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NewsRoad and rail share Swiss tunnel
SWITZERLAND: Drivers traversing the A13 between Chur and Bellinzona through the San Bernardino Pass may be surprised to see a standard gauge railway laid along the road, 1600 m above sea level. Roads department Astra is spending SFr38m upgrading the A13, including work to improve tunnel safety following the fatal ...
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NewsTwin Cities to get Avantos
USA: Minneapolis Metropolitan Council's Transportation Committee has recommended approval of a $153·2m contract with Siemens Industry Inc for the supply of 41 S70 Avanto light rail vehicles. The Central Corridor route now under construction between central Minneapolis and St Paul will receive 31 of the 70% low -floor cars, while ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn completes Arriva takeover
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn announced the completion of its acquisition of Arriva on August 27, following the registration of necessary court orders. DB UK Holding Ltd has acquired all the shares of Arriva plc, which is now its wholly-owned subsidiary. The German national railway company said it will conduct its ...
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NewsBenex arranges funding for train purchase
GERMANY: A consortium of Hamburger Sparkasse and KfW IPEX-Bank signed an agreement worth more than €74m to fund the acquisition of 12 Stadler trains for BeNEX on August 24. The rolling stock is needed for the Netz Stadtbahn regional operating contracts in Berlin-Brandenburg which were awarded in 2009 to Ostdeutsche ...
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NewsRepublika Srpska rail investment plan
BOSNIA: Republika Srpska’s Minister of Transport Nedeljko Cubrilovi outlined plans to spend €500m over three years modernising the entity’s rail network when he signed orders for Polish wagons and workshop equipment on August 13. The contracts were placed using a €20m credit from the Polish government. EKK Wagon will supply ...
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NewsKarara ore railway construction contract
AUSTRALIA: Macmahon has been awarded a A$86m contract for civil works and tracklaying on an 85 km railway forming part of the Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia. Starting from Karara, 500 km northeast of Perth, the new line will run to Tilley Siding near Morawa where it will ...
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NewsHupac takes Crossrail stake
SWITZERLAND: Intermodal specialist Hupac has acquired a 25% stake in Crossrail, the Swiss -based rail freight operator which is active in Switzerland Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Hupac CEO Bernhard Kunz has joined the Crossrail board. Announcing the acquisition on August 24, Crossrail ...
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NewsKeen interest in High Speed 1 concession
UK: August 17 was the deadline for the submission of indicative bids for a 30 -year concession to operate High Speed 1, the rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel. Railway Gazette International's sister publication Rail Business Intelligence understands that government-owned London & Continental Railways has secured keen ...
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NewsDesert locomotives delivered to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: The first six of 25 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACS freight locomotives ordered in April 2009 were handed over to Saudi Railway Co in Dammam on August 22. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, bringing the number of EMD locomotives in the country to ...
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NewsCeremony launches work on Ho Chin Minh City metro Line 2
VIETNAM: Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai attended a ceremony on August 24 at which the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee formally marked the start of work on metro Line 2. Opening is scheduled for 2016. The first phase of Line 2 will be 11·2 km long, linking Tham ...
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NewsSakura stars at depot launch
JAPAN: The first of 10 Series N700-8000 Shinkansen trainsets being supplied to JR Kyushu was put on display when the operator unveiled its new rolling stock maintenance depot at Kumamoto on Sunday August 22. Being built as part of the second phase of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the new depot ...
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NewsHigh speed concession plan
SPAIN: Development Minister José Blanco visited Santander on August 11 where he signed an agreement with Miguel Ángel Revilla, President of the Cantabria region, committing the government to completing a high speed line between Madrid and Santander by the end of 2015. The third signatory, Cantabria’s Vice-President Dolores Gorostiaga, pointed ...
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NewsVossloh awarded €140m Urumqi track contract
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has selected Vossloh Fastening Systems (China) to supply rail fastenings for the 1 800 km passenger line now under construction to parallel the existing railway between Lanzhou and Urumqi in western China. On August 23 Vossloh said it expected to sign agreements worth €140m covering ...
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NewsSubte Line H tendered
ARGENTINA: Plans to expand Buenos Aires metro Line H took a step forward on July 31 when Sbase published tenders for civil works on sections A0 (Nueva Pompeya), A1 (Sáenz) and C2 (Córdoba - Plaza Francia), 17 air-conditioned trains and a depot at Parque Patricios. Bids will be opened on ...
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NewsBangkok Suvarnabhumi airport rail link opens
THAILAND: The 28·8 km airport rail link connecting Bangkok city centre to Suvarnabhumi International Airport started commercial operations on August 23. State Railway of Thailand had been running a free trial service since June 1 carrying around 17 000 passengers/day.Express and stopping services are available on the route, which operates ...
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NewsTianjin metro cars unveiled
CHINA: The first of 23 six-car stainless steel bodied trainsets for Tianjin metro Line 2 rolled off the assembly line at CNR Dalian on August 6. This followed the unveiling of the initial six-car set for metro Line 3 by CSR Sifang on July 16. Both lines are due to ...
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NewsTram order announced as Spårväg City launched
SWEDEN: Trams returned to central Stockholm with ceremonies to launch Spårväg City on August 21, and free rides were provided before the start of revenue service two days later. The Spårväg City project has seen the 3·2 km Djurgårdsstaden heritage tram line modernised, rebranded as Line 7 and extended a ...
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NewsAECOM buys Tritech Rail
UK: International technical and management support services company AECOM has acquired Tritech Rail, a civil engineering consultancy specialising in rail infrastructure surveying, design and electrification work. 'We are now able to offer clients a broader range of services including infrastructure surveying and design, route clearance and structure gauging analysis, project ...
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NewsTrack component firm bought
USA: Atlantic Track & Turnout Co has purchased the assets of Memphis-based Mid-South Rail. The acquisition will augment Atlantic's specialist trackwork manufacturing capacity, particularly in the areas of highly engineered products such as spring frogs. Atlantic will now sell reconditioned switches crossings and other railway equipment produced by Mid-South.