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NewsGATX enters Indian wagon leasing market
INDIA: Via its GATX India subsidiary, Chicago-based wagon leasing firm GATX Corp has entered the Indian market with the purchase of 10 rakes of 45 container wagons. They will be leased to Arshiya Rail Infrastructure for 10 years. 'We are pleased to be the first leasing company registered under Indian ...
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NewsGdansk tram extension opens
POLAND: City transport operator ZKM Gdansk opened a 3 km tram extension on May 11, having begun test running on April 26. The extension from Sikorskiego to Lostowice Swietokrzyska adds six stops serving densely populated areas. Local bus routes have been revised to become feeders to the tram services. ...
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NewsBucuresti airport metro line to be tendered this year
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex has confirmed that it plans to call tenders for the construction of Line 6 in September this year. The 14 km line will run from 1 Mai station on Line 4 to Henri Coanda International Airport and Otopeni, with 12 stations. Construction is expected ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2012
Last month Saudi Arabia's Council of Ministers approved the creation of a railway authority to issue operating licences and supervise development of new lines. Plans have been announced for a sixth station on the future Haramain High Speed Rail line, serving Abyar Al west of Madinah. On May 1 Georgia ...
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Jakub Karnowski
Jakub Karnowski has been named President & CEO of PKP SA, succeeding Maria Wasiak who held the post on an interim basis following the dismissal of Andrzej Wach in December 2010. Wasiak has now joined the Management Board along with Piotr Cizkowicz.
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NewsExperimental 430 km/h high speed train unveiled
SOUTH KOREA: An experimental high speed train designed for speeds up to 430 km/h was unveiled on May 17. The HEMU-430X (High Speed Electric Multiple-Unit 430 km/h eXperimental) has been developed with the aim of putting South Korea's major cities within 1½ h of each other, and to attract ...
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NewsRiyadh metro project prequalification begins
SAUDI ARABIA: Arriyadh Development Authority invited expressions of interest in civil engineering, railway systems and rolling stock contracts for the proposed Riyadh metro on May 15. Responses are to be submitted by June 20. The Saudi cabinet has approved a four-year plan to develop a metro and bus transport network ...
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NewsNew board elected at Canadian Pacific as President and Chairman stand down
CANADA: Just hours before its annual shareholder meeting, Canadian Pacific Railway announced on May 17 that President & CEO Fred Green was standing down with immediate effect, after 34 years with the company, and would not be standing for re-election. Chairman John Cleghorn expressed his thanks to Green for ‘his ...
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NewsRotherham tram-tram project funding confirmed
UK: Funding for a £58m tram-train pilot scheme which will use the Supertram light rail network and a freight line to link Sheffield and Rotherham was confirmed by Transport Minister Norman Baker on May 17. The project includes the acquisition of seven tram-train vehicles, a 400 m connection between Supertram ...
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NewsBombardier and Carillion launch signalling joint venture
UK: Bombardier Transportation and Carillion have formally launched Infrasig as a joint venture offering conventional and ETCS signalling services in the UK market. The joint venture is one of a number of suppliers awarded framework agreements as part of infrastructure manager Network Rail's ETCS development programme. Infrasig's work on ...
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NewsWorld rail market May 2012
Belgium: SNCB has ordered Almex.Station ticket machines from Höft & Wessel. Germany: Funkwerk is to migrate DB Netz’s control centre software to a new platform. Intergraph is to supply its GeoTrAMS asset management system to help Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr log every stop, turnout and expansion joint on its light rail ...
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NewsRailCorp to be split in New South Wales passenger shake up
AUSTRALIA: 'The biggest shake up to the state's railways in a generation' was announced by New South Wales Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian on May 15. The 'Fixing the Trains' initiative will see RailCorp replaced by two new organisations over the next 12 to 18 months. Sydney Trains is to be ...
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Ján Pociatek
Ján Pociatek has been appointed Slovakia’s Minister of Transport, Construction & Regional Development.
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NewsPakistan's private rail freight plan awarded US funding
PAKISTAN: Private-sector logistics firm Premier Mercantile Services has been awarded a grant to study the feasibility of acquiring its own locomotive fleet. The US Trade & Development Agency signed the US$628 000 agreement on May 15. A US contractor is to be selected to undertake a feasibility study which would ...
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NewsProcurement of new Merseyrail trains begins
UK: Transport authority Merseytravel announced on May 14 that it had begun procurement of a new fleet of suburban electric multiple-units for the 750 V DC third rail Merseyrail network centred on Liverpool. Recruitment consultants have been asked to identify candidates for the post of Project Director. 'Getting the right ...
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NewsDenver launches I-225 light rail extension
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 11 to mark the start of work on a 2·4 km extension of Denver RTD’s I-225 light rail line from Nine Mile to Iliff. Participating in the event were representatives from RTD, Colorado Department of Transportation and SEMA Construction. The light rail ...
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NewsTuas West Extension construction underway
SINGAPORE: Construction of the Tuas West Extension project was officially launched when Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew attended a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Tuas Link metro station on May 4. 'Over the next five years, there will be a new section of rail line opening ...
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NewsHigh speed line to Singapore back on agenda
MALAYSIA: Addressing delegates at the second Modern Railways conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 14, Malaysian Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha confirmed that the government was evaluating the potential for a high speed line between the capital and Singapore. ‘We feel it is just a matter of time before ...
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NewsPesa Link II diesel multiple-unit on test
CZECH REPUBLIC: Polish rolling stock builder Pesa Bydgoszcz has rolled out the first of 31 LINK II diesel multiple-units ordered by Czech national passenger operator CD. The prototype moved from Poland to the Velim test circuit on May 10 to undergo acceptance trials. The two-car partially low-floor articulated ...