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    President backs passenger projects

    2012-12-04T11:50:00Z

    MEXICO: A package of urban and inter-city rail projects formed one of the 13 policy initiatives announced by President Enrique Peña Nieto immediately after being sworn in on December 1. Projects to be taken forward by the federal Secretariat of Transport & Communications include Line 3 of the Monterrey metro, ...

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    Pirna depot topped out

    2012-12-04T11:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Captrain Deutschland subsidiary ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft held a topping-out ceremony for a new depot at Pirna near Dresden on November 23. The 38 000 m2 facility will have a four-track workshop, spare parts stores, offices, 3 000 m of sidings and facilities for testing locomotives under different electrification systems. ...

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    DART extends two light rail lines

    2012-12-04T09:35:00Z

    USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit began revenue service on two more sections of its expanding light rail network on December 3. The opening of extensions to the Blue and Orange lines brings the total length of the network to more than 135 route-km. A ribbon-cutting ceremony had been held in ...

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    Inter-regional coach approved

    2012-12-04T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works has received federal vehicle approval for an improved version of its Type 61-4458 passenger coaches. Designed for inter-regional daytime services running at up to 160 km/h, Type 61-4458 cars have stainless steel bodyshells and two interior layout options. First class cars have 40 passenger seats ...

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    European Commission backs regenerative braking R&D

    2012-12-04T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: The European Commission's LIFE+ programme is to meet 50% of the cost of pilot installation of Alstom's HESOP regenerative energy recovery system on Milano metro Line 3. HESOP is expected to recover almost all of the braking energy, equivalent to about 15% of total traction energy usage, enabling it ...

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    Alstom to build new Rio de Janeiro fleet

    2012-12-03T14:22:00Z

    BRAZIL: On December 3 Alstom signed a contract with Rio de Janeiro commuter concessionaire SuperVia covering the supply of 20 four-car Metropolis EMUs. Representing a total investment of R$300m, the contract will see Alstom undertake final assembly and testing at new plant to be built on a 32 000 m2 ...

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    Harbin – Dalian PDL opens

    2012-12-03T11:01:00Z

    CHINA: The 921 km Passenger-Dedicated Line between Harbin and Dalian opened to traffic on December 1, connecting the capital of Heilongjiang province with Changchun, Shenyang and Dalian, the largest port in northeast China. Designed for a maximum speed of 350 km/h, the route serves a total of 22 stations, including ...

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    X-Train to revive Los Angeles – Las Vegas service

    2012-12-03T11:00:00Z

    USA: Inter-city passenger trains between Southern California and Las Vegas are set to resume in January 2014, following an inaugural run planned for December 31 2013. Trial running is expected to begin in October, 16 years after Amtrak’s Los Angeles – Salt Lake City – Chicago Desert Wind was withdrawn ...

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    Dual-voltage loco to serve the Seikan Tunnel

    2012-12-03T09:07:00Z

    JAPAN: The first of 20 dual-system electric locomotives being built by Toshiba for national rail freight operator JR Freight was unveiled at the manufacturer’s Fuchu factory in Tokyo on November 27. The Series EH800 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo locomotives are intended to haul 1 067 mm gauge freight services between Honshu and Hokkaido ...

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    Commuter co-operation in Costa Rica

    2012-12-03T05:00:00Z

    COSTA RICA: President Laura Chinchilla ratified an agreement with Spanish Development Minister Ana Pastor in Madrid on November 15, which will see the two countries working together to develop the rail network serving the Costa Rican capital San José. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Spanish companies would be ...

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    Urban rail news in brief - December 2012

    2012-12-02T05:00:00Z

    Mid-America Regional Council has approved the allocation of $17·7m of US federal funding to the planned $100m Downtown Streetcar starter line in Kansas City, Missouri. Lyon tram route T5 was inaugurated on November 17. It uses an existing section of Line T2, plus a new 3·8 km extension from ...

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    News in Brief - December 2012

    2012-12-01T05:00:00Z

    The French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is funding accessibility improvements to 124 SNCF TER trainsets, including the installation of retractable wheelchair ramps and tactile surfaces to assist visually-impaired passengers. The €6m programme is due for completion by 2014. Russian Railways subsidiary Second Freight Company has been renamed Federal Freight Company with ...

  • Hamburg Hochbahn line U4 was officially opened with festivities on November 28.
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    Hamburg U4 opens to HafenCity

    2012-11-30T15:59:00Z

    GERMANY: Mayor Olaf Scholz inaugurated Hamburg Hochbahn Line U4 linking the city centre with the HafenCity redevelopment area on November 28. Travel is free from November 29 until December 9, when revenue services will begin. Construction of the 4 km underground U4 has taken five years at a cost of ...

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    SJ expands indirect sales network

    2012-11-30T15:18:00Z

    SWEDEN: National passenger operator SJ has extended its distribution agreement with transaction processing specialist Amadeus to provide travel agencies and corporate travel management companies worldwide with access to its fares inventory. Under the agreement, SJ becomes the latest operator to sign up to the Amadeus Global Rail ...

  • The first series-produced EP20 passenger locomotive was handed in the presence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
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    Handover marks start of EP20 series production

    2012-11-30T14:58:00Z

    RUSSIA: The first series-produced EP20 passenger locomotive was handed over to Russian Railways by manufacturer Transmashholding at a ceremony near Rostov on November 30. The first Russian electric locomotive design capable of hauling inter-city trains at up to 200 km/h, the EP20 is a single-section Bo-Bo-Bo passenger ...

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    Mayor of Moscow commits to tram investment

    2012-11-30T12:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed his commitment to the future of Moscow's 416 km tram network during a visit to a section of modernised track on Krasnoprudnaya Ulitsa on November 26. 'We are not going to stop the tram traffic in the city', the Mayor said. 'On the contrary, we ...

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    Trenord to buy 23 multiple-units

    2012-11-30T10:13:00Z

    ITALY: The board of Lombardia regional train operator Trenord announced plans to exercise options for the purchase of 23 additional multiple-units on November 30. A firm order worth €130m is to be placed for nine three-car and four five-car AnsaldoBreda TSR double-deck electric multiple-units. A further 10 four-car Stadler ...

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    Colton Flyover going up

    2012-11-30T05:00:00Z

    USA: The Colton Flyover is under construction at the city of Colton in California to eliminate a flat crossing between Union Pacific and BNSF tracks. The crossing has been an operational problem since it opened in 1882. Around 2·4 km of Union Pacific’s El Paso to Los Angeles route is ...

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    T'Trans and Vossloh selected for Santos light rail contract

    2012-11-29T13:31:00Z

    BRAZIL: Public transport operator EMTU has selected the Tremvia Santos consortium of Trans Sistemas de Transportes (T'Trans) and Vossloh España to supply 22 light rail vehicles for the future SIM network in Santos. Under a contract expected to be worth up to R$284·3m, deliveries would take place between May 2014 ...

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    Moreton Bay branch gets underway

    2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Four consortia have been shortlisted to develop 'innovative' proposals for the long-planned Moreton Bay Rail Link in Queensland, serving the coastal region northeast of Brisbane. Under discussion for many years, the A$1·15bn project was accelerated by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2010, leading to a signing of an agreement ...