All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 574
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NewsGreek railway privatisation attracts one bid
GREECE: Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane submitted the only binding offer for a 100% stake in Greece’s national passenger and freight train operator Trainose, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund announced on July 6. The privatisation agency said the assessment of the bid would commence immediately. Russian ...
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NewsRail Week a ‘resounding success’
UK: The inaugural pan-industry Rail Week which set out to inform students, parents and careers advisers about opportunities in the railway industry was a ‘resounding success’ according to networking organisation Young Rail Professionals. Held from June 27 to July 3, Rail Week aimed to highlight the diverse and rewarding opportunities ...
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NewsKeren Terner
Keren Terner has succeeded Uzi Yitzhaki as General Manager of Israel’s Transport Ministry.
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NewsLong Island Rail Road resignalling contract awarded
USA: Ansaldo STS has won a $42m contract to resignal 29 km of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road between Ronkonkoma and Farmingdale. This includes 9 route-km of existing double track and 20 route-km which is being doubled, with seven stations as well as level crossings and ...
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NewsSan Miguel buys metro concessionaire
PHILIPPINES: Brewing, infrastructure and energy conglomerate San Miguel Corp has bought-out Universal LRT Corp and Salvador B Zamora II’s 49% stake in Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 concessionaire Universal LRT Corp (BVI) Ltd and 100% interest in designated future operator ULCOM for US$100m. San Miguel’s acquisition of 100% of ...
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NewsJohns Hopkins develops IRiS remote control inspection system
USA: Harsco Corp’s Protran Technology business unit is to market an unmanned Instrumented Rail Inspection System developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. ‘Rail safety depends on regular access, evaluation and protection along the railroad right-of-way,’ explained Jim Resio of Protran Technology. ‘With the new Instrumented Rail Inspection ...
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NewsMobile ticketing comes to New York commuter rail
USA: New York MTA has introduced m-ticketing on its Long Island Rail Road and Metro North commuter rail networks using technology provided by mobile fare collection specialist Masabi.Using Masabi’s JustRide mobile ticketing platform, passengers are able to purchase tickets using their smart phones as an alternative to a vending machine. ...
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NewsNew fleet and CBTC on Buenos Aires Line H
ARGENTINA: Line H of the Buenos Aires metro reopened to traffic on July 4, having been closed for a week as final testing and training was undertaken with the new fleet of Alstom trainsets. According to metro authority SBASE, Line H is the first on the Buenos Aires network to ...
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NewsBerlin orders Stadler U-Bahn trains
GERMANY: Stadler announced on July 7 that Berlin transport operator BVG had exercised a €140m option for the supply of a further 27 four-car Type IK metro trainsets, branded Icke by the operator. BVG placed an initial order for two prototype Type IK trainsets in July 2012, with options for ...
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NewsNetz Prignitz operating contract awarded
GERMANY: Following a European tender, on July 1 Berlin-Brandenburg transport authority VBB named incumbent Hanseatische Eisenbahn as the winner of the next contract to operate Netz Prignitz passenger services. The contract runs for two years from December 2016, and covers the operation of local-authority funded train services totalling 222 000 ...
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NewsSiemens to 'rethink mobility' at InnoTrans 2016
SIEMENS: ‘Rethinking mobility’ will be Siemens’ slogan at InnoTrans 2016, where the company will be focusing on digital innovations intended to make the transport industry more competitive and attractive. Siemens will be looking towards the year 2050, when an estimated 70% of the world's population will be living in cities ...
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NewsTransdev takes over in Wellington
NEW ZEALAND: The Transdev Wellington joint venture of Transdev and Hyundai Rotem has taken over the operation of the capital’s suburban rail network from KiwiRail with effect from July 3. Under a contract with Greater Wellington Regional Council signed on March 15, the consortium will operate the ...
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NewsNew Myki contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has selected current operator NTT Data to manage the Myki smart ticketing system for seven years from January 1 2017. The new contract is worth just under A$700m, and uses a fixed-price model with stronger performance requirements designed to transfer a greater share of commercial liability ...
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Newsc2c Electrostar EMUs under construction
UK: Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant is building six four-car Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-units which are scheduled to enter service by the end of the year to increase capacity on the Essex to London commuter route operated by c2c. National Express subsidiary c2c currently operates a previous generation of Bombardier ...
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NewsJR Kyushu flotation moves closer
JAPAN: An initial flotation of JR Kyushu could take place as early as October, after the state-owned railway lodged a formal application for an IPO with the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 30. JR Kyushu is the fourth of the JR Group passenger railways established as part of the JNR ...
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NewsPyrénées line reopens
FRANCE: Celebrations were held on July 1 to mark the reopening of the 24·7 km line between Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Bedous in the foothills of the Pyrénées, where passenger services had resumed on June 26. Taking part in the inauguration were SNCF President Guillaume Pepy, the President of infrastructure manager SNCF ...
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NewsStadler to show UK electro-diesel and sleeping car for Azerbaijan
STADLER: A Class 88 EuroDual electro-diesel locomotive ordered by leasing company Beacon Rail for use by UK operator Direct Rail Services, a sleeping car for Azerbaijan’s ADY and an EC250 Giruno inter-city trainset ordered by Swiss Federal Railways for use on services through the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be among ...
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NewsTEX Rail commuter rail link to Dallas Fort Worth airport finalised
USA: TEX Rail commuter rail services are to serve two stations within the boundary of Dallas-Fort Worth airport under an agreement between the airport and Fort Worth Transportation Authority reached on June 30.DFW airport is already served from the east by the DART light rail network ...
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NewsSouth Western invitations to tender issued
UK: The Department for Transport issued invitations to tender for the new South Western franchise, setting out the minimum requirements which bidders must include in their detailed proposals. These include: at least 95 additional services on weekdays from December 2018;a doubling of services on the London Waterloo – Reading and ...
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NewsTransdev to operate Detroit streetcar
USA: Detroit light rail project promoter M-1 Rail has awarded Transdev a contract to operate and maintain the future Qline, which is under construction with opening planned for 2017. The initial five-year contract is worth $15·5m, and is renewable for up to five more years. Ridership is estimated at ...