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NewsTailored times
PASSENGER INFORMATION: Mobile applications company mxData has launched LiveTrain, providing UK customers of mobile phone company Orange with location-based timetable and live train running information from National Rail Enquiries. The second phase of LiveTrain will offer enhanced WAP and web services with service disruption information and enhanced planning capabilities. ...
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NewsSaudi Landbridge PFI to be reviewed
SAUDI ARABIA: Discussions which are now underway regarding the possible transfer of management oversight of the delayed Saudi Landbridge project could see the 945 km Riyadh - Jeddah line built by the public sector. The project is currently being managed by Saudi Railways Organisation, which runs the existing railway between ...
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NewsFyra brand for Amsterdam - Brussels high speed
EUROPE: Amsterdam - Brussels high speed services will be branded 'Fyra', NS Hispeed and SNCB revealed on July 7. The announcement at NedTrain's Watergraafsmeer high speed train depot was accompanied by a formal presentation of the prototype of the AnsaldoBreda 250 km/h V250 trainsets, previously known as 'Albatros'. NS ...
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NewsElectric shunter delivered to SBB
SWITZERLAND: The first of 21 Stadler Ee 922 electric shunting locomotives ordered by Swiss Federal Railways was formally handed over on July 3. The locomotives will be deployed shunting passenger stock at seven major stations by the end of 2010, replacing Ee 3/3 locomotives dating back as far as the ...
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NewsCatalan cargo shuttle
SPAIN: Cargometro launched a swap body shuttle carrying car parts between the Port of Barcelona and the SEAT plant in Martorell on June 4, using the 17·5 km dual-gauge freight route between Can Tunis and Castellbisbal built under the Madrid – Barcelona high speed programme. This is expected to remove ...
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NewsPassenger revival
ARGENTINA: The federal government has taken delivery of the latest batch of second-hand stock from Spain. Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime said the 10 Class 319 diesel locomotives would be deployed on the Sarmiento and Roca commuter networks in Buenos Aires, and to haul long-distance services between Buenos Aires ...
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NewsAnother attempt at restructuring Eurostar
EUROPE: The UK government, SNCF and SNCB are negotiating the transformation of Eurostar's tri-national structure into a single company, Secretary of State for Transport Lord Adonis told the upper house of the UK parliament on June 25. An agreement is expected later this year. There have been several previous ...
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NewsPresident opens Astana locomotive plant
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev inaugurated GE Transportation’s locomotive assembly plant in Astana on July 3. Later this year staff at the 43000 m² plant will begin assembling 300 Evolution Series locomotives for state railway KTZ using parts supplied from the USA under a US$650m order for a total ...
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NewsCan you hear me?
INFORMATION: As the extent of station public address coverage has increased, so have complaints from residents living nearby. Technology is available to automatically sample background noise before an announcement is made and adjust the volume to ensure it is heard without causing too much disturbance beyond the station, but many ...
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NewsPaint firms agrees business transfer
ANCR: Vehicle paint manufacturer AkzoNobel Car Refinishes has announced the transfer of its European rail activities to Mäder Group. ANCR's Italian activities will become part of Isva-Mäder, a joint venture between Isva Vernici and Mäder Group, while its Spanish arm will be transferred to France-based Soficor-Mäder. Financial terms of ...
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NewsDSB agrees Desiro DMU framework contract
DENMARK: DSB and Siemens Mobility have reached a framework agreement for the supply of up to 100 Desiro Classic regional diesel multiple-units. DSB placed a firm order for an initial eight two-car units on July 2, and has options for a further 92 units. The price is not being disclosed. ...
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NewsEuroMaint wins Arlanda Express refurbishment
SWEDEN: EuroMaint Rail has won a SKr100m contract to refurbish the Arlanda Express trainsets. 'The fleet of seven Arlanda Express trains is to be given a brand new, modern design', said Per Thorstenson, Chief Executive of A-Train, operator of the dedicated shuttle service from Stockholm C to the capital's main ...
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NewsEurotunnel looking at High Speed 1 bid
EUROPE: Eurotunnel Chairman & Chief Executive Jacques Gounon has revealed that the company is 'looking carefully' at submitting a bid for High Speed 1 when the UK government puts it on the market following the break-up of London & Continental Railways. Eurotunnel believes it will be in a strong ...
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NewsNews in Brief
BC Iron has signed an agreement to use Fortescue Metals Group’s railway and port infrastructure in the development of iron ore mining at Nullagine. The Pilbara Infrastructure subsidiary of FMG will provide rail haulage.Last month the European commission cleared DB’s purchase of PCC Logistics, the largest private-sector rail freight operator ...
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NewsFreightliner Australia begins with cotton contract
AUSTRALIA: Freightliner Australia ran its first train on June 30, using leased locomotives to haul containerised processed cotton in New South Wales under a contract with Namoi Cotton Co-operative. 'Freightliner have been exploring a number of overseas opportunities, and we are delighted to have commenced a long-term partnership with ...
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NewsTheatre Orient Express
EUROPE: The Theatre Orient Express will arrive in Stuttgart on July 5, having set off from Ankara on May 14. One of the carriages has been converted into a stage, on which six groups from the European Theatre Convention are performing specially-commissioned plays on the theme of European identity at ...
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NewsPeople in the News - July 2009
Minoo Akhtarzand, Chief Executive of Swedish infrastructure manager Banverket, was elected a Vice-President of the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers at the EIM General Assembly in Warszawa on June 4. Akhtarzand became CEO of Banverket on February 1 2008, having previously served as the head of the County Labour ...
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Trans-Hudson ceremony
USA: The start of construction on the first element of the $8·7bn commuter rail tunnel linking northern New Jersey with central New York was marked on June 8 by a groundbreaking ceremony in North Bergen, New Jersey. An Early System Work Agreement provides $1·35bn in funding for the initial stages ...
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NewsMore Talent 2 EMUs on the way
GERMANY: DB announced a €100m order for a further 22 Bombardier Talent 2 electric multiple-units on July 1. They are to be deployed on E-Netz Franken regional and regional express services from the end of 2011, when DB Regio subsidiary Regional- und Stadtverkehr Bayern GmbH takes over responsibility for operations ...