All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 639
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NewsProgress Rail buys fuel injection system supplier
USA: Progress Rail Services has acquired Haynes Corp, which manufactures precision diesel fuel injection systems for heavy duty engines. Products includes injection pumps, injector assembles, nozzles, delivery valves, plungers, barrels and electronic injectors. Haynes also undertakes contract manufacturing. ‘This acquisition is a good strategic fit to expand our offering of ...
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NewsKuwait metro and rail procurement to begin next year
KUWAIT: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects says that it has appointed new advisers for the planned Kuwait City metro and expects to start procurement in the first quarter of 2016. Plans for a metro were first announced in 2006. Expressions of interest were invited in 2012, but the project ...
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NewsSBB orders maintenance fleet
SWITZERLAND: To handle rising volumes of infrastructure construction and maintenance traffic, Swiss Federal Railways has placed two orders totalling SFr265m for Alstom to supply 47 mainline and shunting locomotives and Windhoff 35 self-propelled infrastructure maintenance vehicles. SBB had called tenders in March 2014 as part of programme to renew its ...
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NewsMinneapolis seeks more LRVs
USA: Twin Cities regional authority Metropolitan Council has invited expressions of interest for the supply of up to 77 new light rail vehicles to operate the expanding network in Minneapolis and St Paul. Proposals are due by December 18 for an initial order of 27 cars with options for ...
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NewsMinisters agree on political pillar of Fourth Railway Package
EUROPE: European Union transport ministers reached unanimous agreement on the general approach to the political pillar of the Fourth Railway Package at a meeting of the EU Transport Council on October 8. The ministers endorsed the two principles of gradual opening of member states’ domestic rail markets and proposals intended ...
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NewsEight bids for Oman Rail operating contract
OMAN: National railway project promoter Oman Rail has received proposals from eight companies or consortia interested in the contract to operate and maintain the first phase of the future network. Proposals were received from: Aurizon Operations;FS Italiane, Almavia, Al Madina Logistics, Cavarail and Menarail Transport Consultant;Freightliner Group, Oman Investment Corp ...
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NewsInvestment agency takes majority stake in Polish regional operator
POLAND: The treasury’s industrial development and restructuring agency Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu has acquired a 51% stake in Przewozy Regionalne from the 16 voivodships, which were given joint ownership of the regional passenger train business when it was spun out of state railway group PKP. The voivodships retain 49%. The government ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail market sounding begins
ASIA: Malaysian land transport commission SPAD and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority have jointly launched a market-sounding exercise for the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project. The proposed 330 km line would offer a 90 min journey time between the cities. The request for information issued on October ...
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NewsYerevan metro to receive upgrade loans
ARMENIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the European Investment Bank are to provide loans of €7m each for the third metro rehabilitation project in Yerevan. A further €7m is to be sought from another international donor. The project would involve refurbishment of the depot, substations, power ...
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NewsSaskatchewan short line operator bought
CANADA: Food processing company AGT Food & Ingredients Inc has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Mobil Capital Holdings, a Saskatchewan-based agricultural processor and exporter which operates the 136 km Last Mountain Railway and 402 km Big Sky Rail short line networks in Saskatchewan, as well as a ...
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NewsWabtec signs Faiveley Transport purchase agreement
INTERNATIONAL: On October 6 Wabtec Corp signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Faiveley Transport SA from members of the Faiveley family. According to Wabtec, the deal would ‘create one of the world’s largest public rail equipment companies, with revenues of about US$4·5bn and ...
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NewsMarseille metro to become driverless
FRANCE: Marseille Provence Metropole approved plans to convert its two-line metro to driverless operation on September 25. As the current fleet dating from the opening of the two lines in 1977 and 1984 is coming to the end of its service life, a decision was taken to replace the ...
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NewsSaudi Railway Co orders 1 200 Greenbrier wagons
SAUDI ARABIA: The Greenbrier Companies announced its entry into the Middle East wagon market on October 7, with a contract to supply approximately 1 200 tank wagons of three types to Saudi Railway Co. The wagons will be used to carry molten sulphur and phosphoric acid on the North–South Railway ...
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NewsChinese contractors eye Swedish high speed rail programme
SWEDEN: A group of Chinese firms under the brand Scandinavian Bridge & Rail Consortium Company says it is keen to help Sweden accelerate the delivery of its proposed 'inverse Y' high speed network linking Stockholm with Göteborg and Malmö. Speaking at the Nordic Rail trade show in Jönköping on October ...
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NewsOleg Belozerov
Oleg Belozerov, President & CEO of Russian Railways, has been nominated as UIC Chairman to complete the term started by former RZD President Vladimir Yakunin. His role is to be confirmed at UIC’s General Assembly on December 1, until when Michele Elia will continue as acting Chairman.
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NewsEurobahn retains Hellweg-Netz contract
GERMANY: Following an international tender, the Westfalen-Lippe and Rhein-Ruhr transport authorities announced on October 5 that they had selected incumbent Keolis subsidiary Eurobahn for the next contract to operate Hellweg-Netz passenger services. The final award of the contract is subject to the 10-day regulatory standstill period. The ...
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NewsPueblo wagon repair plant announced
USA: Wagon repair company Freedom Railcar Solutions and International Engineering have announce plans to develop a full-service wagon repair and modification facility in Pueblo, Colorado, by January 2017. This would offer services for tank and other wagons including interior cleaning, repairs, modification, exterior painting, interior lining and fabrication. The ...
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NewsEltel buys Norwegian signalling business
NORWAY: Power, communications, transport and security systems support service provider Eltel announced on October 5 that it had reached an agreement to acquire signalling installation, maintenance and project management company VETE Signaltjenester. The transaction was expected to close within one week. VETE was founded by former Strukton Rail employees ...
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NewsSiemens launches RailFusion big data asset monitoring software
USA: Siemens launched its RailFusion asset monitoring software at Railway Interchange 2015. Designed to remotely monitor and analyse data from a wide range of Siemens and third-party assets including level crossing equipment and end-of-train devices, the technology is currently being piloted in North America. Siemens said RailFusion would provide ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 2 breaks ground
PANAMA: President Juan Carlos Varela and Metro de Panama Director Roberto Roy officially launched construction of the second metro line in the capital on October 5. The timetable for construction is 44 months. The line is being built by the Línea 2 consortium of Odebrecht and FCC. A consortium ...