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    First London Underground S stock arrives

    2009-10-27T12:39:00Z

    UK: The first of 58 eight-car trains of S stock being built by Bombardier Transportation for the Metropolitan Line was handed over to London Underground on October 21. Following further testing, the pre-series train is due to enter passenger service in 2010. The majority of testing has been undertaken at ...

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    Katowice airport link design underway

    2009-10-27T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: A consortium of Pöyry and DB International has begun detailed design for a rail link between central Katowice and the city's international airport at Pyrzowice. The design phase runs to May 2011, with Pöyry's share of the contract awarded by rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK at the end ...

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    PATH resignalling contracts awarded

    2009-10-26T13:09:00Z

    USA: The Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail network will be completely resignalled under a US$340m contract authorised on October 22 by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The contract was awarded to Siemens Team, a consortium led by Siemens Transportation Systems and including Safetran Systems Corp and ...

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    First contract awarded for Honolulu light rail

    2009-10-26T11:02:00Z

    USA: A US$482·9m design-build contract for construction of the first 10·5 km of Honolulu’s proposed 32 km elevated light rail line was awarded to Kiewit Pacific Co on October 21. The company’s bid was US$90m under estimates and provides a financially optimistic start to the US$5·3bn project. ...

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    Kadikoy - Kartal control contract awarded

    2009-10-26T11:00:00Z

    TURKEY: The Avrasya Metro Grubu joint venture has awarded Thales a €36m contract to supply SelTrac CBTC signalling, communications and control systems for Istanbul's Kadikoy - Kartal metro project. The AMG consortium of Astaldi, Makyol and Gülermak has a turnkey contract to build the 21·7 km 16-station metro on ...

  • Refurbished Lille VAL light metro train.
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    VAL refurbishment completed

    2009-10-26T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: The last of 38 two-car trainsets used on Lille mini-metro Line 1 was returned to the city on October 22 following refurbishment at Alstom’s Petit-Foret plant near Valenciennes, marking the completion of a three-year programme valued at €11m. Under a contract awarded by operator Transpole and the Communauté Urbaine ...

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    Low prices force change at Strukton Rail

    2009-10-25T05:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: 'Prices in the market for renewals are under great pressure', said Strukton Rail on October 19, announcing a reorganisation under which the company's four regions will be reduced to two. Around 350 jobs are to go across the country, and Strukton has started negotiations with its staff and ...

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    Vossloh buys Global Rail Systems

    2009-10-24T04:00:00Z

    USA: Vossloh acquired a majority stake in Texas-based Global Rail Systems with effect from October 16. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the existing management will remain in place. The automation, level crossing and control equipment company is intended to complement Vossloh's other US businesses, Vossloh Track Material, Cleveland ...

  • Pesa signs Szeged tram contract.
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    Pesa signs first tram export contract

    2009-10-23T14:11:00Z

    HUNGARY: Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz signed a contract to supply the city of Szeged with nine low-floor trams on October 22, its first order for trams from outside Poland. The firm's €16m bid beat a rival offer of €20·6m from Czech supplier Inekon. The first of the ...

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    São Paulo metro resignalling signed

    2009-10-23T09:12:00Z

    BRAZIL: A €280m contract to upgrade signalling and automatic train control on São Paulo metro lines 8, 10 and 11 was signed by operator CPTM and a consortium of Invensys Rail, Brazilian engineering company Montagens e Projetos Especiais and Spanish telecoms supplier Infoglobal on October 22. Line 8 is ...

  • Alstom Coradia Nordic.
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    Mantena awarded Coradia Nordic maintenance

    2009-10-23T09:11:00Z

    SWEDEN: Alstom Transport has awarded Norwegian train maintenance company Mantena a seven-year contract worth €22m to maintain the 49 Coradia Nordic electric multiple-units which will be delivered to Skånetrafiken from next month. Under the contract announced on October 22 Alstom will supply Mantena with spare parts for the units, ...

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    Court ratifies Warszawa Line 2 award

    2009-10-23T04:00:00Z

    POLAND: Warszawa City Hall can finally sign the contract with the winning bidder and start construction of its second metro line following the conculsion of legal proceedings. Following an international tendering process, a consortium comprising Italian contractor Astaldi, Gulermak of Turkey and Przedsiebiorstwo Budowy Dróg i Mostów was announced ...

  • Solaris unveiled its Tramino prototype in Gdansk on October 14.
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    Tramino prototype unveiled

    2009-10-22T10:00:00Z

    POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach unveiled its prototype Tramino low-floor tram at the Trako fair in Gdansk on October 14, before the vehicle begins test running with MPK in Poznán. The five-module unidirectional car is 31·9 m long and 2350 mm wide, with 61 seats and space for 116 ...

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    Driverless metro car rolled out

    2009-10-22T10:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem's first driverless light metro car for domestic use was rolled out at the company's Changwon plant on October 15, when Chairman of the National Assembly Chair Kim Hyung Oh took a test ride. The company is supplying 50 driverless metro cars as well as electrical ...

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    Private coal line gets go-ahead

    2009-10-22T04:00:00Z

    INDONESIA: On October 21 state-owned coal miner PTBA announced it had received government approval for a 307 km railway which will link its Banko Tengah mine in South Sumatra with a port at Srengsem in Lampung province. To be used solely by PTBA, the railway will have a capacity of ...

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    Locos ordered for fewer and more efficient trains

    2009-10-21T15:10:00Z

    CANADA: Orders for a total of 70 diesel-electric locomotives were announced by Canadian National on October 21. GE Transportation is to supply 35 ES44DC locomotives of 4 400 hp from the fourth quarter of 2010, while EMD will provide 35 SD70M-2s of 4 350 hp from January 2011. ...

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    €10bn rail spend for 2010

    2009-10-21T04:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Investment in new rolling stock as well as the infrastructure of the national network is set to total €10·2bn next year, according to the Ministry of Development's draft budget. Appearing before a parliamentary committee on October 6, Secretary of State for Transport Concepción Gutiérrez said the ministry was ...

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    Rail associations to develop common positions

    2009-10-20T04:00:00Z

    EUROPE: On October 19 three industry associations announced an agreement to develop common positions on technical issues in support of the activities of the EU's European Railway Agency. The European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM), the Community of European Railway & Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the International Union of Railways ...

  • Traxx locomotive under construction in Kassel.
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    LOTOS Kolej orders Traxx locomotives

    2009-10-19T13:52:00Z

    POLAND: The LOTOS Kolej transport subsidiary of oil and gas group LOTOS signed a €18·6m order for six Bombardier Transportation diesel-electric freight locomotives on October 14. The 2 400 kW Traxx locomotives will be built at Kassel using bodyshells from Wroclaw and bogies from Siegen. Deliveries start in ...

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    TGV Sud Est refurbishment deal

    2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

    FRANCE: SNCF has selected Compin Group to supply interior fittings for the refurbishment of its original fleet of TGV Sud Est trainsets. Under a contract signed on October 6, the interiors specialist will supply complete kits for 60 trains, with options for a further 47. Each trainset has two power ...