All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 813
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NewsVale suspends Río Colorado project
ARGENTINA: Brazilian mining company Vale announced on March 11 that it had informed the Argentinian government that it was suspending its Río Colorado project to develop potash deposits in the province of Mendoza. According to the company, 'in the current macroeconomic environment the economics of the project are not ...
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NewsCollins moves to Sydney
Currently Chief Operating Officer of London Underground, Howard Collins has been named CEO of Sydney Trains. The new passenger operator is due to take over RailCorp’s CityRail suburban services from July 1.Collins was responsible for returning the Underground to full service after the 2005 London bombings, and was awarded an ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market March 2013
Brazil: An Alstom-led consortium has won a €20m contract to provide ventilation systems for the 11-station extension of São Paulo metro Line 5 scheduled for completion in 2015. Bulgaria: NRIC has awarded Thales and Kapsch CarrierCom a €35m contract to provide ETCS Level 1 and GSM-R for 133 km ...
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NewsCorte 8 opens on Rio commuter network
BRAZIL: A new station was officially opened at Corte 8 on the Rio de Janeiro commuter network operated by SuperVia on March 11. Located between Gramacho and Duque de Caxias on the route to Saracuruna, the station has been built at a cost of R$10m to serve a local population ...
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NewsTfL seeks Crossrail operator
UK: Transport for London has placed a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union inviting expressions of interest in the concession to operate Crossrail passenger services. Potential operators have until the end of April to respond. The concession would be similar to the existing London Overground inner-suburban contract, ...
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NewsLos Angeles approves streetcar funding
USA: On March 6 Los Angeles City Council approved the provision of $300m over 30 years for the operation and maintenance of a light rail line in central Los Angeles. This follows voters’ approval in December of a tax that is expected to raise $62·5m towards the construction cost. ...
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NewsCN and CP recruit COOs
On February 19 Claude Mongeau, President of Canadian National, announced the promotion of Senior Vice-President Jim Vena (photo) to Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice-President. He fills the gap left by Keith Creel, who departed CN two weeks earlier to take up the post of President & Chief Operating Officer ...
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NewsAntti Vehviläinen
Antti Vehviläinen has been appointed Director General of Liikennevirasto, the Finnish Transport Agency, for a five-year term. He joins from paper and pulp manufacturer Stora Enso Oyj, where he was Vice-President, Logistics. With extensive transport experience, he has chaired Liikennevirasto’s advisory board since the agency was established in 2010.
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NewsJoel Ortega
Joel Ortega has been named Director of Mexico City’s metro, while Eduardo Venedero becomes Director of light rail operator STE.
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NewsDimitris Sophocleous
Dimitris Sophocleous has been appointed General Manager of Romanian infrastructure manager CFR SA, succeeding Cristian Ghibu.
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NewsClare Moriarty
Clare Moriarty has taken over as Director General, Rail, at the UK’s Department of Transport with effect from January 7, as part of an internal restructuring following the InterCity West Coast refranchising problems. Formerly Director General, Corporate, she served as Acting Permanent Secretary at DfT pending the appointment of Philip ...
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NewsDragoljub Simonovic
Dragoljub Simonovic, a former member of the Serbian Parliament’s Transport & Communications Board, has been named Director General of Serbian Railways. Svetozar Capin and Predrag Jankovic have become Executive Directors, replacing Milovan Markovic and Zoran Masal.
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NewsADIF changes President
On January 22 Gonzalo Ferre Moltó took up the post of President of Spanish national infrastructure manager ADIF. Formerly Secretary General for Infrastructure at the Ministry of Development, he succeeds Enrique Verdeguer who has stood down for personal reasons.
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News€26⋅5bn Grand Paris metro expansion programme confirmed
FRANCE: The government is to proceed with the project to build 200 km of new metro lines by 2030 to serve the outer suburbs of the capital, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in a speech given on March 6. Following a review of the programme inherited from the Sarkozy administration, ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Gdańsk airport line
POLAND: A consortium of Budimex and Ferrovial Agroman has been chosen as preferred bidder to build Phase II of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway linking Gdańsk Wrzeszcz with Gdańsk Airport. The 716m złoty contract is expected to be signed in April. Construction is due to start in late 2013, for completion ...
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NewsHalon-free fire suppression for Eurostar
EUROPE: Following approval by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, Brush Traction is replacing the Halon-based fire suppression equipment in the power cars of Eurostar’s high speed trains with Stat-X systems supplied by Nobel Fire Systems. The Stat-X generators can be activated either manually or automatically in the event of an ...
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NewsMinistry of Railways to be abolished under Chinese reform plan
CHINA: Proposals to abolish the Ministry of Railways and split its functions between the Ministry of Transport and a new railway operating body are included in a report on institutional reform of the State Council which was unveiled on March 10. The reform of the cabinet aims to clarify ...
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NewsDallas to get off-wire capable light rail vehicles
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has selected Brookville Equipment Corp to supply two off-wire capable light rail vehicles for use on the Union Station - Oak Cliff extension. The $9·4m contract signed on February 26 includes an option for two additional vehicles. The three-section Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcars will ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market March 2013
Australia: On January 31 CSR Ziyang signed a contract to supply six AC traction diesel locomotives to Qube by the end of the year. Austria: ÖBB-Technische Services has awarded Compin a €2·8m contract to supply seats for Talent and Desiro multiple-units. China: The Ministry of Railways has awarded ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2013
Stockholm County Council and EIB signed a SKr3·5bn loan agreement on February 15 to fund development of the metro Red Line. This includes new rolling stock and CBTC, a new depot in Norsborg and work at Nyboda depot. The UK's Department for Transport has confirmed a further £23m for upgrading ...