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NewsFeature articles in the January 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Cleaner, greener and leaner News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsRailway Directory 2016 published
INTERNATIONAL: Running to more than 800 pages, the 121st edition of Railway Directory provides a comprehensive overview of the world's railway industry in a single book, which is widely acknowledged as an indispensable source of information. Fully updated and expanded, the 2016 issue includes details of more than 22000 industry ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - December 2015
The timetable change on December 13 will see SNCF extend its network of Ouigo low-cost TGV services to Tourcoing, Nantes, Rennes, Le Mans, Angers , TGV Haute Picardie, Roissy Aéroport CDG 2 and Massy TGV. The port of Lübeck’s European Cargo Logistics and Green Cargo have agreed to co-operate ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - December 2015
Following discussions between DB, local authorities, environmental and community bodies, the German government has announced that the long-proposed Y-shaped new line from the Hannover area towards Hamburg and Bremen has been dropped in favour of the Alpha-E alternative of upgrading existing lines. With its remit expanded to cover motorways ...
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NewsFeature articles in the December 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Freedom of movement News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2015
France: RATP has awarded Faiveley Transport and Eiffage Energie Ferroviaire a €15m contract to supply platform screen doors for the four stations on the Paris metro Line 14 northern extension to Mairie de Saint-Ouen. Kazakhstan: Grandi Stazioni is to assist Vokzal Service in the modernisation of Astana, Almaty-1 and ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - November 2015
Czech open access operator LEO Express launched a LEO Express Easy feeder bus service between Mukacheve in Ukraine and Košice in Slovakia on October 16, connecting with its trains to Praha.On October 8 transport ministers from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia signed a letter of intent to establish an ...
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NewsDB launches training programme for refugees
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has launched a railway training scheme for refugees who have previous experience of electrical engineering. An initial group of 15 people originally from Nigeria, Eritrea, Congo, Iran, Algeria, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia have been selected for the programme, which runs for 28 months and starts with ...
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NewsFeature articles in the November 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment PTC standoff goes to the wire News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief October 2015
US customer group Consumers United for Rail Equality has been relaunched as Freight Rail Customer Alliance, with a wider remit to lobby government for 'competitive freight rail service and fair prices.' After a 10 year gap, Bulgaria's BDZ reintroduced dining cars on September 7. The initial service is on ...
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NewsWorld rail market October 2015
Algeria: Alstom has awarded Indra a €4·2m contract to supply magnetic and contactless fare collection systems for the Setif tramway. Australia: 4Tel passenger information systems using track circuit and GPS data are being insalled on V/Line’s Bendigo Line. Germany: DB Netz has licensed SBB’s Rail Control System train ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief October 2015
Russian Railways and Yingkou Port Group have signed a memorandum of co-operation to create logistics centres in Moscow and Yingkou and a joint venture to manage cross-border cargo clearance and port transhipment. An internal restructuring of Danish national passenger operator DSB came into effect from September 1, creating ...
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NewsFeature articles in the October 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Time to rise above the hot air News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations ...
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NewsScandinavian rendezvous at Nordic Rail 2015
SWEDEN: More than 300 exhibitors from 25 countries across Europe, the USA and China will be assembling in Jönköping this month for the Nordic Rail exhibition on October 6-8. Marking its 20th anniversary this year, Scandinavia’s biennial railway trade fair was launched in 1995, and since 2007 it has ...
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NewsHigh speed line to Essaouira planned
MOROCCO: The government has issued a Declaration of Public Utility for the development of a second high speed line, which would link Marrakech with the coastal city of Essaouira. National railway ONCF has been tasked with leading the planning and design of the railway, including assessing land acquisition requirements. Covering ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - September 2015
To improve links between the Trans-Siberian and BAM routes, Russian Railways has opened the 3·4 km Avda – Gromadsk spur, built at a cost of 1·7bn roubles and including a 550 m curved viaduct with a 4 m height difference between the ends. A twice-weekly intermodal service from ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2015
Iran: In partnership with Garivekan and Zitron, Indra is to supply its Horus tunnel monitoring and control package for Mashhad metro Line 2. Luxembourg: Luxtram has awarded a consortium of Transdev, Transamo and Nantes operator Semitan a three-year contract to provide operational assistance for the Luxembourg light rail line ...
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NewsPassenger trains return to the Scottish borders
UK: The first public passenger trains for 46 years ran between Edinburgh and Tweedbank on September 6, when revenue services began over the 48 route-km Borders Railway. The launch of revenue service comes amid a week of celebrations marking the reopening of approximately a third of the former Edinburgh – ...
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NewsFeature articles in the September 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Controlling the future News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsNational Training Academy for Rail accreditation
UK: Expected to open later this year, the UK's National Training Academy for Rail near Northampton has reached an agreement with engineering certification organisation EAL covering 39 of its planned courses. Backed by the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering, NTAR is located beside the Siemens rolling stock maintenance depot ...