All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2008 – Page 4
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Invensys buys Quantum Engineering
QUANTUM ENGINEERING: Invensys Rail Group announced on September 17 that had purchased Quantum Engineering for US$38m. IRS said Quantum 'has built a solid reputation for the development of mainline onboard signalling, locomotive performance controls and train integrity devices in the Americas', and would lift IRG's profile in the ...
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Auckland electrification contract
NEW ZEALAND: Infrastucture manager Ontrack has awarded Balfour Beatty, Maunsell and Evans & Peck a NZ$10m contract for 175 track-km of electrification around Auckland. The project forms part of a NZ$1bn investment programme announced in 2007. Work on the Britomart - Papakura and Newmarket - Swanson routes will ...
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NewsAir France-KLM confirms high speed rail discussions
FRANCE: Speaking at the opening of Terminal 2G at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on September 9, Air France-KLM President Jean-Cyril Spinetta confirmed that the airline was in discussions with Veolia Transport over the establishment of a joint venture to operate high speed trains in place of short-haul flights. 'We are looking ...
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NewsKawasaki unveils 350 km/h efSET
JAPAN: Kawasaki Heavy Industries has unveiled the design concept for efSET, a 350 km/h high speed train which it is developing to compete in the global export market. The basic design of the Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train will be completed by March 2009, with engineering verification to be ...
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NewsSkoda rolls out CD's first three-system locomotive
CZECH REPUBLIC: The unveiling at Skoda Transportation's Plzen plant of the first 200 km/h electric locomotive for CD marks a new start for the domestic loco manufacturing industry, reports Michal Málek.
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NewsWest Coast Pendolino contract signed
UK: Leasing company Angel Trains announced on September 19 that it had signed contracts with Alstom for 106 extra Pendolino vehicles for West Coast services. Alstom's Saviglinao plant is set to begin work in January on the production of four 11-car trainsets plus 62 vehicles to lengthen 31 existing ...
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NewsBerlin's next generation tram arrives
GERMANY: Berlin city transport operator BVG unveiled the first of four pre-production prototypes for the German capital's next generation of trams on September 19. Bombardier Transportation's Bautzen plant is supplying four pre-series Flexity Berlin vehicles under a contract placed in September 2006. If the 100% low-floor cars prove successful, ...
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NewsContracts September 2008
Czech Republic: OKD Doprava, the largest private freight operator in the country, has taken over Viamont Cargo, the third largest. Europe: European Commission clearance enabled investment bank Arcapita to complete its acquisition of Freightliner Group Ltd from 3i, Electra Private Equity and the company’s management and staff on July ...
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Urban rail news in brief - September 2008
Discussions are underway between the Department of Transportation & Communications and Metro Rail Transit Corp regarding the purchase of 73 additional cars for Line 3 of the Manila metro. The talks are separate from those taking place over the government's plans to buy out Metrostar Express, the consortium that built ...
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Madrid resignals two lines
SPAIN: Under a programme costing €104m, Madrid Metro is resignalling lines 1 and 6 with communications-based train control to increase capacity by 50% and 31·8% respectively. So far, 94 km of radiating cable has been laid, as well as over 200 km of optic fibre, with CBTC equipment being fitted ...
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NewsLausanne metro line M2 inaugurated
SWITZERLAND: Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger formally inaugurated Lausanne's automatic metro line M2 on September 18 by cutting a ribbon at Riponne-M Béjart station. More than 60 000 people rode on the rubber-tyred metro trains on September 18 and 19. The public are able to use the line until September ...
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NewsKaohsiung Orange Line revenue service starts
TAIWAN: Revenue services on Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp's 14·4 km Orange Line began on September 22. Eight days of free rides had begun on September 14. During October the MRT Bureau will submit proposals to the Ministry of Transport & Communications for extensions to the Red and Orange lines. ...
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NewsRailpool places €192m order for 58 Traxx locos
EUROPE: The Railpool joint venture of HSH Nordbank and KfW-IPEX Bank has placed its first order for locomotives. On September 22 Bombardier announced that it had signed two contracts to supply the leasing firm with a total of 58 Traxx locomotives worth €192m. Deliveries will begin in August 2009, ...
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NewsWorld-leading trade fair keeps expanding
INNOTRANS: Companies from 41 countries will be represented at this year’s exhibition.
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NewsVoith Turbo adds Gravitas
INNOTRANS: Following the high-profile debut of its Maxima 40CC freight locomotive at InnoTrans 2006, Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik of Kiel will be showing the smaller members of its growing diesel-hydraulic family. The Voith locomotive display will feature a 2750 kW Maxima 30CC, which shares many components with the more powerful ...
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NewsNürnberg Talent 2 commuter train on display
INNOTRANS: In the first of many product launches lined up for InnoTrans 2008, Bombardier Transportation unveiled a Talent 2 EMU for Nürnberg commuter services shortly after the opening of the show on September 23. Deutsche Bahn and Bombardier signed a €1·2bn framework agreement covering up to 321 of the ...
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NewsSNCB dual-system loco to be unveiled
INNOTRANS: The Class 18 dual-system electric loco for Belgium will be unveiled by Siemens at InnoTrans. SNCB has ordered 60 locos, with options for a further 60, and the first is due to be delivered at the beginning of 2009. The latest development of the Eurosprinter family, the Class ...
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News'Peregrine falcon' to be fastest trains in Russia
INNOTRANS: The Velaro RUS high speed fleet for Russia is to be known as 'Sapsan' (peregrine falcon), RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and Chief Executive of Siemens Industry Heinrich Hiesinger announced at the unveiling of three cars from the first train. The Siemens factory at Krefeld is producing eight 10-car ...
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Rouen bypass completed
FRANCE: RFF has completed a €50m project to upgrade and electrify the 36 km route between Motteville and Montérolier-Buchy, enabling freight trains from the port of Le Havre to reach Amiens, northeastern France, the Benelux countries and Germany without negotiating the rail bottlenecks of Rouen and the Paris region. ...
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Approval for 2030 strategy
RUSSIA: The federal government has approved a long-term strategy setting priorities for the development of the national rail network to 2030. The strategy is to be implemented in two phases. The main objective of the first period covering 2008-15 is to modernise the infrastructure and renew life-expired motive power and ...