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NewsCameroon orders Chinese coaches
CAMEROON: CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock has won a contract to supply 38 metre-gauge coaches including sleeping, dining and baggage cars to Cameroon. Announcing the deal on September 20, the manufacturer said it was its third passenger rolling stock order from Africa, after contracts to supply coaches to Guinea and ...
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NewsASEAN announces infrastructure fund
ASIA: A fund to finance major infrastructure projects was announced by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on September 24, with Malaysian finance minister Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah saying it would 'help forge the road, rail and energy links the region needs to create a greater degree of well-being for ...
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NewsPresident marks Benguela revival
ANGOLA: President José Eduardo dos Santos was in Huambo on August 30 to welcome the first passenger train to arrive from Lobito over the latest 380 km section of Caminhos de Ferro de Benguela to be rehabilitated. The line had been out of action since 1975 owing to destruction during ...
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NewsSt Gallen upgrade agreement signed
SWITZERLAND: A letter of intent to go ahead with the Durchmesserlinie Appenzell - St Gallen - Trogen project to upgrade and connect the Trogen and Appenzell railways in St Gallen was signed by operator Appenzeller Bahnen and three cantons on September 12. The metre-gauge lines are both operated by Appenzeller ...
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News1520 signalling joint venture
RUSSIA: Alstom and Promelectronica have to agreed to establish a joint venture to distribute their signalling products in the 1520 mm gauge region. The 51:49 joint venture will be formed by the end of the year and based in Moscow. As well as distributing the two firms' current ranges of ...
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NewsMadrid metro cars move to Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: Shipments to Buenos Aires are now underway of 24 Series 5000 cars which formerly operated on lines 6 and 9 of the Madrid Metro. The Buenos Aires city government has acquired the four trainsets for €4·2m, in order to meet the expected increase in demand when the extension of ...
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NewsCH2M Hill to buy Halcrow
HALCROW: Engineering and project management firm CH2M Hill is to buy infrastructure planning, design and management consultancy Halcrow for £124m, the Halcrow board announced on September 26. Subject to shareholder approval the transaction is expected to close in November. 'The board's decision to approach CH2M Hill to discuss the sale ...
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NewsLausanne tram plan approval
SWITZERLAND: The Federal Council announced it had granted a concession for the construction of a tram line between Lausanne-Flon and Renens-Gare on September 16. Planned as part of the Projet d'Agglomération Lausanne Morges scheme to improve transport in the city, line T1 will replace buses which local transport authority TL ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro Line H contracts
ARGENTINA: The Buenos Aires city government has selected a consortium led by Techint as preferred bidder to build two extensions of metro Line H, including six new stations. The winning offer was 2258m pesos, although the consortium had also submitted a bid of 2560m pesos that would have seen it ...
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NewsMetro plant under construction in Ningbo
CHINA: China South Locomotive Group director Zhao Xiaogang and Mayor Liu Qi laid the foundation stone for the Ningbo South Locomotive Metro Rail Equipment Co assembly plant in on August 30. The company was formed in April as a joint venture of CSR Zhuzhou Locomotive, CSR Zhuji, Ningbo Rail Company ...
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NewsXi’an opens first metro line
CHINA: The first of three metro lines under construction in Xi’an was officially opened at midday on September 16, with large crowds turning out to take a ride. Designated Line 2, the 20·5 km line runs south from the North railway station to Qujiang International Conference & ...
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NewsCAF wins Bucuresti metro train contract
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex named CAF as the winner of a contract to supply 16 metro trainsets on September 22. The six-car trainsets will be delivered from 2012 to replace IVA Astra rolling stock currently used on Line 3. Metrorex said the new vehicles will be equipped for automatic ...
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NewsQuick arrival in the Klang Valley
MALAYSIA: CSR Zhuzhou delivered the first of 38 six-car electric multiple-units to KTMB in September, having rolled it out just a year after the 4bn yuan order was signed in July 2010. Six are scheduled to arrive this year, entering traffic from January on KTM Komuter services in the ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2011
Argentina: The province of San Luis has acquired a 3GS-24C GenSet N-ViroMotive for 11m pesos. Australia: Fortescue has ordered 246 iron ore wagons from CNR, while Pacific National has ordered 728 coal hoppers from CSR Yangtze. Bangladesh: CNR Tangshan is to supply BR with 20 three-car metre-gauge ...
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NewsCo-operation agreement
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou has signed a Framework Agreement on Strategic Co-operation with the electrical engineering department of Tsinghua University. The agreement covers a commitment to create a joint 'innovation platform' to undertake research and development of electrical control equipment, traction drives, power systems and transmission components. The joint venture ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2011
Austria: VeriFone Systems is to supply its PAYware mobile ticketing validation and payment technology to Westbahn. Bosnia: Italferr and IRD Engineering have completed an EU-funded project to assist the Ministry of Transport with bringing rail regulation in line with EU interoperability and safety directives. Europe: ERA has awarded ...
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NewsSenate vote puts US inter-city rail vision in doubt
USA: The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on September 21 to provide $110m in funding for inter-city passenger rail enhancements in the next financial year, a fraction of the $8bn President Obama had requested under his long-term plan to provide inter-city passenger rail services to 80% of the population by 2036. ...
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NewsMadrid Barajas airport rail link opens
SPAIN: RENFE suburban services began running to a new station beneath Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas airport on September 23. An official opening ceremony had been performed the day before by Development Minister José Blanco, President of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre and Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. Trains ...
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NewsStadler opens Berlin assembly plant
GERMANY: The Stadler Pankow GmbH subsidiary of Stadler Rail officially opened a new rolling stock final plant in a former concrete factory in the Hohenschönhausen area of Berlin on September 5. Stadler has 830 staff in Germany, 70 at Hohenschönhausen. The company is investing €10m expanding capacity in Berlin, ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market September 2011
Australia: NSW Department of Transport has appointed Turner & Townsend to provide cost planning services for the 23 km North West Rail Link project in Sydney. ARTC has awarded an alliance including Leighton Contractors a A$150m contract for the final stage of the 36 km South Sydney Freight ...