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NewsDB and SJ win Norrtåg regional operating contract
SWEDEN: The Botniatåg joint venture of Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Regio Sverige and Swedish national passenger operator SJ has been selected to operate Norrtåg regional passenger services on the Botnia line and other routes in northern Sweden. The contract runs for six years to August 2016, with an ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse brakes into Japanese market
JAPAN: Knorr-Bremse has won its first order in the Japanese high speed rail sector, with a contract to supply JR East with braking components for the traction bogies of 23 Series E5 high speed trainsets. The Japanese rail market has traditionally been hard for foreign companies to access, and Knorr-Bremse ...
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NewsLGV Bretagne negotiations move forward
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF announced on April 27 that it had invited final offers from the three consortia bidding for the contract to build and maintain LGV Bretagne-Pays-de-la-Loire, with a view to naming a preferred bidder by the end of this year. Expected to cost around €3·4bn at current prices, ...
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NewsChina Northern signs European locomotive order
BELARUS: CNR Datong Electric Locomotive has announced a 700m yuan agreement to supply national railway BC with 12 two-section electric freight locomotives following a visit to Belarus by Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping. There is significant international transit freight through Belarus, and the state railway wishes to improve efficiency by increasing ...
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NewsFuzhou - Xiamen high speed passenger services begin
CHINA: Passenger services on the 275 km railway paralleling the coast between Fuzhou and Xiamen in Fujian province began on April 26, following from the start of freight services on December 31. The 15·3bn yuan direct line is much shorter than the previous inland rail route, and the CRH2 trains ...
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NewsSolid performance at Vossloh
VOSSLOH: Although sales were down 3·2% to €1174m in 2009, EBIT of €138m was a repeat of the record 2008 figure. ‘We look back on a solid performance despite a market environment that for us, too, was tough’, said CEO Werner Andree. The company has made a ‘promising start’ to ...
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NewsQuick repairs
CANADA: Established last year by entrepreneur Winston Watson and George Warda, co-owner of United Spray Booths, Canadian Rail Collision & Refurbish Inc has a state-of-the-art rolling stock repair facility at VIA Rail’s Toronto maintenance site, where it offers collision repair, exterior and interior painting as well as warranty work. CRCR ...
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NewsNS locomotives to run on biodiesel
USA: Norfolk Southern Railway and Electro-Motive Diesel are to test 10% to 20% blend biodiesel fuel using eight SD70M-2 locomotives and two MP15 shunters in regular traffic. The tests will last nine to 11 months, enabling the evaluation of emissions, fuel consumption, performance and durability over a wide range ...
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NewsStadler wins Czech railcar contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: On April 20 Ceské Dráhy awarded Stadler Rail a KC1·776bn contract to supply 33 Regio-Shuttle RS1 partly low-floor diesel railcars to replace the ubiquitous Class 810 railbuses on regional services in Vysocina and Liberec. This is the first contract under the national passenger operator's programme of extensive ...
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NewsRites to run North-South line
SAUDI ARABIA: India's state owned-railway consultancy RITES has signed an agreement to operate the 1 500 km North-South Railway on behalf of project promoter Saudi Railway Company. The contract runs to the end of 2013, when passenger services are due to be launched. The total value is linked to the ...
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NewsDesiro ML framework to meet ÖBB's expansion plans
AUSTRIA: On April 20 Siemens Mobility announced a framework agreement to supply Austrian Federal Railways with up to 200 Desiro ML regional electric multiple-units over five years. Similar to trains currently being built for Belgium's SNCB, the 160 km/h Desiro ML will be equipped for use in Germany, where ÖBB ...
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NewsVPS orders 18 Vossloh shunting locomotives
GERMANY: The Verkehrsbetriebe Peine -Salzgitter transport and logistics subsidiary of steel and technology group Salzgitter AG has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a €25m contract to supply 18 G6 diesel shunting locomotives from early 2011. VPS provides haulage and shunting services at Salzgitter AG's plants in Salzgitter, Peine and Ilsenburg as well ...
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NewsOTIF expands to meet modern needs
INTERNATIONAL: The recent accession of Russia is a major development for the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, according to Secretary General Stefan Schimming, even through only a limited number of RZD routes are initially covered by the convention establishing a uniform system of regulations for cross-border traffic. Montenegro ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Israeli government has approved the US$7·2bn first phase of the ’Israel Ways’ transport investment package. US$4·7bn is allocated to rail development over 10 years, including electrification of lines from Tel Aviv, construction of a 23 km line Akko – Karmi’el line and revival of the Hedjaz ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel fire-fighting station on test
EUROPE: Eurotunnel has carried out a live test of a fire-fighting system under development for installation in the Channel Tunnel. Trials in Spain on April 7-9 demonstrated that water mist can contain the equivalent of a fire involving 40 cars on a Shuttle train, limiting or halting propagation. The 'SAFE' ...
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NewsHigh speed track dynamics study
UK: A three-year research project on the Development of Design Guidelines for High-speed Railway Track began on April 14, funded by a £480 000 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council. To be led by Dr Peter Woodward of Heriot Watt University and Professor Mike Forde from the ...
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NewsEurostar restructuring closer
EUROPE: A framework agreement enabling the final stages of the restructuring of Eurostar from a partnership into a corporate entity has been signed by the three national shareholders SNCF, SNCB and London & Continental Railways. Announcing the move on April 12, recently-appointed Eurostar CEO Nicolas Petrovic said 'I am very ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market April 2010
Angola: China Railway 20 Bureau Group has begun rehabilitation of 540 km of the Benguela Railway between Munhango and Luau, employing 300 Chinese technicians and 300 Angolans. The 220 km to Luena is to be completed by May. China: MTR Corp has awarded Leighton Asia and Macmahon Holdings ...
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NewsGE to develop 1 520 mm gauge shunting locomotive
KAZAKHSTAN: GE Transportation has signed a memorandum of understanding with JSC Locomotiv and Kurastyru Zaut for the development of a 1 520 mm gauge diesel-electric shunting locomotive suitable for use in Kazakhstan and across the 1 520 mm gauge region. The design will incorporate GE Transportation's AC traction technology, ...
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NewsRail Baltica feasibility study gets underway
EUROPE: A study has begun into the feasibility of building a standard gauge railway linking Tallinn in Estonia with Latvia, Lithuania and the Polish border. On April 6 the tri-national steering committee for the Rail Baltica project held its first meeting with consultancy AECOM, which has been selected to undertaken ...