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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 ...

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    Siemens agrees to buy Invensys Rail

    2012-11-28T19:44:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Siemens AG confirmed on November 28 that it had agreed to purchase Invensys Rail, the signalling arm of the UK-based industrial automation group Invensys. Valued at €2·2bn, the deal is expected to be completed by mid-2013, subject to regulatory approval and endorsement by the Invensys shareholders at a General ...

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    Norway to adopt ERTMS

    2012-11-28T13:44:00Z

    NORWAY: ERTMS is to be adopted across the Norwegian rail network, the government announced in a letter to train operators and infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket on November 26. Much of the country's existing signalling equipment is in need of replacement, and the government believes there are no viable long-term alternatives ...

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    Bombardier to supply Dubai airport peoplemover

    2012-11-28T11:03:00Z

    UAE: Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a 392m dirham contract to design and build an 1·5 km elevated automated peoplemover to link Terminal 1 with the future Concourse 4 at Dubai International Airport. The peoplemover will have a capacity of more than 200 000 passengers/day. Dubai International Airport is being ...

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    UK rail ticketing to go in the cloud

    2012-11-28T11:00:00Z

    UK: IT consultancy Smart421 has been awarded a contract to develop a Live Sales Management system to handle Ticket on Departure services for Rail Settlement Plan Ltd, the organisation which manages ticketing on behalf of the train operating companies. TOD allows tickets booked online to be collected from self-service ...

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    Mediterranean Corridor enhancement programme

    2012-11-28T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Under the Mediterranean Corridor project to create a 1435 mm gauge freight route over the 1300 km between Figueres and Algeciras (RG 5.12 p30), engineering consultancy Ineco is currently undertaking design studies for dual-gauging the existing route between Castellbisbal on the outskirts of Barcelona and Tarragona. The studies ...

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    JR East unveils Super Komachi high speed train

    2012-11-27T11:31:00Z

    JAPAN: The first of 23 production Series E6 trainsets being supplied to East Japan Railway for Akita mini-Shinkansen services was officially unveiled at the railway's Sendai rolling stock maintenance depot on November 22, where the trains were officially designated Super Komachi. Due for delivery between November 2012 and the spring ...

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    Modular metro traction equipment with emergency rescue capability

    2012-11-27T10:00:00Z

    CHINA: Alstom Transport and its local partner Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment have been awarded a €37m contract to supply traction equipment for 35 six-car trainsets being built for Shanghai Shentong Metro Group by CNR Changchun. Due for delivery in 2014, the 140 motor and 70 trailer cars are needed ...

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    Hélio Mauro França

    2012-11-27T09:50:04Z

    Hélio Mauro França has been appointed Director of Brazil’s Empresa de Planejamento e Logística, a company established by the government in August to oversee the construction of 12 railways.

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    Western China link under construction

    2012-11-27T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: A ceremony at Golmud in Qinghai province during October officially launched construction of a 506 km railway to Dunhuang in Gansu province. Work is expected to take five years and cost 12·9bn yuan. The single-track electrified line with provision for future doubling will provide a connection between the existing ...

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    Hangzhou Metro Line 1 opens

    2012-11-26T14:07:00Z

    CHINA: Governor of Zhejiang Province Xia Baolong opened Hangzhou's first metro line with a ceremony at Wulin Square station on November 24 Line 1 runs from Xianghu in the south to Linping and Wenzelu in the north, with 41 km of the 48 km route underground. There are 31 stations, ...

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    Bombardier to supply more VLocity cars

    2012-11-26T14:01:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Victoria's state Premier Ted Baillieu announced an order for Bombardier to supply a further 40 VLocity diesel multiple-unit cars on November 26. To be built at Bombardier's Dandenong South factory for delivery in 2014-16, the vehicles will be a mix of new DMUs and extra cars to lengthen existing ...

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    World rolling stock market November 2012

    2012-11-26T12:00:00Z

    Brazil: Porto Alegre operator Trensurb has called tenders for 15 four-car EMUs worth up to RS$220m, funded by the federal government's PAC programme to stimulate economic growth. Price is the main criterion, but preference will be given to domestic production. Vale has commissioned Romanian firm Astra Vagone to supply ...

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    EVRAZ sells wagon business to NefteTransService

    2012-11-26T10:18:00Z

    RUSSIA: Steel, mining and vanadium business EVRAZ signed an agreement to sell its EvrazTrans rail freight subsidiary to NefteTransService on November 22. The transaction is worth approximately US$300m, and subject to regulatory approval is expected to close by the end of the year. The deal includes assets worth US$243m, including ...

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    High speed opening dates confirmed

    2012-11-26T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Work on the high speed line between Barcelona and the French border will be completed this year, Development Minister Ana Pastor said on November 12, enabling services to start running from April 2013. ADIF announced that overhead electrification equipment would be energised on the last 18·4 km of the ...

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    Concrete sleeper factory opens

    2012-11-25T05:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: The Tines Manufacture Railway KAZ joint-venture between Polish firm Tines and local company Kazakhs Magnetik officially opened a concrete sleeper and ballastless track component production facility on November 2. The plant will produce Tines’ EBS and LC-L track systems, adapted for 1520 mm gauge networks.

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    News in Brief - November 2012

    2012-11-24T05:00:00Z

    The Nordhessen and Rhein-Main transport authorities have directly awarded incumbent DB RegioNetz’s Kurhessenbahn a contract to operate Kassel – Korbach, Korbach – Brilon Wald and Frankenberg – Marburg services totalling 1·32 million train-km/year from the December timetable change. Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS is investigating acquiring its own fleet of 25 ...

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    Join the Young Railway Professionals social rail network

    2012-11-23T15:00:00Z

    EUROPE: UK-based development and networking association Young Railway Professionals has relaunched its website to include a social networking function to facilitate joining the organisation, attending events and debating industry topics. Taking its inspiration from high-profile social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, YRP Chairman Paul Cooper believes the community ...

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    Construction of Sofia airport metro extension begins

    2012-11-23T10:10:00Z

    BULGARIA: Minister of Transport & Communications Ivaylo Moskovski and Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova attended a sod-turning ceremony on November 21 to formally launch construction of the airport extension of Sofia metro Line 1. The extension from Tsarigradsko Shose to the airport will be 5 km long, with four stations. ...

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    World rail infrastructure market November 2012

    2012-11-23T05:00:00Z

    Australia: TasRail has appointed VEC Civil Engineering to replace the Forth River Rail Bridge, the latest in a series of contracts with a total value of A$20m won by VEC, which is also to build new bridges over the Blythe and Leven rivers and rehabilitate the River Don bridge. MB&A ...