All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2012 – Page 5
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NewsSiemens opens the Crystal
UK: Siemens opened its first centre for sustainable urban development in London on September 19, built at a cost of €35m to provide ‘a conference centre, urban dialogue platform and technology and innovation centre all in one’. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and named ‘the Crystal’ after its distinctive shape, ...
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NewsHuawei wins Ashgabat – Turkmenbashi GSM-R contract
TURKMENISTAN: Huawei announced on September 18 that it had been awarded a contract to supply GSM-R, SDH, data communications and telephone systems for an upgrade of the Ashgabat – Bereket – Turkmenbashi route. The contract has been awarded by Jiangsu Guotai, general contractor for the telecommunications upgrade. To provide voice ...
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NewsLarvik – Porsgrunn construction begins
NORWAY: Minister of Transport and Communications Marit Arnstad fired the first salvo on September 19 to mark the start of upgrading work on the Larvik - Porsgrunn section of the Vestfold line between Oslo and Skien. The NKr6·1bn project will see the construction of a 22 km double-track suitable for ...
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NewsRZD to acquire 75% of Gefco
EUROPE: Car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën announced on September 20 that it had entered into exclusive negotiations to sell a 75% interest in its logistics subsidiary Gefco to Russian Railways for €800m. According to RZD, the acquisition would enable it to ‘increase the attractiveness of transit cargo flows along the ...
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NewsVossloh to supply Tours – Bordeaux track components
FRANCE: Vossloh AG announced on September 20 that it had been awarded a contract worth €60m to supply fully-equipped switch systems and rail fastenings for the Tours – Bordeaux high speed line. Awarded by TSO and Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires, responsible for tracklaying on the 340 km project, the deal will ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2012
Austria: Following the end of the warranty, Innsbruck tram operator IVB has awarded Bombardier a €44m contract to maintain its fleet of 32 Flexity Outlook cars until December 2028, with an option for eight years. Czech Republic: D has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a KC191m contract to refurbish 15 Bdt ...
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NewsFirst Tango for Stuttgart
GERMANY: The first of 20 high-floor DT8.12 LRVs that Stadler Pankow is supplying to Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen was unveiled at InnoTrans on September 20. Once the manufacturer has completed testing, the cars are to be handed over to the operator for acceptance trials. ‘Stuttgart has an interesting, demanding topography from the ...
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NewsPPP for new GO Transit maintenance facility
CANADA: On September 20 the federal government and the province of Ontario announced their support for a public-private partnership to build a new rolling maintenance facility for commuter operator GO Transit in Whitby. The federal government is to provide up to C$94⋅8m and Ontario 75% of the final project cost. ...
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NewsLast section of Noord/Zuidlijn nears completion
NETHERLANDS: The first of three sections forming the immersed tunnel that will carry Amsterdam’s north-south metro line under the River IJ is due to be moved into position on September 25. Weighing 12 000 tonnes, the 140 m long tunnel section will be moved into position at Sixhaven on the ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2012
Colombia: Indra has been awarded a contract to integrate the Da Vinci metro operations management system used in Medellín with its bus rapid transit counterpart. Ethiopia: Supported by a US$300m Indian government credit, India’s Overseas Infrastructure Alliance has been awarded a US$78m contract to survey the planned Mek’ele – ...
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NewsRapidKL welcomes external students
MALAYSIA: Urban rail operator RapidKL has welcomed the first external students to its Subang Jaya training facility in Kuala Lumpur. Although RapidKL had used the centre for internal training since 1997, it has been developing a series of external courses since 2009 under a government-led initiative to create accredited institutions ...
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NewsTrain crew go where it glows
AUSTRALIA: Following positive feedback from train crew using a trial installation, QR National is installing 80 km of trackside walkway panels supplied by Envirowalk Grating to provide a safer working environment at 98 stabling and crew changeover locations. The walkways are assembled from 3·6 m long and 1·2 m wide ...
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NewsSingapore to support Mauritian Light Rapid Transit plan
MAURITIUS: The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has appointed a group of organisations from Singapore to develop an 'action plan' for the construction of a rail-based light rapid transit line between Port Louis and Curepipe. The project aims to establish new transit corridors to relieve the main road arteries. The proposed ...
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NewsDesert Hawk passenger locomotive mock-up on show
INNOTRANS: Vossloh Rail Vehicles displayed a mock-up of the front end of a 'Desert Hawk' passenger locomotive concept which it has developed in response to recent and expected future calls for tenders in the Middle East, including a reported joint venture with CAF for Saudi Arabia. The proposed locomotive would ...
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Jean-Pierre Farandou
Jean-Pierre Farandou, a Deputy General Manager on the SNCF Executive Committee, has become President of Keolis. He succeeds David Azéma, who has left the company to become Commissioner of State Holdings in the French government.
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NewsIranian diesel locomotive planned
IRAN: Industrial group MAPNA is developing plans for a domestically designed and manufactured diesel locomotive. At InnoTrans, Dr Reza Javaheri of MAPNA's Railway Transportation Division told Railway Gazette International that production could begin once the company completes 150 locomotives to a Siemens design which are being assembled under licence. ...
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Dr Georg Kasperkovitz
Dr Georg Kasperkovitz has joined the board at Rail Cargo Austria along with Arnold Schiefer, who also retains his place on the board at Rail Cargo Hungaria. Andreas Fuchs has stepped down from the RCA board to become Chairman of its freight forwarding subsidiary Express-Interfracht Internationale Spedition.
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NewsLyon tram-train service launched
FRANCE: SNCF began operating tram-train services from Lyon Saint-Paul to Sain-Bel on September 24, following an official opening ceremony two days before. On weekdays there is now a service every 30 min, increasing to every 15 min between Lyon and L'Arbresle during the peaks. It is hoped that ridership ...