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NewsWorld rail market January 2015
France: Thales is to supply a contactless ticketing system for Bordeaux under a 10-year contract. RATP has signed an agreement with mobile phone operator Free that will see 3G and 4G coverage rolled out across the stations and trains of the Paris metro as well as RER lines A ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - January 2015
Following an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Polish rail market in 2013, Czech open access passenger operator Leo Express has launched a daily Bohumín – Kraków bus connecting with its Praha – Bohumín trains and offering a similar level of comfort including wi-fi, drinks and newspapers. Work is ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - January 2015
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Finance and Ex-Im Bank of China have signed a credit agreement to complete the 40·7 km Vahdat – Yovon section of the Dushanbe – Qurghonteppa line by 2016. Indian Railways is planning to expand the use of RFID technology for wagon identification, following a successful pilot ...
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NewsFeature articles in the January 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Time to be ambitious again News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis JR Kyushu flotation in prospect Danish IC4 DMU saga rumbles on Asian rivals eye Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed contracts Europe Creeping towards a messy compromise? ...
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NewsWorld rail market December 2014
Afghanistan: AfRA has extended from 300 km to 700 km the scope of a feasibility study for a northern west–east rail corridor which is being undertaken by Canarail and Appleton Consulting under a contract awarded in December 2013. Phase 1 now covers a route from Aqina (for Turkmenistan) to Mazar-i-Sharif ...
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NewsRailway Directory 2015
INTERNATIONAL: Marking its 120th year of publication, the latest edition of Railway Directory includes extensively-updated listings and contact details for almost 5 000 companies and organisations around the world. Covering every sector of the railway industry, it includes details of around 22 000 senior executives. Separate sections cover government and ...
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NewsModi opens railway to Mendipathar
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu and other dignitaries at a ceremony in the northeastern city of Guwahati on November 29, marking the opening of the railway to Mendipathar. Dispatching the inaugural train remotely from Railway Stadium in Guwahati, Modi outlined the ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2014
Poland: Scheidt & Bachmann has a 5·7m złoty contract to supply PKP PLK with a control centre simulator which will enable staff to be trained to handle emergency scenarios. Slovakia: National passenger operator ZSSK has awarded sole bidder Wagon Slovakia Košice a €15·4m four-year contract to provide onboard services ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - November 2014
The presidents of Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan ceremonially launched construction of the standard gauge line from Malaba in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda on October 8. With CSR now delivering 30 six-car EMUs for the Mitre commuter network, Argentina’s Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo has ...
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NewsFeature articles in the November 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment InnoTrans: value the chance conversation News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis SNCF President Guillaume Pepy sets out his strategy Late change in nomination for EU Transport Commissioner Growing safely in the USA Restructuring Polish regional railKošice race hots upAn intelligent ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - November 2014
Polish freight operator ITL Polska has been renamed Captrain Polska. The UK Department for Transport has confirmed it intends to negotiate a direct award contract for FirstGroup to continue to operate Great Western services for 3½ years from September 2015, with an optional extension of ...
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NewsItalian government to assess FS Group privatisation options
ITALY: The Ministry of Economics & Finance is to ‘consider the various feasible options’ for the privatisation of some or all of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group, its Managing Director Michele Mario Elia said in Brussels on November 5. Speaking on the fringes of the European Rail Summit, Elia ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
Argentina’s Minister for Transport & the Interior Florencio Randazzo has welcomed the first class of 24 graduates to complete an internship course entitled ‘Reviving the Railway Generation’. The course has been hosted at the National Technical University and the University of San Martín. Randazzo said that recovering the skills and ...
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NewsWorld rail market October 2014
Belgium: Danobat is to supply an underfloor wheel lathe for De Lijn’s Oostende tram depot. Germany: Nomad Digital is to supply wi-fi equipment for 20 Alstom Coradia EMUs ordered for use on Elektro-Netz Niedersachsen-Ost services. Poland: BillBird is rolling out electric invoicing for PKP Cargo. PR has ...
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NewsRailway research stepped up
NORTH KOREA: Investment in research to develop local skills in locomotive production, track components and IT systems has been stepped up in North Korea, reports the State Academy of Sciences. SAS’s Branch Academy of Railway Science subsidiary has achieved ‘many successes’ in developing IT-based processes for rail transport, and it ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - October 2014
Bosnia’s two railway companies have agreed to operate 10 trains/day carrying ore from Omarska to ArcelorMittal’s Zenica steelworks, with trains to be increased from 1150 to 1450 tonnes to improve efficiency. RFF has begun work to reopen the 25 km Oloron – Bedous route to passenger traffic, disused since ...
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NewsFeature articles in the October 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the October 2014 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 Money, money, money News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsNational College for High Speed Rail locations announced
UK: The National College for High Speed Rail is to have its headquarters in Birmingham and a second site in Doncaster, the government announced on September 30. The NCHSR is planned to open in 2017, to provide specialist vocational training for engineers to work on High Speed 2 and future ...
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NewsInnoTrans Daily 2014
Railway Gazette has once again produced the InnoTrans Daily on behalf of Messe Berlin, in association with Eurailpress and DVV Media Group. A pdf of each issue of this free newspaper, featuring coverage of the show highlights in both English and German, can be viewed by clicking the links below: ...