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NewsHigh speed line to Bursa to open by 2015
TURKEY: Transport Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed on December 30 that contracts had been signed to build a 75 km mixed-traffic high speed line from Bilecik to Bursa, and that civil works would start this year. The line is to be built in two sections for opening by mid-2015. The first ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2012
Canada: Montréal's STM has selected Thales to provide broadband radio communications for CCTV, passenger monitoring and other data applications across the 69 km metro network by November 2013. Germany: Bombardier is to supply a Innovia 300 peoplemover for München airport Terminal 2. The €89m contract includes 12 vehicles and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market December 2011
Australia: Fortescue has awarded Brierty a A$60m contract to build a 25 km branch to the Solomon iron ore project by June 2012 and a A$10m contract for civil works on a refuelling facility on the Cloudbreak line. China: Vossloh has won a €35m contract to supply rail fasteners ...
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NewsWorld rail market December 2011
Brazil: TagMaster has won a SKr3·3m contract to supply Bombardier with RFID readers for the 24 km Expresso Tiradentes monorail being built in São Paulo. Canada: Toronto Transit Commission has awarded NEM Solutions a contract to supply a metro wheel flat detection system. China: IHI and Niigata Transys ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market December 2011
Canada: Ontario Northland has signed a C$8·7m contract to refurbish 24 coaches for Montréal’s AMT. China: SKF has won a SKR20m order to supply China Railway Materials Commercial Corp with bearings for 160 km/h coaches. Germany: Frankfurt operator VGF has ordered 10 more Type S low-floor trams from ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Finnish government has awarded national passenger operator VR a four-year contract worth €170m to operate unprofitable but socially desirable rural and overnight services. Sahaviriya Steel Industries has awarded GB Railfreight a 10-year contract to operate and maintain the 70 km internal railway system at Lackenby steelworks in ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Veolia took over from SJ as operator of the Berlin – Malmö Berlin Night Express service when it was suspended for the winter season on November 5. SJ said the April to November service faced high track access and electricity charges in Germany, while low demand for charter trains meant ...
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NewsReferendum backs Stuttgart 21
GERMANY: Controversial plans to rebuild Stuttgart’s main station look set to go ahead after 59% of voters approved the project in a referendum held by the Land of Baden-Württemberg on November 27. ‘The people have spoken’, said Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. ‘I accept the results, even if it does not ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2011
Bangladesh: Last month BR took delivery of five Hyundai locomotives; an order for 11 more is anticipated. Bosnia: Pragoimex has won a KC6·3m contract to supply electrical equipment for the modernisation of Tatra KT8D5 trams in Sarajevo. Brazil: Vale has taken delivery of two prototype ore cars with ...
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NewsUS$1bn double-tracking programme to modernise Trans-Java Railway
INDONESIA: Tenders are to be called in December for double-tracking the remaining single sections of the Trans-Java Railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, the Transportation Ministry announced on November 23. The US$1·1bn project calls for doubling of approximately 425 km of single line on the 727 route-km, 1 067 mm gauge ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2011
Australia: Fortescue Metals has selected Simmons Machine Tool and Andrew Engineering to build and equip wagon maintenance facilities at Port Hedland, including a robotic wheelset shop. Canada: Metso is to supply Westshore Terminals with a 64 wagon/h rotary tippler for its Roberts Bank coal export terminal. Europe: Eurostar ...
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NewsCongress axes inter-city project funding for 2012
USA: The Appropriations Bill setting 2012 funding levels for several government agencies including the Department of Transportation was ratified by both houses of Congress on November 17. The budget sets out the expected level of federal support for existing inter-city rail services run by Amtrak, and outlines funds available for ...
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NewsNews in Brief - November 2011
A feasibility study has been completed for a second railway on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. The US$2·5bn project is being led by Russian Railways, which hopes to attract other investors. The 300 km line would link the central region of the province to ports on the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - November 2011
An online wagon booking service which Freight One launched on the North Caucasus Railway in September will be expanded across Russia this month. Small and medium-sized customers can request up to 15 vans per month, with guaranteed arrival within 10 days. East Japan Railway’s Advanced Train ...
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NewsGrowth & the Capacity Challenge: now available to watch on demand
RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International held ...
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NewsCalifornian high speed plans revised
USA: The California High Speed Rail Authority launched a revised ‘draft business plan’ for its proposed 832 km Phase I of a 400 km/h network connecting San Francisco with Anaheim and Los Angeles. In announcing what it described as a ‘foundation for an economically-viable high speed rail system’, CHSRA has ...
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NewsMedics meet
SPAIN: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya hosted this year’s UIMC conference in Barcelona. UIMC is the medical division of UIC, and it holds an annual event gathering together medical professionals working in the railway industry globally. UIMC 2011 took place on October 5-7 and saw around 50 delegates attend ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
Graduate student Naveen Venkataraman has undertaken a three-month placement with US freight railroad CSX during which he helped the company to identify $1·2m in cost savings and reduce emissions by up to 3 000 tonnes per year. Venkataraman is a member of the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps, and he ...
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NewsGrowth & the Capacity Challenge: join the debate
EUROPE: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International will be holding ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market October 2011
Australia: UGL has won orders totalling A$88m to supply seven C44ACi locomotives to 'a leading resources company in the Hunter Valley region' and 13 GE Evolution locos for Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore operations. China: CSR subsidiaries have signed contracts to supply China Railway Investment Corp with wagons worth ...