All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 762
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NewsNarrow gauge diesel delivery
ISLE OF MAN: Motive Power & Equipment Solutions has produced a remanufactured diesel-electric locomotive which will be used on works trains and as a back-up for the steam locos which haul tourist services on the 914 mm gauge Isle of Man Railway. Ordered at a cost of £0·4m, the 42·5 ...
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NewsHigh speed inspection vehicle order
CHINA: China Railways Corp has approved series production of a fleet of diesel railcars designed to enable overhead electrification equipment on high speed lines to be inspected and repaired during short maintenance windows. The prototype 711CN railcar developed by German manufacturer GBM Gleisbaumechanik Brandenburg has been tested at speeds ...
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NewsChinese rail projects approved
CHINA: The final 527 km of the Southern Xinjiang line between Aksu and Korla opened for traffic on December 5 with the departure of a freight train from Aksu. The 1449 km line has been built in stages with the fiorst phase opening in 1984. It is designed for 160 ...
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NewsHouston opens second light rail line
USA: Revenue services have started running on Houston Metro’s 8·5 km North Line light rail route following an official inauguration on December 21 and a day of free rides. Running north from UH Downtown in the city centre through Moody Park and Lindale to the Northline Transit Center, the line ...
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NewsChikmagalur line opened
INDIA: Minister of Railways Mallikarjun Kharge opened South Western Railway’s 45 km Kadur – Chikmagalur line on November 19. The broad gauge branch connects Chikmagalur, Kanivehalli, Sakarayapatna and Bisalehalli to the Hubli – Bangalore main line, and includes four major and 75 minor bridges. The project was first proposed in ...
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NewsSEPTA outlines ‘Catching Up’ investment plan
USA: SEPTA, the transport authority which provides urban and suburban rail services in the metropolitan area around Philadelphia, plans to double its annual capital expenditure of $300m by 2018 under a wide-ranging investment programme. At a board meeting on December 19, SEPTA officials proposed a multi-year spending programme entitled ‘Catching ...
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NewsMitsubishi Electric to acquire Italian air-conditioning supplier
ITALY: An agreement has been reached for Mitsubishi Electric Corp's European business to acquire an 80% stake in Padova-based rolling stock air-conditioning supplier Klimat-Fer SpA from April 2014. Announcing the agreement on December 16, the companies said Mitsubishi Electric's advanced technical knowledge would be combined with Klimat-Fer's innovation and sales ...
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NewsSingapore’s Downtown Line welcomes first passengers
SINGAPORE: Serving six stations, the first section of the Downtown automated metro line opened for public service on December 21. The 4·3 km section between Chinatown and Bugis will be served by trains running at 4 min headways at peak times and 5 min otherwise. The Land Transport Authority has ...
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NewsFirst ETCS certified in Poland
POLAND: The first certification for commercial use of ETCS equipment in Poland was granted on November 21, covering Level 1 operation on the CMK fast line from Grodzisk Mazowiecki to Zawiercie. The equipment supplied by Thales under a 17·65m złoty contract included 1200 balises, 250 wayside controllers and 20 ...
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NewsEBA approves Velaro D high speed trains for domestic operation
GERMANY: After many months of delays, the first four of 16 Class 407 high speed trainsets for Deutsche Bahn have been approved for use in Germany by EBA, the national railway safety authority. DB placed an order worth around €500m with Siemens in November 2008 for 15 Class 407 trainsets ...
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NewsBart Demosky
Bart Demosky has been appointed Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Pacific, succeeding Brian Grassby.
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NewsNews in Brief - December 2013
EBRD is considering lending €133m to support Far Eastern Rail Co’s planned €378m acquisition of up to 10 000 wagons which would be leased to Russian coal miners. The wagons would have 25 tonne axleloads and be suitable for operation in block trains at higher speeds than existing vehicles. ...
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NewsChME3 locomotive rebuilt
UKRAINE: Slovakian firm ZOS Zvolen has completed the first of six ChME3 heavy shunting locomotives which are to be rebuilt under a contract awarded by Ukrainian Railways in March. If the rebuild proves successful, up to 100 more could follow at a cost of up to €200m. ZOS Zvolen’s first ...
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NewsAesthetically pleasing electrification competition
UK: 'New, aesthetically pleasing designs' for overhead electrification masts are being sought in an international competition managed by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The rail industry Enabling Innovation Team is promoting the competition in conjunction with high speed line project promoter HS2 using funding from the Department for ...
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NewsSiemens selected for 200 km/h US passenger locomotive order
USA: Illinois Department of Transportation announced on December 19 that it had selected Siemens for a contract to supply approximately 35 diesel locomotives with maximum speed of 200 km/h. The deal has still to be finalised, but a notice of intent has been issued by IDOT, which is leading a ...
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NewsVR orders Siemens Vectron locomotives
FINLAND: National operator VR Group named Siemens as the winner of an order to supply 80 electric locomotives on December 20. The contract to be signed in early 2014 is worth more than €300m, making it the largest rolling stock investment by VR Group and according to Siemens the ...
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NewsPerth light rail project put back three years
AUSTRALIA: The proposed A$1·9bn Metro Area Express Light Rail project in Perth is to be deferred by three years under a package of measures designed to reduce Western Australia's debt which was announced by state Treasurer Troy Buswell on December 18. The state's 2013-14 budget had previously allocated A$432m over ...
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NewsBienkowska heads ministry
Poland's Minister for Regional Development Elzbieta Bienkowska has been appointed to head up the Transport and Regional Development ministries, which have been combined following the resignation of former Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak in November.Zbigniew Rynasiewicz and Adam Zdzieblo have been appointed Secretaries of State for road and rail respectively.
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market December 2013
Algeria: Enterprise du Metro d’Alger has awarded a consortium of Alstom and Yapi Merkezi a €380m contract to build the 15·5 km eastern and 7·2 km southern lines of the planned tram network in Sétif. Argentina: ADIF has awarded Comsa EMTE an €11m contract to build a new 20 ...
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NewsInnoTrans bookings hit an all-time high
INNOTRANS: Organiser Messe Berlin reports that bookings for the InnoTrans rail industry trade fair have reached an 'all time high' for the 2014 event. More than half of the 200 first-time exhibitors will be from outside Germany. The previous InnoTrans held in September 2012 featured 2 515 exhibitors from 49 ...