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NewsSt Gallen 2013 project underway
SWITZERLAND: Works are underway for the S-Bahn St Gallen 2013 project to optimise passenger services in eastern Switzerland, following a launch ceremony during November. A joint project of St Gallen canton, the federal transport ministry and operators SBB, Südostbahn and Thurbo, the S-Bahn scheme will see services on six standard ...
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NewsCroydon tram on test in Chemnitz
UK: The first of six Stadler Variobahn trams ordered to increase capacity on the Tramlink network in south London underwent testing in the German city of Chemnitz during December. Stadler won its first UK contract in August 2011, when Transport for London announced a £16·3m order for six Variobahn trams ...
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NewsFoster + Partners to design new Ourense station
SPAIN: ADIF has appointed a joint venture of UK architectural practice Foster + Partners, civil engineering consultancy GOC and Cabanelas & Castelo Arquitectos to design a new station at Ourense. The contract is worth €3·4m and includes supervision of architectural works over 24 months. A budget of €67·3m has been ...
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NewsSilicon Valley BART extension contract awarded
USA: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded a joint venture of Skanska, Shimmick Construction and Herzog Contracting Corp a $772m contract to build the 8∙6 km Berryessa Extension of the BART metro network south from Warm Springs Station in Fremont to north San Jose.The extension will include two stations ...
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NewsPalma - Inca electrification goes live
SPAIN: Mallorcan regional operator SFM expects to begin electric operations over the 34 km route between Palma de Mallorca and Inca in January. Deployment of CAF electric multiple-units with a maximum speed of 100 km/h is expected to cut the journey time with 16 stops from 39 min to ...
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NewsCN merges three US subsidiaries
USA: Canadian National completed the merger of three US operating subsidiaries on December 31, with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway becoming part of Wisconsin Central Ltd. 'CN expects the merger will lead to operational efficiencies and service improvements through the integration ...
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NewsSouthern orders Electrostars and SWT confirms unit changes
UK: Train operator Southern announced on December 28 that it had awarded Bombardier Transportation a £188·8m contract to supply an additional 130 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars. Production is due commence at Bombardier's Derby plant in the second half of 2012. 'Following a competitive tender process, we found that ...
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NewsTrams are getting even greener
AUSTRIA: Technische Universität Wien is heading a consortium of Wien transport operator Wiener Linien, Siemens, Vossloh Kiepe, Rail Tec Arsenal and Schig which is undertaking research into operating strategies and design modifications which could lower the energy consumption of trams. Launched in March 2010 and backed by Austrian research agency ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2012
Canada: Montréal's STM has selected Thales to provide broadband radio communications for CCTV, passenger monitoring and other data applications across the 69 km metro network by November 2013. Germany: Bombardier is to supply a Innovia 300 peoplemover for München airport Terminal 2. The €89m contract includes 12 vehicles and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market January 2012
Belarus: AZD Praha and BETZ have won a KC65m contract to install ESA11-BC interlockings at Zhdanovichi, and provide ABE-1 signalling with LED lights on the 8 km route to Minsk-Severnyi. Brazil: Thales is to supply SelTrac CBTC for the 18 km driverless São Paulo monorail Line 17 which is ...
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NewsRailway Gazette International 2012 Digital Archive
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NewsVision 2020 to expand Montreal's public transport
CANADA: Metro expansion and the electrification of commuter routes lie at the heart of a C$168bn strategic plan to improve Montréal’s public transport which has been announced by Agence Métropolitaine de Transport. Vision 2020 contains three metro projects; a Blue Line extension east towards Anjou, a northern extension of the ...
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NewsBART to test vinyl seat covers
USA: PreVail vinyl cushioned seat covers made by Omnova are to be tested in place of wool-based fabric on San Francisco's BART metro trains from April to June 2012. Laboratory tests found a passenger preference for vinyl, and the PreFixx Extreme coating is expected to make the seats easier to ...
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NewsRail win drives Siemens growth
SIEMENS: Hailing the €3·7bn order from Deutsche Bahn for ICx inter-city trainsets as 'the biggest order in the company's history', Siemens AG reported a 24% year-on-year increase in orders at its Industry Sector during the financial year to September 30 2011. Revenue grew 9% to €32·9bn, contributing to a sector ...
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NewsLoan supports wagon component supplier
UKRAINE: EBRD is providing a senior loan of up to US$13m to Lugcentrokuz, a privately-owned manufacturer of wagon and locomotive components including shock absorbers, axles, wheelsets and springs. The bank said the loan will be used to improve LCK's product range, strengthen its position in its traditional CIS market and ...
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NewsListening carefully
UK: Spanish firm Ingeniería para el Control del Ruido has carried out an acoustic study of the C4000 diesel multiple-units which CAF has supplied to Northern Ireland Railways. ICR’s involvement began before the trains were built, with studies to predict the acoustic features of the proposed design and ensure behaviour ...
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NewsNarrow gauge ballast regulator
MALAYSIA: Knox Kershaw has delivered a metre-gauge KNG 800 Ballast Regulator to Malaysia. The US firm has previously built standard and broad gauge machines, but this is its first designed specifically for narrow gauge railways. Available for 914, 1000, and 1067 mm gauges, the 18 tonne KNG 800 ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro cars modernised
BRAZIL: The first of 26 modernised trainsets for Line 1 of the São Paulo Metro was unveiled on December 8. The 30-year-old six-car sets are being refurbished at Bombardier's Hortolândia plant near São Paulo by a Bombardier-led consortium including Tejofran and Temoinsa. São Paulo metro operator CMSP awarded Bombardier a ...
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NewsGenève tram extension opens
SWITZERLAND: Genève inaugurated its latest tram extension on December 10. The 6·5 km double-track Line 14 from Cornavin to Bernex with 13 stops has been under construction since 2008 at a total cost of SFr320m, and opened 51 years after the original tram route to Bernex was closed. The ...