All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 815
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NewsAlstom/Kamkor joint venture to produce 10 000 point machines
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has awarded the KazElectroPrivod joint venture of Alstom and local partner Kamkor a €90m contract to supply 10 000 point machines over the next 10 years. Alstom's share of the contract is worth €65m. The equally-owned point machine production joint venture was formed in January by ...
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NewsGood but not completely satisfactory year for Siemens
SIEMENS: 'Fiscal 2012 was a good year but not a completely satisfactory year for us', President & CEO Peter Löscher told the Siemens AG annual general meeting on January 23. The company suffered from uncertainties in the global economy, substantial charges in the Energy sector and problems with specific projects. ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation wins Konya tram contract
TURKEY: Škoda Transportation announced a €104·7m contract to supply 60 trams to Konya on March 4. The five-section air-conditioned Type 28T trams will be 100% low-floor bidirectional vehicles based on 31 trams ordered by Miskolc in Hungary. Konya municipality is planning to expand the city's 21 km tram line, which ...
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NewsAutomated metro opens in Brescia
ITALY: Linking Prealpino in the north of the city with S. Eufemia Buffalora in the southeast, the 13·7 km Brescia metro opened to the public on March 2 with a weekend of free travel. The automated metro has been built by a consortium of Ansaldo STS (railway systems, train control, ...
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NewsStadler awarded Beograd suburban train contract
SERBIA: A contract for Stadler Rail to supply 21 Flirt electric multiple-units for use on Beograd suburban services was signed by national railway ŽS on March 4. The €100m order is being funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery ...
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NewsŁódz tramway modernisation contract
POLAND: City transport authority ZDiT Łódz has awarded PRM Mosty Łódz a 308·4m złoty contract to modernise part of the metre-gauge tram network in Łódz. The route from Retkinia in the west of the city to Widzew in the east is to undergo a complete modernisation, and will be extended ...
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NewsTransnet research partnership
SOUTH AFRICA: Railway infrastructure design, energy efficiency, traction power re-use and alternative fuel technologies are among the rail-specific elements of a wide-ranging research agreement signed between Transnet and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on February 11. Transnet's rail freight operation is investing R52bn in rail assets under its ...
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NewsParis T7 tram rolled out
FRANCE: Alstom presented the first of 19 Citadis 302 trams for Paris Line T7 at its plant in La Rochelle on January 12. This forms part of a framework contract placed in January 2011 for 70 trams to work lines T7 and T8. The second tranche will cover 20 ...
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NewsNo private finance for Crossrail train fleet
UK: Plans for private finance to meet the majority of the estimated £1bn cost of procuring around 600 electric multiple-unit cars and associated maintenance facilities for Crossrail have been dropped, Transport for London announced on March 1. The largest single contract to be awarded under the Crossrail project is now ...
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NewsFrancilien arrives at Paris Est
FRANCE: President of the Ile-de-France regional council and Paris transport authority STIF Jean-Paul Huchon joined SNCF Transilien Director General Bénédicte Tilloy and RFF Ile-de-France Regional Director François Régus Orizet on February 27 to mark the entry into service of the first of 35 Francilien EMUs for the suburban network serving ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Smarter cities are on the move Analysis IHHA conference report Traffic rises on China’s railways Fourth Railway Package unveiled Infrastructure Running a railway at its limit Virgin Trains’ Chief Operating Officer Chris Gibb ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International magazine. Comment Marking 150 years of metro operation, London Underground Managing Director Mike Brown describes improvements being made to the city’s iconic network News Review Chinese metros Wuhan, Hangzhou and Beijing have all opened metro lines in ...
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NewsEuropean Court of Justice rules on vertical separation
EUROPE: On February 28 the European Court of Justice ruled on four infringement cases brought by the European Commission regarding the extent to which Directive 91/440 and the First Railway Package require infrastructure managers to be independent of train operators. The court found that Hungary (case C 473/10) and Spain ...
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NewsMÁV and GySEV order Flirts
HUNGARY: National railway MÁV and Austria-Hungary cross-border operator GySEV jointly selected sole bidder Stadler Rail to supply a total of 48 Flirt electric multiple-units on February 26. The order covers 42 EMUs for MÁV and six for GySEV. The four-car units will have 200 seats and a maximum speed of ...
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NewsTitagarh-FreightCar wagon joint venture wound up
INDIA: The Titagarh-FreightCar joint venture which aimed to bring US wagon technology to the Indian market is being wound up, Titagarh Wagons and FreightCar America confirmed on February 22. The joint venture was formed following a 2008 agreement between the partners, with the Indian firm holding a 49% stake. Work ...
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NewsElectric multiple-unit factory to be built in Rajasthan
INDIA: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Indian Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding on February 25 agreeing to establish a factory at Bhilwara in Rajasthan which would help to meet the growing demand for local and outer-suburban electric multiple-units The new plant in Bhilwara is to be funded by ...
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NewsLatest Metrolink extension reaches Rochdale
UK: The first revenue-earning trams ran on the latest extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network on February 28. The 7·4 km section allows light rail services to be extended from Shaw & Crompton to Rochdale railway station, with intermediate stops at Newhey, Kingsway, Milnrow and Newbold. The opening ...
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NewsUnprecedented demand for tanks
GATX: ‘The North American rail market remains strong due to unprecedented demand for tank cars’, said GATX President & CEO Brian A Kenney when announcing the company’s 2012 results on January 24. ‘In 2012, we capitalised on the favourable market conditions by increasing lease rates while successfully stretching lease ...
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NewsWorld rail market February 2013
Canada: GO Transit has extended Bombardier’s fleet operations and maintenance contracts which will now run to 2023 with a value of around C$927m. Egypt: Systra is to undertake a study for a planned modernisation of Cairo metro Line 1. Germany: Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe has awarded Trapeze a contract to ...
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NewsMarket pricing boosts high speed sales by 38%
SPAIN: Ticket sales for RENFE high speed services have increased by 38% year-on-year following the introduction of a new market-based fares structure, according to Development Minister Ana Pastor. A total of 824 188 tickets had been sold since the new fares were introduced, she told the lower house of the ...