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NewsSiemens looks to 1520 commuter train market
RUSSIA: On November 18 Siemens and RZD signed an agreement in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin under which they are to set up an engineering centre to develop and manufacture multiple-units for the 1 520 mm gauge market. The centre will be part of the joint venture which ...
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NewsWeinberg tunnel holed through
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways held celebrations in Zürich on November 22 to mark the breakthrough of the Weinberg tunnel, which forms the centrepiece of the Durchmesserlinie cross-city rail link project. The tunnel boring machine finally reached its destination below the city’s Hauptbahnhof following a 4·5 km drive under the Limmat ...
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NewsPrivate commuter operator launches
RUSSIA: Perm Express launched commuter services on 47 km of the Sverdlovsk Railway between Perm II and Divya on November 1. The privately-owned company was formed in January and received a passenger licence in September. Perm Express is independent of both Russian Railways and the regional government, which operate commuter ...
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NewsEasy measurement
USA: Corru-Gage is a compact corrugation measuring tool designed for ease of use with all rail sizes, track gauges and curve radii. The rugged aluminium body has precision alignment anvils and magnetic steel feet, with an optional electronic dial indicator which allows data to be downloaded to a PDA or ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market November 2010
Australia: Seymour Whyte Constructions and Baulderstone have been awarded contracts worth A$68m for enabling works on the 13 km Gold Coast light rail corridor. Egypt: National Authority for Tunnels has appointed Systra to lead design work for Phase IV of Cairo metro Line 3. France: ...
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NewsTalent 2 to work Leipzig S-Bahn
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation confirmed on November 19 that DB Regio had placed a further order for Class 442 Talent EMUs valued at around €200m. The 36 three-car and 15 four-car EMUs will be used on the new Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn network radiating from Leipzig, which is due to open in ...
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NewsWork starts on LGV Est Phase 2
FRANCE: Construction work for the second section of LGV Est Européen was officially inaugurated on November 18, when RFF President Hubert du Mesnil hosted a ceremony at Steinbourg in the département of Bas-Rhin. Among the VIPs attending the event was Philippe Richert, the former President of the Alsace regional council ...
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NewsBDZ becomes holding company
BULGARIA: Plans to restructure state rail operator BDZ on a holding company model were signed-off by Minister of Transport, Communications & Information Technology Alexander Tsvetko on October 22. National Railway Infrastructure Company is already responsible for infrastructure. The latest plans will see BDZ EAD established as a holding company with ...
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NewsMünchen U-Bahn orders more trains
GERMANY: City utility company Stadtwerke München has placed an €185m order with Siemens Mobility for 21 six-car U-Bahn trains, with delivery scheduled for 2013-15. Two-thirds of the new rolling stock, designated Type C2.11, will replace some of the existing Type A vehicles which are now 40 years old. A total ...
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NewsItalian open access passenger operator launches
ITALY: Privately owned open access operator Arenaways launched its first passenger service on November 15, competing with state-owned passenger operator Trenitalia between Milano and Torino. Arenaways received confirmation of its two daily paths in each direction on November 12, however it did not obtain approval to call at intermediate stations ...
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NewsWork begins on high speed line through Qinling mountains
CHINA: Construction of the Xi'an - Chengdu railway is set to be start by the end of the year, after the National Development & Reform Commission approved First Survey & Design Institute's alignment during November. Work is scheduled to take four years at a cost of 70·8bn yuan. The 511 ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways to order Korean trainsets
UKRAINE: Visiting South Korea on November 2, Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov announced a provisional agreement for UZ to buy 160 km/h inter-city trainsets from Hyundai-Rotem, as the first step in a programme to renew the national railway’s rolling stock fleet. A protocol signed in Changwon covers ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2010
Australia: Funkwerk is to supply 685 GSM-R cab digital radio sets for the Sydney suburban network by the end of 2012. The contract with RailCorp NSW includes an option for a further 230 sets. Denmark: Banedanmark has awarded Eltel Networks a five-year contract to manage and maintain its ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: Mayor of Rennes Daniel Delaveau announced on November 16 that Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder by transport authority Rennes Métropole to build the city’s second driverless metro line. The €200m contract will be submitted to the city council for ratification on November 18.Siemens Mobility France will be ...
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NewsARRA stimulus boosts Philadelphia
USA: More than two-thirds of the federal stimulus funding allocated to improve rail infrastructure in Philadelphia had been spent by early November, according to SEPTA Chief Engineer Jeffrey Knueppel. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has provided the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority with $191m for badly-needed infrastructure upgrades and repairs. ...
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NewsLos Angeles MTA seeks LRV bids
USA: Los Angeles County MTA has released a request for proposals for 74 light rail vehicles costing $335·4m; delivery would start in late 2013. The purchase under contract P3010 is described as a ‘best value LRV procurement’ that will include options for additional vehicles as required when future light rail ...
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NewsConnecticut orders more M-8 commuter cars
USA: The state of Connecticut has exercised an option for another 42 M-8 commuter EMU cars from Kawasaki Rail Car Inc, bringing the total order to 342 vehicles costing $860m. The announcement was made by outgoing Governor Jodi Rell on November 15, when she and a group of Department of ...
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NewsUK's first ETCS Level 2 signalling goes live
UK: Arriva Train Wales began operating the UK's first regular passenger services controlled by ETCS Level 2 signalling on October 29. ETCS has been installed on the Cambrian lines in Wales under infrastructure manager Network Rail's Early Deployment Scheme, which is intended to allow operating procedures and other issues to ...
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NewsHajj pilgrims take the metro to Makkah
SAUDI ARABIA: Phase I of the Al Mashaaer Al Mugadassah Southern metro line has entered revenue service, following an inspection by Abdul Rahman Al-Shahwab, Director General of Projects at the Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affairs, on November 13. However, the service is initially limited to pilgrims from Saudi Arabia ...
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NewsTracklaying complete on Beijing - Shanghai high speed line
CHINA: Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun attended a ceremony at Bengbu in Anhui Province on November 15 where a machine laid the final rails to complete tracklaying on the 1 318 km Beijing - Shanghai high speed line. The People's Daily Online reports that the scheduled 2012 opening has been ...