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Sudan - Uganda link
AFRICA: The transport ministers of Uganda and Sudan signed a memorandum of understanding at the end of August establishing a Joint Ministerial Transport Commission to implement road upgrading and the construction of a 920 km rail link. The line will run from the Ugandan network at Gulu, via Nimule and ...
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Base tunnel nears completion
SPAIN: Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero joined Development Minister Magadalena Álvarez on September 13 to witness the holing-through of the eastern bore of the Pajares base tunnel. Forming part of 49·7 km of new alignment being built at a cost of €2·39bn between La Robla and Pola de Lena, ...
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NewsNews in Brief - October 2008
The planned merger of CD Cargo and ZSSK Cargo was endorsed by Czech and Slovak Prime Ministers Mirek Topolánek and Robert Fico on August 21. They agreed that both countries would have an equal stake in senior management after the merger, which has been under negotation since October 2007 (RG ...
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NewsPPP bids submitted
FRANCE: RFF confirmed on September 15 that it had received three bids for the PPP concession to build and maintain the 300 km Tours – Bordeaux high speed line, which is expected to reduce Paris – Bordeaux journeys to 2 h by 2016. This is one of four high ...
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NewsGröna Tåget spawns ECO4
SWEDEN: In an ongoing research project, Bombardier has started testing permanent-magnet traction motors as part of its strategy to develop more environmentally-friendly trains. Dr Harry Hondius reports from a 245 km/h test run between Stockholm and Västerås.
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NewsOpposition favours high speed line over third Heathrow runway
UK: Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers announced on September 28 that Britain’s Conservative Party favoured construction of a high-speed north-south rail link instead of building a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. Linking Heathrow with St Pancras, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, the ambitious scheme would see ...
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NewsRFF seeks Nîmes – Montpellier offers
FRANCE: RFF has released a request for expressions of interest in the construction and management, through a public-private partnership, of the Nîmes – Montpellier bypass. The 70 km bypass follows a new alignment to connect the existing TGV Méditerranée route with the high speed line currently being built from Barcelona ...
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NewsFugger Express is ready to roll
GERMANY: A party last month marked the arrival of the first EMUs to operate quasi-S-Bahn services radiating from Augsburg.
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NewsDB flotation planned for October 27
On September 26 Deutsche Bahn AG confirmed its plans for the partial flotation of the operating business DB Mobility Logistics AG. The first day of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will be October 27, when 24·9% of DB ML shares will go on offer to public and private investors. ...
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Tri-city RER to serve airport
POLAND: A contract to undertake a feasibility study for a suburban rail network in the Tri-city region of Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot was due to be awarded last month, following acceptance of the initial proposal by Poland's Ministry of Regional Development. The study should be completed by July 2009, ...
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Air freight takes to the rails
EUROPE: The Eurocarex consortium has unveiled plans to order a fleet of dedicated trainsets in time to launch high speed freight trains in 2012. The prospect of high speed rail freight services linking some of Europe’s major airports is moving closer, after the partners in the Eurocarex project signed a ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market September 2008
Argentina: Tenders have been called for accessibility and other improvements at 22 Buenos Aires suburban stations, divided into two packages totalling 60m pesos. Also funded under a US$132m World Bank programme for 2008-10, an underpass is to be constructed within a budget of 42·5m pesos to replace a level crossing ...
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NewsKashmir Valley line nears completion
INDIA: Building a railway deep into the heart of one of the world’s most inaccessible regions is a huge challenge for the surveying, design and construction teams.
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2008
Australia: Victoria state premier John Brumby has announced an order for a further nine three -car Bombardier VLocity DMUs to boost capacity on the V/Line network, along with an extra centre car to lengthen an existing two-car unit. Croatia: During June TŽV Gredelj delivered eight modernized passenger cars to ...
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NewsInfrabel consults on Brussels bottleneck
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has initiated a public debate on ways to expand the capacity of the busy Brussels Junction railway linking Nord and Midi stations through the heart of the capital. Director-General Luc Lallemand says the additional capacity will be needed by 2020 at the latest, and he puts ...
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NewsHybrid DMU drive takes shape
INNOTRANS: Diesel engine specialist MTU Friedrichshafen unveiled a full-size mock-up of its proposed hybrid drive package for diesel multiple-units at InnoTrans in Berlin on September 25. MTU is working with an un-named partner to develop the hybrid traction package, which will be based on the existing PowerPack 6H 1800 underfloor ...
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High speed boosts share
SPAIN: On August 1 Renfe reported that the number of passengers carried by high speed services between Madrid and Barcelona had, compared to the same period in 2007, increased by 84·5% since February 20 when trains began using 1435 mm gauge infrastructure throughout (RG 3.08 p121). Having increased its ...
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Developing the delta
CHINA: 'When roads reach capacity, rail becomes the cheapest and fastest solution’, believes Ma Xiangming, Chief Engineer at the Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning & Design Institute, adding that the current lack of railway capacity risks holding back economic development in the Pearl River Delta. Chinese Railways has already quadrupled ...
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NewsRegional EMU is poised to enter service
GERMANY: The first Desiro Main Line EMU ordered by Angel Trains for use on Trans Regio’s MittelRhein service between Köln and Koblenz is now on test; Dr Harry Hondius rides the first four-car set at Wildenrath.
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A pioneer of innovation and sustainability
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