All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2015 – Page 6
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Paul Plummer
Paul Plummer, Group Strategy Director of Network Rail, has been appointed Chief Executive of the UK’s Rail Delivery Group and the Association of Train Operating Companies. Plummer has been one of the two Network Rail members of the RDG since its inception in 2011, and will take up the ...
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Oliver Christian Feicks
Oliver Christian Feicks has been appointed Chairman of the management board of rolling stock energy absorption technology company Axtone with effect from September 1, replacing Marcin Kowalczyk who has decided to step down after 10 years. Feicks was previously Managing Director & Chief Sales Officer at GHH Radsatz International Holding, ...
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NewsPrime Minister opens Delhi metro extension to Faridabad
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the 13·9 km southern extension of Delhi metro Line 6 (Violet) from Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in the satellite city of Faridabad on September 6. This takes the metro over the border from the capital territory into the state of Haryana. Revenue services began ...
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NewsPassenger trains return to the Scottish borders
UK: The first public passenger trains for 46 years ran between Edinburgh and Tweedbank on September 6, when revenue services began over the 48 route-km Borders Railway. The launch of revenue service comes amid a week of celebrations marking the reopening of approximately a third of the former Edinburgh – ...
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NewsMetro trains to feature ‘elephant tusk’ inspired lighting
INDIA: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd has revealed the future appearance of the 25 Metropolis trainsets which are to be supplied by Alstom Transport’s s Sricity plant. Alstom’s Design & Styling department at Saint-Ouen in France collaborated on the design with KMRL and Tata Elxsi, which devised the livery. Their brief ...
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NewsDIANA to monitor DB Netz turnouts
GERMANY: Strukton Systems has won a contract to supply more than 90 data loggers for the DIANA remote monitoring and analysis platform which has been developed by infrastructure manager DB Netz to provide supplier-independent asset condition data. Strukton will supply a customised version of its microPOSS data loggers, with ...
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NewsUzbek railway approved
UZBEKISTAN: The government has given the go-ahead for national railway UTY to build a 396·9 km line in 2016-17 to provide a more direct link between Navoi, Kanimekh and Miskin. This would serve the Bukhara and Khorezm regions, and provide additional capacity for north–south freight. The cost is put at ...
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NewsFeature articles in the September 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Controlling the future News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsGroundbreaking ceremony for CRRC's US assembly plant
USA: Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker joined Mayor of Springfield Domenic Sarno and CRRC Vice-President Yu Weiping on September 3 for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the Chinese company’s future US rolling stock plant. Last October Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awarded the CNR MA joint venture of ...
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NewsFarnworth Tunnel enlargement delayed by poor ground conditions
UK: ‘Exceptionally poor’ ground conditions have delayed the project to enlarge Farnworth Tunnel to enable electric trains to run between Bolton and Manchester, Network Rail announced on September 4. As a result the completion date has been put back from October 5, ‘possibly until December’. One of the two single-track ...
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NewsHigh speed beauty contest terminated
INDONESIA: Proposals to develop a 150 km high speed line between Jakarta and Bandung have been dropped, the government announced on September 3. A statement issued by the office of President Joko Widodo confirmed that the government’s priorities were the upgrading of the existing Trans-Java main lines, the Jakarta suburban ...
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NewsParsons awarded Chicago PTC contract
USA: Chicago commuter rail operator Metra has appointed Parsons as prime contractor for the installation of Positive Train Control. The contract announced on September 3 covers the installation of Interoperable Electronic Train Management System, integrating locomotive-mounted GPS, radios, trackside antennas and computers and compatible with 12 railways. Parsons ...
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Metro Report InternationalScomi and Škoda Transportation sign partnership
INTERNATIONAL: Czech company Škoda Transportation and Malaysian monorail and bus supplier Scomi Engineering have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of mass rapid transit and light rail vehicles. ‘This collaboration by both parties will enable Scomi to participate in a wider range of transport projects’, said Kanesan ...
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NewsScomi and Škoda Transportation sign partnership
INTERNATIONAL: Czech company Škoda Transportation and Malaysian monorail and bus supplier Scomi Engineering have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of mass rapid transit and light rail vehicles. ‘This collaboration by both parties will enable Scomi to participate in a wider range of transport projects’, said Kanesan ...
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NewsTram bridge across Kraków Płaszów station opened
POLAND: A 1 km section of new tram line connecting Kraków’s Wielicka and Lipska streets via a 600 m bridge across Kraków Płaszów station opened on August 30. Although the new link is relatively short, construction was a complex two-year project. The bridge incorporates a tram stop with stairs and ...
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NewsOuigo to expand as SNCF rethinks low-cost services
FRANCE: Ouigo low-cost TGV services are to be expanded to a further eight stations in the north and west of the country in 2016, SNCF announced on September 3. Faced with increasing competition from the liberalisation of long-distance bus services and the growth of ride-sharing, SNCF has unveiled a new ...
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NewsHitachi opens Newton Aycliffe rolling stock plant
UK: Prime Minister David Cameron was amongst the guests at celebrations marking the opening of Hitachi Rail’s £82m rolling stock plant at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham on September 3. Other VIPs included Chancellor George Osborne, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Rail Minister Claire Perry. The plant will produce the ...
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NewsHull Trains to order Hitachi electro-diesel trainsets
UK: East Yorkshire to London open access inter-city operator Hull Trains announced a £68m plan to order five Hitachi electro-diesel multiple-units on September 3. These would enter service in 2020, subject to the successful completion of negotiations with infrastructure manager Network Rail and regulator ORR for a ...
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NewsSapphire Corp to acquire Ranken Infrastructure Ltd
ASIA: The shareholders of Singapore-listed Sapphire Corp approved the 360m yuan acquisition of Chinese rail engineering specialist Ranken Infrastructure Ltd at an extraordinary general meeting on September 2. The deal is expected to be completed by October. Established in 1998, Chengdu-based Rankin undertakes projects in China, India, Bangladesh and Saudi ...
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NewsRefurbished ScotRail DMU rolled out
UK: The first of 40 Class 158 diesel multiple-units to be refurbished at Knorr-Bremse RailServices' Springburn facility was unveiled by ScotRail on September 1. The £14m modernisation of the units built in 1989-92 includes seating improvements, better lighting, modern carpets, improved accessibility, new CCTV, automated passenger-counting systems and at-seat power ...