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NewsNews in Brief
In an effort to reduce fuel costs, Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann is to reconfigure its multiple-unit fleet as shorter units to allow train lengths to be more closely matched to demand. Poland’s Pomorskie voivodship has awarded PR a 30·96m złoty contract to operate regional services around Gdynia for 12 months ...
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NewsJR East to install ATACS on Tokyo suburban line
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has confirmed its intention to introduce its Advanced Train Administration & Communications System on the Tokyo suburban network in the autumn of 2017. The company announced on October 8 that the moving-block train control system will be deployed on the 37 km Saikyo Line between Ikebukuro ...
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NewsWork starts on Jakarta metro
INDONESIA: A groundbreaking ceremony for Jakarta’s first metro line was held at Dukuh Atas on October 10, led by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo. ‘After 24 years of dreaming to have an MRT, some may even have forgotten it. Finally the dreams of Jakarta residents will come true’, said Widodo. ...
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NewsHyderabad metro car prototype on show
INDIA: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has unveiled a prototype of the new metro cars which Hyundai Rotem is to supply for the Hyderabad metro under an Rs18bn contract signed in 2012. The stainless steel prototype is half the length of the cars ordered, which would ...
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NewsICF rolls out Mumbai suburban EMU
INDIA: The first of 72 new 12-car electric multiple-units being procured by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp for Central and Western Railway suburban services has been officially unveiled at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. Following the launch on October 1, the prototype unit is expected to undergo test running in ...
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NewsKTZ staff visit Sweden
KAZAKHSTAN: Assisted by local partner Grontmij, 20 staff from Kazakh national railway KTZ have completed a placement in Sweden to learn about the country's experience of market reform, and the wider European railway reform process. The sessions also covered the operation and development of inter-city and high speed passenger ...
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NewsPRASA and Alstom sign R51bn EMU contract
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and the Alstom-led Gibela joint venture signed a R51bn contract for the supply of 3 600 electric multiple-unit cars on October 14. These will form 600 trainsets to be delivered in 2015-25. In addition, Gibela will provide technical support and spare ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Inspiro trains for the Riyadh metro
SAUDI ARABIA: Siemens has announced details of the trainsets and control technology it is to supply for Riyadh metro lines 1 and 2. Siemens is part of the BACS consortium with Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Co which the Arriyadah Development Authority selected for the €7·5bn contract to ...
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NewsFrank Gropengiesser
Dr Frank Gropengiesser is to succeed Dr Norbert Klapper as CEO of Voith Turbo’s Rail Division and a member of its management board on November 1; he joins from Knorr-Bremse, where he is currently CEO of the European Rail Business Unit.
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NewsInput needed to secure stations
EUROPE: Funded under the European Union’s FP7 research programme, the Secure Station project is seeking input via an online survey from transport users as part of its study to develop improved guidelines for the design of major transport hubs. Secure Station is seeking to reduce the risk of all types ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market October 2013
Australia: Lead contractor Samsung C&T has awarded subcontracts for construction of the 342 km heavy haul railway being developed as part of the Roy Hill Iron Ore Project. Calibre Group is to undertake detailed design, NRW has a A$620m contract for earthworks and John Holland a A$257m contract covering railway ...
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NewsStadler power module for Russian DMU
RUSSIA: Metrowagonmash has developed a prototype DP-M diesel multiple-unit jointly with Stadler. As with the Swiss firm's GTW family, the traction equipment is mounted in a separate section between the passenger vehicles. However the Russian GTW+ version is larger, with four rather than two axles on the powered section.
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NewsRailway Gazette Special War Transportation Number
BOOK: First published in September 1920, the Railway Gazette Special War Transportation Number offered what was described at the time as 'the first connected account' of the role of railways and inland water transport in supporting the British military campaign during the 'Great War' of 1914-18. The publication provided a ...
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NewsRoad bypass enables construction of Borders Railway bridge
UK: The Edinburgh City Bypass has been temporarily diverted to enable a section of its embankment to be replaced by a 40 m bridge to carry the busy road across the future Borders Railway. Infrastructure manager Network Rail says that more than 250 000 tonnes of earth have been removed ...
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NewsRussell Stokes
Russell Stokes became President & CEO of GE Transportation on October 1, succeeding Lorenzo Simonelli who moves to GE Oil & Gas.
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NewsCalifornia High Speed Rail Authority invites interest in second construction package
USA: On October 10 California High Speed Rail Authority invited requests to qualify for the second design and build contract for the Initial Operating Section of the San Francisco - Los Angeles high speed line. Estimated to cost $1·5bn to $2bn, Construction Package 2-3 covers the 96 km section south ...
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NewsTram looks ahead to avoid collisions
GERMANY: A Flexity tram operated by Frankfurt transport company VGF is to be fitted with an experimental optical sensor system designed to reduce the risk of collisions with road vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and small objects such as footballs. The technology has been developed by Bombardier Transportation and image processing specialists ...
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NewsVossloh to supply Euro Dual locomotives to South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Swifambo Rail Leasing has awarded Vossloh Group a €250m contract to supply 50 Euro Dual electro-diesel and 20 Euro 4000 diesel locomotives, which are to be leased to Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa for use on Shosholoza Meyl long-distance services. Announcing the contract on October 10, Vossloh ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Israel Railways DMU fleet
ISRAEL: On October 9 national railway ISR awarded Alstom Transport a 1·5bn shekel contract to maintain its fleet of 48 IC3 Flexliner three-car diesel multiple-units for seven years from January 2014, with an option for a further eight years. The Flexliner fleet was originally supplied by ABB Scandia, now part ...
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NewsFollo Line contractors prequalified
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbanebverket has prequalified 12 consortia of European and Asian companies for the two main tunnelling contracts for the new Follo Line between Oslo and Ski. Designed for 250 km/h, the Follo Line is Norway's largest transport project at present. The double-track route will run for 22 km ...
