All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2014 – Page 7
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NewsSiemens awarded Sosa – Wonsi Line signalling contract
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Information Technology has awarded Siemens a €20m contract to supply signalling and automation equipment for the 23·4 km Sosa – Wonsi Line which is under construction in the Greater Seoul area. Announcing the contract on September 29, Siemens said the north–south orbital route scheduled to open ...
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NewsWashington Streetcar running in mixed traffic
USA: Test running started on the DC Streetcar line in Washington on September 29. During the ‘pre-revenue operations’ phase, the trams will run a normal service pattern but carry no passengers. This phase is expected to last at least until November. The first of three trams for the 4 ...
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NewsZentralbahn orders more Fink EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Zentralbahn signed a SFr53m contract on September 22 for Stadler Rail to supply five more Fink metre-gauge electric multiple-units. Under the deal signed by ZB Managing Director Renato Fasciati and Stadler Rail Group CEO Peter Spuhler, the three-car rack EMUs are to be delivered in late 2016. They ...
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NewsVTG acquires AAE to expand wagon leasing fleet
EUROPE: German wagon leasing and logistics company VTG AG announced on September 29 that it had agreed terms to acquire Swiss leasing company Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn Holding AG, in order to strengthen its position as the ‘largest private wagon hire company in Europe’. Subject to approval by the competition authorities, ...
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NewsInnoTrans Daily 2014
Railway Gazette has once again produced the InnoTrans Daily on behalf of Messe Berlin, in association with Eurailpress and DVV Media Group. A pdf of each issue of this free newspaper, featuring coverage of the show highlights in both English and German, can be viewed by clicking the links below: ...
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NewsBasel tests cross-border tram
SWITZERLAND: Testing on the cross-border tram Route 8 of the Basel network began on September 29. An initial two weeks of technical tests for all tram types in the BVB fleet will lead up to German BOStrab certification in mid-October, overseen by Stuttgart-based TAB. This will clear the way ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro Line C upgrade
ARGENTINA: Metro authority SBASE has awarded Siemens a €30m contract to upgrade Buenos Aires metro Line C. Siemens will supply its Trainguard MT train control, Controlguide Vicos operations control system for the depot operations control centre in Constitución, Airlink radio transmission and Sicas electronic interlockings, as well as a ...
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NewsDimmable tram windows
GLAZING: Vision Systems Automotive exhibited a prototype of its Nuance smart shading window on a Bombardier Flexity 2 metre-gauge tram for De Lijn, which was displayed at InnoTrans. The electronically dimmable window uses a suspended particle film applied to the glazing. When electronically activated, this allows light through, but ...
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NewsDubai metro expansion plans
UAE: Dubai Roads & Transport Authority is studying proposed alignments for extensions of the city’s two metro lines that would open in time for Expo 2020. An 18·5 km extension to the Red Line is planned from Jebel Ali to the Expo 2020 site with 12 stations. At the ...
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NewsBakerloo Line extension consultation launched
UK: Transport for London launched a consultation exercise on September 30 to ‘understand the level of public support for a proposed extension’ of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line from Elephant & Castle southeast towards New Cross, Lewisham, Bromley and Hayes. The extension is intended to improve connections to areas which are ...
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NewsLoubinoux and Flausch join UN panel
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named UIC Director-General Jean-Pierre Loubinoux and UITP Secretary General Alain Flausch among 12 members of a high-level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport. The advisory group is to meet twice a year for three years to promote ‘accelerated implementation of sustainable transport’. Its members are drawn ...
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NewsMaurizio Gentile
Maurizio Gentile was appointed as Amministratore Delegato of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana on July 24. Formerly Director of Production at the Italian infrastructure manager, he takes over as CEO from Michele Elia, who was recently appointed Chief Executive of Gruppo FS Italiane.
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NewsPierre Mongin
Pierre Mongin is to serve a third term as President & CEO of urban transport operator RATP following ratification by its management board and two French governmental committees on July 23. His latest mandate runs to July 2019.
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NewsTitus Naikuni
Currently CEO of Kenya Airways, Titus Naikuni takes over as Chairman of Rift Valley Railways from November as part of a wider shareholder restructuring at the Kenya – Uganda railway concessionaire.
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NewsAbdeljabbar Ben Salem
Atkins has named Abdeljabbar Ben Salem as Head of Rail Systems at its Middle East Rail division.
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NewsZafar Alikhan
Zafar Alikhan has been appointed Senior Transit & Rail Manager in the Los Angeles office of consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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NewsNational College for High Speed Rail locations announced
UK: The National College for High Speed Rail is to have its headquarters in Birmingham and a second site in Doncaster, the government announced on September 30. The NCHSR is planned to open in 2017, to provide specialist vocational training for engineers to work on High Speed 2 and future ...