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NewsChords separate freight and inter-city trains
UK: On November 14 Transport Minister Simon Burns officially opened the Nuneaton North Chord, a 1·4 km link designed to remove conflicts between freight and inter-city trains on a key section of the West Coast Main Line. Intermodal trains from the port of Felixstowe previously had to cross the WCML ...
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NewsRail Accident Investigation Branch office opened
UK: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin officially opened new premises for the Rail Accident Investigation Branch on November 8. The independent accident investigation body's southern team has moved from Woking to Cullen House, at a site near Aldershot shared with the Air Accident Investigation Branch. The new premises are named after ...
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NewsKuwait lends €25m for Beograd station project
SERBIA: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has agreed a €25m loan to fund the railway systems element of Beograd's long-planned new main station at Prokop. The 3% loan has a repayment period of 18 years and grace period of four years. The lender has also expressed interest in ...
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NewsMore trains ordered for Paris metro Line 14
FRANCE: Ile-de-France transport authority STIF and Paris transport operator RATP have awarded Alstom a firm order to supply additional MP05 metro trainsets in 2014-15. The six-car rubber-tyred trains are required for a 5·8 km northern extension of the automated Line 14 from Saint-Lazare to Mairie de Saint-Ouen which is scheduled ...
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NewsSão Paulo Yellow Line contract awarded
BRAZIL: Power supplies, communications and other systems for the second phase of São Paulo's automated metro Line 4 are to be supplied by a consortium of Alstom (72·4%) and Thyssen-Krupp under a contract awarded by metro operator CMSP and announced on November 12. Installation is due to be completed ...
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NewsHybrid shunting locomotive offers 45% fuel saving
CHINA: CSR Ziyang Locomotive has completed a two-year programme of testing a battery-diesel hybrid locomotive, saying the 'advanced, innovative' design for shunting and industrial applications could cut fuel use by 45% and emissions by 60% when compared to traditional diesel locomotives. The six-axle locomotive was developed by CSR Ziyang, CSR ...
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Operations reshuffle at CP
Canadian Pacific has appointed three senior vice-presidents, with Doug McFarlane (photo) taking charge of US Operations, Guido De Ciccio leading Canadian Operations and Scott MacDonald heading up System Operations. The long-serving CP employees together form a senior operations team which replaces Executive Vice-President & Chief Operations Officer Mike Franczak, who ...
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News'Flying seagull' transport interchange planned for Istanbul
TURKEY: Hakan Kiran Architecture and Dutch engineering consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV have signed a memorandum of understanding for the design of the Kabatas Seagull Transportation Hub, an interchange between tram, funicular, bus and ferry services on the European side of Istanbul. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has appointed the architectural practice to design ...
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NewsCZ Loko wins Belarus locomotive order
BELARUS: Czech manufacturer CZ Loko has won a €20m contract to supply Belarus Railways with 20 locomotives for shunting and light main line freight duties. Designated TME3 by Belarus Railways, the locomotives will be a 1 520 mm gauge version of CZ Loko's Effishunter design which was launched in 2008. ...
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Maggie Simpson
Maggie Simpson has been appointed as Executive Director of UK trade association the Rail Freight Group, allowing Chairman Tony Berkeley to concentrate on ‘political and European issues’.
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Emmanuel Moulin
Emmanuel Moulin replaced the retired Claude Lienard as Deputy Chief Executive of Groupe Eurotunnel on August 28.
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NewsSiemens and Invensys win Crossrail signalling contract
UK: A consortium of Siemens and Invensys Rail has won contract C620 covering the design, supply and commissioning of communications-based train control for the Crossrail project, promoter Crossrail Ltd announced on November 12. Bombardier Transportation, Invensys Rail, Siemens, Signalling Solutions and Thales were invited to tender for the contract. Bombardier ...
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NewsPlan your timetables the Swiss way
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has appointed VIA Consulting & Development to market, license and support its Open TimeTable software for use by other train operators and infrastructure managers. SBB uses OTT to visualise operational data for analysis, and to help refine timetable planning parameters by identifying factors including reoccurring delay ...
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NewsWagon covers could save fuel
USA: Computer modelling and wind tunnel tests have indicated that using fibreglass covers on freight wagons could improve their aerodynamics sufficiently to bring significant fuel savings, according to Structural Composites of Indiana. The company has established a new business, United Railcar Covers, to handle its activities in the rail ...
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NewsAxiom suspension system approved
EUROPE: DB Schenker Rail (UK) company Axiom Rail has received approval for its TF25E suspension system to operate throughout Europe, following a programme of testing in Germany and France in accordance with EN14363 (UIC518/UIC518-2) at speeds up to 120 km/h and axleloads up to 25 tonnes. Designed for speeds ...
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NewsAnsaldoBreda wins Miami Metrorail train contract
USA: Miami-Dade County Commissioners gave Miami-Dade Transit the formal go-ahead on November 8 to award AnsaldoBreda a $300m contract to supply a fleet of metro cars to replace the current Budd stock on the Metrorail network. The air-conditioned coaches are to have 'an elegant exterior and interior design', with bicycle ...
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NewsSão Paulo consults on metro Line 2 extension
BRAZIL: São Paulo Metro began public consultation for its planned extension of Line 2 on November 7, with the presentation of the environmental impact report into the project. The 14·2 km extension from Vila Prudente to Dutra is intended to serve the northeastern part of the city, including the rapidly-expanding ...
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NewsEBRD backs Almaty light rail PPP
KAZAKHSTAN: A memorandum of understanding for the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development to assist the city of Almaty in awarding a PPP contract for the development of a 'fast tram' line was signed on November 7. The planned 14 km light rail line to replace the existing tram route ...
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NewsNetwork Rail sells plant hire business
UK: Network Rail has completed the sale of its Network Rail (NDS-Plant) Ltd specialist heavy plant and equipment hire business to TXM Plant. Network Rail (NDS-Plant) was formed in November 2011 when the infrastructure manager purchased the rail division of Hydrex Equipment (UK) Ltd from administrators KPMG. This was intended ...
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NewsPresident opens Minsk metro extension
BELARUS: President Alexander Lukashenko officially opened a 5·14 km extension of Minsk metro's Moskovskaya Line on November 6. The extension southwest from Institut Kultury adds three stations at Grushevka, Michalowo and Petrovschina. Passenger services began the following day, with local surface transport revised to feed the metro. The extension is ...