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    News in Brief - November 2011

    2011-11-09T05:00:00Z

    An online wagon booking service which Freight One launched on the North Caucasus Railway in September will be expanded across Russia this month. Small and medium-sized customers can request up to 15 vans per month, with guaranteed arrival within 10 days. East Japan Railway’s Advanced Train ...

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    Ile-de-France tram leasing package

    2011-11-08T16:51:00Z

    FRANCE: A €378m leasing package that will enable regional transport authority STIF to acquire 107 vehicles for new light rail routes in the Ile-de-France region was announced on November 7. Deliveries to operator RATP are now underway for completion in 2014. With a term of 33 years, the package includes ...

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    Chicago L upgrade package announced

    2011-11-08T15:36:00Z

    USA: A $646m contribution by the state of Illinois to complete a $1bn funding package for a major overhaul of Chicago's Red and Purple metro lines was announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn on November 3. The grant from Illinois' 'Jobs Now!' capital programme will be combined ...

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    Seattle tramway to be electrified in only one direction

    2011-11-08T11:58:00Z

    USA: The City of Seattle has selected Czech firm Inekon and its local assembly partner Pacifica Marine to supply six cars for a short tram line planned to connect First Hill with the future Capitol Hill light rail stop and the Chinatown/International District. The Inekon-Pacifica partnership was one of three ...

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    Tver assembles first metro car body

    2011-11-08T09:25:00Z

    RUSSIA: Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works completed its first metro car bodyshell in October. After assembly the Type 81-760 intermediate car shell was transported by road to TMH's Metrovagonmash plant for fitting out before delivery to Moscow Metro. Metro cars are a new area of activity for the TVZ plant, which ...

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    Investment spurs Kazakh rolling stock industry

    2011-11-08T05:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: Freight operator Kaztemirtrans has taken delivery of the first 119 of 615 open wagons funded by ATF Bank and manufactured by Kazakhstan Rail Car Building Co with 40% domestic content. State Development Bank of Kazakhstan is providing Kazakhstan Rail Car with US$56m to fund production facilities including robots ...

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    EBRD funds wagons to boost Russia - Finland trade

    2011-11-07T12:08:00Z

    RUSSIA: European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has agreed a €22·5m loan to enable St Petersburg-registered Huolintakeskus to acquire more than 700 new wagons, increasing its fleet by 70%. Huolintakeskus is a subsidiary of Finland's Nurminen Logistics. It operates across the CIS and Baltic region, but has a particular focus ...

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    Ambitious railway plans in Kathmandu

    2011-11-07T08:00:00Z

    NEPAL: The Department of Railways expects to appoint consultants this month to undertake detailed studies for an electrified east-west railway in the central valley and a Kathmandu metro. Chungsuk Engineering, Scott Wilson and Systra have reportedly been shortlisted to prepare a detailed project report for the first phase of the ...

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    Diesel-battery hybrid shunter on show at Shcherbinka

    2011-11-07T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: A twin-axle diesel-battery shunter was on display at Expo 1520 in Shcherbinka. Produced by Kaluga-based Polyet, the shunter has a 60 kW diesel generator supporting a 630 A lead-acid battery supplied by Slovenian firm TAB. The loco is rated at 206 kW to 240 kW depending on operating ...

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    Winterising rolling stock

    2011-11-06T05:00:00Z

    USA: Therm-Omega-Tech has produced a passenger rolling stock version of the self-actuating valves it supplies to prevent locomotives freezing up in winter. The PC/FP passenger car freeze protection valve does not require a power or air supply. It opens as ambient temperatures approach freezing, draining water systems to prevent damage ...

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    Industry News in Brief

    2011-11-05T05:00:00Z

    By the end of the year Russian Railways is to sell stakes in the Roslavl, Saransk, Barnaul and Vladikavkaz SM Kirov coach repair plants, Petuhovsky Casting & Mechanical Plant, the Ishimsky and Alatyr mechanical plants, NIITKD, TransWoodService and UralTransBank. Siemens’ fourth business sector, Infrastructure & Cities, ...

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    Vossloh tests Tramlink light rail vehicle

    2011-11-04T11:57:00Z

    SPAIN: Vossloh España has begun testing of a prototype Tramlink light rail vehicle at its Albuixech plant outside Valencia. Developed at a cost of €20m, Tramlink is designed for both surface and underground operations; Spanish metre-gauge operator FEVE has ordered four units for the future tram-train network in León. Built ...

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    Arriva acquires open access operator Grand Central

    2011-11-04T10:47:00Z

    UK: Arriva plc confirmed on November 4 it that it had acquired open access operator Grand Central Railway for an undisclosed price. Launched in late 2007, Grand Central runs inter-city passenger services from Sunderland and Bradford to London, with around 700 000 passenger-journeys a year. It is to 'remain a ...

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    Afghan railway ambitions awarded funding

    2011-11-04T05:00:00Z

    AFGHANISTAN: Plans for east–west and north–south railways are making progress, with Asian Development Bank approving a US$754m multi-tranche package of transport assistance in September. As well as road rehabilitation this includes around US$300m for the extension of the recently-completed 75 km Hayratan – Mazar-i-Sharif railway 225 km west to Andkhvoy. ...

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    Growth & the Capacity Challenge: now available to watch on demand

    2011-11-03T16:41:00Z

    RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International held ...

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    Automated trains launched on Paris Line 1

    2011-11-03T13:55:00Z

    FRANCE: The first automatic trains to operate in revenue service on Paris metro Line 1 were officially launched on November 3 by RATP Chairman & CEO Pierre Mongin, at an event attended by Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport & Housing Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, and Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France ...

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    Marmaray railway upgrading contract awarded

    2011-11-03T10:13:00Z

    TURKEY: The Transport Ministry’s Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports Construction, DLH, has confirmed the award of contract CR3 for the Marmaray Project in Istanbul. This covers reconstruction of the existing lines which will feed the cross-Bosporus immersed tube tunnel now being fitted out and installation of signalling and automatic ...

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    Mobile phone ticketing specialist secures venture capital

    2011-11-03T09:42:00Z

    UK: Mobile phone ticketing technology developer Masabi announced it had secured US$4m from mobile technology venture capital fund m8 Capital on November 2. This will support further mobile ticketing deployment in the UK, the development of features including NFC and expansion into new markets, particularly the USA where ...

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    Ansaldo STS awarded LGV Bretagne signalling contract

    2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire construction and maintenance concessionaire Eiffage has awarded Ansaldo STS a €62m contract to supply signalling for the high speed line. The contract announced on November 2 covers the design, supply and commissioning by 2016 of ETCS Level 2 and TVM 300 signalling equipment for ...

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    Cummins to produce Tier 4 compliant diesel engine

    2011-11-02T15:23:00Z

    USA: Cummins Inc is to produce a Tier 4 compliant 16-cylinder QSK95 diesel engine for rail, mining, power generation and offshore drilling applications, the company announced on November 1. Prototypes of the QSK95, codenamed 'Hedgehog', will be available in 2013, with limited production starting in 2014 and full production from ...