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Spanish tenders approved
THE SPANISH cabinet has given its approval for tenders to be called for the construction of 5·64 km of high speed line running in tunnel between Sants and Sagrera in Barcelona (RG 7.07 p405). A budget of €246·2m has been set for the work, which is expected to take 32 ...
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Intelligence August 2007
Argentina: Buenos Aires suburban operator TBA has introduced three air-conditioned nine-car trainsets on the Sarmiento route, under a 318m pesos programme to refurbish 125 EMU cars funded by the government. Australia: On June 19 Victorian Minister for Roads & Ports Tim Pallas announced that Leighton Contractors had won a A$116m ...
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Stadler established in tram sector
STADLER Rail Group has reported a 2006 turnover of SFr787m, up 30% on 2005’s figure of SFr604m. Incoming orders for the year totalled SFr1·4bn. Production capacity was increased to meet demand, with the number of staff increasing from 1430 to 1990. The company believes it has firmly established its place ...
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Afghan rebuild underway
AFGHANISTAN: Ceremonies were held at Towraghondi in Afghanistan and Serhetabat in Turkmenistan on July 11, marking the start of work to rehabilitate 2 km of cross-border railway. The cost of the reconstruction is put at US$550 000, which Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Afghan President Hamid Karzai his country will ...
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Railway Gazette moves to new office
Following its transfer to the DVV Media Group, the Railway Gazette group has moved to new offices with effect from Monday June 9. All editorial, advertising and subscription enquiries should now be addressed to: Railway Gazette InternationalDVV Media UK LtdNINE, Sutton Court RoadSutton, SurreySM1 4SZGreat Britain Tel: +44 20 8652 ...
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SNCF confirms Duplex order
Meeting on June 27 the SNCF board approved the award to Alstom Transport of a €2·1bn order for a further 80 double-deck TGV Duplex trainsets, which will bring the Duplex fleet to 212 units. The contract also includes an option for up to 40 additional sets. Due for delivery ...
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News100% regeneration at c2c
TO EMPHASISE its claim as the only UK train operating company to have 100% of its fleet capable of regenerative braking, c2c unveiled Electrostar No 357 010 in a distinctive green livery at London Fenchurch Street station on June 4. The fleet of 74 Class 357s is now exceeding ...
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NewsThrusting forward in a changing diesel market
VOITH AG is committed to a strategy of steadily increasing its role in the worldwide traction market. At its 'Fit for the Future' customer day in Würzburg, Voith Turbo set out its ambition to deliver all components needed for propulsion, including drive shafts and axle gears. The company is seeking ...
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NewsOrbita shows the way to optimised maintenance
Focused and dynamic performance data is helping operators to improve rolling stock reliability and optimise predictive maintenance.
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NewsDuoTrack cuts cabling costs
'THIS IS a cost-efficient solution, not a cheap solution', notes Harald Büthe, Nexans' Product Development Engineer, of the DuoTrack cabling application that Nexans is introducing on the Odenwaldbahn in Hesse, Germany. DuoTrack is a trunk cabling installation process that incorporates not only a cable, but also all the related ...
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NewsGE unveils hybrid locomotive
GENERAL Electric officially unveiled its prototype hybrid road switcher at Los Angeles Union Station on May 24, one of the first outings of a locomotive which GE says has taken five years and $250m to develop. Numbered 2010 to indicate the year when GE plans to roll out its first ...
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Pointers July 2007
The month a six-member committee of transport officials appointed by Bangladesh's caretaker government will complete a report recommending strategies for improving passenger transport and accelerating the development of the railway network. A consultants' report has advised double tracking the Dhaka - Chittagong route and constructing a more direct line to ...
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Serco preferred bidder for Dubai metro operations contract
DUBAI'S Roads & Transport Authority named Serco as preferred bidder for the contract to operate and maintain the first two lines of the Dubai Metro on June 19. The contract is valued at more than £400m over 12½ years, and begins this summer with a pre-launch consultancy and planning ...
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Level crossings pose the widest risk
THE DEATH of 11 people in a collision between an inter-city DMU and a lorry at Kerang in Victoria on June 5 is another regrettable addition to the growing list of fatal level crossing accidents. In the Australian state alone, 65 people have died in level crossing incidents over the ...
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Thales consolidation takes shape
'GROUND Transportation is a core activity at the heart of Thales' strategy', confirmed Senior Vice-President Jean-Paul Lepeytre on May 23, during a presentation in Helsinki to outline developments since the company took over the Alcatel Transportation Systems business in January (RG 6.06 p361). Identifying the company's role as a ...
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Egis Rail launched
FRENCH rail and public transport engineering consultancy Semaly was officially relaunched as Egis Rail on June 1, following a restructuring of the rail activities within the Egis group. Since the former Lyon transport engineering arm was privatised in 1992, Semaly has been 77% owned by Egis - which is itself ...
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Europe's private freight operators under siege
THE NEWS that Deutsche Bahn has been actively discussing acquisition of the UK's largest freight carrier, English Welsh & Scottish Railway, and is considering a 'partnership' with Fret SNCF, which lost €840m in 2006, has once again set alarm bells ringing among the fledgling private sector rail freight operators in ...
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Green Goats penned
RAILPOWER Technologies Corp issued a statement on June 1 recalling 59 diesel-battery locos from the GG-series, including Green Kids and generation I, II and III models, and requesting that owners temporarily cease operating them. The action was triggered by a fire in a Green Goat in Texas on May 30. ...
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African locomotive arrivals
THIS MONTH Sifang Loco & Rolling Stock Co will deliver to Angola the last of eight SDD6 diesel locos ordered for Luanda railway. Services on the 424 km line from the capital to Malange and the 55 km branch to Dondo are expected to be fully restored later this year, ...
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Low sulphur
MTA Metro-North Railroad's diesel locomotives are to be switched to ultra-low sulphur fuel by January 2008, five years ahead of a deadline set by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The railway estimates that adoption of the fuel will result in a 13% reduction in hydrocarbon emissions, a 6% cut in ...