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NewsWorld rail market October 2011
China: Thales is to supply fare collection and access management technology for Hong Kong MTR’s West Island, South Island and Kwun Tong extension projects. India: KPMG and Arup to undertake feasibility studies for the proposed Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link road and metro bridge. Romania: Bucuresti metro authority Metrorex ...
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NewsNordic Rail: a meeting point for the region's railways
The railway industry of Scandinavia and Finland gathers on October 4-6 for the Nordic Rail exhibition. Organised by Elmia in the Swedish town of Jönköping every two years, Nordic Rail and the related Future Transport exhibitions are designed to act both as a showcase for new products and a 'meeting ...
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NewsCeremony launches Tanger – Casablanca high speed project
MOROCCO: A foundation stone was laid in Tanger on September 29 to mark the start of construction of a high speed line to Casablanca. The ceremony was attended by King Mohammed VI and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reflecting the close relationship between the two countries which has underpinned the project ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2011
Argentina: The province of San Luis has acquired a 3GS-24C GenSet N-ViroMotive for 11m pesos. Australia: Fortescue has ordered 246 iron ore wagons from CNR, while Pacific National has ordered 728 coal hoppers from CSR Yangtze. Bangladesh: CNR Tangshan is to supply BR with 20 three-car metre-gauge ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2011
Austria: VeriFone Systems is to supply its PAYware mobile ticketing validation and payment technology to Westbahn. Bosnia: Italferr and IRD Engineering have completed an EU-funded project to assist the Ministry of Transport with bringing rail regulation in line with EU interoperability and safety directives. Europe: ERA has awarded ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Indonesian government has asked state railway PT KAI to manage construction of the long-planned rail link from Manggerai to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatto International Airport, at an estimated cost of US$265m. The 33 km route would carry both airport express and commuter services; operations and property development ...
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NewsTransport Engineering research programme announced
BELARUS: The State Science & Technology Committee has announced a three-year Transport Engineering research programme to undertake 10 projects focused on railway development and electric vehicles. The 2012-15 plan covers construction of a test facility 'meeting international standards' and includes a strong focus on rolling stock component production, and the ...
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NewsA campus on wheels
INDIA: In a partnership worth Rs207m, the Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Department for Science & Technology are to develop an exhibition train to tour Indian Railways' broad gauge network, offering educational activities and information to prospective students across the country. The Gyan Vigyan Mail is expected to ...
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NewsNews in Brief
A Chinese-led feasibility study has put the cost of building a 257 km line between Oudong in Cambodia and Loc Ninh in Vietnam at US$686m. China has offered to contribute up toUS$500m towards the project, which would fill one of the gaps in the Trans-Asean Railway linking ...
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NewsUkraine prepares the next generation
UKRAINE: The next generation of railwaymen and women are developing their industry knowledge through a series of initiatives based on hands-on training. Odessa Railway has recently provided 238 students from the State Academy of Railway Transport, Dnipropetrovs'k National University of Railway Transport and Odessa College of Railway Transport with practical ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft has awarded Gruppo FS subsidiary Netinera a contract to operate Teilnetze Waldbahn services for 10 years from December 2013 and Naabtal and Oberpfalzbahn services for nine years from December 2014. Russian Railways has unveiled a 193bn rouble investment programme for upgrading its main lines in the ...
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NewsStudents work on Sochi projects
RUSSIA: Students from across Russia, the CIS and Baltic States have been involved in Russian Railways' large-scale construction programme associated with the Olympic sites in Sochi. Over the summer 1100 students participated in construction of the rail and road route from Adler to the Alpika-Service mountain resort. RZD arranged three ...
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NewsCatalan school of railway engineering
SPAIN: Catalan regional operator FGC is ‘committed to creating a world of railway engineering specialists’ by updating the syllabus for a Masters course in Railway Traction Power Systems which it helps to co-ordinate with several local institutions. On July 1, Joaquim Olivé, Director of the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya, met ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2011
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order. Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use ...
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NewsNews in Brief
ÖBB Infrastruktur, the Slovak Ministry of Transport, ZSR and ZSSK have agreed a €9·25m study into the €200m Twin City Rail plan for extensive modernisation of the 66 km Wien – Marchegg – Bratislava route, including double-tracking, electrification and three new stations. Construction could start in 2013. On July 8 ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2011
Australia: PTA Transperth has selected NEM Solutions’ Laser Profiler and Aura data tool to manage wheel wear. China: Beijing Dragon Railway Transit Equipment has ordered 50 MiniProf units from Greenwood Engineering, the Danish firm’s biggest order for wheel profile measuring tools. Hungary: MÁV has commissioned a HF350m ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Slovak operator ZSR is to build a €38m intermodal terminal at Zilina by September 2014 to serve local industry including the nearby Kia Motors car plant. African Development Bank has approved a US$40m loan for Rift Valley Railways' US$246m five-year investment plan to develop rail freight ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Construction of Namibia’s N$80m Ondangwa – Oshikango railway has restarted after a delay of more than a year, which the transport ministry blamed on non-delivery of rails. Earthworks are now complete, and 5000 tonnes of rail have been delivered from Austria. Westfalen-Lippe transport authority NWL ...
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NewsAlstom to equip West Papua mining railway
INDONESIA: Mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €90m to supply railway systems and train control equipment for a mining railway in West Papua. Alstom said on July 28 that it would supply track, catenary, electrical substations, signalling and telecoms equipment for the internal railway ...