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NewsChicago benefits from job creation funding
USA: More than $500m has been allocated to public transit infrastructure improvements throughout the state from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction programme. Over $442m will be spent in the Chicago area, with $253m going to Chicago Transit Authority and $157m to the Metra commuter rail network. The CTA ...
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NewsCAF wins first coach order from Amtrak
USA: Amtrak has awarded CAF USA a $298·1m five-year contract to supply 130 coaches from October 2012. The order announced on July 23 covers 25 sleeping, 25 dining and 55 baggage cars, and 25 baggage/staff cars. The single-deck vehicles will used on long-distance routes in the east of the country ...
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NewsDelhi metro expands Movia fleet
INDIA: On July 23 Bombardier Transportation announced that Delhi Metro Rail Corp had decided to buy a further 40 Movia cars worth €43m, exercising an option in the €83m contract for 74 Movias placed by the operator in June.Delivery of the latest batch will follow on from the previous order ...
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NewsNewag DMU ready to roll
POLAND: Newag has unveiled its first Type 220M diesel multiple-unit at its Nowy Sacz plant. Following acceptance trials in August the DMU is expected to enter passenger service by September. Pomorskie voivodship has ordered six of the DMUs at a cost of 50·4m zloty, with deliveries scheduled to be completed ...
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NewsTram bogie turntable
UK: Mechan has supplied two bogie turntables for installation by specialist contractor Trackwork at the Starr Gate tram depot which Volker Fitzpatrick is building at Blackpool in northwest England. The turntables will be used when transferring bogies to the maintenance areas of the seafront depot, which is being built to ...
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NewsKraków orders 24 Flexity trams
POLAND: Kraków transport operator MPK has placed an order for a further 24 Bombardier Flexity Classic trams to be delivered from March 2012 to 2013. A partnership of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe was the sole bidder for the €58·7m contract signed on July 22. Bombardier's share is worth €40m and ...
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NewsWashington metro upgrades get go-ahead
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been given the green light by the Federal Transit Administration to begin urgent repairs and upgrades to improve safety on the Metrorail network. The approval comes ahead of the actual award of the first $150m in funding under the Passenger Rail Investment & ...
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NewsFirst Matangi unit heads for Wellington
NEW ZEALAND: The first of 48 two-car 1·5 kV DC EMUs which Greater Wellington Regional Council ordered from a consortium of Hyundai Rotem and Mitsui in 2007 at a cost of NZ$235m is due to be delivered from South Korea in early August. The 1 067 mm ...
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NewsTunis orders more trams
TUNISIA: Alstom has been awarded a €58m contract to supply Tunis transport authority Transtu with 16 more Citadis trams and to maintain the expanded fleet of 55 vehicles for five years. The trams will be identical to the 39 trams delivered by Alstom between 2007 and 2009. These have been ...
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NewsGrant to save DR Congo railway from collapse
DR CONGO: A recovery plan to restore the financial and operational viability of national railway SNCC has been allocated 90% of the funding being made available under a World Bank-backed Multimodal Transport Project. The package is intended to rehabilitate infrastructure and ensure good governance to support economic integration and national ...
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NewsStansted Airport trains under construction
UK: The first of 30 four-car Class 379 Electrostar electric multiple-units for National Express East Anglia will begin tests at Bombardier Transportation's Derby plant in September, the manufacturer announced on July 21. The 160 km/h units have been ordered for use on services from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport ...
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NewsFinal tender issued for LGV Bretagne
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF confirmed on July 21 that it had issued the final tender documents to the three bidders shortlisted for the ‘partnership contract’ to build LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire between Le Mans and Rennes. The three consortia led by Bouygues, Vinci and Eiffage have been given until ...
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NewsPioneering PPP energises Dijon tram
FRANCE: On July 1 the Grand Dijon urban authority and Inéo, a subsidiary of GDF Suez, signed a 26-year PPP agreement worth €176m to design, supply, maintain and finance the electrical and control equipment for the city’s tram network. Under the first deal of its kind in France, Inéo and ...
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NewsBoston orders MotivePower HSP46 diesels
USA: Meeting on July 14, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation board approved a contract with MotivePower Inc for 20 diesel locomotives of a new design, designated HSP46, valued at up to $114·6m. The 4 600 hp locomotives will be assembled at the company’s plant in Boise using major components ...
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NewsHyderabad metro bids announced
INDIA: Larsen & Toubro has emerged as lowest bidder to construct the Rs122bn Hyderabad metro network on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The project was officially approved by Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy at the end of June. Eight companies had been shortlisted for a new ...
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NewsFactory opens to support bearing technology shift
RUSSIA: A factory to produce sealed pre-lubricated compact tapered bearing units for Russian and export customers was opened in Tver on July 8. SKF is investing SKr235m in the plant, which at full capacity could employ 100 people producing up to 150 000 bearing units a year. SKF said the ...
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NewsNJ Transit approves FY2011 spending
USA: An order for 100 additional double-deck commuter cars, valued at up to $293·5m, and 10 dual-mode locomotives costing $78·8m, was approved on July 15 by New Jersey Transit, exercising options on existing orders with Bombardier. The decision came after the board passed a $1·8bn operating budget and $1·35bn capital ...
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NewsChina funds Argentina's rail revival
ARGENTINA: Chinese companies are to undertake route upgrades and supply rolling stock under a series of major contracts signed in Beijing on July 13, during the first state visit by President Cristina Fernández. With 85% of funding provided by China Development Bank, CMEC is to undertake a three-stage US$10bn upgrade ...
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