All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2011 – Page 4
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NewsSiemens awarded Swiss ETCS Level 1 roll-out contract
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railway has selected Siemens’ Rail Automation business unit to supply, install and maintain equipment for its network-wide roll-out of ETCS Level 1 Limited Supervision over the next six years. SBB is the pioneer for L1LS, which will be incorporated into the Baseline 3.0.0 system requirement specifications due ...
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NewsInternational innovation wanted
RUSSIA: 'Russian Railways is interested in seeing high-tech production brought to Russia, and in exchanging cutting-edge technologies', according to RZD President Vladimir Yakunin. Addressing the ‘Strong Russia 2011’ business summit in Moscow, Yakunin described industrial modernisation and the introduction of world-class technology as a ‘cornerstone’ of the railway’s investment policy. ...
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NewsFlexity 2 tram unveiled in Blackpool
UK: Bombardier Transportation launched the first of its Flexity 2 trams in the seaside town of Blackpool on September 8. It is the first of 16 ordered by Blackpool Council in 2009 as part of what Lancashire County Council’s Director of Transport & Strategic Highways, Mike Kirby, describes as a ...
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NewsPresidential opening for LGV Rhin-Rhône
FRANCE: President Nicolas Sarkozy inaugurated the first 140 km section of LGV Rhin-Rhône between Villiers-les-Pots and Petit-Croix on September 8, cutting a ribbon at the new TGV station outside Besançon to mark the formal opening of the high speed line. He then travelled to Belfort-Montbéliard TGV, where a rolling stock ...
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NewsNew Orleans streetcar expansion drive
USA: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has selected Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide construction management services for a three-phase expansion of the city’s streetcar network. Last year RTA was awarded a $45m grant from the federal Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) programme to fund construction of a ...
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NewsRift Valley funding
AFRICA: A US$165m package of funding towards a US$287m five-year programme of capital investment in the railway linking the Kenyan port of Mombasa to the Ugandan capital Kampala was signed by Rift Valley Railways, the two governments, six development organisations and a local bank on August 4. Now owned by ...
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NewsSiemens and RZD sign €2·5bn EMU and maintenance contracts
RUSSIA: A €2bn contract for the Train Technologies joint venture of Siemens and Sinara to supply a further 1 200 Desiro RUS electric multiple-unit cars to Russian Railways in 2015-20 was signed on September 7. The contract was signed during Expo 1520 at Shcherbinka, and follows a preliminary agreement concluded ...
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NewsZagreb suburban EMU enters service
CROATIA: A prototype 25 kV 50 Hz suburban electric multiple-unit developed jointly by Koncar and TZV Gredelj entered service in Zagreb on September 5. The four-car articulated unit No 6112 101 has been developed as a prototype for the proposed replacement of Ganz Class 6111 EMUs which the HZ ...
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NewsFreight One sale set for October 28
RUSSIA: The government has set October 28 as the date for the auction of a 75% minus two shares stake in Freight One, Russian Railways announced on September 7. Russian-registered non-state companies 'with a stable financial position and experience of operating railway rolling stock' will be able to bid to ...
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NewsElectro-diesel Talgo unveiled
SPAIN: Patentes Talgo is converting 15 RENFE Class 130 gauge-changing high speed trainsets to the Class 730 hybrid by replacing the end seating cars with two new trailers each housing an MTU 12V4000R43L engine and traction alternator. With a continuous rating of 3600 kW, the Class 730 has a top ...
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NewsCertain progress at KiwiRail
NEW ZEALAND: KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn believes his business has a 'certainty' about its future that has not been seen for many years as it enters the second year of a 10-year turnaround plan which aims to make operations financially independent. 'The investment going into rail in the next two ...
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NewsPolymer strengthens tunnel roof
UK: What is said to be the UK’s largest application of ultra-high modulus composite reinforcement has been used to strengthen 90 cast iron beams supporting a covered way where London Underground’s District Line runs under Victoria Embankment Gardens. LU was concerned that the 7500 mm x 500 mm cast iron ...
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Carol Coune
Carol Coune took over as Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum with effect from August 1, succeeding Jack Short who has retired. She was formerly part of the Management Board at Belgium’s Ministry of Transport.
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Heather Allen
Heather Allen has joined the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) as Programme Director, Sustainable Transport, having been responsible for the Sustainable Development programme at the International Union of Public Transport. She is also a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transport in Developing Countries.
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Miguel Valero
Miguel Valero has been appointed President of Canarail, succeeding Jim D Spielman who will remain as a Special Advisor to the President.
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Pierre Tonon
Pierre Tonon will take over as Secretary-General of the European Rail Freight Alliance on October 1, succeeding Monika Heiming who is moving to infrastructure managers’ association EIM. Tonon is currently Head of Safety for Belgian rail freight operator SNCB Logistics.
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Vinay Mittal
Vinay Mittal has taken over as Chairman of Indian Railways and Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Railways following the retirement of Vivek Sabai. He was formerly General Manager of the South Eastern Railway, having held a variety of posts in IR’s Traffic Service since 1975, including Chief Operations ...
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NewsDelhi orders more Movia metro cars
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has placed a €84m order for a further 76 metro cars for delivery from the third quarter of 2012, Bombardier Transportation announced on September 5. The contract is a follow-on to orders for 114 vehicles announced in mid-2010, and brings DMRC's total order to ...
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NewsLusail light rail contracts awarded
QATAR: Civil works contracts have been awarded for construction of a light rail network to serve the new city of Lusail which is being developed on a 37 km2 waterfront site 15 km north of Doha. Lusail is expected to accommodate 200 000 residents, with an equivalent number of daily ...