All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2011
All articles published this month.
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Adam Baker
Adam Baker has joined the Railway Gazette Group editorial team as Assistant Editor, Urban Rail; he will work across our portfolio including Railway Gazette International, Metro Report International, and www.railwaygazette.com. Educated in Norfolk, Adam has worked across a variety of business magazines and newspapers, including Meat Trades Journal.
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Elaine Holt
Elaine Holt, latterly Chief Executive of the UK Department for Transport’s Directly Operated Railways subsidiary and Chairman of train operator East Coast, is to join National Express Group plc on January 3 as Bid Director within the Rail team. She will be reporting to NEG Group Chief Executive Dean Finch . ...
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Sławomir Nowak
Sławomir Nowak became Poland’s Minister of Transport, Construction & Maritime Economy last month, when a new cabinet was sworn in following elections which were won by the ruling party. He replaces Cezary Grabarczyk at the ministry, which has been renamed from the Ministry of Infrastructure.
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Makis Voridis
Makis Voridis has been named as Minister of Transport & Infrastructure in the new Greek unity government, with Yannis Magriotis as Vice Minister and Adonis Georgiadis as Minister for Shipping.
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Johnny Boo
Johnny Boo has joined the Infrastructure team at Lloyd’s Register’s UK rail business from Network Rail, where he was involved on Crossrail surface works. Simon Whitehouse has joined the London office from URS Scott Wilson to head Independent Assurance services, while engineering and traction specialist Tony Woof moves to LR from ...
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NewsAlstom presents first Italian AGV
ITALY: On November 30 Alstom Transport presented the first of eight AGV.italo high speed trainsets that it is building at its Savigliano works for open access operator Nuovo Trasporti Viaggiatori. NTV has ordered 25 AGV trainsets from Alstom, 17 of which have been produced at the La Rochelle plant in ...
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NewsNew wagons for Tibbett
ROMANIA: Contract logistics provider Tibbett Logistics has taken delivery of its first 32 intermodal wagons from leasing company Touax, to be deployed on block trains operating from the port of Constanta. Tibbett is looking to acquire more vehicles early in 2012, in order to provide a daily service and introduce ...
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NewsParsons awarded Caltrain PTC contract
USA: The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board has selected Parsons for a four-year contract to design and install a $138m Communications-Based Overlay Signal System Positive Train Control system for the Caltrain commuter route between San Francisco and San Jose. CBOSS PTC is scheduled to be in revenue service by October ...
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NewsPanoramic coaches in service at KiwiRail
NEW ZEALAND: Panoramic coaches which KiwiRail describes as 'the first carriages entirely designed and built in New Zealand since 1941' have entered service on the tourist-oriented Christchurch - Picton Coastal Pacific. A total of 17 vehicles including cafe, viewing and luggage cars are being designed and built at KiwiRail's Hillside ...
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NewsDB retained for Rhein-Main S-Bahn
GERMANY: Following a competitive tendering process, Rhein-Main transport authority RMV named DB Regio as the winner of three contracts to operate the region's S-Bahn network of local passenger services on November 16. The contract covering routes S1, S7, S8 and S9 runs for 22 years from December 14 2014, that ...
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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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NewsTrespass and suicide reduction project launched
EUROPE: The RESTRAIL research project which aims to develop cost-effective measures to reduce and mitigate the effects on railways of suicides and trespass was launched at UIC headquarters in Paris on November 17. Reduction of Suicides & Trespasses on Railway Property is being led by seven operators and infrastructure managers, ...
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NewsMoscow commuter privatisation planned
RUSSIA: The government has decided to auction a 25% minus three shares stake in Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co, Russian Railways announced on November 15. The minimum sale price will be set by an independent review. The RZD subsidiary was established on January 1 2006, with RZD owning ...
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NewsAnsaldo Honolulu signs metro contract
USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro. The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu ...
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NewsIstanbul line upgrading contract
TURKEY: Italian firm Salini Costruttori has won a €146·8m contract to modernise one of the busiest sections of the Ankara - Istanbul route. The contract awarded by the government's Central Finance & Contracts Unit on October 14 covers renewal of the 56 km Köseköy - Gebze section of line on ...
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NewsMetrolinx readies Kitchener extension
CANADA: Toronto commuter operator GO Transit ran its first train to Kitchener on November 26 as part of testing ahead of the launch of regular services on December 19. Regional transit authority Metrolinx is investing C$18m to extend services on its Georgetown Line to serve the Kitchener-Waterloo area under ...
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NewsMiskolc awards tram contract to Ganz-Skoda
HUNGARY: Miskolc muncipality has awarded Hungarian-Czech joint venture Ganz-Skoda Kozlekedesi a contract to supply 31 trams for the city’s tram network.The tender was the fourth to be called for trams as the previous three were cancelled by the Public Procurement Arbitration Board. These included a contract awarded to AnsaldoBreda in ...
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NewsChina backs Ethiopian rail project
ETHIOPIA: The government, its project promoter Ethiopia Railway Corp and China Railway Group signed an agreement on October 25 for the construction of a railway to replace the western section of the out of use Chemin de fer Djibouti-Ethopien line. Starting at Sebeta, 25 km from Addis Abeba, the new ...
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NewsWabtec buys motor component manufacturer
USA: Wabtec Corp announced its acquisition of motor brush holder and spring assembly manufacturer Fulmer Co on November 21. Based in Export, Pennsylvania, Fulmer has 100 staff and annual sales of about $15m in the rail, power, mining and industrial motor markets. 'Fulmer is the ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Metropolis trainset for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS: The first Alstom Series M5 Metropolis trainset for the Amsterdam metro operator GVB was officially unveiled on November 24. Testing is well underway at Alstom’s Valenciennes plant in northern France with the first trainset scheduled to be in service by autumn 2012.A €200m contract signed in February 2010 will ...