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NewsTier 3 emissions standards drive locomotive evolution
USA: The introduction of EPA Tier 3 emissions standards for main line locomotives in January 2012 was clearly reflected in the variety of motive power on show at the Railway Interchange 2011 outdoor exhibition at CP's Humbolt Yard in Minneapolis on September 18-20. Progress Rail Services was showing a purpose-built ...
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NewsPoint machines joint venture
KAZAKHSTAN: Alstom and the Kamkor subsidiary of national railway KTZ signed a memorandum of understanding on September 19 setting out plans to establish an equally-owned joint venture to produce point machines for Kazakhstan and the wider 1520 mm gauge market. Alstom says its designs offer reduced maintenance costs and improved ...
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NewsPKP PLK awards signalling contracts
POLAND: Thales announced the signing of eight signalling contracts worth a total of €87m with infrastructure manager PKP PLK on September 19. The agreements cover the supply of electronic interlockings and centralised traffic control to increase capacity on sections of the E30 corridor between the German and Ukrainian borders by ...
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NewsSofia joins the European container network
BULGARIA: Sofia joined the list of locations served by block intermodal trains with the arrival of a pilot service from Ljubljana on September 17. Block container trains have previously only transited Bulgaria, as the country lacked terminals with sufficient capacity to handle them. The arrival of the train carrying 24 ...
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NewsDB Schenker opens covered transhipment facility
ITALY: DB Schenker has opened a logistics centre and covered road-rail transhipment facility adjacent to Schenker Italiana's existing site at Dinazzano near Bologna and Modena in northern Italy. The new facility includes hard standing and a 600 m siding serving a 250 m shed where valuable or sensitive goods can ...
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NewsAlstom to supply trains for O-Train capacity expansion
CANADA: Operator OC Transpo has awarded Alstom Transport a C$34m contract to supply six Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units to increase capacity on the O-Train service in Ottawa. The 8 km line currently carries around 12 000 daily riders, double the initial target when the service was launched in 2001, and ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro Line 5 signalling contract awarded
BRAZIL: Bombardier Transportation announced it had won a €70m turnkey contract to supply CBTC equipment for São Paulo metro Line 5 on September 21. Teams in Brazil, Spain and the USA will design, install and commission Cityflo 650 on the 8·4 km existing section of the line and the ...
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NewsReview of UK light rail costs published
UK: A Department for Transport report into the high costs of light rail projects in the UK was published on September 20. 'Green Light for Light Rail' was commissioned by Transport Minister Norman Baker with the aim of identifying the key cost drivers and what can be done to make ...
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NewsClass 730 high speed electro-diesel trainset on test
SPAIN: During a test run on the high speed line between Ourense and A Coruña on September 20, Development Minister José Blanco announced that RENFE would introduce Class 730 gauge-changing electro-diesel trainsets on services between Madrid and the northwestern region of Galicia in mid-2012. The trainsets would enable Madrid - ...
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Vernon Barker
Vernon Barker has been named as Managing Director, UK Rail at FirstGroup, having served as Managing Director of First TransPennine Express since the start of the franchise in 2004. Nick Chevis becomes Acting Finance Director in place of Jeff Carr, who has announced his intention to leave FirstGroup on ...
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Oliver Sellnick
Oliver Sellnick has joined DB Netze as Vice-President of Business Development with effect from September 1; he was previously Director, Freight, at the International Union of Railways.
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Bart Schmeink
Bart Schmeink has been named as the new Director-General of Amsterdam’s urban transport operator GVB, taking over on December 1. He is currently Managing Director of Merseyrail in the UK, which is run by a joint venture of Netherlands Railways subsidiary Abellio and Serco Group. At GVB he will ...
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Kuldeep Chaturvedi
Kuldeep Chaturvedi has been appointed to oversee India’s South Central Railway in Secunderabad; he is currently General Manager of the South Western Railway in Hubli, but had previously served at South Central in 2009.
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Luc Vansteenkiste
Luc Vansteenkiste has been named Director-General of Infrastructure at Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel, succeeding Jean-Marie Raviart who retires with effect from October 1; since 2004 he has been Director-General of Network Access.
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NewsSpray secures stabled stock
NEW ZEALAND: Sensor-triggered sprays which cover stabled rolling stock in a fine mist to prevent aerosol paint from adhering have been developed by Auckland-based Graffiti Security Systems. The prototype Stormrail system has been installed at KiwiRail's Palmerston North stabling area. Trains are a popular target for vandals, according to ...
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NewsGarage van offers discreet transport
UKRAINE: Kriukov Car Building Works has built a van for the secure rail transport of cars used by government officials. One end of the vehicle contains a garage area with a folding hydraulic loading ramp. The other end contains an air-conditioned crew compartment with kitchen and dining facilities. To ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Indonesian government has asked state railway PT KAI to manage construction of the long-planned rail link from Manggerai to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatto International Airport, at an estimated cost of US$265m. The 33 km route would carry both airport express and commuter services; operations and property development ...
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NewsTransport Engineering research programme announced
BELARUS: The State Science & Technology Committee has announced a three-year Transport Engineering research programme to undertake 10 projects focused on railway development and electric vehicles. The 2012-15 plan covers construction of a test facility 'meeting international standards' and includes a strong focus on rolling stock component production, and the ...
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NewsA campus on wheels
INDIA: In a partnership worth Rs207m, the Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Department for Science & Technology are to develop an exhibition train to tour Indian Railways' broad gauge network, offering educational activities and information to prospective students across the country. The Gyan Vigyan Mail is expected to ...
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NewsPrototype 2ES5 freight loco completed
RUSSIA: A prototype electric freight locomotive designed by the TRTrans joint venture of Alstom and Transmash Holding has been completed at TMH's Novocherkassk plant. The 2ES5 is a twin-unit 25kV AC electric loco designed for heavy freight work, and follows the EP20 passenger locomotive now being tested by Russian ...