, as well as ...
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NewsVandalism delays Eskisehir – Gebze high speed opening
TURKEY: A series of vandalism incidents has delayed the opening of the next section of the 570 km Istanbul – Ankara high speed corridor, the Transport Ministry confirmed in a statement on May 26.Opening of the next section of the line was expected in the first quarter of 2014, covering ...
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NewsSiemens to renew signalling on Wien metro Line U4
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien has awarded Siemens a €40m contract to modernise signalling on Wien metro Line U4 as part of the city’s NEU4 project to improve service and reliability of the line. The scope of the work includes installation of LZB513 automatic train control, and replacement of five SpDrS-60U ...
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NewsCrossrail flyover launched
UK: On May 27 Crossrail Ltd announced that work had been completed to launch a 120 m long bridge weighing 1 000 tonnes into position over the Great Western Main Line at Stockley in west London. The bridge forms part of an additional flyover that is being built to avoid ...
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NewsDB International to open Indian office
INDIA: DB International is to open an office in Bangalore following its appointment as quality and safety consultant for the Kochi metro. ‘This initiative has strategic significance in light of the continuing process of globalisation and the rising prominence of the Indian market’, said DB International Chairman Niko Warbanoff, ...
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NewsAvenio takes a bow
NETHERLANDS: The first of 60 Avenio low-floor LRVs being supplied to Den Haag’s urban transport operator HTM by Siemens was demonstrated to the customer’s senior management at the Wildenrath test centre on May 22. The visitors were able to ride car 5001 while it was being put through its paces ...