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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 ...
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NewsWorld rail market March 2014
France: SNCF has appointed Nomosphère to provide wi-fi for passengers at 128 stations by the end of February 2015. Free access will be funded by advertising on the portal managed by Métropolis. Germany: Scheidt & Bachmann is to supply AKN Eisenbahn with FareGo Sales ST|40 ticket machines and back ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
DB Schenker Rail and the Technical University of Dresden have agreed to establish a Centre for Rail Logistics to develop alternative business models and product ideas in the rail freight sector. The co-operation agreement runs to December 2018 with an option for a further year. Angolan operator Caminho de ...
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NewsNews in Brief - March 2014
Following a pilot on the Delhi – Mumbai route, Indian Railways is to test yield-managed fares for premium class services on 20 popular routes. The 15 kV electrification on Germany’s Nahetalbahn route from Saarbrücken is to be extended 6 km from Türkismühle to Neubrücke by December. Kaarst – Düsseldorf ...
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NewsSignalisation et automatismes ferroviaires - Railway signalling & automation
Co-ordinated by Walter Schön BOOK REVIEW: This three-volume overview of signalling and train control has been compiled by academics and engineers associated with the masters degree course in railways and guided transport systems which has been offered by French engineering universities since 2008. Aimed at present and future rail ...
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NewsNews in Brief - March 2014
The project to build a bypass to relocate the railway away from central Tbilisi to free land for property development has been abandoned with grading work reportedly around 35% complete. The UK’s Department for Transport has directly awarded First Capital Connect a new franchise running from March 31 to ...
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NewsProportion of women in the rail industry remains constant
EUROPE: The proportion of women working in the rail industry across Europe remains broadly constant at 20%, according to a survey by the Community of European Railways and the European Transport Workers’ Federation. The survey of 24 companies in the rail industry in 19 countries is a follow-up to a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Seeking a more resilient railway News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry InnovationsPointers Analysis Attempting to halt French freight declineChannel Tunnel tribulationsBudget concerns constrain Indian Railways' ambitionsTake action on tank carsUpping the pace in RussiaUK investment and devolutionKeep pressing on in Thailand Safety & risk ...
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NewsWorld rail market February 2014
Australia: Sydney Trains is to deploy DeltaRail’s VIEW automated wheel and brake monitoring systems. Norway: NSB has appointed HaCon to supply a Hafas real-time door-to-door journey planner. Poland: T-Mobile is to provide internet access and entertainment services on 300 PKP Intercity coaches; a total of 1 500 will ...
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NewsNews in Brief - February 2014
EBRD is providing Kazakhstan’s national railway KTZ with a US$40m loan to fund energy-saving technology, including LED depot and station lighting, heat pumps, solar water heaters and boiler upgrades which will allow the company to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 000 tonnes/year. On January 13 the ...
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NewsPostgraduate programme on risk and safety
INTERNATIONAL: Following a successful pilot programme running since September 2013, Zhijiang University in Hangzhou, China, is formally launching this month a postgraduate programme in safety and risk management in partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the UK universities of Birmingham and York. The partnership can be traced back to ...
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NewsNews in Brief - February 2014
The latest members of UIC are Malaysian transport authority SPAD, Beijing Jiatong University, Russian Railways’ high speed institute, Hungarian freight operator FoxRail, Poland’s Koleje Wielkopolskie, Italian logistics association UIR and Afghanistan Railway Authority. A groundbreaking ceremony in late December marked the start of civil works on a 220 ...
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NewsSaudi Railways Organization reviews safety
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railways Organization has awarded DB International a contract to undertake a comprehensive review of its safety regime and operating standards. The review will be completed by the end of the year, with DB contracted to provide a further year of ‘supervision and follow-up’. Under the agreement, DB ...
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NewsMoscow university co-operation agreements
RUSSIA: Two Moscow universities signed co-operation agreements in December, with Bombardier Transportation and Russian Railways respectively. Bombardier and Moscow State University of Railway Engineering have embarked on a three-year partnership to support ‘future exchange in areas including science, innovation and development of railway transportation systems’. Specific objectives cover collaboration in ...