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NewsNews in Brief
In the first half of 2010 Russian Railways spent 348m roubles on infrastructure works to convert the rail network on the island of Sakhalin from 1067 to 1520 mm gauge. Revisions bringing appendices E, F and G of the Cotif convention which concern infrastructure and technical approvals ...
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NewsAngolan railway rehabilitation progress
ANGOLA: A step forward in the rehabilitation of the war-damaged railway network was made with the launch of a twice-weekly freight service on the 190 km Luanda – Dondo route at the end of July. Dondo is the terminus of a branch from the 424 km route from Luana to ...
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NewsKiwiRail recovers from earthquake
NEW ZEALAND: Rail services around Christchurch were restored three days after a magnitude 7·1 earthquake hit the Canterbury region at 04.35 on September 4. The earthquake caused a 22 km surface rupture and up to 4 m of horizontal displacement, with total property damage estimated at NZ$4bn. KiwiRail Network established ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern opens Heartland Corridor
USA: The Heartland Corridor gauge enhancement project to provide faster transit times between Virginia's ports and Chicago was officially completed when Norfolk Southern operated the first double-stack intermodal service on the route on September 9. The former Norfolk & Western main line across Virginia, southern West Virginia and Ohio had ...
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NewsDB Schenker Rail to spend €410m on fleet
EUROPE: Freight operator DB Schenker Rail expects to spend €410m on fleet modernisation throughout Europe this year, DB Mobility Logistics board memb er Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch said on September 2. 'This is a record amount which we plan to invest at exactly those points where there is increasing ...
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NewsMbalam ore railway scoping study agreed
CAMEROON: A memorandum of understanding to co-operate in establishing the scope, cost and delivery programme for a 490 km railway linking planned iron ore mines to the proposed Lolabe port has been signed by Australian mining exploration company Sundance Resources and CRCC China-Africa Construction Ltd. The proposed railway forms part ...
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NewsFreightCar America buys DTE Rail Services
USA: FreightCar America announced on September 8 that it had signed an agreement to acquire the DTE Rail Services subsidiary of DTE Energy for $23·2m. Completion is expected early in the fourth quarter of 2010, with the acquired business to be known as FreightCar Rail Services. DTE Rail Services has ...
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NewsA record half
MEXICO: According to results announced by its parent Grupo México, Ferromex achieved a new record by hauling 22365 million tonne-km in the first half of 2010, an 18·6% increase on the year before and up 12·1% on the previous record set in 2008. Between January and June 2010, turnover was ...
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NewsDraft passenger tendering environmental guidelines released
EUROPE: The EU-supported ECORailS project has published guidelines on the incorporation of energy efficiency and environmental criteria when tendering regional passenger rail transport contracts. The guidelines are intended to prevent substantial risks to the public finances from future energy prices, and to tackle issues around noise and emissions, while keeping ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief September 2010
The Land Ministry of Urban Development & the Environment intends to award DB subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH a contract to operate the city's suburban rail services for 15 years from late 2017, when the current contract expires. The contract requires the operation of 11 million train-km a year on the ...
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NewsMoscow Metro signs 2011 car orders
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro General Manager Dmitri Gaev and Transmash Holding CEO Andrei Andreev signed contracts on September 7 covering the delivery of new rolling stock and refurbishment of existing vehicles during 2011. The signing ceremony was held at UITP's Eurasia conference and ExpoCityTrans exhibition in Moscow, where the prototype ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2010
Japan: JR Central is to spend ¥87bn rebuilding its Hamamatsu high speed train maintenance depot to increase the degree of automation and vehicle throughput. Taiwan: Femco has ordered six bogie rotators, a wheel drop and two bogie presses from Mechan for the Taipei airport rail link. UAE: ...
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NewsParis orders additional trams for T3
FRANCE: Alstom Transport has received an order to supply Paris transport operator RATP with an additional 25 Citadis trams. To be delivered in 2012 for use on Line T3, they will be 44 m long with space for more than 300 passengers, including 78 seated. The firm contract announced ...
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NewsAmbitious strategy ready to start
JORDAN: Following the completion of a feasibility study by BNP Paribas, Minister of Transport Alaa Batayneh hopes to call tenders this year for development of three routes totalling 1080 km under a PPP concession. The government began land acquisition last year, and construction is expected to begin ...
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NewsPointers September 2010
The government of Oman is to launch feasibility studies for a rail link from Duqm to Salalah via Shuwaymiyah and Thamrait, augmenting the 1000 km network now under development. Tenders have been invited for project management of the initial stages, which would connect Masquat with Sohar, Al Aïn, Duqm and ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief September 2010
The EIB has signed its first loan agreement with Armenia, under which Yerevan metro will receive €5m towards the renovation of rolling stock, track and power supply components, a maintenance train and water pumps. The project will be co-financed by the EBRD and a grant from the ...
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NewsMissing link opens in Delhi
INDIA: At 13.00 on September 3, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit flagged off a ceremonial train from Udyog Bhawan station to celebrate the completion of Delhi metro Line 2 between Central Secretariat and Qutub Minar. The line opened to the public at 15.00.This final ...
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NewsCommuter trains return to Dunboyne
IRELAND: On September 3, Iarnród Éireann operated the first scheduled passenger services to Dunboyne since 1947 with the opening of the 7∙5 km double-track line from Clonsilla to M3 Parkway. Representing an investment of €160m under the Transport 21 investment programme, the project marks the first phase of a ...
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NewsShunter targets industrial market
UK: A 'robust' three-axle diesel locomotive for shunting and trip freight work in ports, refineries, cement works and steel plants has been launched by Hunslet Engine Company, part of the LH Group. The DH60C has been developed as a flexible design available with a range of options to suit individual ...
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NewsEurostar restructuring completed
EUROPE: The long-planned restructuring of Eurostar, the cross-Channel high speed rail operator, was formally completed on September 1, the company has confirmed. The restructuring has seen the unincorporated tri-national partnership under which Eurostar was created replaced by Eurostar International, a conventional three-way joint venture with its own ...