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NewsTunnelling difficulties delay Express Rail Link completion
CHINA: The expected completion date for the 26 km Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou Express Rail Link has been put back to 2016 and the opening to 2017 as a result of unforeseen tunnelling difficulties, MTR Corp announced on April 15. During a severe ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2014
Turkey's transport minister attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a 40-month upgrade of the Konya - Karaman line on March 13. The 102 km route is being doubled and electrified, and the line speed raised from 120 km/h to 200 km/h. CSX is planning a 2014 capital investment programme totalling $2·3bn. ...
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NewsGovernment approves Dutch ETCS roll-out strategy
NETHERLANDS: A 10-year programme for the introduction of the European Rail Traffic Management System across the core rail network has been approved by the ruling cabinet of the coalition government. A budget of €2·5bn had previously been agreed for ERTMS implementation up to 2028, and the programme presented by State ...
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NewsHanoi metro Line 3 contractor chosen
VIETNAM: South Korean construction firm Daelim Industrial Co announced on April 11 that it had been awarded an US$84m contract to build the 8·5 km elevated section of Hanoi metro Line 3. Work is scheduled to start in May and end in late 2016. The initial phase of Line ...
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NewsTender issued for Singapore high speed route study
ASIA: Following the summit between Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak earlier this month, the Singapore Land Transport Authority on April 11 called tenders for an engineering feasibility study to develop ‘feasible corridors’ for the Singapore section of the planned 330 route-km high ...
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NewsMelbourne Airport link endorsed
AUSTRALIA: A programme for construction of the long-planned rail link to Melbourne Airport will be included in Victoria’s state budget to be published on May 6, the state Premier Denis Napthine announced on April 13. Identified as one of several major expansion projects in Public Transport Victoria’s Metropolitan Rail Network ...
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NewsDedicated Career & Education Hall at InnoTrans 2014
INNOTRANS: The dedicated Career & Education Hall at InnoTrans 2014 will enable companies from across the rail sector to target, contact and inspire potential recruits. The last exhibition attracted around 2000 students from many countries, including Sweden, Russia, South Korea, Japan and China. Focal point of the hall, ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2014
Belarus: Metrowagonmash is to supply three trainsets to Minsk Metro. Brazil: Voith Turbo is supplying DIWA powerpacks, bogies and transmission components for 34 VLT DMUs being built by Bom Sinal for the cities of Natal (eight), João Pessoa (12), Fortaleza (eight) and Teresina (six). Cameroon: Camrail is taking ...
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NewsTrains across borders
Comparative studies on international co-operation in railway development By Dr Martin Schiefelbusch Reflecting that 'rail is today the mode of transport most negatively affected by the existence of borders within Europe', despite the Schengen agreement and a long history of co-operation, this book sets out to 'provide insights ...
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NewsChina – Mongolia coal link agreed
MONGOLIA: Chinese state-owned mining group Shenhua, which operates 1 765 km of heavy haul coal railway in northern and central China, has signed a joint venture agreement to develop a cross-border rail link to serve the Tavan Tolgoi coalfield in the South Gobi region. Under an agreement signed in Ulaanbaatar ...
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NewsFirst low-floor Suzhou tram rolled out
CHINA: The first of 18 trams for Suzhou has been rolled out at CSR Puzhen’s factory in Nanjing. This is the first vehicle produced under a 10-year technology licensing agreement signed between CSR Puzhen and Bombardier in July 2012. ‘We are proud to be part of this milestone and ...
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NewsCSX opens Central Florida intermodal terminal
USA: Revenue operations have started at the Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center in Winter Haven, which is intended to provide a central hub for transport, logistics and distribution services covering Orlando, Tampa and South Florida. Owned by CSX affiliate Evansville Western Railway, the ILC is operated by CSX Intermodal Terminals ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2014
Bulgaria: A consortium of Stanilov, GP Group and Metroproject Praha is to build a 1·3 km extension of Sofia metro Line 2 for 42·4m lev. China: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Leighton M&E a A$26m contract to build To Kwa Wan station. France: RATP has selected a ...
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NewsWork on underground sections of Jakarta metro begins
INDONESIA: Project manager Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta announced that work started on the underground section of Jakarta’s first metro line on April 4. Excavation began at Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle, where there will be an underground station. A guide wall is due to be completed within three months, which ...
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NewsOre haulage agreement signed
NORWAY: National rail freight operator CargoNet signed an agreement with iron ore mining company Rana Gruber on March 27 to take over the haulage of ore trains from the mine at Ørtfjell to the Gullsmedvik processing plant at Mo i Rana, over the 35 km Dunderlandsbanen section of Jernebaneverket’s Trondheim ...
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NewsSuzhou orders Siemens signalling
CHINA: China Electronics Technology Group Corp has placed a €15m order with Siemens to supply signalling equipment for the extension of Suzhou metro Line 2. Siemens will supply Trainguard MT automatic train control, Trackguard Sicas ECC electronic interlockings and Airlink radio transmission. The same equipment was installed on ...
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NewsAnalysing human factors
INTERNATIONAL: The UIC Safety Unit held a workshop entitled Human Factors in the Investigation of Accidents & Incidents during February, bringing together 56 participants from 25 UIC members. Also present were representatives from the Belgian Railway Accident & Incident Investigation Body and the University of Southern Denmark. Among the keynote ...
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NewsHuawei and Siemens to co-operate on communications
HUAWEI: Chinese communications supplier Huawei announced on April 8 that it had reached agreement with Siemens Convergence Creators GmbH to co-operate in the development of ‘end–to-end solutions’ in the critical communications market, including rail. Huawei says that it will draw on its expertise in GSM-R for voice communications and train ...
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NewsMore EMUs for London Overground
UK: Transport for London announced on April 9 that it would be inviting expressions of interest in a contract to supply electric multiple-units to operate routes that are to be transferred to its London Overground network in 2015. New rolling stock will also be required following electrification of London Overground’s ...
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NewsSuppliers join forces at InnoTrans 2014
INNOTRANS: There will be 39 combined stands bringing together groups of national and regional suppliers at InnoTrans 2014. Japanese suppliers will once again be occupying an entire hall, while the new CityCube Berlin hall will feature national displays by groups of suppliers from South Korea, Switzerland and Sweden. The ...