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    Manuel Niño

    2013-04-05T08:29:34Z

    Manuel Niño has been appointed Secretary General of Infrastructure at Spain’s Ministry of Development, while his former post as Director General of Railways has been filled by Miguel Pozo.

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    Chengdu aims to complete 291 km of metro by 2020

    2013-04-05T06:00:00Z

    CHINA: The second phase of the Chengdu metro network which was approved on February 25 would see a further 183·3 km of line completed by 2020. Together with the Phase 1 works still in progress, this would take the network to 291·3 route-km and eight lines. Line 1 will be ...

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    FRA assesses Northeast Corridor upgrading options

    2013-04-04T15:48:00Z

    USA: The Federal Railroad Administration issued on April 2 a Preliminary Alternatives Report to mark the start of the Department of Transportation’s formal study of options to develop the Boston – New York – Washington Northeast Corridor. FRA says its report, entitled ‘NEC Future’, is the first step to developing ...

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    RegioJet awarded pilot Czech operating contract

    2013-04-04T12:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: The Ministry of Transport announced on March 26 that it had awarded private operator RegioJet a contract to run subsidised passenger services on the 144 km Ostrava - Opava - Krnov - Olomouc route for 15 years from December 2014. This is intended as the pilot for the ...

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    MetLife invests in IEP

    2013-04-04T11:10:00Z

    UK: MetLife Inc, a US-based provider of insurance and pensions products, announced on April 4 that it had acquired a minority stake in Agility Trains West Ltd for an undisclosed sum. This consortium was formed by Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments to supply and maintain a fleet of ...

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    Tanger - Kénitra high speed line signalling contract signed

    2013-04-04T08:56:00Z

    MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS France and Cofely Ineo a €120m contract to design and supply signalling and telecoms for the 183 km high speed line under construction between Tanger and Kénitra. Consortium leader Ansaldo STS is to provide ETCS Level 1 and 2 ...

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    PowerHaul fuel savings demonstrated

    2013-04-04T06:00:00Z

    UK: GE Transportation has published the results of a series of back-to-back fuel consumption comparisons between its Class 70 PowerHaul locomotive and the GM-EMD Class 66. This follows a study on improving the fuel efficiency of diesel traction undertaken by Ricardo for the Department for Transport. Ricardo put forward a ...

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    Huawei to provide GSM-R in South Africa

    2013-04-03T14:23:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has awarded a consortium of Huawei and local partner Altech Alcom Matomo a R485m contract to equip 1 200 km of commuter routes in Cape Town, Durban and Gauteng with GSM-R communications. The contract signed on March 28 covers the provision of ...

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    RJ Corman Signaling launched

    2013-04-03T12:00:00Z

    USA: Short line operator and railway construction, maintenance and repair contractor RJ Corman Railroad Group has entered the signalling design and supply market with the creation of RJ Corman Signaling. 'Work on the Nicholasville, Kentucky, facility is nearing completion', said Mike Wilson, Vice-President of the new subsidiary. 'We have identified ...

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    Arriva RP awarded Kujawsko-Pomorskie contracts

    2013-04-03T11:01:00Z

    POLAND: Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship has awarded Arriva RP two contracts covering the provision of regional passenger services on around two-thirds of the electrified routes in the voivodship. Arriva RP already operates the non-electrified routes under a 10-year contract signed in 2009. The latest contracts run for two years from the December ...

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    Strukton Rail increases stake in CLF

    2013-04-03T09:00:00Z

    ITALY: Strukton Rail announced its intention to increase its stake in Italian railway construction, maintenance and renewals contractor CLF from 40% to 60% on March 30. Unieco holds the remaining 40% stake in CLF, which has 500 employees and reported turnover of €121m in 2012. Strukton Rail has been ...

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    DSB reshuffle

    2013-04-03T08:41:56Z

    DSB’s Commercial Director Gert Frost has resigned following the Danish state-owned passenger operator’s decision to streamline all operational activities under one director. His responsibilities will be taken over by Susanne Mørch Koch (photo), who will in turn pass on the management of long-distance and regional services to Director of Commuter ...

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    Tokyo Metro inaugurates Shibuya connection

    2013-04-03T08:01:00Z

    JAPAN: Through services between the metro networks in Tokyo and Yokohama began running on March 16, with the inauguration of a new connection between Tokyo Metro’s Fukutoshin Line and Toku Railway’s Toyoko Line at Shibuya in the southwest of the capital. Opened in 2008, the 1 067 mm gauge Fukutoshin ...

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    Queensland coal railway terms agreed

    2013-04-03T06:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Aurizon and GVK Hancock have signed non-binding terms for the development of a 495 km standard gauge railway and associated port infrastructure capable of handling 60 mtpa which would enable the exploitation of coal reserves in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Last year GVK Hancock received primary environmental approvals for the ...

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    Metro Line 2 opens in Santo Domingo

    2013-04-02T15:00:00Z

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Danilo Medina inaugurated the second line of the Santo Domingo metro on April 1. Line 2 runs on an east-west alignment from María Montez to Eduardo Brito. The 12·8 km line has 14 stations, including an interchange with the north-south Line 1 at Juan Pablo Duarte. ...

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    DB orders Twindexx Vario EMUs for Main-Spessart services

    2013-04-02T13:59:00Z

    GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation announced a €113m firm order to supply Deutsche Bahn with 12 four-car Twindexx Vario electric multiple units on April 2. The contract has been placed within a December 2008 framework agreement. The latest batch of double-deck EMUs are to be used on Main-Spessart services between Bamberg, Würzburg, ...

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    More Alstom trams arrive in Bordeaux

    2013-04-02T12:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Alstom Transport delivered the first of 26 Citadis trams to Bordeaux on March 29 under a contract worth €80m. The 43 m 100% low-floor vehicles are for the lines being built under the 33 km Phase III expansion of the network, and they will be delivered over the following ...

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    Voith to develop tram technology for China

    2013-04-02T11:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group has selected Voith Engineering Services to develop a low-floor tram for the Chinese market. The €7m project will last until the end of 2014. As part of the collaboration between the two firms, Voith will train 15 Chinese employees at its headquarters in Chemnitz, ...

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    Bertling joins Bombardier

    2013-04-02T08:54:05Z

    Lutz Bertling has been named as the next President & Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Transportation. Currently President & CEO of EADS subsidiary Eurocopter Group, he will take up his new post on June 3, succeeding André Navarri, who will remain as Strategic Advisor to Bombardier Inc President & CEO ...

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    RATP stops planting bulbs underground

    2013-04-02T06:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded Soitec and a Philips/Step consortium contracts totalling €11m for the replacement of 250 000 lamps and strip lights at its 302 metro and 66 RER stations with LEDs in 2013-17. RATP says it will be the first existing transport network to convert completely ...