All News articles – Page 26
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NewsKTZ provides training grants
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has provided an educational grant to support the training of 400 students from a number of technical colleges in rail-specific technology. Intended to give the students 'the symbiosis of theory and practice', KTZ expects the secondment in Astana to provide a practical basis to the students' ...
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NewsNews in Brief
UK operator First Great Western has conducted research to assess how passengers respond to onboard announcements. The research suggested that up to 40% of the content is 'no longer useful or relevant' to the passenger. Under a funding agreement signed on February 8, the European Investment Bank is lending ...
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NewsYoung Railway Professionals celebration draws a full house
UK: The fourth Annual Dinner-Dance to be held in London by networking group Young Railway Professionals drew a sell-out attendance of more than 400 guests on March 14. The audience heard a keynote address by Crossrail Chairman Terry Morgan, who recounted his experience of working his way up the career ...
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NewsRail at heart of US$68bn investment programme
THAILAND: Construction of four standard-gauge dedicated passenger lines and the doubling of 3 000 route-km of metre-gauge lines is at the heart of a US$67·6bn infrastructure investment bill approved by cabinet ministers in Bangkok on March 20. Rail infrastructure accounts for the lion’s share of the planned capital outlay, with ...
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NewsNews in Brief
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved construction of a 121·7 km broad-gauge line from Gevra Road to Pendra Road in Chhattisgarh. The Rs8·4bn project will by undertaken by a special purpose vehicle formed by Ircon International, South Eastern Coalfields and the state of Chhattishgarh. Swiss firm InterRail Holding ...
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NewsWorld rail market March 2013
China: Construction contractor Samsung-Hsin Chong JV has appointed BMT Asia Pacific to provide system assurance and risk management for the Kowloon City Section of Hong Kong’s Shatin – Central Link project. Mexico: The Secretariat of Communications & Transportation has extended Viabilis’ concession for the Chiapas – Mayab railway from ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market March 2013
Australia: On January 31 CSR Ziyang signed a contract to supply six AC traction diesel locomotives to Qube by the end of the year. Austria: ÖBB-Technische Services has awarded Compin a €2·8m contract to supply seats for Talent and Desiro multiple-units. China: The Ministry of Railways has awarded ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Smarter cities are on the move Analysis IHHA conference report Traffic rises on China’s railways Fourth Railway Package unveiled Infrastructure Running a railway at its limit Virgin Trains’ Chief Operating Officer Chris Gibb ...
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NewsWorld rail market February 2013
Canada: GO Transit has extended Bombardier’s fleet operations and maintenance contracts which will now run to 2023 with a value of around C$927m. Egypt: Systra is to undertake a study for a planned modernisation of Cairo metro Line 1. Germany: Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe has awarded Trapeze a contract to ...
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NewsNews in Brief - February 2013
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment is to directly award Nederlandse Spoorwegen a 10-year public service contract to operate passenger services on the ‘Besluit hoofdrailnet’ core rail network and HSL Zuid in 2015-25. The Zwolle – Enschede line and stopping trains on the Roermond – Maastricht Randwyck and ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
The International Railway Strategic Management Institute is to offer two modules as part of its 2013 Senior Manager Programme. The first, running from April 22 to May 3, will take place in Beijing and Shanghai, the other in Lyon and Paris from June 17-28. The programme is supported by ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2013
Australia: CNR Qiqihar has begun delivering 120 Series Q stainless steel wagons ordered by Rio Tinto to carry 139·5 tonnes of iron ore within a 40 tonne axleload. Wabtec has supplied ECP braking equipment. Belarus: In December Belarussian Railways signed a firm order for a further six ...
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NewsNewRail introduces Rail Freight & Logistics course
UK: Following surveys undertaken under the EU-funded RiFLE project, NewRail, the railway research centre at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has identified a looming skills gap in the rail freight and logistics market as the range of specialist academic courses fails to keep pace with recruitment levels in the sector. NewRail ...
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NewsNews in Brief - February 2013
Seven investors have shown interest in the privatisation of Bulgarian national railway BDZ's freight business. Six purchased tender documents, and the seventh requested an extension of the bid submission deadline. The Lagos - Kano line in Nigeria reopened on December 22 after being suspended for several years. NRC ...
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NewsBombardier backs Kasetsart University signalling course
THAILAND: Railway engineering students and academics at Kasetsart University near Bangkok are to benefit from a five-year partnership with Bombardier Transportation. Kasetsart University’s Engineering Faculty is to develop a syllabus of specialist courses focused on train control systems with assistance from Bombardier’s local signalling team, which numbers more than 300 ...
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NewsMainline research project examines whole-railway assets
EUROPE: Funded under the European Union’s FP7 grant programme, the Mainline research project is examining best practice in the application of whole-life analysis tools to a broad spectrum of rail-related assets, including bridges, tunnels, earthworks and retaining walls. The €4·5m project is being co-ordinated by UIC and is due for ...
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NewsFeature articles in the February 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Articles in the February 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Liberalisation: the war of words rages on Analysis Fyra lurches from farce to fiasco Amtrak and California team up UK franchising ‘not fundamentally flawed’ Heavy haul Developing a heavy haul network Indian Railways is adopting ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market January 2013
Australia: The state of Victoria has placed a A$200m order for a further 40 Bombardier VLocity DMU cars for delivery in 2014-16, a mix of new units and extra cars to lengthen existing units to three cars for when the Regional Rail Link opens in 2016. Botswana: BR is ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2013
Australia: Frazer-Nash is to work with the Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board to provide independent validation of the draft Rail Systems Interoperability Standard AS7450, covering the introduction or upgrading of infrastructure, rolling stock and other systems. Denmark: Compliance software specialist Comply Serve is to supply cloud-based risk assessment ...