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    Government backs 113 km Budapest freight bypass

    2013-03-06T11:00:00Z

    HUNGARY: The government has given its backing to a proposed 113 km freight-only bypass around the south of Budapest, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs & External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó announced on February 27. The V0 proposal developed by logistics association MLSZKSZ is intended to significantly accelerate east-west freight movements ...

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    Pure construction alliance for Stafford upgrade

    2013-03-06T07:00:00Z

    UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail announced on February 25 that it had formed its first 'pure construction alliance' to deliver the £250m Stafford Area Improvement Programme of upgrades on the West Coast Main Line. Under an alliance model which originates in Australia, NR is to act as both principal client ...

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    DB approves longer ICx trainsets

    2013-03-05T16:51:00Z

    GERMANY: On March 5 Deutsche Bahn's supervisory board approved plans for its future ICx inter-city trainsets to be up to 12 rather than up to 10 cars long, increasing the number of seats from 724 to 830. DB said this reflects an 'encouraging increase' in the number of long-distance passengers, ...

  • Impression of rebuilt Mechelen station.
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    Mechelen bypass contracts awarded

    2013-03-05T16:00:00Z

    BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has awarded a joint venture of Royal BAM Group subsidiary CEI-De Meyer and Jan de Nul two civil works contracts totalling €85m for the Mechelen bypass project. The €254·7m bypass is intended to increase rail capacity through the city, raise line speeds for through trains from ...

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    Alstom/Kamkor joint venture to produce 10 000 point machines

    2013-03-05T11:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has awarded the KazElectroPrivod joint venture of Alstom and local partner Kamkor a €90m contract to supply 10 000 point machines over the next 10 years. Alstom's share of the contract is worth €65m. The equally-owned point machine production joint venture was formed in January by ...

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    Good but not completely satisfactory year for Siemens

    2013-03-05T07:00:00Z

    SIEMENS: 'Fiscal 2012 was a good year but not a completely satisfactory year for us', President & CEO Peter Löscher told the Siemens AG annual general meeting on January 23. The company suffered from uncertainties in the global economy, substantial charges in the Energy sector and problems with specific projects. ...

  • Impression of Skoda Transportation Type 28T tram for Konya in Turkey.
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    Škoda Transportation wins Konya tram contract

    2013-03-04T15:35:00Z

    TURKEY: Škoda Transportation announced a €104·7m contract to supply 60 trams to Konya on March 4. The five-section air-conditioned Type 28T trams will be 100% low-floor bidirectional vehicles based on 31 trams ordered by Miskolc in Hungary. Konya municipality is planning to expand the city's 21 km tram line, which ...

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    Automated metro opens in Brescia

    2013-03-04T14:06:00Z

    ITALY: Linking Prealpino in the north of the city with S. Eufemia Buffalora in the southeast, the 13·7 km Brescia metro opened to the public on March 2 with a weekend of free travel. The automated metro has been built by a consortium of Ansaldo STS (railway systems, train control, ...

  • Impression of Stadler Rail Flirt electric trains in Belgrade.
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    Stadler awarded Beograd suburban train contract

    2013-03-04T12:19:00Z

    SERBIA: A contract for Stadler Rail to supply 21 Flirt electric multiple-units for use on Beograd suburban services was signed by national railway ŽS on March 4. The €100m order is being funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery ...

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    Łódz tramway modernisation contract

    2013-03-04T07:00:00Z

    POLAND: City transport authority ZDiT Łódz has awarded PRM Mosty Łódz a 308·4m złoty contract to modernise part of the metre-gauge tram network in Łódz. The route from Retkinia in the west of the city to Widzew in the east is to undergo a complete modernisation, and will be extended ...

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    Transnet research partnership

    2013-03-03T07:00:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: Railway infrastructure design, energy efficiency, traction power re-use and alternative fuel technologies are among the rail-specific elements of a wide-ranging research agreement signed between Transnet and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on February 11. Transnet's rail freight operation is investing R52bn in rail assets under its ...

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    Paris T7 tram rolled out

    2013-03-02T07:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Alstom presented the first of 19 Citadis 302 trams for Paris Line T7 at its plant in La Rochelle on January 12. This forms part of a framework contract placed in January 2011 for 70 trams to work lines T7 and T8. The second tranche will cover 20 ...

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    No private finance for Crossrail train fleet

    2013-03-01T11:08:00Z

    UK: Plans for private finance to meet the majority of the estimated £1bn cost of procuring around 600 electric multiple-unit cars and associated maintenance facilities for Crossrail have been dropped, Transport for London announced on March 1. The largest single contract to be awarded under the Crossrail project is now ...

  • Bombardier Francilien EMUs for the suburban network serving Paris Est (Photo: Christophe Masse).
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    Francilien arrives at Paris Est

    2013-03-01T11:00:00Z

    FRANCE: President of the Ile-de-France regional council and Paris transport authority STIF Jean-Paul Huchon joined SNCF Transilien Director General Bénédicte Tilloy and RFF Ile-de-France Regional Director François Régus Orizet on February 27 to mark the entry into service of the first of 35 Francilien EMUs for the suburban network serving ...

  • March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine.
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    Feature articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International

    2013-03-01T07:00:00Z

    Articles in the March 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Smarter cities are on the move Analysis IHHA conference report Traffic rises on China’s railways Fourth Railway Package unveiled Infrastructure Running a railway at its limit Virgin Trains’ Chief Operating Officer Chris Gibb ...

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    Feature articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International

    2013-03-01T05:00:00Z

    Articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International magazine. Comment Marking 150 years of metro operation, London Underground Managing Director Mike Brown describes improvements being made to the city’s iconic network News Review Chinese metros Wuhan, Hangzhou and Beijing have all opened metro lines in ...

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    European Court of Justice rules on vertical separation

    2013-02-28T16:32:00Z

    EUROPE: On February 28 the European Court of Justice ruled on four infringement cases brought by the European Commission regarding the extent to which Directive 91/440 and the First Railway Package require infrastructure managers to be independent of train operators. The court found that Hungary (case C 473/10) and Spain ...

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    MÁV and GySEV order Flirts

    2013-02-28T14:34:00Z

    HUNGARY: National railway MÁV and Austria-Hungary cross-border operator GySEV jointly selected sole bidder Stadler Rail to supply a total of 48 Flirt electric multiple-units on February 26. The order covers 42 EMUs for MÁV and six for GySEV. The four-car units will have 200 seats and a maximum speed of ...

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    Titagarh-FreightCar wagon joint venture wound up

    2013-02-28T12:14:00Z

    INDIA: The Titagarh-FreightCar joint venture which aimed to bring US wagon technology to the Indian market is being wound up, Titagarh Wagons and FreightCar America confirmed on February 22. The joint venture was formed following a 2008 agreement between the partners, with the Indian firm holding a 49% stake. Work ...

  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Indian Railways have agreed to establish a train factory at Bhilwara.
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    Electric multiple-unit factory to be built in Rajasthan

    2013-02-28T11:43:00Z

    INDIA: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Indian Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding on February 25 agreeing to establish a factory at Bhilwara in Rajasthan which would help to meet the growing demand for local and outer-suburban electric multiple-units The new plant in Bhilwara is to be funded by ...