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NewsMTU tests Stage IIIB diesel engine
EUROPE: A year of in-service testing has begun with DB Schenker locomotive No 225 008-2 which has been fitted with a MTU Series 4000 engine as part of the EU-backed Clean European Rail-Diesel research project. MTU says the 1·8 MW 12V4000R84 design is the first engine for rail traction to ...
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NewsCatalan school of railway engineering
SPAIN: Catalan regional operator FGC is ‘committed to creating a world of railway engineering specialists’ by updating the syllabus for a Masters course in Railway Traction Power Systems which it helps to co-ordinate with several local institutions. On July 1, Joaquim Olivé, Director of the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya, met ...
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NewsGranite crosses the Urals
RUSSIA: An 8·8 MW three-section pre-production version of the 2ES10 Granite electric locomotive developed by the Ural Locomotives joint venture of Sinara and Siemens hauled a 9 000 tonne train from Yekaterinburg to Balezino during trial runs on August 4. 'This is a landmark event', said Russian Railways President Vladimir ...
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NewsTransitAmerica selected to operate Caltrain services
USA: TransitAmerica Services Inc has been selected to operate Caltrain commuter services in California under a contract which is set to be formally approved by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board on September 1. The five-year deal announced on August 18 will be worth $62·5m in the 2013 financial ...
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NewsJR East plans consultancy launch
JAPAN: East Japan Railway intends to set up an international consultancy business by the end of the year, according to Masaki Ogata, Vice-Chairman for Overseas Affairs. Speaking to local press, Ogata said that JR East is ‘setting its sights on the world’ by launching a consultancy that he hoped would ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS awarded Berlin - Rostock signalling contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded Ansaldo STS a €13·8m contract to design, supply, install and commission ETCS Level 2 on the Berlin - Rostock route which connects the port of Rostock with TEN-T corridors to southern Italy. Announcing the contract on August 18, Ansaldo STS said it was the company's ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsStadler wins London Tramlink tram order
UK: Stadler Rail has won a contract to supply six Variobahn trams to increase capacity on the Tramlink light rail system in south London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced on August 18. The first of the new trams is scheduled to be delivered 'this winter' and all will enter ...
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NewsRio commuter operator seeks capacity increase
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro commuter operator SuperVia has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling with Interflo automatic train protection for a R$2·4bn upgrade of its 225 km network. According to Bombardier, this will be the first implementation of ERTMS in South America. SuperVia is ...
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NewsRZD launches Moscow - Beijing tourist train
RUSSIA: The Russian Railways Tour corporate and private travel services joint venture of RZD's Federal Passenger Company and Intourist launched an inaugural tourist train from Moscow to Beijing on August 15. Designed for holidaymakers rather than people making an end to end journey, the trip takes 14 days and includes ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2011
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order. Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use on ...
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NewsKwun Tong Line extension project launched
CHINA: A pig roast and 'energetic hip-hop dancing' by youth groups accompanied the groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong MTR's Kwun Tong Line extension on July 25. Scheduled to open in 2015, the 2·6 km extension will run in tunnel from Yau Ma Tei to serve two new stations at Ho ...
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NewsCSR awarded Nanjing metro train contract
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen signed its largest order in recent years on July 27, a 3·13bn yuan contract to supply a total of 402 metro cars for Nanjing Lines 3 and 10 ready for when the city hosts the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Line 3 will get 46 six-car Type ...
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NewsPoznan fast tram extension contract
POLAND: A contract to extend Poznan's Poznanski Szybki Tramwaj express tram line by 2 km and two stops south to a new terminus at the current platform 7 of Poznan Glówny station been awarded to ZUE. EU sources are meeting half of the 77m zloty cost of the project, ...
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NewsLinz inaugurates Leonding tram extension
AUSTRIA: Celebrations were held on August 13 to mark the opening of a 5·3 km extension of Linz’s 900 mm gauge tram network. Under construction since 2009 at a cost of €140m, the line running southwest to Leonding is the first to be built outside the city boundary and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - August 2011
Algeria: Anesrif has awarded the Estel joint venture of SNTF and Siemens a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling and telecoms including Trainguard 100 train control, Vicos control systems and 16 interlockings for 290 km of the High Plateau line between M’Sila, Boughzoul and Tissemsilt by the end of ...
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NewsSeptember delivery for Serbian DMU
SERBIA: National railway ZS expects to take delivery of the first of 12 two-car diesel multiple-units during September, with entry into traffic by the end of the year. Transmashholding will deliver the remaining 11 units from its Metrovagonmash plant near Moscow during 2012. Inspecting the first unit at the factory ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
Strukton Rail has equipped its C750 ballast cleaner and P95 renewal train with a Schweizer Electric warning system comprising flashing lights and horns audible at any point around the machine. It is triggered when a train approaches on operational tracks adjacent to a work site, with the lights flashing until ...
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NewsNews in Brief
ÖBB Infrastruktur, the Slovak Ministry of Transport, ZSR and ZSSK have agreed a €9·25m study into the €200m Twin City Rail plan for extensive modernisation of the 66 km Wien – Marchegg – Bratislava route, including double-tracking, electrification and three new stations. Construction could start in 2013. On July 8 ...
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NewsECORailS guidelines offer 15% energy saving
EUROPE: A 5% saving in energy can be achieved immediately and a 15% saving by 2020, according to a two-year EU-backed study into the incorporation of energy and environmental criteria into the procurement of regional passenger services. A list of 11 technologies and operating measures which can be specified by ...