All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2008 – Page 2
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NewsZürich double-deck order confirmed
SWITZERLAND: On September 2 Siemens and Bombardier confirmed they had received a previously-announced €189m order to supply 121 low-floor intermediate double-deck coaches. SBB will receive 113 of the coaches to lengthen existing Zürich S-Bahn trainsets, while eight will go to the Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg Bahn. Deliveries will run from ...
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NewsSecond line planned in Santo Domingo
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: In his speech accepting a third term of office on August 16, President Leonel Fernández announced that a second metro line would be built in the capital, Santo Domingo. The opening of the 14·5 km Line 1 running north-south across the city is now scheduled for November. End-to-end ...
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NewsCegelec alive to world-wide expansion
TRACTION: Cegelec's Praha plant has established a strong market in updating Tatra tram cars with chopper controls.
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NewsToronto reopens tram bidding process
CANADA: On August 27 Toronto Transit Commission formally approved reopening the procurement process for 204 low-floor trams at an estimated cost of C$1·25bn. The initial attempt had attracted only two bids, both of which were deemed non-compliant. A multi-phase bidding process will now be used, with Alstom, Bombardier and ...
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NewsRail-air competition hots up
EUROPE: We have long argued that there is considerable scope for high speed trains to replace short-haul flights between cities up to 1 000 km apart. Notable examples include SNCF's TGVs linking Paris with Lyon, Rennes and Avignon, Thalys between Paris and Brussels, and Eurostar on the London - Paris ...
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NewsVTG shares to be listed on SDAX
GERMANY: Hamburg-based wagon leasing company VTG AG will be listed on the SDAX index from September 22 2008, Deutsche Börse decided on September 3. VTG said that it will be amongst the 110 largest listed companies in Germany based on share trading volume and freefloat market capitalisation, excluding the 30 ...
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NewsVeolia to run S-Bahn from 2010
GERMANY: The NordWestBahn subsidiary of Veolia Transport has been selected to manage the future Regio-S-Bahn services in Bremen and Niedersachsen from December 2010. Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG confirmed Veolia as the winner after Deutsche Bahn withdrew an appeal against conditions in the call for tenders. Veolia said it is ...
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NewsHigh speed rail in Qatar plan
QATAR: Deutsche Bahn has revealed details of its agreement to assist with the conceptual development of a rail network in the emirate. A memorandum of understanding was signed by DB and state investment company Qatari Diar at the end of August. DB will develop conceptual designs and provide consultancy ...
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NewsUrban maglev opportunity
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem's Chief Operating Officer, Total Rail Systems, Lee Sang-Kil is excited by the prospects in the urban maglev field, particularly in the domestic market where cities are moving their focus from heavy metro lines to automated peoplemovers, rubber-tyred mini-metros and 'light rail' feeders serving housing, retail and ...
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News'We are making steady efforts to become a global leader'
INDUSTRY:?Last year’s rebranding of Hyundai Rotem is a key element in strengthening the company’s image in the international market. Chief Operating Officer of Total Rail Systems Lee Sang-Kil tells Chris Jackson that the company is looking to raise its export business to 70% of turnover.
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NewsFehmarn Belt fixed link treaty signed
EUROPE: The German and Danish transport ministers signed a treaty for the construction of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Puttgarden and Rødbyhavn on September 3. The DKr33bn fixed link is to be financed, built, operated and owned by Denmark through a state-owned company modelled on the Øresund ...
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NewsDSB orders 10 more Øresund trains
DENMARK: State railway DSB has placed a €82m order with Bombardier for 10 three-car Contessa inter-regional EMUs for use on services across the Oresund bridge to southern Sweden. The contract announced on September 5 includes an option for a further 30 units. The trains will be leased by the ...
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NewsNext-generation Citadis tram on test
FRANCE: Following the completion of tests at Petite-Forêt, Alstom sent the prototype for the next generation of Citadis trams from its Valenciennes plant to the Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre in Germany on September 1. Designated X04, the prototype is being used to test developments including new bogies, permanent magnet synchronous ...
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NewsLocal connections essential
EUROPE: 'High speed trains can be and have been a catalyst for economic and social regeneration as well as bringing the people of Europe closer together — and quickly', pointed out James Brathwaite, Chairman of the South East England Development Agency, addressing a conference in London to mark the conclusion ...
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NewsSouth Korea's growing network
INFRASTRUCTURE: Electrification, double-tracking and new line construction feature strongly in an expansion programme that will see South Korea’s rail network expand by 12% over the next eight years
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NewsSBB seeks freight partner
SWITZERLAND: Potential partners have until September 22 to submit expressions of interest in forming a partnership with SBB Cargo to develop Swiss Federal Railways' freight business. SBB said on September 3 that it is aiming to improve rail's competitive position against road in the international market, provide better ...
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News in Brief
Delivery of 25 locomotives from India has allowed freight services to be restarted on the line north from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanga and Moshi in Tanzania. A third weekly passenger service between Dar-es-Salaam and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika is now running, and Tanzania Railways has ordered 23 third class sleeping cars ...
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NewsSNCB orders Alstom TBL1+ train protection
BELGIUM: SNCB has placed an order with Alstom for the supply of a further 956 sets of TBL1+ onboard train protection equipment. Installation will be undertaken by SNCB. The contract follows an order for 866 sets placed in 2007, and includes a 10 -year maintenance agreement bringing the total ...
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Punta Colonet tenders called
MEXICO: President Felipe Calderon announced the start of tendering for a 45-year build and operate concession covering the planned US$5bn Punta Colonet port and railway project on August 28. The centrepiece will be a container port for trans-Pacific cargo which is to be built on the lightly ...
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NewsERTMS contract in Croatia
CROATIA: The Central Finance & Contracting Agency has awarded a consortium of Bombardier and Italian firm Site SpA a €16m contract to install Interflo 250 ETCS Level 1 equipment between Vinkovci and Tovarnik. The 33·5 km line to the Serbian border forms part of Pan-European Corridor X between ...