All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1133
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Improving rail's competitive position to serve the Belgian ports
To boost rail's share of the growing traffic using the ports of Antwerpen, Gent and Zeebrugge, Infrabel has unveiled a package of investment projects totalling nearly €1·2bn over the next six years. Harry Hondius reports
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Siemens bets on Desiro Main Line
Two new EMU designs are being developed for use by independent operators bidding to run regional concessions in Europe. Harry Hondius reports
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QR builds on coal boom
LAST MONTH Queensland Rail formally put in a bid to buy forwarding company FCL Interstate Transport Services. With the A$446·5m deal to acquire Australian Railroad Group’s operations in Western Australia finalised on June 2, QR appears set on a course of aggressive expansion.If it beats the three other reported contenders ...
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Passenger News in Brief
Passenger News in BriefA KC581m two-year long modernisation of Ostrava-Svinov station by OHLwas completed on June 29.UK internet ticket retailer Trainline has been sold to Exponent Private Equity by Virgin and National Express for £163m.Czech Railways has bought a 38·79% stake in dining and sleeping car operator JLV from the ...
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Industry News in Brief
Industry News in BriefThe European Commission has approved Bouygues’ acquisition of the French government’s 21·01% stake in Alstom, under the terms announced on April 27 (RG 6.06 p361). The 29051244 shares were transferred at €68·21 per share on June 26, giving Bouygues 23·26% of Alstom’s capital and voting rights.Huber+Suhner has ...
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Japanese increase Russian wagon building capacity
NIPPON Sharyo and its export trading partner Sojitz Group have announced a ´200m contract to provide engineering support to Russian rolling stock manufacturer Promtractor-Vagon.Under the deal announced in June, the Japanese companies will supply equipment and advise on the layout of the wagon assembly plant which is to be built ...
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Cable tie up
WIRING and cable manufacturer Leoni is to acquire Swiss company Studer Draht- und Kabelwerk AG with effect from July 31, subject to regulatory approval. The Nürnberg-based firm will pay €105m for the cable maker, which had sales of about €84m in 2005.Based in Solothurn, Studer Cables has 350 employees. It ...
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FRA crushes push-pull canard
ATTEMPTS by Californian legislator Dario Frommer to outlaw push-pull operation were unanimously defeated on June 27, one day after the Federal Railroad Administration issued a report confirming that push-pull operation did not compromise safety. The Assembly Majority Leader had introduced his measure earlier this year, following the Glendale collision on ...
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Carriage connected by Qinetiq
WIRELESS internet equipment developed by Qinetiq is being tested on a Virgin Trains Pendolino trainset. The Connected Carriage system provides a moving train with national coverage at up to 49 MB/sec by combining multiple wide-area networking methods, including bi-directional satellite links and pre-WiMAX proprietary technology. Wi-fi hotspots are provided throughout ...
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Cavite concession
FOUR international consortia have expressed interest in a PPP concession to build the planned southern extension of Manila light rail Line 1 from Baclaran to Cavite.LRTA Administrator Mel Robles confirmed last month that bids have been received from a Japanese construction firm, an Indian-American joint venture and two Spanish companies. ...
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Pets and children onboard
PASSENGER feedback has inspired the design of areas for pets and children onboard Finnish inter-city coaches which are to receive a facelift this summer. On July 14 VR returned to service the first of 28 IC double-deck carriages which have been modernised by Riihim
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City NEWS
New Mexico’s Rail Runner Express commuter rail service was inaugurated on July 14, with trains initially running between Albuquerque and Highway 550 station in Sandoval County. Services are expected to be extended to Belen in September, with nine stations open by the end of this year, and to reach Santa ...
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Dhaka metro moves closer
THE BANGLADESH Ministry of Communications has selected a local construction company to develop a metro network in Dhaka, subject to final clearance from the government’s Private Sector Investment Committee.After meeting with Contech Managing Director Masud Reza, on June 27 Communications Minister Nazmul Huda confirmed that a Letter of Intent would ...
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Ministers and railway heads confer
INTRO: This year’s international Rail Summit will be held on September 19Once again, the European and Asian Rail Summit will serve to underscore the international character of InnoTrans. Guests from more than 50 countries in Europe and Asia, including transport ministers, railway CEOs and leading representatives from the railway industry ...
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Distant connection
OF ALL the proposals that have come and gone to build new railways across Africa, the line - or lines - from southern Sudan into Uganda and Kenya promoted by German industrialist Klaus Thormälen must rank among the most far-fetched. We have remarked before on this incredible scheme (RG 9.04 ...
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Trackwork contracts
SWEDISH infrastructure manager Banverket has awarded three contracts totalling £40m to UK-based infrastructure services and construction company Carillion. The largest contract covers double-tracking of the Mj
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Coupled up to Cook
WILLIAM Cook Rail has acquired the coupler business of Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Ltd, and is relocating it to the William Cook Rail headquarters in Leeds.The principal products of Sheffield Forgemasters are the AAR Type F coupler widely used on freight stock, the Type H Tightlock used on multiple-units and hauled ...
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Out for the count
UTAH Transit Authority has awarded INIT a contract to count passengers boarding and alighting from light rail vehicles in Salt Lake City.INIT will equip 41 of the city’s LRVs with its fully-automatic Mobile APC counters, and UTA has an option covering a further 28 cars. The infrared counters pass passenger ...
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Coupling up
’HOW COME nobody has invented that yet?’ is a question Voith Turbo Scharfenberg says it has been asked since launching its one4 coupler head, which is now undergoing field trials on ICE3 trainsets in Germany. The manufacturer says the coupler ’represents a radical simplification and standardisation’ of existing designs.Instead of ...