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  • A Skoda single-car DMU carried invited guests including RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and Governor of Khabarovsk Vyacheslav Shport to the Kuznetsovsk tunnel opening ceremony.
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    Kuznetsovsk tunnel shortens the BAM corridor

    2013-02-02T07:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The Kuznetsovsk Tunnel on the Komsomolsk-na-Amur – Sovetskaya Gavan section of the Baikal-Amur Magistral was opened on December 25. Priced at 60bn roubles, it is one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by RZD in recent years. The 3890 m single-track tunnel was designed by Bamtonnelproject and built by ...

  • The Vossloh UKLight locomotives for Direct Rail Services will be designated Class 68 in Britain.
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    Direct Rail Services reveals Class 68 design

    2013-02-01T14:50:00Z

    UK: Freight and charter train operator Direct Rail Services has unveiled the design of its future UKLight mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotives. Vossloh España is building 15 locomotives in Valencia under a contract announced in January 2012, with deliveries scheduled to begin towards the end of this year. To ...

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    Carillion awarded £40m Cumbernauld electrification contract

    2013-02-01T12:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded Carillion a £40m contract to electrify at 25 kV 50 Hz 'over 50 km of railway' between Cumbernauld and Glasgow, lengthen platforms at Cumbernauld and install turn-back facilities at Springburn. The contract announced on January 30 forms part of a £80m upgrade of the Cumbernauld ...

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    São Paulo Line 6 tender called

    2013-02-01T11:27:00Z

    BRAZIL: São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin called tenders for a PPP concession to develop metro Line 6 (the Orange line) on January 30. The project is valued at an estimated R$7·8bn and construction is due to start in July 2014. The concession will run for 25 years, allowing six ...

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    Michael O’Higgins

    2013-02-01T10:07:29Z

    Michael O’Higgins has been appointed a Non-Executive Director on the Network Rail board. The former Audit Commission Chairman and current Chairman of The Pensions Regulator was selected to bring a stronger focus on ‘serving the public interest’. The UK infrastructure manager has also named Jonathan Crick as Commercial Director, Retail.

  • Open access operator Hamburg-Köln-Express.
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    Open access operator Hamburg-Köln-Express celebrates first six months

    2013-02-01T10:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Open-access inter-city operator Hamburg-Köln-Express held the ‘Fastest Music Festival in Germany’ on January 23 to celebrate six months of operation. Bands and solo artists travelled with the passengers, performing music in 120 sec slots while the train doors were opened at stations HKX has carried almost 150 000 passengers ...

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

    2013-02-01T07:00:00Z

    Articles in the February 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine. Comment Liberalisation: the war of words rages on Analysis Fyra lurches from farce to fiasco Amtrak and California team up UK franchising ‘not fundamentally flawed’ Heavy haul Developing a heavy haul network Indian Railways is adopting ...

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    Norfolk Southern plans $2bn investment programme in 2013

    2013-01-31T14:50:00Z

    USA: A $2bn investment programme for 2013 was announced by Norfolk Southern on January 28. 'Our capital plan will maintain the safety and quality of our existing franchise, improve service quality and performance, achieve operational efficiencies and productivity improvements and support business growth,' said CEO Wick Moorman. The largest expenditure ...

  • TEM-KZ diesel shunting locomotive for Kazakhstan.
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    Chinese shunting locomotive assembled in Kazakhstan

    2013-01-31T13:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: The first TEM-KZ shunting locomotive assembled by Kamkor Locomotive's Shu repair plant using components supplied by CSR Ziyang was unveiled last month. National railway KTZ and CSR signed a strategic partnership agreement in May 2012, and 14 Kamkor staff travelled to China for training. A locomotive production joint ...

  • The UK government has announced its plans to restart tendering for the Essex Thameside, Great Western and Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern passenger franchises.
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    Rail franchising programme revised

    2013-01-31T10:08:00Z

    UK: Following the publication of Eurostar Chairman Richard Brown's independent review of the Department for Transport's franchising programme earlier in the month, on January 31 the government announced its plans to restart three passenger franchise tendering competitions. These were put on hold in October 2012 after 'significant errors' led ...

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    Integral Coach Factory aims to be 'multi-speciality production unit'

    2013-01-31T10:00:00Z

    INDIA: Integral Coach Factory achieved its highest-ever output with the completion of 1 511 coaches during 2012, including the 45 000th vehicle since ICF was established in 1955. An expansion project which is nearing completion will increase production capacity to 1 700 vehicles/year, and according to General Manager Abhay ...

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    ÖBB approves Siemens Desiro ML order

    2013-01-30T17:05:00Z

    AUSTRIA: The Austrian Federal Railways' supervisory board authorised a firm order for 100 Siemens Desiro ML electric multiple-units on January 30. A contract worth €550m is to be signed following the regulatory standstill period. The order is being placed within a framework for up to 200 EMUs which was agreed ...

  • European Commission Vice-President for Transport Siim Kallas
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    Compliance Verification Clause unlocks the Fourth Railway Package

    2013-01-30T14:04:00Z

    EUROPE: Proposals to ensure open and transparent infrastructure management have been incorporated into the draft Fourth Railway Package, which was finally unveiled by the European Commission on January 30. The ‘comprehensive package of measures to deliver better quality and more choice in railway services’ had been delayed for several months ...

  • Mipro will supply new signals featuring a narrow vertical housing.
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    Mipro awarded Finnish resignalling contract

    2013-01-30T12:00:00Z

    FINLAND: The Finnish Transport Agency has awarded Mipro a €16m contract to design and install signalling for the 79 km Kokkola - Ylivieska line. This route is being upgraded and doubled as part of the €860m modernisation of the 335 km Seinäjoki - Oulu corridor, which carries the majority ...

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    New line projects move forward in Mexico

    2013-01-30T11:47:00Z

    MEXICO: On January 28 Secretary of Communications & Transport Gerardo Ruiz signed an agreement with José Calzada, Governor of the state of Querétaro, setting out how the federal and state governments are to co-operate on the project to build a new line for passenger services between Mexico City and the ...

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    Driverless metro technology on test

    2013-01-30T10:55:00Z

    SINGAPORE: Invensys Rail Dimetronic is using a test track at Changchun in China to verify the automation systems that it is to deploy on Singapore's Downtown Line, where trains are to run without onboard staff. Invensys Rail is supplying Sirius CBTC and Rail 9000 automatic train supervision technology, Westrace Mk ...

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    Oliver Feicks

    2013-01-30T10:53:05Z

    Oliver Feicks has joined GHH-Valdunes as Managing Director & Chief Sales Officer. He was formerly Managing Director of Alpha Trains.

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    Three Chinese metro projects approved

    2013-01-30T07:00:00Z

    CHINA: Three new metro projects have recently been approved, in Fuzhou, Nanchang and Urumqi. A feasibility study for Line 2 of the Fuzhou metro was approved in November. The line is planned to run 26·3 km from Shadi to Gushan, with 22 stations. Fuzhou Metro will build and operate the ...

  • Pesa Swing tram for Warszawa.
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    Szczecin fast tram builder selected

    2013-01-29T15:41:00Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Szczecińskie has selected a Mytoll-Strabag consortium to build a fast tram line in Szczecin. The consortium beat three other bidders with its 165·8bn złoty offer. Construction will be co-financed from the EU budget for 2007-13, and so must be finished by the end of 2015. The 4 ...

  • New Orleans RTA modern air-conditioned heritage-style streetcar.
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    New Orleans streetcar extension opens

    2013-01-29T15:08:00Z

    USA: The Loyola Avenue extension of the New Orleans tram network opened on January 28, ahead of Super Bowl XLVII which is to be held at the nearby Superdome stadium on February 3. Starting at the Union Passenger Terminal inter-city rail and bus station, the new double-track line runs 1·3 ...