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    Northland granted Malmbanan paths

    19 September 2012

    EUROPE: Northland Resources plans to begin shipments of iron ore concentrate from its Kaunisvaara plant in Sweden to the Norwegian port of Narvik in the first quarter of 2013, having been allocated train paths on the Malmbanan by Swedish transport authority Transportstyrelsen. Four paths per day will be available from ...

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    Gmunden metre-gauge extension backed

    19 September 2012

    AUSTRIA: Gmunden council has given its backing to a proposal to divert the Traunseebahn local railway from its current terminus at Seebahnhof to Klosterplatz closer to the town centre. The 14·9 km metre gauge electrified line from Vorchdorf to Gmunden is operated by Stern & Hafferl and recently celebrated its ...

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    Tendering starts for Brasilia – Goiâna studies

    18 September 2012

    BRAZIL: Federal transport agency ANTT has begun tendering for studies to build a new passenger and freight railway from Brasilia to Anápolis and Goiâna. Interested parties have been invited to submit expressions of interest by October 22. As well as preliminary technical and economic studies, consultancy work now out to ...

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    20-year vision for transport

    18 September 2012

    AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government released a draft Long Term Transport Master Plan on September 4, setting out over 200 actions and recommendations which could deliver ‘world-class’ public transport and freight networks over a period of 20 years. Existing and proposed rail schemes that feature in plan include the ...

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    Watch a bridge being built

    18 September 2012

    USA: The first of four underbridges has been built in 51 h as part of a $25·7m project to enable pedestrians to cross legally and safely the San Diego - Los Angeles - San Luis Obispo rail corridor in Encinitas, California. The LOSSAN corridor carries more than 50 passenger and ...

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    Bombardier to supply components for Haramain High Speed Rail trains

    18 September 2012

    SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation has announced contracts worth €281m to provide Mitrac 3000 traction and control packages and Flexx Power 350 power car bogies for the 36 Talgo 350 trainsets which Talgo is to supply for the 444 km Haramain High Speed Rail project. Announcing the contracts on September 18, ...

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    News in Brief - September 2012

    18 September 2012

    The government of Ghana has proposed a US$303m public-private partnership to rehabilitate the 977 km rail network. Amtrak, HOK, Parsons Brinckerhoff and developer Akridge have produced a 20-year master plan for a $7bn redevelopment of Washington Union station, which would triple passenger capacity. The governments of Tanzania and Zambia ...

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    Stainless steel EMU on test

    17 September 2012

    INDIA: BEML has begun delivering a development batch of 10 nine-car electric multiple-units built to a revised design which features stainless steel car bodies. Indian Railways is planning to use the new design to gradually replace existing steel EMUs in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai which suffer from corrosion. The ...

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    Comfort at reasonable cost

    17 September 2012

    INDIA: Following successful deployment on the Howrah – Dhanbad route last year, the first air-conditioned double-deck train to operate from Delhi to Jaipur was flagged off by Minister of Railways Mukul Roy and Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit on August 24. The stainless steel coaches have been designed and ...

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    Full showground beats all records

    17 September 2012

    INNOTRANS: ‘Despite a stagnating global economy InnoTrans 2012 has expanded and set new records’, said Chief Operating Officer of Messe Berlin GmbH Dr Christian Göke at a pre-opening press conference on September 17. Two ‘sonic walls’ had been breached, he said, revealing that InnoTrans 2012 occupied the entire showground ...

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    Gera tram go-ahead

    17 September 2012

    GERMANY: Following the completion of technical studies, on September 4 Mayor Viola Hahn announced the go-ahead for a planned €53m Phase 2 expansion of Gera’s metre gauge tram network. Subject to the Land of Thüringen approving funding later this year, contracts could be awarded in January 2013 ...

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    Encapsulating the global rail industry

    17 September 2012

    INNOTRANS: With more than 2400 exhibitors from 47 countries taking part, the InnoTrans trade fair being held at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre on September 18-21 will provide an unparalleled showcase for the world’s railway industry. The theme for this year’s show is ‘The Future of Mobility’, and as ...

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    Chemistry tram on tour

    16 September 2012

    POLAND: To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Warszawa Trams has been operating a special Chemical Tram, which has been roaming the city’s network making presentations to school children. Staff on the open wagon towed by a decorated works vehicle conducted a range of spectacular experiments, demonstrating ...

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    News in Brief - September 2012

    15 September 2012

    Germany’s federal Railway Authority has approved the regular operation of 835 m long freight trains between Padborg in Denmark and Maschen in Niedersachsen. After 25 expressions of interest, the only bids for a $1bn contract to operate Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad services from July 2013 came from Keolis and ...

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    Siemens wins Klang Valley driverless train contract

    14 September 2012

    MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp announced the winners of five major contracts worth a total of 3⋅474bn ringgit for the Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line on September 14. Scheduled to open in 2017, the 51 km SBK Line will have 31 stations serving 1⋅2 million people in the Greater Kuala ...

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    Istanbul opens line M3

    14 September 2012

    TURKEY: A new metro line serving the northwest of the Istanbul metropolitan area was opened without ceremony on September 10, just a few weeks after the inauguration of Line M4 between Kadiköy and Kartal on the Asian side of the city. The Y-shaped Line M3 runs entirely underground for a ...

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    Siemens and Stadler form Berlin S-Bahn bid consortium

    14 September 2012

    GERMANY: Siemens and Stadler Pankow have formed a consortium to put forward a joint bid to supply and maintain new trains for the future Berlin S-Bahn's 'Ring & Branches' operating concession. The Berlin Senate plans to award three concessions covering operation of East-West, North-South and Ring & Branches S-Bahn services, ...

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    Quito metro studies completed

    14 September 2012

    ECUADOR: Madrid Metro has completed design studies for a 22 km metro line in Quito, delivering on September 11 documentation for civil works, 13 of the route’s 15 stations, power supplies and other systems. Tendering for this work was expected to start ‘immediately’, according to Mayor of Quito Augusto Barrera. ...

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    FGC enters national freight market

    14 September 2012

    SPAIN: In a presentation given to the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce on September 12, Catalan regional operator FGC announced that it planned to start open-access freight operations on the national 1 668 mm gauge network ‘in approximately two weeks’ time’. In conjunction with Comsa Rail, FGC plans to offer services ...

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    Automated catenary monitoring

    14 September 2012

    ELECTRIFICATION: IMPulse NC’s Catenary Safety Monitoring System is being used to monitor self-tensioning equipment on The Tide light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia. CSMS provides a text message alert when wires are not behaving as expected, enabling a quick maintenance response. CSMS is designed to fit all types ...