All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2011 – Page 5

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    Panoramic coaches in service at KiwiRail

    2011-11-30T11:00:00Z

    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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    Parsons awarded Caltrain PTC contract

    2011-11-30T12:48:00Z

    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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    New wagons for Tibbett

    2011-11-30T13:30:00Z

    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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    Alstom presents first Italian AGV

    2011-11-30T15:05:00Z

    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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    Johnny Boo

    2011-11-30T16:00:13Z

    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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    Makis Voridis

    2011-11-30T16:03:38Z

    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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    Sławomir Nowak

    2011-11-30T16:04:26Z

    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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    Elaine Holt

    2011-11-30T16:05:35Z

    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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    Adam Baker

    2011-11-30T16:06:08Z

    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.