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NewsDen Haag orders Siemens Avenio trams
NETHERLANDS: Siemens has been confirmed as the winner of a contract to supply 40 low-floor trams to Den Haag transport operator HTM, after an appeal from rival bidder CAF failed. The contract announced on November 18 is worth more than €100m, including driver training, documentation and spares, and has ...
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NewsNetwork Rail buys on-track plant supplier Hydrex
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail purchased the assets of Hydrex Equipment (UK) Ltd's rail division from administrator KPMG on November 17. Noting that Hydrex is a key supplier of on-track plant, Network Rail said the purchase would ensure business continuity and 'brings to an end an extended period of uncertainty ...
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NewsBombardier to supply München airport peoplemover
GERMANY: Bombardier is to supply an Innovia 300 peoplemover to provide access to a satellite facility being built at München airport Terminal 2. The underground line will be 400 m long with a journey time of less than 60 sec. The contract is worth a total of €89m, including ...
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NewsExpress tram to be developed for St Petersburg
RUSSIA: Alstom and its Russian strategic partner Transmashholding are to develop an 'express' tram for St Petersburg within the framework of a memorandum of understanding signed with city governor Georgy Poltavchenko on November 16. The companies will also advise the city on modernising its 1 524 mm gauge tram ...
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NewsGE Transportation to buy RMI
USA: GE Transportation announced an agreement to acquire transport software provider RMI from The Carlyle Group on November 16. The transaction is expected to be completed once regulatory approval is obtained in early 2012, with RMI becoming part of GE Transportation's Software & Optimization Solutions business. Terms were not ...
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NewsAlstom awarded €89m Turkish ETCS contract
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has awarded Alstom a €89m contract to supply signalling and telecoms for a project to raise speeds to 160 km/h on the 238 km line west from Eskisehir to Kütahya and Bal?kesir. Announcing the deal on November 16, Alstom said it will design, manufacture and supply ...
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NewsCEVA project launched
SWITZERLAND: Work on the SFr1·6bn CEVA cross-border regional express project in Genève was officially launched on November 15. The 16 km project will link Genève-Cornavin with Annemasse in France, via stations at Lancy-Pont Rouge, Carouge-Bachet, Champel-Hôpital, Genève Eaux-Vives and Chêne-Bourg. Swiss Transport Minister Doris Leuthard joined SBB Chief Executive ...
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NewsGlobaltrans plans for a liberalised traction market
RUSSIA: Private rail freight group Globaltrans Investment acquired an additional 10% stake in oil transport company BaltTransServis from a minority shareholder on November 10, paying US$74·5m to take its controlling interest in BTS to 60%. Globaltrans said BTS will be the 'key platform' for increasing its presence in ...
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NewsMumbai switches from DC to AC
INDIA: New trains have been ordered and a key section of Western Railway’s main line from Mumbai’s Churchgate terminus switched from 1·5 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz operation as part of a Rs5bn programme to eliminate residual DC electrification from the Western and Central Railway networks serving the ...
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NewsNorthwest Triangle electrification contract awarded
UK: Balfour Beatty Rail announced on November 11 that it had been awarded a contract by Network Rail to undertake electrification and minor signalling works under Phase 1 of the Northwest Triangle scheme to electrify routes around Liverpool and Manchester. Due for completion by December 2013, Phase 1 covers the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - November 2011
A feasibility study has been completed for a second railway on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. The US$2·5bn project is being led by Russian Railways, which hopes to attract other investors. The 300 km line would link the central region of the province to ports on the ...
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NewsOnboard network
ETHERNET: Westermo has introduced its RedFox train switch to provide a dual Ethernet backbone using the Westermo Operating System in an effort to deliver a more modular approach to onboard data transfer. The company says this ‘fly by wire’ technology allows a higher degree of ‘plug and play’ functionality by ...
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NewsMedium-sized air-conditioning unit launched
USA: A 'mid-sized’'roof-mounted air-conditioning unit has been launched by Thermo King with the aim of making the use of air-conditioning viable in the passenger areas of smaller light rail vehicles. It can be customised to suit the needs of a particular operator. The first application will be on trams for ...
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NewsWuppertal monorail fleet replacement contract signed
GERMANY: Wuppertaler Stadtwerke signed a €122m contract for Vossloh Kiepe to supply 31 articulated cars for Wuppertal's 13·3 km schwebebahn suspension monorail on November 10. The cars will replace the 1970s vehicles currently in service. They will be built by Vossloh Rail Vehicles in Valencia, with traction equipment from Vossloh ...
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NewsProducts and Technology in Brief
This month two US Class I railways will begin commercial deployment of an in-sleeper point machine developed by Siemens, which has adapted its international design to comply with AAR standards. ABB will be exhibiting its modular substation concept at AusRail Plus 2011 in Brisbane on November 22-24. Intended to provide ...
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NewsVenezuelan railway extension contract signed
VENEZUELA: Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado has signed an €763m deal for the Italian consortium building the Puerto Cabello - La Encrucijada railway to add a further section of line to connect the harbour at Puerto Cabello with the city of Morón. The consortium of Impregilo, Astaldi and Ghella ...
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NewsCAF to supply EMUs for new Montenegro passenger service
MONTENEGRO: National passenger train operator ŽPCG signed a €13m contract for CAF to supply three electric multiple-units on October 27. The 165-seat units are to be delivered by July 1 2013 and will be used to introduce a passenger service on a 56 km freight line running northwest from ...
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NewsRapidly replacing sleepers
SWEDEN: On display at Nordic Rail was the Huddig 1260B TPM tractor which demonstrated its ability to replace sleepers rapidly on a section of outdoor track. Already in use in Huddig's home market in Sweden, the tractor is currently undergoing approvals in Germany to allow use on DB Netz. The ...
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NewsEIB funds for Polish upgrade
POLAND: The European Investment Bank announced a €120m loan to fund modernisation of 58 km of double-track between Wroclaw and the boundary of Dolnoslaskie voivodship on November 9. This is the first phase of a planned upgrade of the 164 km Wroclaw - Poznan section of European rail corridor E59 ...
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NewsProgress Rail plant completes first locomotives
USA: Progress Rail Services officially opened its locomotive assembly plant in Muncie, Indiana, on October 28, with the unveiling of the first two locomotives produced at the site. The Caterpillar subsidiary rolled out the locomotives for Ferromex and Setrag 10 months after work at the site began, and 364 days ...