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NewsWabtec acquires Brazilian firm Winco
BRAZIL: Wabtec Corp announced the completion of its acquisition of Winco Equipamentos Ferroviários on August 6. Winco is a marketing and sales company based in São Paolo, offering value-added engineering and assembly, service, technical support and logistics capabilities. It has an extensive network of customer relationships in Brazil, which ...
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NewsBids in for Santos light rail vehicles
BRAZIL: Public transport operator EMTU is expecting to award in September a contract worth up to R$284·3m to supply 22 vehicles for the first phase of the SIM light rail network in Santos. Four bids have been received from Alstom Brazil/Alstom Transport, CAF, Pesa and the Tremvia Santos consortium of ...
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NewsGenève tram trial assesses supercapacitor performance
SWITZERLAND: Genève tram operator TPG is testing a prototype supercapacitor energy storage unit which allows braking energy to be recovered, and enables a tram to run for short distances without an external power supply. The 1 tonne supercapacitor unit has been installed on the roof of one of a batch ...
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NewsDe Lijn orders Flexity 2 trams for Antwerpen and Gent
BELGIUM: Bombardier has been selected to supply 48 new Flexity 2 low-floor trams for De Lijn services in Antwerpen and Gent under a €128·6m order announced by Flemish Minister for Transport & Public Works Hilde Crevits on August 6. The largest single tram procurement placed by the regional government, the ...
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NewsDnipropetrovs'k metro extension project awarded funding
UKRAINE: Funding has been agreed for a 4 km extension of the Dnipropetrovs'k metro into the city centre, and plans are being developed to introduce multi-modal smart ticketing and undertake institutional reforms. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development approved a €152m sovereign loan for the extension on July 24. ...
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NewsPresidential launch for Pacific revival
COLOMBIA: President Juan Manuel Santos visited Buenaventura on August 2 as freight operations resumed on the 155 km Buenaventura - Yumbo section of the Pacific network, suspended since November 2011. Ferrocarril del Pacífico SAS, whose shareholders include Railroad Development Corp of the USA, is investing a total of US$16m in ...
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NewsKeolis buys NS stake in Syntus
NETHERLANDS: An agreement for Keolis to purchase the 50% stake in Syntus which is currently held by joint venture partner NS was announced on August 6. Keolis and NS had confirmed in June that local bus and train operator Syntus was 'temporarily experiencing financial difficulties', causing customers and staff to ...
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NewsDublin's Broombridge tram line approved
IRELAND: The national planning authority granted a railway order on August 3 giving powers to build a €370m tram line through central Dublin to Broombridge. Opening of the latest addition to the Luas light rail network is planned for 2017. Designated Line BXD, the 5·6 km route will start at ...
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NewsSão Paulo suburban fleet expansion continues
BRAZIL: Tenders are to be called for the supply of 65 eight-car EMUs to São Paulo suburban operator CPTM, which the São Paulo state government says will be the largest single rolling stock contract that it has ever awarded. Approval for the contract to be tendered was announced on August ...
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NewsIraqi Republic Railways commissions control system
IRAQ: Computer-based train control and digital microwave radio communications networks were handed over to Iraqi Republic Railways during a ceremony at the operations control centre in Baghdad Central station on July 18. The 'state-of-the-art' system enables dispatchers to control movements throughout the IRR network. The computer-based train control element comprises ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Axtone Group has acquired Langen & Sondermann, a German manufacturer of rolling stock coil and leaf springs. ‘We have been analysing our options for future development’ said Dieter Schmidt, who was the majority shareholder of L&S. ‘Ultimately we decided to join a railway components specialist group which should ensure that ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - August 2012
Aéroports de Paris has opened a 300 m extension of the LISA peoplemover at Charles-de-Gaulle airport to terminal S4. Siemens supplied railway systems and eight two-car VAL 208NG trains. The city of Würzburg is to directly award its transport subsidy WVV a contract operate its five tram and 20 bus ...
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NewsFour consortia prequalify for Riyadh metro contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Four international consortia have prequalified for a contract to build a metro network in Riyadh, the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh announced on August 1. Bids were submitted by a total of 38 consortia. The shortlisted groups now have four months to submit their financial and ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou awarded Ankara metro train contract
TURKEY: Following a final review of bids, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive has been confirmed as the winner of a contract to supply 342 metro cars to Ankara. Announcing the 2·5bn yuan contract on August 1, the Chinese company said it would set a precedent which could help it to ...
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NewsSupercapacitor energy storage for South Island Line
CHINA: Sojitz and Meidensha have won a ¥25bn contract to supply two 2 MW Capapost regenerated energy storage units for Hong Kong’s South Island Line metro project. The installation of the supercapacitor technology is expected to reduce traction power consumption by 10% on the 7·1 km five-station line, which ...
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NewsSBB orders eight New Pendolino tilting trains
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has placed a firm order for eight more New Pendolino tilting trains, Alstom announced on August 2. They are scheduled to be delivered in 2015, replacing ETR470 trainsets on international services from Genève and Zürich to Milano. The SFr275m order is an option on a contract ...
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NewsMerMec awarded Algerian ETCS contract
ALGERIA: MerMec has won a contract to provide iCAB 1 ETCS Level 1 trackside equipment for a project to modernise the 55 km Thénia - Tizi Ouzou route. The single-track line is being upgraded and electrified by a consortium of Teixeira Duarte, ETRHB-Haddad, Özgün Insaat and signalling contractor ENYSE with ...
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NewsCzech Railways gets more accessible
CZECH REPUBLIC: National passenger operator CD has begun testing a coach which has been refurbished by Slovak company ŽOS Trnava and made more accessible to passengers with disabilities. The air-conditioned coach has four six-seat compartments and a 12-seat open area. The refurbishment included installing a wheelchair lift and an accessible ...
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NewsDouble-deck sleeping car on test in Russia
RUSSIA: Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works has completed the first phase of acceptance testing with a newly-developed Type 61-4472 double-deck sleeping and crew car. Designed to carry 50 passengers, the coach has a compartment with wheelchair access and secure storage. In December 2010 Russian Railways awarded Tver Carriage Works a ...
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NewsHonolulu metro track and electrification contracts awarded
USA: Electrification and track supply subcontracts have been awarded for the $5·2bn Honolulu driverless metro project, a 32 km elevated line between East Kapolei and Ala Moana Center which is scheduled to open in phases from 2015 to 2019. On August 1 Siemens Infrastructure & Cities announced it had won ...