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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2012
Australia: A Leighton/Downer JV has been awarded the A$43m West Werribee Junction design and build contract, the final package of works for the Melbourne Regional Rail Link. China: Siemens is to supply Trainguard MT automatic train control and protection for the 26 km Suzhou metro Line 2, 25 km ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2012: Focus on employment
Career Point will take over an entire hall for the first time at InnoTrans 2012. Universities, recruitment firms, rail industry employers and publishers will be offering advice and career opportunities in Hall 7.1c. Information will also be available on other employment matters such as staff development, education and starting ...
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NewsSkanska to start work on Bermondsey diveunder
UK: Network Rail has awarded Skanska a £60m contract to design and build the Bermondsey diveunder, a 'crucial component' of the final phase of the Thameslink Programme. The grade-separated junction on the eastern approach to London Bridge station will allow services on the Thameslink route to cross the lines ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Ukrainian Railway’s Dnieper division is to fit 500 locomotives with satellite tracking equipment to help improve the management of freight services. The Spanish government has formally transferred responsibility for the A Coruña – Vigo high speed line project from the Ministry of Development to ADIF, undertaking to service ...
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NewsPostgraduate partnership extended
RUSSIA: Russian Railways and DB Schenker agreed at the 1520 Strategic Business Forum in Sochi on May 31 to extend their postgraduate educational partnership for a further five years. DB Schenker and RZD established a joint Centre for International Logistics & Supply Chain Management at St Petersburg State University in ...
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NewsConsortium to build Doncaster concrete sleeper factory
UK: Work is set to begin shortly on the construction of a concrete sleeper plant in Doncaster which will supply more than half of Network Rail's annual needs. Production is scheduled to start in spring 2013. The factory on the former Woodyard site will be owned and funded by Network ...
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NewsBombardier announces €10m bogie technical centre
GERMANY: On June 28 Bombardier Transportation announced it was investing €10m to set up a Bogie Technical Center at its site in Siegen. Scheduled to open at the end of 2014, the Bogie Techical Center will combine test and validation facilities with a business unit hub, including international bogie engineering ...
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NewsNîmes - Montpellier contract signed
FRANCE: The 25-year PPP contract covering financing and construction of the mixed-traffic high speed line bypassing Nîmes and Montpellier was formally signed on June 28, by Réseau Ferré de France President Hubert du Mesnil and Bouygues Construction President & CEO Yves Gabriel on behalf of the OC’VIA consortium. Bringing together ...
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NewsThe Greener Railway now available to watch on demand
RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: Rail transport will still be the most environmentally-friendly mode of transport in the next decade, despite advances in energy efficiency and reduced emissions being developed in the automotive and aviation industries, believes UNIFE Director-General Philippe Citroën. Speaking in Railway Gazette's interactive debate on The Greener Railway, now ...
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NewsDB orders 38 Coradia Lint regional DMUs
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has signed a €160m contract for 38 Alstom Coradia Lint regional diesel multiple-units, which will be used on Dieselnetz Südwest services in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg from 2015. The contract announced on June 28 includes 14 DMUs with 112 seats ordered under a framework agreement signed in ...
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Michael Clausecker
Michael Clausecker, who became Chairman of Bombardier Transportation’s German business in March, has been elected to succeed Dr Klaus Baur as President of industry association VDB.
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NewsEthiopian Railways Corp awards northern construction contracts
ETHIOPIA: State railway development agency Ethiopian Railways Corp has signed contracts for the construction of a new railway network in the north of the country. Planned to be completed within three years, the 1 435 mm gauge lines are intended to support regional development by providing Ethiopia with a second ...
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Fernando Arce Argos
Fernando Arce Argos has been appointed Director of Human Resources at Metro de Madrid. Francisco Martínez Davis is Chief Financial Officer and Tobias Zisik is Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development.
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David Bill
David Bill has succeeded Tim Gray as International Development Director at the UK’s Railway Industry Association.
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Martin Schmitz
Martin Schmitz from Vossloh Kiepe will become Technical Managing Director of VDV, the Association of German Transport Undertakings, on September 1.
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Nicole Bricq
Nicole Bricq has been named Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy in the new French cabinet. Frédéric Cuvillier is Deputy Minister for Transport & Maritime Affairs.
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Board changes at CP
CANADA: Canadian Pacific has announced several senior appointments following the resignation of six board members, including Chairman John Cleghorn and President & CEO Fred Green. Madeline Paquin (photo) takes over as Acting Chairman and Stephen Tobias, formerly Chief Operations Officer at Norfolk Southern, becomes interim CEO.Also stepping down are Tim ...
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Senior Slovaks named
SLOVAKIA: Newly-appointed Slovak Minister of Transport, Construction & Regional Development Jan Pociatek (RG 5.12 p72) has announced three senior appointments. Stefan Hlinka (photo) returns as Director General of infrastructure manager ZSR, having previously held the post between 2006 and 2010. Vladimir Luptak, who was Hlinka’s successor at ZSR, moves on ...
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NewsStuttgart S-Bahn extension project gets underway
GERMANY: Work to upgrade an existing line to S-Bahn standards to enable Stuttgart service S4 to be extended from Marbach to Backnang was launched with a ceremony on June 22. The R31 train service is being replaced by buses from July to November while the 13·7 km route and four ...
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NewsMitsubishi opens rolling stock HVAC factory
USA: Mitsubishi Electric Power Products has opened a factory near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to produce heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems for locomotives and rolling stock. Announcing the opening on June 25, the company said it is aiming to win a 30% share of the North American HVAC market. The plant will ...