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NewsNew Zealand trains sold to Tanzania and Zimbabwe
AFRICA: An initial 34 Ganz-Mavag Class EM/ET electric multiple-unit cars which a South African rolling stock broker has acquired from Greater Wellington Regional Council for reuse in Tanzania and Zimbabwe has been shipped from New Zealand. The 44 Hungarian-built two-car EMUs entered service in 1982. They are being replaced by ...
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NewsOptimism returns but skills gap a worry, survey finds
INTERNATIONAL: Optimism is returning to the global rail industry following the economic downturn, according to the results of the fifth Way Ahead survey of the transport industry conducted by legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright. The survey, which was launched at an event in London on February 26, received 850 responses ...
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NewsFirst CSR EMU unveiled in Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: On February 26 Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo joined Transport Secretary Alejando Ramos and other dignitaries to inspect the first of 25 nine-car EMUs to be delivered for the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires. Randazzo said that the new fleet would double capacity on the ...
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NewsPKP Intercity orders 10 diesel locomotives
POLAND: PKP Intercity has selected Pesa Bydgoszcz for a contract to supply 10 mainline diesel passenger locomotives. The four-axle locomotives from Pesa's Gama family will have a maximum speed of 140 km/h. Pesa submitted a bid of 131·2m złoty, 29m złoty cheaper than a rival offer from Newag. Pesa will ...
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NewsWorld rail market February 2014
Australia: Sydney Trains is to deploy DeltaRail’s VIEW automated wheel and brake monitoring systems. Norway: NSB has appointed HaCon to supply a Hafas real-time door-to-door journey planner. Poland: T-Mobile is to provide internet access and entertainment services on 300 PKP Intercity coaches; a total of 1 500 will ...
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NewsCanberra appoints light rail advisers
AUSTRALIA: Following bids by four consortia, the Capital Metro Agency has appointed an Arup-led consortium as technical adviser for engineering design, operations and infrastructure for the planned Capital Metro light rail line in Canberra. The consortium includes Hassell, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brown Consulting, LandData Surveys, Phillip Chun Access, ...
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NewsDurham-Orange light rail approved
USA: The Federal Transit Administration approved project development for the Durham-Orange Light Rail line in North Carolina on February 25. ‘We can now proceed to complete the environmental process, advance our engineering and make final alignment decisions’, said David King, General Manager of transport authority Triangle Transit. Environmental ...
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NewsEuropean Parliament waters down unbundling proposals
EUROPE: Debating the six legislative proposals in the Fourth Railway Package during a plenary session in Strasbourg on February 26, the European Parliament voted by a large majority to overturn some of the key proposals on vertical separation, transparency and competitive tendering presented by the European Commission in January 2013. ...
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NewsALL merger proposed
BRAZIL: América Latina Logística SA announced on February 24 that it had received a proposal to combine its activities with those of Rumo Logística Operadora Multimodal SA, a subsidiary of energy and logistics group Cosan. The proposal values ALL at R$6⋅96bn, equivalent to R$10⋅18 per share. ALL shareholders would hold ...
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NewsWenzhou suburban EMU contract awarded
CHINA: CSR Sifang has beaten five rival domestic bids to win a contract to supply 32 four-car suburban electric multiple-units for the future Line S1 in Wenzhou. The 52 km east-west line will link the city centre with Oujiangkou New District. The first EMU is scheduled to be delivered ...
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NewsDriverless metro train arrives in Hong Kong
CHINA: The first metro train for Hong Kong’s South Island Line (East) was delivered to Siu Ho Wan depot on February 19. This is the first of 10 three-car trainsets being supplied by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, which are to be equipped for unattended train operation. According to metro ...
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NewsNews in Brief - February 2014
EBRD is providing Kazakhstan’s national railway KTZ with a US$40m loan to fund energy-saving technology, including LED depot and station lighting, heat pumps, solar water heaters and boiler upgrades which will allow the company to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 000 tonnes/year. On January 13 the ...
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NewsNew Iraqi inter-city train rolled out
IRAQ: The first of 10 inter-city trainsets that CSR Sifang's Qingdao plant is building for Iraqi Republic Railways was rolled out on February 17, watched by guests including Iraq's ambassador to China. IRR signed a US$115m contract for the 160 km/h trains with Dongfang Electric Corp on December 15 2012. ...
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NewsŠkoda tram enters service in Konya
TURKEY: The first of 60 Škoda Transportation 28T trams ordered by Konya has entered passenger service. Škoda Transportation Chief Executive Josef Bernard said: ‘In less than a year after signing the contract we have managed to develop, produce and deliver the first tram to the Turkish market. The vehicle ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Ramon Malla considers the progress of automation and shares some insights from the UITP’s Observatory of Automated Metros News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news Zhengzhou Mainland China gains its 18th metro Paris STIF’s 2014 ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2014
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has approved R$7·4bn in metro and rail investment for 2017 as part of a wider R$16·2bn transport infrastructure investment plan. Moscow metro’s Brateyevo depot on Line 2 opened on January 15. The metro is to spend 16·8bn roubles on depot modernisation, including sites ...
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NewsKoleje Mazowieckie orders Pesa locos and double-deck coaches
POLAND: Mazowieckie voivodship regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has selected Pesa to supply two 3 kV DC electric locomotives, 20 double-deck intermediate coaches and two double-deck driving cars. These are said to be the first double-deck cars to be produced in Poland, and will supplement the fleet of 11 ...
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NewsFoxtrot tram for Moscow unveiled
RUSSIA: Pesa revealed its first tram for Moscow on February 21. The new 1 524 mm gauge low-floor tram is branded Foxtrot, and will be delivered to the Russian capital next month. Moscow ordered 120 trams from Pesa in co-operation with Uraltransmash in June 2013, with deliveries to take ...
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NewsFirst electric train runs in Adelaide
AUSTRALIA: The first electric train in Adelaide ran on February 23, marking the completion of electrification between Adelaide main line station and the newly opened southern terminus at Seaford. The 1 600 mm gauge line, electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, was hitherto known as the Noarlunga Line, but ...