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    First major Wiggins Island Rail Project contract awarded

    2012-06-22T11:15:00Z

    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 ...

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    Rail motorways to serve Spain and Sweden

    2012-06-22T04:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Announcing the rebranding of its 'rail motorway' business as VIIA on June 7, SNCF Geodis said that its Perpignan - Luxembourg service is to extended to Helsingborg in Sweden later this year. A southern extension into Spain is also being planned, following the successful conclusion of initial cross-border tests ...

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    Bologna tunnel boosts speed and capacity

    2012-06-21T16:19:00Z

    ITALY: A 17·8 km link connecting the Bologna - Firenze and Bologna - Milano high speed lines was brought into service in June. It includes a tunnel under Bologna which allows high speed services which do not stop in the city to run through at speed. The link has been ...

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    Port of Le Havre awards signalling contract

    2012-06-21T10:01:00Z

    FRANCE: Le Havre port authority GPMH has awarded Thales a €2·1m turnkey contract to equip the rail network at its Port 2000 intermodal terminal with PIVOS computer-based interlocking based on the supplier's proprietary PIPC technology. Commissioning is planned for July 2013. Announcing the contract on June 21, Thales said this ...

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    Use Rabbit, get Carrots

    2012-06-21T06:00:00Z

    THAILAND: Bangkok Smartcard System Co has launched the 'Rabbit' smart card as a common ticketing platform for the city's public transport systems. It is also a stored-value electronic purse that can be used at more than 20 retail outlets. BSS is part of BTS Group Holdings, with Bangkok Bank as ...

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    EMD to develop natural gas locomotive

    2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

    ENGINE: An agreement to develop natural gas-powered locomotives has been signed by gas specialist Westport Innovations and Caterpillar, which will fund the programme. The locomotive technology is to be developed by Caterpillar's Electro-Motive Diesel business, using Westport's high-pressure direct injection technology. In December 2011 the companies had announced plans to ...

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    Berlin S-Bahn split to go ahead

    2012-06-19T14:29:00Z

    GERMANY: Meeting on June 19, the Berlin Senate voted to push ahead with controversial proposals to split the city’s S-Bahn network into three separate businesses in order to introduce competition when tendering the next round of operating concessions. Bids are expected to be called later this month for a ...

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    Diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives leased

    2012-06-19T04:00:00Z

    GERMANY: DB Schenker Rail subsidiary Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn has leased five Alstom diesel-battery hybrid locomotives, which it will use for shunting at Dow Olefinverbund's Schkopau plant. The locomotives use a 250 kW Deutz six-cylinder diesel engine to charge a NiCd battery, giving a maximum output of 650 kW when required. 'This ...

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    Ankara - Izmir high speed line contract signed

    2012-06-18T13:43:00Z

    TURKEY: A contract for the construction of the first stage of a planned Ankara - Izmir line suitable for 250 km/h running was signed by Minister of Transport Binali Yildirim and a consortium of Sigma, Burkay, Makimsan and YDA on June 11. The TL700m contract covers 167 km of new ...

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    Alstom awarded Stockholm train contract

    2012-06-18T12:46:00Z

    SWEDEN: Greater Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has placed a €440m order for Alstom to supply a further 46 Coradia Nordic electric multiple-units. The contract announced on June 15 means SL has now ordered 129 Coradia Nordic EMUs under a framework agreement signed in 2002. Alstom has sold a total ...

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    DMUs to test regenerative braking

    2012-06-18T04:00:00Z

    UK: Artemis Intelligent Power, Ricardo and Bombardier Transportation are collaborating on a research project aimed at providing a regenerative braking system for diesel multiple-units. The mechanical energy storage system combines the Artemis digital displacement hydraulic pump/motor with Ricardo's Kinergy flywheel energy storage system. Bombardier will be responsible for systems integration. ...

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    World rail infrastructure market June 2012

    2012-06-17T04:00:00Z

    Australia: Under Victoria's Regional Rail Link project (RG 2.12 p12), a A$570m contract has been awarded to a consortium of John Holland, Abigroup, Coleman Rail, Aecom and GHD for extensive remodelling of the line between Melbourne's Southern Cross station and the Maribyrnong River, including 4·5 km of new tracks and ...

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    Wabtec buys Mors Smitt for US$88m

    2012-06-16T04:00:00Z

    MORS SMITT: On June 15 Wabtec Corp announced the US$88m acquisition of Mors Smitt Holding from investment company Eurazeo PME. Mors Smitt produces relays, measurement devices and controls for rolling stock, signalling and industrial applications. It has operations in the Netherlands, UK, USA, France and China, with 350 employees and ...

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    Danish electrification tenders next month

    2012-06-15T09:39:00Z

    DENMARK: Banedanmark expects to begin tendering in July for up to 512 track-km of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, CEO Jesper Hansen told the UNIFE General Assembly in København on June 14. Four separate projects are under development as part of the government's strategy to prepare the network for a ...

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    Energy storage offers Macau metro 10% saving

    2012-06-15T04:00:00Z

    CHINA: Hitachi is to supply 15 lineside battery energy storage systems for the rubber-tyred light metro under construction in Macau. Hitachi says this will be the first metro to use lineside battery energy storage along its entire route, and it expects this to reduce electricity consumption by ...

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    Rolling stock acceptance delays at the centre of debate

    2012-06-14T14:15:00Z

    EUROPE: Senior executives from the railway supply industry called for urgent action to address the problems of rail vehicle acceptance in a heated round-table debate at the UNIFE General Assembly in København on June 14. Pointing out that it took an average of 600 days to get new vehicles approved, ...

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    Stadler rolls out latest Arriva Nederland multiple-units

    2012-06-14T13:27:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: The first of 14 Stadler GTW electric multiple-units ordered by Arriva Nederland for use on Vechtdal Lines services was rolled out by the Swiss manufacturer on June 12. Arriva Nederland placed a €140m order for 38 diesel and electric units in June 2010, taking the total number of GTWs ...

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    Macedonian Railways launches fleet renewal programme

    2012-06-14T04:00:00Z

    MACEDONIA: National train operator MZ Transport has announced details of a planned fleet renewal programme. Tenders are to be called in the third quarter of 2012 for the supply of up to four three-car diesel multiple-units, two three-car electric multiple-units, 150 wagons, the rehabilitation of three electric locomotives and the ...

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    Work starts on Midland Metro extension

    2012-06-13T15:03:00Z

    UK: Work on the extension of the Midland Metro light rail route that will link Snow Hill and New Street stations in the centre of Birmingham was launched by Transport Minister Norman Baker on June 13. With utility diversion now underway, the 1·4 km route running via Bull Street and ...

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    Bulgarian rail freight privatisation process launched

    2012-06-13T09:59:00Z

    BULGARIA: Plans for the sale of the BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi freight business of national railway operator BDZ EAD were formally announced by the government's Privatisation & Post-Privatisation Control Agency on June 12. The agency said the aim of the sale is to allow the freight business to survive, modernise and ...