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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Ukrainian Railway’s Dnieper division is to fit 500 locomotives with satellite tracking equipment to help improve the management of freight services. The Spanish government has formally transferred responsibility for the A Coruña – Vigo high speed line project from the Ministry of Development to ADIF, undertaking to service ...
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NewsPostgraduate partnership extended
RUSSIA: Russian Railways and DB Schenker agreed at the 1520 Strategic Business Forum in Sochi on May 31 to extend their postgraduate educational partnership for a further five years. DB Schenker and RZD established a joint Centre for International Logistics & Supply Chain Management at St Petersburg State University in ...
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NewsThe Greener Railway now available to watch on demand
RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: Rail transport will still be the most environmentally-friendly mode of transport in the next decade, despite advances in energy efficiency and reduced emissions being developed in the automotive and aviation industries, believes UNIFE Director-General Philippe Citroën. Speaking in Railway Gazette's interactive debate on The Greener Railway, now ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
The German Land of Thüringen has directly awarded incumbent Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate Erfurt – Illmenau services from January 2014 to December 2016, ending at the same time as other agreements to enable a change in routes covered by operating contracts. Moldovan national railway Calea Feratã din Moldova ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Construction of the 1260 km Luliang - Rizhao heavy haul coal railway which will link mines in China’s Shanxi province with the coast in Shandong province was launched on May 5. The line is being built at cost of 99·8bn yuan and is expected to open in 2014 with an ...
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NewsNetwork Rail opens The Quadrant:MK
UK: After five years of planning and construction, on June 11 Network Rail's new national centre known as The Quadrant:MK welcomed the first of more than 3 000 employees who are due to relocate to the site in Milton Keynes. Activities being moved to the national centre during the coming ...
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NewsUniversity launches rail course
AUSTRIA: St Pölten University of Applied Sciences has extended its range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. A Masters course on Railway Infrastructure Technology is offered over four semesters to provide ‘more detailed knowledge of railway building, track maintenance and installations’. However, the course treats the railway as a single entity ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2012
Argentina: Following delivery by Emfer, a sixth EMU comprising four refurbished vehicles and four new double-deck cars (RG 4.11 p9) has entered service on the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires. Australia: On May 1 Wabtec announced an order for its MotivePower subsidiary to deliver 10 standard ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2012
Australia: NSW RailCorp has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a three-year contract worth A$63m to support its ticket sales equipment. Brazil: Digicon has won a R$15m contract to supply ticket gates and passenger-counting systems for São Paulo metro Line 4. Switzerland: SBB has awarded Scheidt & Bachmann a SFr40m ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has introduced an Alstom Chair at its Industrial Engineering School. The collaboration between the two parties is intended to foster research in the areas of electricity transmission, smart grid technology and railway signalling. On May 8 the University of Rhode Island and Deutsche Bahn signed ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market May 2012
Argentina: Last month 15 ex-NS DH1 single-car DMUs were shipped from the Netherlands to Buenos Aires suburban concessionaire TBA. Ferrosur Roca has taken delivery of two more EMD G26 locomotives rebuilt by TŽV Gredelj. Bangladesh: Using Indian government credit, BR has awarded Texmaco a 600m taka contract to ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2012
Last month Saudi Arabia's Council of Ministers approved the creation of a railway authority to issue operating licences and supervise development of new lines. Plans have been announced for a sixth station on the future Haramain High Speed Rail line, serving Abyar Al west of Madinah. On May 1 Georgia ...
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NewsWorld rail market May 2012
Belgium: SNCB has ordered Almex.Station ticket machines from Höft & Wessel. Germany: Funkwerk is to migrate DB Netz’s control centre software to a new platform. Intergraph is to supply its GeoTrAMS asset management system to help Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr log every stop, turnout and expansion joint on its light rail ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2012
The French government has created the €40m EMEF modernisation fund to take minority stakes in suppliers to encourage consolidation within the rail sector and create companies large enough to innovate and compete more effectively at home and abroad (RG 2.12 p25). Alstom, Bombardier, RATP and SNCF are all expected to ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
Russian Railways is encouraging eligible staff to join the Young Professionals programme, a joint initiative with Deutsche Bahn. The aim of the scheme is to encourage young managers and professionals from the two companies to learn from each other through internships, joint training sessions and round table discussions. Employees with ...
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NewsTrain ferry to rescue stranded rolling stock
DENMARK: Four IC3 and six MR diesel multiple-units were left stranded when a container ship collided with the Limfjorden railway bridge at Aalborg on the night of March 28, severing the railway to the far north of Denmark. To retrieve the rolling stock, DSB, infrastructure manager Banedanmark and Stena Line ...
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NewsMoynihan station contract awarded
USA: On May 9 the Moynihan Station Development Corp subsidiary of Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ratified the award of a $147·7m contract to begin conversion of Manhattan’s Farley Post Office building to relieve congestion at the adjacent Penn Station. The award of the ...
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NewsKTZ pledges to improve knowledge
KAZAKHSTAN: State railway Kazakhstan Temir Zholy has announced plans to offer additional training to 10000 employees over the next eight years. The focus will be on effective management skills, key to bringing extensive modernisation of the country’s railways to completion. Modular courses, led by rail industry experts and tutors from ...
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NewsInfrarail show highlights infrastructure spend
UK: More than 180 companies from the UK and Europe are converging on the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on May 1-3 for the ninth Infrarail exhibition organised by Mack Brooks. The event is due to be opened by Transport Minister Theresa Villiers, who will also be giving a ...
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NewsEtihad Rail studies best practice in rail safety and security
UAE: A delegation from Etihad Rail and the Supreme Committee for Safety & Security has visited several European countries to examine best practice in rail safety and security. The extensive trip lasted two months and included stops in Germany, Spain, France and the UK. In the UK and Spain the ...