All News articles – Page 149
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Systra doing well
GROUPE Systra recorded a net income of k7m on turnover of k205?4m in 2006, up 20% on the previous calendar year. The engineering consultancy subsidiary of SNCF and RATP now employs around 1 300 people, and recorded ’favourable’ results at Systra SA, MVA in Britain and Asia, Systra Consulting in ...
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Morocco's rail renaissance takes a major step forward
The renewal of Morocco's railway is now proceeding rapidly with the start of work on major projects that will determine the future shape of the network. As well as providing major investment, the government is restructuring the national operator to facilitate the involvement of the private sector in both new ...
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Market April 2007
Australia: Australian Rail Track Corp has awarded Union Switch & Signal a A$7m contract to supply its Phoenix train control system for the Network Control Centre South in Junee, New South Wales, which is to be completed in August. Europe: In February Mitsui Rail Capital Europe ordered seven G1206 diesel-hydraulic ...
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Metros April 2007
Canada: The tram route along St Clair Avenue West between Yonge Street and Vaughan Road in Toronto reopened on February 18, following a rebuild to segregate tracks in the median. The C$65m project to modernise the route will be completed in 2009. Turbo Power Systems has won a US$8m order ...
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Intelligence April 2007
China: Work is due to begin this month on the construction of a privately-funded 29 km freight railway between Pengzhou and Bailu in Sichuan province. Sichuan Dezhong Investment Construction Co has a 30-year Build-Operate-Transfer agreement for the 420m yuan line which will serve customers including a cement works, ethylene plant ...
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Pointers April 2007
The Russian Academy of Transport is to develop standards for high speed operations on 1 520 mm gauge railways, to allow compatible developments across the CIS countries. Chattanooga Enterprise Center has appointed Arcadis to undertake a statefunded study into the feasibility of constructing a high speed maglev on a ...
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Finance April 2007
Australia: On March 15 Minister for Transport & Regional Services Mark Vaile announced the federal government’s approval of a A$78m 10-year rescue package and works programme for Tasmania’s railways. The 1 067 mm gauge lines between Hobart, Launceston and Burnie will be upgraded under a plan announced in December 2005, ...
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Desert riches fuel network revival
Greater political stability and a measure of prosperity are returning to Algeria, with revenues from oil and gas helping to pay for an ambitious programme to rebuild and expand the rail network. Murray Hughes reports
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Finance March 2007
China: On January 30 the World Bank approved a US$200m loan towards doubletracking and partial realignment of the Lupanshui – Zhanyi section of the Guiyang to Kunming railway. This will increase capacity to accommodate growing business from western China. Europe: Eurofima reported a net profit of SFr45·4m in 2006, ...
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Intelligence March 2007
Australia: A replacement 200 m bridge across the Murrumbidgee at Wagga Wagga in New South Wales was opened on January 3. The A$16m project undertaken by Arenco under ARTC's A$2·4bn North South Rail Investment programme allowed an increase in running speed from 20 to 80 km/h. Belgium: Infrabel has ...
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Rail cuts CO2 emissions by 20%
UK OPERATORS have been criticised in recent years for buying trains that are heavier and use more energy per seat-km than those they replace. Key factors have been crashworthiness, retention toilets, air-conditioning and the need to accommodate wheelchairs. This, it is claimed even by transport ministers, has increased kWh/seat-km and ...
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Market March 2007
Angola: ÅF Group's SwedeRail business has been appointed to provide the National Railway Institute with technical assistance for the restructuring of railway legislation. Australia: Union Switch & Signal has won a contract to supply signalling and other asset protection systems for the Lang Hancock Railway in Western Australia. The ...
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Metros March 2007
Argentina: Alstom has been awarded a contract to provide signalling and a control centre for the 3·6 km extension of Buenos Aires metro Line A from Primera Junta to Nazca. Under a two-stage programme, work on the extension is scheduled for completion by December 2008. Canada: Toronto Transit Commission ...
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People March 2007
Michael Clausecker took over as General Manager of Unife on February 1, replacing Drewin Nieuwenhuis who agreed to leave under a mutual understanding' with the board. Clausecker became Chairman of Waggonbau Niesky in 1993, before joining Siemens in 1999 with worldwide responsibility for locomotives. In 2001 he was appointed General ...
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Santiago Line 5 grows
PRESIDENT Michelle Bachelet of Chile joined Transport Minister Sergio Espejo and Santiago Metro President Blas Tomic on January 25 to mark the start of work on a 14·2 km extension of Line 5 from Quinta Normal to Plaza de Maipú. Running for 10·2 km in tunnel and 4 km on ...
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NewsOpen access high speed bid
BIDS ARE due to close around February 28 for supply and maintenance of a fleet of 25 high speed trains, with an option for up to 10 more sets. A group of four leading Italian businessmen is planning to launch services on three domestic routes in competition with Trenitalia. ...
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Madrid action plan
ON JANUARY 22 a package of measures to ease overcrowding and improve service reliability on Madrid Metro Line 6 was announced by Elvira Rodr?guez, Minister for Transport & Infrastructure in the Madrid regional government. On the busiest section of Line 6 between Plaza El?ptica and Avenida de Am?rica, 50 staff ...
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ADIF awards
SPANISH infrastructure authority ADIF has awarded contracts for civil works on three sections of the high speed line between Madrid and Valencia, all lying between the capital and Cuenca. A joint venture of Constructora San Jos? and Arci?n is building the 21?5?km Oca?a - Villarrubia section under a contract worth ...
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Two cities adopt smart tickets
TICKETING: Affiliated Computer Services announced on February 12 that it had won a US$14m three-year contract from Marseille Provence Metropole to implement a multi-operator and multi-modal contactless ticketing system across the city. ACS will deploy its Atlas multi-operator system in partnership with Spie. Implementation will allow a single smart card ...
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Bangkok growth goes ahead
A 165bn baht programme for expansion of Bangkok’s metro network has been approved by the government of Thailand. The latest package calls for construction of five routes totalling 118?km. The government’s final decision comes after the Cabinet gave its backing to the scheme at a meeting in November (RG 12.06 ...