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    Limerick – Galway reopens in March

    2010-02-09T10:30:00Z

    IRELAND: Iarnród Eíreann confirmed on February 8 that passenger services on the Western Rail Corridor between Limerick and Galway line will resume on March 30, following an inauguration ceremony on the previous day. Through services between the two west coast cities were withdrawn more than 30 years ago, although a ...

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    Incheon metro Line 2 signalling contract awarded

    2010-02-09T08:22:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Thales has been awarded a €40m contract to supply Seltrac CBTC for Incheon metro Line 2 by the Hyundai-led consortium responsible for the E&M works. The 30 km east-west Line 2 will run mainly underground from Oryu-dong in Seo-gu to Incheon Grand Park in Namdong-gu, with 27 stations. ...

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    Contracts February 2010

    2010-02-09T07:00:00Z

    Australia: UGL has won a A$225m contract to supply digital radio communications covering RailCorp's 1455 km electrified network in New South Wales and 675 train cabs. Huawei will supply GSM-R equipment. Europe: Eurotunnel has chosen Corys TESS to supply two Channel Tunnel shuttle locomotive driving simulators to replace ones ...

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    San Francisco Central Subway gets go-ahead

    2010-02-09T05:00:00Z

    USA: The Federal Transit Administration has approved the start of final design for the Central Subway light rail project in San Francisco. The 2·7 km, $1·6bn Muni Metro extension will branch off the existing Third Street line at Fourth Street and run underground to Chinatown. San Francisco MTA intends to ...

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    Mumbai Monorail on test

    2010-02-08T12:04:00Z

    INDIA: Chief Minister of Maharashtra state Ashok Chavan celebrated Republic Day on January 26 by flagging off a test run of the first Mumbai Monorail car. 'It is a proud moment for all of us at Scomi', said Suhaimi Yaacob, Country President of the Malaysian firm which is supplying 15 ...

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    Machu Picchu railway rebuilding begins

    2010-02-08T05:00:00Z

    PERU: Engineers from Ferrocarril Transandino have begun repairs to the 914 mm gauge railway between Cusco and Machu Picchu which was cut by landslides after exceptional rain on January 23. No trains have run on the 42 km section between Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu since then, but on February 3 ...

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    Suzhou metro makes progress

    2010-02-07T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: Siemens has received a €20m order from Nanjing Research Institute of Electronic Technology to supply CBTC signalling for Suzhou metro Line 1. As main contractor, Nriet is responsible for installation integration, and will also co-operate with Siemens on the Vicos OC 501 operations control system. Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & ...

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    Crossing removed

    2010-02-06T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: On January 11 Metro Trains Melbourne services began calling at the new Nunawading station which has been relocated as part of the A$140m Springvale Road Separation project to eliminate one of the busiest level crossings in Melbourne. The track has been lowered 8 m and a road bridge built ...

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    First GE locomotives arrive in Nigeria

    2010-02-05T15:00:00Z

    NIGERIA: The first five of 25 GE Transportation diesel locomotives have been delivered to Nigerian Railway Corp, the supplier announced on February 5. The rest will arrive in the second half of the year. The order for the C25 EMPD locomotives to haul both freight and passenger trains was placed ...

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    SBB to split freight business

    2010-02-05T11:55:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways is to hive off its international freight operation as an independent business. Announcing the move on February 4, SBB said that it will continue to operate domestic wagonload services, which will be 'further standardised' and tailored more for its customers with 'a full product portfolio'. The ...

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    First class commute

    2010-02-05T05:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: A first class area with 20 leather seats, reading lights and power sockets is included in the 14 low-floor ABe4/8 'Diamant' EMUs which Stadler is supplying to BDWM Transport. They will operate on the metre-gauge Bremgarten - Dietikon line, which forms Zürich S-Bahn route S17. There are also ...

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    Tyne & Wear contract signing triggers government funds

    2010-02-04T12:58:00Z

    UK: Transport Minister Sadiq Khan confirmed a £580m funding package for the Tyne & Wear Metro on February 3, the day after DB Regio Tyne & Wear Ltd signed a contract to operate the network on behalf of regional transport authority Nexus from April 1. Government funding was conditional on ...

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    København metro operating contract renewed

    2010-02-04T12:00:00Z

    DENMARK: A €180m contract for the operation and maintenance of the København metro has been awarded to incumbent Ansaldo STS by metro owner Ørestadsselskabet. The Italian firm submitted the lowest bid to beat Arriva, Centour, Keolis, Serco-NedRailways and DB's S-Bahn Hamburg to the contract, which runs for five years with ...

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    Tilting trains for Sardinia

    2010-02-04T08:00:00Z

    ITALY: The Sardinia region has awarded its first rolling stock order, with CAF of Spain to supply up to eight diesel multiple-units equipped with the SIBI tilt system. Worth €58m according to the region, the contract covers the supply of five units and maintenance for a period of five ...

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    Lahore - Karachi line resignalling contract

    2010-02-04T05:00:00Z

    PAKISTAN: Bombardier Transportation has been awarded what it describes as the 'first modern signalling contract in Pakistan' in a consortium with China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (RG 11.09 p20). Bombardier's Interflo 200 system will be installed on the 328 km double-track Bin Qasim - Mirpur Mathelo route as the ...

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    Kassel places Flexity tram order

    2010-02-03T15:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation announced an order to supply Kassel transport authority KVG with a further 18 Flexity Classic trams in consortium with electrical equipment partner Vossloh Kiepe on February 3. Bombardier's share of the €45m contract is worth €30m, and there is an option for a further six vehicles. The ...

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    Sena Line trains return to Moatize

    2010-02-03T14:45:00Z

    MOZAMBIQUE: The first train in more than two decades reached Moatize in the Tete province of western Mozambique on January 30. The train was received by members of the provincial and district governments and a large crowd of local residents. Moatize District Administrator Adelino Andissene said that the rehabilitated Sena ...

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    Open access operators complain to Europe

    2010-02-03T13:55:00Z

    POLAND: On February 2, the Federation of Independent Rail Operators ZNPK announced it had filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that the Polish authorities are infringing the spirit of EU legislation by giving preferential treatment to incumbent freight operator PKP Cargo. ZNPK officials believe that the revised structure ...

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    Moscow airport rail passengers take off

    2010-02-03T10:56:00Z

    RUSSIA: Business class seating will be introduced on the shuttle trains to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport this month, under an improvement programme which has seen traffic at airport rail link operator Aeroexpress grow by 4% to 6·8 million passenger-journeys over the past year, despite a 6% drop in airport passengers and ...

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    Targeted adverts to support free train wi-fi

    2010-02-03T09:08:00Z

    WI-FI: 'Transport operators want to attract more people to use train and bus services, and offering free wi-fi during a journey is compelling proposition', according to Dave Palmer of Icomera, which has launched a service offering train operators a path for switching from paid to advertising-supported onboard wi-fi services. MoovManage ...