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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 ...
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NewsEIB lends €1bn for Basque Y high speed network
SPAIN: The European Investment Bank has signed an agreement to provide an initial tranche of €500m to fund construction of the 'Basque Y', the 140 km high speed network under construction between Bilbao, Vitoria and San Sebastián. EIB is to lend a total of €1bn towards the project, which ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
The German Land of Thüringen has directly awarded incumbent Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate Erfurt – Illmenau services from January 2014 to December 2016, ending at the same time as other agreements to enable a change in routes covered by operating contracts. Moldovan national railway Calea Feratã din Moldova ...
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NewsUK must start developing tram-train now
UK: Detailed planning for tram-train projects should begin immediately rather than wait for the outcome of the recently-confirmed Sheffield - Rotherham pilot project, Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive of West Midlands transport authority Centro, told the All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group on June 13. The pilot scheme is scheduled to run ...
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NewsTrenitalia and Amadeus sign distribution agreement
ITALY: Trenitalia has signed a retail and distribution agreement with transaction processing specialist Amadeus Rail to market its inter-city services internationally using the Amadeus Global Distribution System. Initially covering the Frecce Alta Velocità suite of long-distance services using RFI’s high speed network, the agreement will give Trenitalia ...
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NewsBrest tramway opens
FRANCE: Ceremonies took place on June 23 for the opening of the new tram line in Brest. The 14·3 km route runs from Porte de Plouzané in the west to Porte de Gouesnou and Porte de Guipavas northeast of the city centre, serving 28 stops including four park and ride ...
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NewsMumbai monorail independent assessor appointed
INDIA: The LTSE consortium of Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Engineering which is building the Mumbai monorail has appointed Mott MacDonald as independent assessor for testing and commissioning. Mott MacDonald will review plans and documentation, and undertake simulations to assess emergency procedures and equipment. LTSE is building the 19·7 ...
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NewsLion dance launches Shatin to Central Link construction
CHINA: A groundbreaking ceremony and lion dance officially launched construction of Hong Kong's HK$65bn Shatin to Central Link on June 22. The Hong Kong government's Chief Secretary for Administration Stephen Lam Sui-lung officiated at the ceremony, saying SCL would 'enhance the entire railway network by linking up several existing railway ...
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NewsNavi Mumbai metro tendering
INDIA: Tendering is underway for works on the first line of a planned 106 km metro network in Navi Mumbai, a satellite new city near Mumbai. Preliminary works began last year for the initial 11·1 km Belapur - Pendher phase of Line 2, which will be the first line to ...
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NewsSão Paulo commuter operator orders Sygnet diesel locos
BRAZIL: São Paulo commuter rail operator CPTM has ordered an initial batch of four diesel locomotives from local manufacturer EIF Locomotivas, with an option for more locos. CPTM operates six lines totalling 260 route-km, serving 89 stations, and carries more than 1·7 million passengers a day. The 1 600 mm ...
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NewsMülheim exercises Essen tram option
GERMANY: Mülheim transport operator MVG has ordered five Flexity Classic trams from Bombardier Transportation for delivery in 2015, exercising a €13m option on a €72m contract for 27 trams which was signed by Essen operator EVAG in December 2011. The trams for Mülheim will be identical to the Essen vehicles, ...
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NewsReforms proposed to cut SNCB losses
BELGIUM: In a bid to address the growing debts and operating losses incurred by the national railway, Minister of Public Enterprises Paul Magnette has announced proposals to abolish SNCB-Holding and split the business into two stand-alone companies, operator SNCB and infrastructure manager Infrabel. Last year the group’s accumulated debts reached ...
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NewsFreight sale heads Israeli reform programmme
ISRAEL: General Manager Boaz Zafir has confirmed that a subsidiary company to operate Israel Railways' freight services will begin operations during the third quarter of 2012. The company is due to be legally established by the end of June, ready for partial privatisation in early 2013 when a strategic ...
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NewsPrototype 220 km/h trainset on test
UKRAINE: Testing is underway with the first of two prototype 220 km/h inter-regional electric multiple-units being built by Kriukov Car Building Works for national railway UZ. The nine-car units are rated at 4 MW, and equipped for operation on lines electrified at 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50 ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Construction of the 1260 km Luliang - Rizhao heavy haul coal railway which will link mines in China’s Shanxi province with the coast in Shandong province was launched on May 5. The line is being built at cost of 99·8bn yuan and is expected to open in 2014 with an ...
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NewsPrototype metro trains and more trams approved
GERMANY: The board of Berlin urban transport operator BVG approved plans to order two prototype metro trains and exercise an option for a further 39 trams at its meeting on June 22. The Land of Berlin is to provide €158m to fund an order for new U-Bahn trains to replace ...
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NewsFirst major Wiggins Island Rail Project contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: QR National has awarded the first major contract for its A$900m Wiggins Island Rail Project, a programme of new and upgraded lines being undertaken to serve the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal at the Port of Gladstone from mid-2014. The A$76m contract announced on June 22 will see Abigroup ...