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NewsGovernment consults on privatisation options
PORTUGAL: Responses are due by March 7 under stakeholder consultation being undertaken by the government on options for involving the private sector in the operation of public transport services currently provided by state-owned companies Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa. This is being undertaken in line with the terms of a ...
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NewsPesa to supply Dart trains to PKP IC
POLAND: PKP Intercity has selected Pesa to supply 20 new long-distance electric multiple-units. The cost of 1·3bn złoty, includes 15 years of servicing from delivery by the end of October 2015. The trains are from Pesa’s Dart family of long-distance EMUs, and will have a maximum speed of 160 ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2014
Australia: Aurizon has awarded Leighton Contractors an A$100m contract to build a train maintenance and stabling facility at Hexham in the Hunter Valley by March 2015. Austria: ÖBB has awarded the ATF consortium of Implenia and Swietelsky the €623m Lot 2.1 contract to build the 13 km central section ...
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NewsPoints inspection enhanced
FRANCE: SNCF and RFF have launched Vigirail, a three-year programme to improve the inspection and maintenance of switches and crossings. Vigirail has a budget of €410m, of which €300m is earmarked to increase the rate of pointwork renewals from 300 to 500 per year. According to the two parties, the ...
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NewsPostgraduate programme on risk and safety
INTERNATIONAL: Following a successful pilot programme running since September 2013, Zhijiang University in Hangzhou, China, is formally launching this month a postgraduate programme in safety and risk management in partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the UK universities of Birmingham and York. The partnership can be traced back to ...
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NewsMetrolink PTC goes into operation
USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority became the first US commuter rail operator to begin using Positive Train Control in revenue service on February 17. Metrolink has started operating with PTC on selected trains using the BNSF tracks between Los Angeles and Riverside. On February 20, Metrolink demonstrated the technology ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2014
Africa: Ccecc is to supply four more CSR Qishuyan SDD20 diesel locos to Tazara under a US$12·45m contract signed in December. Tazara says six delivered last year are performing satisfactorily after ‘teething challenges’. Algeria: Faiveley and Compin have been selected for a €75m contract for the refurbishment of 202 ...
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NewsSimplon tunnel safety contract signed
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded a contract to Rhomberg Bahntechnik to install, test and commission safety equipment in the two single-track bores of the 20 km Simplon tunnel between Brig and Iselle in Italy. The SFr7·1m contract covers the installation of illuminated handrails, alarm equipment, emergency signage and lighting ...
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NewsSouth Heart terminal to support Bakken oil industry
USA: Watco Terminal & Port Services and Great Northern Project Development are to build a multi-purpose freight terminal and wagon maintenance workshop 8 km west of South Heart, North Dakota, to support the Bakken shale oil and gas industry. Work on the South Heart Rail Terminal is scheduled to begin ...
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NewsEnergy meters support traction electricity supply contract
POLAND: Having become the first Polish operator to equip its fleet with energy meters, Mazowieckie voivodship's regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has awarded PKP Energetyka a 47m z?oty contract for the supply of traction electricity. Four bids were received for the contract, which runs for one year from April. A ...
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NewsDB’s London – Frankfurt plan in doubt again
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has cast further doubt on the introduction of direct high speed services between Germany and London, citing authorisation delays to its fleet of Class 407 Velaro D high speed trainsets now being delivered by Siemens. At a press launch on February 18 marking the introduction of the ...
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NewsDouble-tracking progress in southern Java
INDONESIA: Japan Transportation Consultants has been awarded a US$15m contract by the Directorate-General of Railways to supervise the double-tracking of 76 km of the southern trans-Java main line. The award of the marks a further stage of work to enhance capacity and reduce journey times on the main line between ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
UK passenger operator Southern has introduced Recite cloud-based customisation on its website, enabling visually impaired or dyslexic passengers to use text to speech options, and change colour and contrast settings easily. Tenmat has developed reinforced phenolic composite wear parts including wagon bearing bushes and suspension damper plungers which ...
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NewsLinda Bohlinger
A former Executive Director at commuter rail agency Tri-Rail, Linda Bohlinger has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Los Angeles office as Principal Consultant.
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NewsGolden Horn metro bridge opens
TURKEY: A 3·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi including the Haliç metro bridge across the Golden Horn was opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Febraury 15. The US$671m extension connects the two parts of the European side of the city. There are ...
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NewsStudents attend Central Mesa light rail welding
USA: Welding students from the East Valley Institute of Technology watched and assisted with the welding of the first rails for the Central Mesa light rail extension of the Valley Metro in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 8. The process was described to the students by the Valley Transit Constructors ...
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NewsFlytoget seeks more trains
NORWAY: Oslo Gardermoen Airport rail link operator Flytoget is seeking expressions of interest in a contract to supply eight trainsets worth an estimated NKr15bn. These would be in addition to the existing electric multiple-units which have been in operation for 17 years. The new stock is required to have ...
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NewsMünchen to double transport investment
GERMANY: München utility body SWM and transport operator MVG have announced planned investments of €335m for 2014. This is more than double the investment made in 2013. The budget includes €175m for new metro cars, including completion of payments for the Siemens C2 trainsets ordered in 2010. A tender ...
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NewsKraków Główny station concourse opened
POLAND: A new concourse beneath Kraków Główny station was inaugurated by PKP SA on February 15, completing a project to rebuild the city's main rail, bus and local transport gateway to modern European standards. Built at cost of 130m złoty co-funded by the EU, the 12 630 m² concourse offers ...
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NewsJoanna Whittington
The UK’s Office of Rail Regulation has named Joanna Whittington as Director of Railway Markets & Economics; she joins from utilities regulator Ofgem.