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NewsPreliminary engineering approvals for LA urban rail projects
USA: A $21·5m planning and engineering services contract for the Regional Connector light rail project in Los Angeles has been awarded to a joint venture led by AECOM. The scope of work encompasses advanced conceptual design and preliminary engineering, including the completion of environmental impact reports. The Regional Connector is ...
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NewsGlasgow Subway upgrade approved
UK: Driverless operation, new rolling stock and infrastructure upgrading are set to go ahead on the 1 220 mm gauge Glasgow Subway under a £290m renewal programme announced by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney confirmed on March 9 that following ‘careful consideration’ of ...
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NewsTransContainer targets Eurasian transit market
KAZAKHSTAN: Russian intermodal freight operator TransContainer announced on March 21 that it had taken control of a majority stake in Kazakh container terminal operator JSC KedenTransService, with an eye to expanding rail’s share of the transit market for containers moving between Asia and Europe. As well as providing cargo handling ...
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NewsTaichung awards turnkey metro contract
TAIWAN: A 16·7 km automated metro is to be built in Taichung under a turnkey contract valued at ¥29·5bn, which was confirmed by the Taichung city government on March 9. Under consideration since 1990 and approved in 2004, the Green Line is the first of three routes for the proposed ...
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NewsRambol to undertake Trondheim - Oslo high speed rail study
NORWAY: National railway authority Jernbaneverket has appointed Danish engineering group Ramboll to assess the feasibility of constructing a high speed line between Trondheim and Oslo, one of six high speed rail schemes currently being considered for inclusion in the government's 2014-23 National Transport Plan. The study is to be completed ...
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NewsWorld rail market March 2011
India: Indra and local partner Keltron have won a €6m contract to supply gates and contactless ticketing systems for Kolkata's North-South metro line. New Zealand: Consultancy GHD has been appointed to identify options for developing rail or bus transport to Auckland International Airport. Panama: Systra has been ...
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NewsBangkok to complete Blue Line loop
THAILAND: Mass Rapid Transit Authority has awarded a further package of civil works valued at 46·6bn baht covering construction of extensions to the Bangkok Blue Line heavy metro (table below). These works would see the completion of a loop connecting the existing termini at Bang Sue and Hua Lamphong via ...
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NewsRFF backs Line E extension
FRANCE: Meeting on March 17, the board of Réseau Ferré de France confirmed its intention to press ahead with its plans for a western extension of Paris RER Line E, with a view to seeking a Declaration of Public Utility giving powers to build the line. Following public consultation between ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market March 2011
Australia: In February UGL Rail announced contracts totalling A$225m to supply nine GE Evolution locomotives to Rio Tinto, an additional 25 Oscar EMUs to RailCorp, and 10 C44Aci locomotives and wagon maintenance services to Freightliner. Belarus: BC has placed a 8·1bn ruble order for six 620M single-car DMUs to ...
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NewsNTV launch delayed until 'late autumn'
ITALY: Open access high speed train operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori has decided to delay its planned launch of commercial services from September 'until late autumn', with November now seen as the earliest likely date. Speaking at the Future of European Rail conference in Brusssels on March 16, Giuseppe Bonollo, NTV’s ...
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NewsFaiveley Transport acquires suppliers
EUROPE: Faiveley Transport has purchased the remaining 25% of Czech pantograph and electro-mechanical equipment supplier Lekov, having owned a 75% stake since December 2002. Faiveley Transport Lekov is now Faiveley's centre of competence for pantographs and related electromechanical equipment, with 270 employees and sales of €24m. Announcing the purchase ...
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NewsSiemens to energise Kolkata's east-west line
INDIA: Third rail electrification and power supplies for Kolkata’s east-west metro line are to be supplied by Siemens Mobility under a contract from Kolkata Metro Rail Corp announced on March 17. Siemens is to provide the 750 V DC traction power supply, with nine substations and the depot to be ...
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NewsTenders called for railway construction
ISRAEL: Tendering for the construction of two new railway lines in northern Israel got underway this month. On March 17 tenders were called for the initial section of a 23 km line from ’Akko to Karmi’el, with one intermediate station at Ahihud. The project is expected to ...
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NewsSouthend Airport ready for take off
UK: Transport group Stobart has built a station to serve Southend Airport on the line from Southend to London Liverpool Street. Stobart acquired the airport in December 2008 and launched a development programme which should see the start of scheduled passenger flights this month, with the aim of handling a ...
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NewsNortheast Corridor to get high speed funding
USA: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has officially designated the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC as the country’s 11th high speed rail corridor, making it eligible for federal funding under the Passenger Rail Improvement & Investment Act 2008. LaHood recently invited applications from states interested ...
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NewsTrinity Industries and GATX announce five-year wagon deal
USA: Leasing firm GATX Corp has agreed to order 12 500 tank and other wagons from Trinity Industries over the next five years, the companies announced on March 15. TrinityRail Group President D Stephen Menzies said the long-term deal would provide the manufacturer with 'production continuity', while GATX President & ...
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NewsJR East earthquake update
JAPAN: Thanking railwaymen and women from around the world for their messages of condolence and encouragement, on March 14 East Japan Railway Vice-Chairman Yoshio Ishida and President & CEO Satoshi Seino gave an update on the effects of the disastrous March 11 earthquake and tsunami. JR East understands that no ...
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NewsDoors instead of curtains
AUSTRALIA: Intended as an improvement on curtain-sided designs, the Supalite container has been developed by Adelaide-based SCF Group. The container has moulded plastic bi-folded doors that are intended to save weight whilst retaining structural strength. Freight forwarder Toll Group expects to trial Supalite on an intermodal flow in August. The ...
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NewsFirst CAF Class 4000 DMU arrives in Belfast
UK: The first of 20 three-car diesel multiple-units for Translink NI Railways was delivered to Belfast docks on March 14, two years after the order was placed with Spanish manufacturer CAF under a £114m project funded by the Department for Regional Development. Testing at up 145 km/h is set to ...