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NewsFleet renewal funded
FRANCE: Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier confirmed on December 4 that the government had agreed a funding package allowing SNCF to proceed with an order of 34 inter-city multiple-units. Funding worth €510m, with an option for further investment worth €100m, has been provided for the procurement of 34 Coradia Liner electro-diesel ...
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NewsFeature articles in the December 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment UK: still tinkering after 20 years News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Operators eye French regional services All Aboard FloridaEuropean rail is still getting saferUS tank cars in the spotlightSwiss safety reviews report backArgentina: a happy new year?Network Rail funding determinedTrans-Asian integration debated ...
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NewsTrans-Tasman safety partnership launched
AUSTRALASIA: A ceremony at the parliament building in Wellington last month marked the amalgamation of rail safety charities on both sides of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand’s Chris Cairns Foundation has merged with Australia’s TrackSafe to form TrackSafe NZ, aimed at promoting rail safety and education. Both organisations will share ...
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NewsNews in Brief
National Railways of Zimbabwe has withdrawn commuter trains serving Bulawayo and Harare. These were introduced when fuel shortages severely limited road public transport, but NRZ is short of motive power and locos were tied up working near-empty trains. Pakistan acceded to COTIF on September 1, as the 49th OTIF ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Passenger and freight services have resumed on the metre-gauge line between Dire Dawa in Ethiopia and the port of Djibouti following refurbishment of 100 km of route by Italian contractors. China’s Civil Engineering Construction Corp is also building a replacement line from Addis Abeba to standard gauge ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2013
Europe: Quintiq and Ab Ovo are to supply DB Schenker Rail with software to manage data on driver qualifications. Germany: Bombardier Transportation has appointed Tata Consultancy Services to manage the IT infrastructure for its newly-opened data centres. Hungary: Budapest transport authority BKK has appointed T-Systems Hungary and subcontractor ...
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NewsJapanese EMUs arrive in Jakarta
INDONESIA: KAI Commuter Jabodetabek, the subsidiary of national railway PT KAI which operates services over the electrified suburban network around Jakarta, has taken delivery of a fleet of 30 second-hand EMUs acquired from East Japan Railway as part of a fleet renewal programme. Dating from the mid-1980s, the high-density Series ...
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NewsFeature articles in the November 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Think international, think commercial News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Back under one roof in FranceEurostar wins from Fyra falloutUruguay’s open access vision Australasia Ensuring that rail delivers The AusRail Plus event in Sydney on November 26-28 will address the theme of ‘driving ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Dutch government has allocated €2·4bn for rail in the 2014 budget, with projects to include eliminating conflicting paths at Utrecht and €126m to provide additional tracks at Weesp which will enable the provision of a train every 10 min between Schiphol and Lelystad. A decision on the implementation of ...
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NewsWorld rail market October 2013
Australia: Western Australia’s Department of Transport has appointed a Parsons Brickerhoff/Aecom joint venture to support development of the A$1·9bn Perth MAX light rail project. Germany: Keolis Deutschland has selected Scheidt & Bachmann to supply a ticketing system including mobile terminals, onboard and station ticket vending machines and a back-office ...
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NewsPrivate operation ends on Sarmiento route
ARGENTINA: The Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires was due to return to full state control on October 24, transferring to federal railway operating company SOFSE and infrastructure company ADIF SE. Since the government revoked the concession held by Trenes de Buenos Aires in 2012, the Sarmiento network had been ...
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NewsNews in Brief
In an effort to reduce fuel costs, Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann is to reconfigure its multiple-unit fleet as shorter units to allow train lengths to be more closely matched to demand. Poland’s Pomorskie voivodship has awarded PR a 30·96m złoty contract to operate regional services around Gdynia for 12 months ...
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NewsKTZ staff visit Sweden
KAZAKHSTAN: Assisted by local partner Grontmij, 20 staff from Kazakh national railway KTZ have completed a placement in Sweden to learn about the country's experience of market reform, and the wider European railway reform process. The sessions also covered the operation and development of inter-city and high speed passenger ...
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NewsRailway Gazette Special War Transportation Number
BOOK: First published in September 1920, the Railway Gazette Special War Transportation Number offered what was described at the time as 'the first connected account' of the role of railways and inland water transport in supporting the British military campaign during the 'Great War' of 1914-18. The publication provided a ...
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NewsFrom Ruskin to Russia
RUSSIA: Anglia Ruskin University in the UK is to provide management training for senior staff at Russian Railways in co-operation with consultancy Knowledge Associates Cambridge. The agreement signed in August, will see Anglia Ruskin’s Ashcroft International Business School work with RZD’s Corporate University to develop a joint learning plan for ...
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NewsFeature articles in the October 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Be bold to connect our cities News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis A vision for regional growthHS2: turning vision into reality Fyra fight rages onAll about connectivityArgentina putting the state in chargeGermany rethinking the price of energyDoomsday scenarioTram salesmen on the road ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Route clearance is underway for the 137 km Shanghai - Nantong railway in China’s Yangtze River Delta region. To assist visually-impaired passengers, Indian Railways is to provide Braille signage including seat numbers on its coaches. High speed operator Thalys has reported year-on-year increases of 1·7% in turnover ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2013
Canada: Nomad Digital has completed the roll-out of wi-fi on VIA Rail’s Ocean service. China: Siemens has won a €25m contract to supply communications including the Controlguide station management system for Hong Kong’s Shatin – Central Link. France: SNCF has awarded a joint venture of Newrest (65%) and ...
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NewsSNCF Partenariat to provide Corsican courses
FRANCE: SNCF Partenariat is to provide staff training to Chemins de la Fer de la Corse under a three-year technical assistance contract which began last month. Including safety, operations, train driving, rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance, the programme is intended to enable CFC to become self-sufficient in railway skills. CFC ...
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India’s West Central Railway has begun trials with a WDM2G genset locomotive rebuilt from a WDM3D by DMW Patiala. It has three 800 hp Cummins QSK-19 engines and a maxiumum speed of 105 km/h. Fuel consumption is expected to be 20% lower than a conventional locomotive. DB Regio has ...