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NewsIran shares railway expertise with Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Iranian Islamic Republic Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the Afghanistan Railway Authority with training to support its plans for railway development and expansion. RAI said Iran would send technical experts to advise on railway organisation, maintenance and construction, to help accelerate the development of the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2014
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport has given its approval to a SFr50m project to convert TPF’s 5·5 km Bulle - Broc-Fabrique branch from 1000 mm to 1435 mm gauge, to enable Fribourg RER services to be extended to Broc. Due to be executed in 2016-21, the project would be ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2014
China: CSR Sifang has awarded Paul Wurth Group a contract to automate a bogie assembly line in Qingdao to increase productivity to 10 bogies per shift Poland: Ernst & Young has been retained to advise on options for restructuring Polish regional train operator Przewozy Regionalne. Preliminary conclusions are expected ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2014
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport has approved plans to build a new Albula Tunnel on the RhB network. Work is expected to start in 2015 for completion in 2020 at a cost of SFr345m. The existing 5864 m bore dating from 1903 would be retained for safety purposes. Russia’s Freight ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
SNCF and DB have pledged to relaunch their apprentice exchange programme, 50 years after it was first introduced. The programme forms part of the formal training of apprentices at both groups, and also offers a ‘range of socio-cultural opportunities’ aimed at ‘broadening the horizons’ of young railway staff. Built ...
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Fitting the track to the trains Intelligence Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis 10th anniversary of the European Railway Agency Mixed fortunes in rail budgetsTank wagon safety changesA race to KošiceWestbahn quits CER Rail investment in the Philippines Traction ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2014
To increase freight capacity to and from the port of Sines, Portuguese infrastructure manager Refer is to build a passing loop able to accommodate trains up to 750 m long between Canal-Caveira and Azinheira dos Barros on the route between Lisboa and Sines. The Canadian government has extended the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2014
MÁV has introduced free wi-fi at Budapest’s Déli, Keleti and Nyugati stations, plus Debrecen and Keszthely, as well as on 700 coaches. Poland’s Podlaskie voivodship has awarded PR a 37m złoty contract to operate passenger services totalling 948000 train-km/year in 2015-16. TCDD’s Eskisehir Hasanbey Logistics Centre opened ...
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NewsWorld rail market May 2014
France: SNCF has awarded Armor-Lux a contract to supply new uniforms for 33000 customer-facing personnel. Netherlands: Thales is to install and maintain 153 ticket gates and 45 ticket vending machines on Amsterdam’s North-South metro line. The gates will feature a 3D camera instead of beam sensors, which Thales says ...
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NewsLevel crossing safety partnership
INTERNATIONAL: UIC and the Genève-based International Roads Union announced a partnership to promote improved level crossing safety on May 13. Organsied under the aegis of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety, the partners plan to compile jointly a Level Crossing Safety Checklist to raise awareness of ...
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NewsWorking more closely together
MIDDLE EAST: A number of joint committees are to be established by Saudi Railway Company and Etihad Rail to implement best practice in railway projects under a partnership accord signed in Abu Dhabi on May 10. The two railway companies foresee the partnership forming the basis for a wider programme ...
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NewsFeature articles in the May 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Ripples on the surface News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis It’s time to deploy: As railways around the world continue to install ERTMS, interoperable specifications are paving the way for further applications in Europe. Chris Jackson reports from the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2014
With the aim of taking work back in-house to reduce its reliance on contractors, Polish regional train operator Przewozy Regionalne is to invest 7m złoty in its rolling stock repair facility at Idzikowice on the CMK trunk line. Enhancements will include electrical equipment testing, door repair and train painting facilities. ...
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NewsWorld rail market April 2014
France: SNCF Gares & Connexions has awarded Selecta a 10-year contract to operate 2150 snack vending machines at 819 stations. RATP has awarded Thales a contract to supply CCTV for 1 000 Paris trams and buses. International: Faiveley is to supply platform screen doors for Ho Chi Minh ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2014
Turkey's transport minister attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a 40-month upgrade of the Konya - Karaman line on March 13. The 102 km route is being doubled and electrified, and the line speed raised from 120 km/h to 200 km/h. CSX is planning a 2014 capital investment programme totalling $2·3bn. ...
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NewsTrains across borders
Comparative studies on international co-operation in railway development By Dr Martin Schiefelbusch Reflecting that 'rail is today the mode of transport most negatively affected by the existence of borders within Europe', despite the Schengen agreement and a long history of co-operation, this book sets out to 'provide insights ...
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NewsAnalysing human factors
INTERNATIONAL: The UIC Safety Unit held a workshop entitled Human Factors in the Investigation of Accidents & Incidents during February, bringing together 56 participants from 25 UIC members. Also present were representatives from the Belgian Railway Accident & Incident Investigation Body and the University of Southern Denmark. Among the keynote ...
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NewsFeature articles in the April 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Making the most of freight capacity News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis Mixed messages in Brussels Turkish localisation drive takes offIf it ain’t broke, why fix it? Signalling & train control Master Plan targets 2022 Work is ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
A delegation of management and technical staff from Istanbul Ulasm has visited Barcelona metro operator TMB under a partnership to develop understanding of and competencies in automated metro operation. IU expects to open line M5, its first route with unattended ATO, by early 2016. Pakistan Railways has launched a ...