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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 ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2011
Australia: PTA Transperth has selected NEM Solutions’ Laser Profiler and Aura data tool to manage wheel wear. China: Beijing Dragon Railway Transit Equipment has ordered 50 MiniProf units from Greenwood Engineering, the Danish firm’s biggest order for wheel profile measuring tools. Hungary: MÁV has commissioned a HF350m ...
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NewsRITES leaves Tanzania Railways Ltd concession
TANZANIA: The government took full control of Tanzania Railways Ltd with effect from August 1, after operating concessionaire RITES pulled its Indian staff out on July 27 and transferred its shareholding. Established as a 51:49 joint venture between RITES and the government, TRL took over operation of the 2 700 ...
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NewsRZD and Transmashholding agree double-deck train concept
RUSSIA: Transmashholding announced on August 11 that it had agreed terms of reference with Russian Railways for the development of 160 km/h double-deck trainsets for inter-regional services on routes of up to 700 km. Production is expected to begin in 2014, with the first trains used on routes from ...
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NewsMakkah metro expansion plan
SAUDI ARABIA: On August 10 Makkah municipality's development organisation AlBalad AlAmeen Co announced plans to hold a 'market sounding' exercise for the development of four more metro lines in the city. Expressions of interest will be invited in the third quarter of this year, with construction to begin in 2013 ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Slovak operator ZSR is to build a €38m intermodal terminal at Zilina by September 2014 to serve local industry including the nearby Kia Motors car plant. African Development Bank has approved a US$40m loan for Rift Valley Railways' US$246m five-year investment plan to develop rail freight ...
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NewsManaus monorail contract awarded
BRAZIL: The state of Amazonas has awarded a R$1·46bn contract to build a 20 km straddle monorail in the city of Manaus to a consortium of Scomi, CR Almeida, Mendes Junior and Serveng-Civilsan. The line from Largo da Matriz to Jorge Teixeira will have nine stations and a capacity of ...
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NewsBrisbane to Melbourne high speed study published
AUSTRALIA: The first of two studies into proposals for a high speed line running more than 1 600 km from Brisbane to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne was released by Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Anthony Albanese on August 4. The Phase I report was compiled by AECOM Australia in association ...
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NewsWestern concourse increases King's Cross capacity
UK: A £500m programme is underway to equip London King's Cross station to handle a predicted a growth in traffic from 40 million station users a year to a potential 50 million, and restore the nineteenth century structure to its former glory as part of the regeneration of the surrounding ...
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NewsATMS proof of concept trials prove successful
AUSTRALIA: Interstate rail infrastructure manager ARTC has completed proof of concept trials with the Advanced Train Management System being developed with Lockheed Martin and subcontractors Ansaldo STS and Seneca. The Stage 1 trials between Port Pirie and Port Augusta north of Adelaide aimed to establish whether capacity and reliability could ...
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NewsS-bane signalling deal confirmed
DENMARK: Siemens confirmed on August 5 that it had been awarded a contract by national infrastructure manager Banedanmark for complete renewal of the signalling for the København S-bane commuter rail network, together with maintenance for 25 years. The company said the €252m deal was ‘the biggest rail automation order that ...
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NewsNew minister sets out priorities for Indian Railways
INDIA: Two days after being sworn in as Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi set out his priorities for Indian Railways during his first visit to IR headquarters on July 14. Trivedi said he plans to implement the Vision 2020 set out by his predecessor Mamata Banerjee. He will give priority to ...
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NewsRegional DMU rolls out
SLOVAKIA: ZOS Vrútky rolled out on June 16 the first of 12 Class 861 three-car regional DMUs ordered by ZSSK under a €53m contract signed in April 2009. They will operate around Nitra, Humenné, Presov, Kosice and Prievidza. The partly low-floor units comprise two driving motor cars and an intermediate ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Polish infrastructure contractor Trakcja Polska has been renamed Trakcja-Tiltra following its acquisition by Tiltra Group AB and AB Kauno Tiltai. Henry Williams has invested £0·75m in a rapid-acting hammer for faster production of fishplates for export. The UK firm supplies around 60000 fishplates a year. Constraint Technologies has extended ...
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NewsFranchising timetable seeks value for money
UK: Aiming to produce a 'deliverable and balanced programme', on August 5 Transport Secretary Philip Hammond published a timetable for re-letting eight passenger franchises over the next three years. 'My aim in doing so is to give the market clarity about the timing of the opportunities that will arise', ...
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NewsFRA releases loco and rolling stock grants
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration released a second tranche of grants totalling $336·2m for the purchase of passenger locomotives and rolling stock on August 3. The cash will be distributed to the states of California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri, which along with the state of Washington had already ...
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NewsKapsch CarrierCom awarded Czech GSM-R contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded Kapsch sro a €20m contract to equip the 230 km route from the Slovakian border to Ostrava, Prerov and Ceská Trebová with Kapsch CarrierCom GSM-R by early 2013. Around 731 km of the Czech network is currently equipped with Kapsch CarrierCom's GSM-R technology. ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - August 2011
The first rail was laid on the T7 tram route in Paris at a ceremony on June 29. Due to open by the end of 2013, the 112 km route will link the Line 7 metro terminus at Villejuif-Louis Aragon with Athis-Mons via Orly airport. A future ...