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    Railway supply industry news in brief

    2012-05-05T04:00:00Z

    Vossloh MFL Rail Milling has been established as a joint venture between Vossloh Rail Services and Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Giesserei. The companies plan to launch proprietary mobile rail milling technology, which VRS says will offer higher working speeds, an increase in material removal per pass and a superior rail surface. ...

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    Pesa to establish tram assembly plant in Kazakhstan

    2012-05-04T10:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz signed a letter of intent to establish a tram assembly facility in Pavlodar when a delegation from the city's development agency visited its twin town of Bydgoszcz during April. An initial two low-floor trams based on Pesa's Twist family adapted to 1 524 ...

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    FEVE to disappear

    2012-05-04T09:30:00Z

    SPAIN: Under the 2012 national reform programme approved by the Spanish cabinet on April 27, metre gauge operator FEVE is to be spilt into infrastructure and train operating functions that would then be absorbed by their counterparts on the national network, ADIF and RENFE. This is expected to improve efficiency ...

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    Halfway there

    2012-05-04T04:00:00Z

    BRAZIL: Last month Odebrecht Infraestructura was due to begin tracklaying at Serra Talhada in the state of Pernambuco, where it is upgrading the Recife – Salgueiro route as part of the Transnordestina project. With work finished between Salgueiro and Verdejantes, and nearing completion around São José do Belmonte, some ...

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    Semmering base tunnel ground-breaking

    2012-05-03T13:40:00Z

    AUSTRIA: A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Gloggnitz on April 25 to officially launch preliminary construction works for the 27·3 km Semmering base tunnel. Opening is planned for 2024. The €3·1bn base tunnel between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag is a key part of the 'new Südbahn' project. It will eliminate the ...

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    VTG launches EcoFret wagon at Multimodal 2012

    2012-05-03T12:43:00Z

    UK: A prototype three-section flat wagon designed specifically to carry 40 ft deep-sea containers was unveiled by European wagon leasing group VTG Rail at the Multimodal 2012 show in Birmingham on May 2. The close-coupled three-platform vehicle can carry a single 40 ft container on each of the outer platforms ...

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    Suzhou metro Line 1 opens

    2012-05-03T11:05:00Z

    CHINA: The first metro line in Suzhou opened on April 28, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and simultaneous departures from the Zhongnan Jie and Mudu termini at 11.18. Suzhou Rail Transit Co's Line 1 runs 25·7 km from east to west with 24 stations. Systra undertook planning work, Siemens and Nanjing ...

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    GCS expands intermodal wagon fleet

    2012-05-03T10:09:00Z

    RUSSIA: Global Container Service Group has begun taking delivery of 224 flat wagons ordered from Transmashholding's Engels plant. The wagons are to be used on block trains operated by GCS intermodal subsidiary Ruscon, which moves almost 150 000 TEU a year on routes from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk ...

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    Controversy at PR

    2012-05-03T09:59:27Z

    Having succeeded Muhammad Junaid Qureshi as General Manager, Operations, at Pakistan Railways on March 27, Rana Saeed Akhtar (photo) was arrested two days later on embezzlement and corruption charges. The ongoing investigation into scrap disposal tenders also names Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour and former railways secretary Samiul ...

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    TfL seeks expressions of interest in Crossrail operating concession

    2012-05-03T07:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has placed a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking expressions of interest in the concession to operate future Crossrail services. The concessionaire would start by taking over existing Shenfield - London Liverpool Street services which are expected to be separated from the ...

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    Ansaldo STS to supply satellite positioning system for heavy haul railway

    2012-05-02T14:11:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: A 'technically significant' contract to supply satellite positioning-based train control and protection technology for the 342 km heavy haul line to be built as part of the Roy Hill iron ore mining development in Western Australia was announced by Ansaldo STS Australia on May 2. The two-year turnkey contract ...

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    L station is 'perfect example of transit-oriented development'

    2012-05-02T13:25:00Z

    USA: Chicago Transit Authority opened its first new L metro station for 18 years on April 30. Located on an existing section of the Yellow Line, Oakton-Skokie station is adjacent to the Illinois Science and Technology Park, home to 20 pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology and nanotechnology firms employing 1 400 ...

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    CFCL Australia orders MotivePower locomotives

    2012-05-02T10:06:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: On May 1 Wabtec Corp announced an order for its MotivePower subsidiary to deliver 10 standard gauge MP33C diesel locomotives to the CFCLA Rail joint venture of CFCL Australia and Marubeni Corp during 2013. 'CFCLA and Marubeni are excited to introduce a new locomotive class into the Australian leasing ...

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    ISR reform agreed

    2012-05-02T04:00:00Z

    ISRAEL: The government and Israel Railways board have approved proposals for structural reform. Passenger services, traffic management, infrastructure and telecoms would remain with ISR, but three subsidiary companies will be created to take responsibility for freight, maintenance, and real estate & business activities. The property business would be a 100% ...

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    Los Angeles to order up to 235 light rail vehicles

    2012-05-01T15:09:00Z

    USA: The board of Los Angeles transport agency Metro approved the award of a $299m contract for KinkiSharyo International to supply 78 light rail vehicles on April 30. Four options for a further 28, 39, 21 and 69 LRVs could take the total order to 235 cars worth $890m. The ...

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    Design engineer appointed for Bybanen Stage 3

    2012-05-01T14:55:00Z

    NORWAY: Local authority light rail promoter Bybanen Utbygging has appointed Mott MacDonald to prepare detailed designs and procurement documentation and undertake stakeholder management for the €220m third phase of the Bergen light rail line. The role includes civil, systems and environmental design, architecture, landscape, noise and vibration, traction power substations ...

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    Moscow Metro train production begins

    2012-05-01T14:27:00Z

    RUSSIA: In April Transmashholding’s metro rolling stock manufacturing subsidiary Metrowagonmash began series production of 632 Type 81-760/761 cars ordered by Moscow Metro for delivery by the end of 2013. The cars will be equipped with air-conditioning, and onboard CCTV able to transmit images to the control centre. ...

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    Infrarail show highlights infrastructure spend

    2012-05-01T12:53:00Z

    UK: More than 180 companies from the UK and Europe are converging on the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on May 1-3 for the ninth Infrarail exhibition organised by Mack Brooks. The event is due to be opened by Transport Minister Theresa Villiers, who will also be giving a ...

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    PPP-funded tram extension opens

    2012-05-01T11:40:00Z

    BELGIUM: Flemish Minister of Public Works Hilde Crevits inaugurated Antwerpen’s first PPP-financed tram extension on April 14, driving the first of 13 new Hermelijn trams being supplied by Siemens and Bombardier which will bring the fleet to 125 cars. Built at a cost of €48m, the 4 km of new ...

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    Sofia metro opens Tsarigradsko Shose extension

    2012-05-01T09:39:00Z

    BULGARIA: A 2·1 km extension of the Sofia metro from Mladost 1 to Mladost 3 and Tsarigradsko Shose was inaugurated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on April 25. The extension has been built by the Metro Mladost Union joint venture, ...