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NewsGovernment go-ahead for Kerala coach plant
INDIA: Plans to establish a coach manufacturing plant at Palakkad in Kerala were approved by the cabinet on February 16. With the capacity to produce 400 coaches per year, the new factory would develop 'state of the art' aluminium vehicles for Indian Railways. The cost of the project is put ...
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NewsBombardier and Uralvagonzavod to form tram joint venture
RUSSIA: Rolling stock and armoured fighting vehicle manufacturer Uralvagonzavod has signed a letter of intent with Bombardier to establish a joint venture to build trams in Yekaterinburg. Uralvagonzavod would assemble articulated cars with a floor height 350 mm above rail and a capacity for up to 210 passengers. Group subsidiary ...
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NewsGroupe Eurotunnel opens privately-funded training centre
FRANCE: Groupe Eurotunnel opened its Centre International de Formation Ferroviaire de la Côte d’Opale in Coquelles on February 2. Eurotunnel says that the centre is the first privately-funded facility of its kind in Europe. Representing an investment of around €3m, Ciffco will provide training courses for 15 disciplines on a ...
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NewsSiemens to expand light rail production in Wien
AUSTRIA: Siemens has announced plans to invest around €50m to increase the capacity of light rail production facilities at its Simmering plant in Wien, which is the headquarters of the Metro, Coaches & Light Rail business unit within the Rail Systems Division of its Infrastructure & Cities Sector. Unveiling a ...
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NewsFGC and EuskoTren join forces
SPAIN: Regional operators FGC and EuskoTren are to jointly offer consultancy and operating services for railway and light rail projects in Spain and abroad. Services to be offered will include operations planning, maintenance facility design and the training of maintenance and operating personnel. The agreement announced on February 22 provides ...
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NewsCairo metro Line 3 opens
EGYPT: The 4∙2 km five-station Phase I of Cairo metro Line 3 was opened on February 21, linking the eastern part of the capital from the city centre.A consortium led by Vinci Construction with Bouygues Travaux Publics, Orascom and Arab Contractors, took 51 months to complete the underground section between ...
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NewsRefurbished TGV PSE trains as good as new
FRANCE: The first of 60 refurbished TGV PSE trainsets is expected to re-enter service on LGV Rhin-Rhône during March, following overhaul at the Hellemmes Technicentre near Lille. The refurbishment has been styled by a partnership of seating specialist Compin and creative agency RCP Design Global. Adopting 'a cognitive and sensory ...
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NewsTajik Railways takes delivery of Evolution locomotives
TAJIKISTAN: State railway Rohee Ohani Tojikiston has begun taking delivery of six GE Transportation TE33A Evolution locomotives manufactured in Kazakhstan. GE Transportation's main US plant in Erie supplied a single TE33A to Mongolian Railways in 2009, but the Tajik locomotives ordered in November 2011 are the first to be exported ...
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NewsMidCargo is now CFL Cargo Sverige
SWEDEN: Freight operator MidCargo has been renamed CFL Cargo Sverige, reflecting CFL Cargo's purchase of a 51% stake in the company with effect from January 1. MidCargo was established in 1990 as BK Tåg, and is now a joint venture between CFL Cargo and Svensk Tågkraft. It is to be ...
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NewsSZDC invites bids for construction of Plzen - Rokycany line
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SZDC has invited bids for its largest ever contract, covering the construction of a new alignment between Plzen and Rokycany which will replace the sinuous 20·2 km existing route to reduce Praha - Plzen journey times by 6 min. The project forms part of SZDC's Corridor ...
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NewsBilfinger Berger awarded Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn tunnelling contracts
GERMANY: Two contracts totalling €230m have been awarded to civil engineering group Bilfinger Berger for construction of new urban rail links to serve Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the company announced on February 10. The bigger contract awarded by the local transport authority covers the missing section of U-Bahn line U5 between Alexanderplatz ...
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NewsRail Vision 2030 recommends investment in Irish inter-city routes
IRELAND: The 2030 Rail Network Strategy Review of the medium-term needs and long term vision for investment in the national rail network was published on February 22. It recommends that improvements to speed and capacity on inter-city lines should be prioritised, with electrification of the two main routes considered ...
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NewsNortheastern link proposed
THAILAND: The Thai Office of Transport & Traffic Policy & Planning submitted proposals for a 336 km railway from Ban Phai to Nakhon Phanom to the cabinet at a meeting in Udon Thani on February 21. The branch from the existing Nakhon Ratchasima – Nong Khai metre-gauge line would run ...
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NewsCincinnati streetcar groundbreaking
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Mayor Mark Mallory attended a groundbreaking ceremony on February 17 to mark the start of work on a tram line serving the centre of Cincinnati.The 5∙8 km route with 17 stops will run from Findlay Market in the district of Over-the-Rhine, to the Banks ...
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NewsShenyang tram network construction begins
CHINA: A ground-breaking ceremony at the Olympic sports centre in Shenyang on February 17 formally launched construction of a 60 km tram network in the city. The 4∙86bn yuan project is being managed by China CNR Corp under an agreement signed with the municipal government on December 1 2011. The ...
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NewsKuwait metro procurement to begin soon
KUWAIT: Expressions of interest in a public-private partnership contract to supply rolling stock and railway systems for the Kuwait Metropolitan Rapid Transit System Project are to be invited shortly, the government's Partnerships Technical Bureau announced on February 19. The contract will cover the supply of trains and railway systems for ...
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NewsAnkara metro expansion resumes
TURKEY: Three long-planned metro lines in Ankara are on course to open by mid-2014, according to Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım, following the award of contracts to complete civil engineering and fit-out works. Line M2 will run for 16∙6 km from Kizilay in the city centre to the southwestern suburb ...
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NewsDelhi Airport line to serve Gurgaon
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has submitted proposals to the Haryana state government for an extension of the Airport Metro Express line across the border to serve the growing satellite town of Gurgaon. The 12 km extension from the current terminus at Dwarka Sector 21 to meet the Orange Line ...
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NewsWork due to start on Besançon tram
FRANCE: March 1 is due to see the start of civil engineering work for the new tram route in Besançon. STD, Sacer, Roger Martin, Colas Rail and Alstom have been awarded a €43m contract to build the 7 km western section with 13 stops between Hauts-du-Chazal and Chama ...