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    Circle Line tunnelling completed

    2009-09-02T04:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE: Tunnelling works for the Circle Line were completed on August 17, with the break-through of a tunnel boring machine into Farrer Road Station. Tunnelling on the last stretch, known as Stage 4, comprised four drives. Two drives from One-North to Haw Par Villa were completed in February 2008. ...

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    AECOM buys LAN Engineering

    2009-09-01T14:02:00Z

    USA: AECOM Technology Corp has acquired Lim & Nascimento Engineering Corp, saying the deal announced on August 30 would strengthen AECOM's transport activities and increase the geographical reach of California-based LAN. Working mainly with public sector clients, LAN provides engineering design and management services for transport projects including rail ...

  • Coradia Lint at Alstom's Salzgitter plant.
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    Voith wins Syntus train maintenance contract

    2009-09-01T13:43:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Passenger operator Syntus has selected Voith Railservices to maintain its fleet of DM90 and Alstom Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units for three years from mid-December. There were five bidders for the contract, which is currently held by Nedtrain. Voith already has similar agreements with Arriva and Veolia Transport. ...

  • Class 610.
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    Cisalpino II in service at last

    2009-09-01T12:08:00Z

    EUROPE: While Dutch and Danish engineers continue to wrestle with the V250 and IC4 trainsets respectively, another challenging procurement saga appears to be drawing to a close. With a palpable sense of relief, the Cisalpino joint venture operator announced on July 20 that the first of its Class 610 tilting ...

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    Veolia and Transdev in talks

    2009-09-01T12:08:00Z

    FRANCE: European legislation on the procurement of public services is starting to drive further consolidation between the major public transport operators. On July 22 state-owned investment body Caisse des Dépôts confirmed that it had decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with Veolia Environnement with a view to merging their Transdev ...

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    Pointers September 2009

    2009-09-01T12:05:00Z

    Plans to develop high speed passenger services in Ukraine have been put back from 2015 to 2020 in the light of the economic climate. In the meantime, UZ is segregating passenger and freight services to permit the wider introduction of 160 km/h running. Russian Railways is developing a business plan ...

  • The Bauhaus inspired design developed by IFS is unique to Berlin.
    Metro Report International

    Bombardier signs Berlin tram order

    2009-09-01T09:27:00Z

    GERMANY: On September 1 Bombardier Transportation announced it had signed the contract to supply Berlin transport operator BVG with 99 Flexity Berlin trams. The order was placed within a framework agreement for up to 210 trams which was reached by Bombardier and BVG in 2006. Testing of ...

  • Nomismatokopeio station (Photo: Artemis Klonos).
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    Metro Line 3 to Athens Airport reopens

    2009-09-01T09:00:00Z

    GREECE: On August 31 the section of Attiko metro Line 3 between Ethniki Amyna and Athens airport went back into service, and Nomismatokopeio station was opened to the public for the first time. The new station has an underground car park and provides an interchange with several bus routes serving ...

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    Weighed within 0·05%

    2009-09-01T04:00:00Z

    WEIGHT: A vehicle weighing track installed at Bombardier’s Derby plant by Avery Weigh-Tronix can measure rolling stock weight distribution to within 0·05%, thanks to rail transponders and a controlled environment where wind, rain and rough terrain cannot affect results. The Weighline WI 1310 static rail weighing system was developed to ...

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    Chicago corridor cut

    2009-09-01T04:00:00Z

    USA: Plans to re-configure five key rail corridors to improve the flow of traffic through the Chicago area are being scaled back owing to a lack of funding. The Chicago Region Environmental & Transportation Efficiency programme was launched in 2003 as a $1·5bn public-private partnership between the Department of ...

  • Guangzhou metro.
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    Monitoring passenger flows in stations

    2009-08-31T04:00:00Z

    CHINA: China TransInfo Technology Corp has launched its TransPLE Passenger Flow Statistic, Detecting & Analysis System, which uses laser scanners and cameras to analyse pedestrian volume, speed and direction in busy stations. The results can be used to optimise layouts for pedestrian flow, as well as supporting crowd control, ...

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    Derailment detectors are essential

    2009-08-30T04:00:00Z

    Letter to the Editor

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    Piggyback wagon

    2009-08-29T04:00:00Z

    POLAND: The 602S wagon from Tabor Szynowy Opole can carry lorries, trailers or containers. Wagons at the ends of a rake have opening ends to allow the loading and unloading of lorries using a mobile ramp. The ends are then closed to permit the use of standard couplers. The ...

  • Claude Béchard, Minister and member of the Quebec National Assembly for the district, Joel Gauthier, President of AMT, Raymond Bachant, President of Bombardier Transportation North America, and Julie Boulet, Minister Transport for Québec.
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    First of 160 double-deck cars for Montréal unveiled

    2009-08-28T14:53:00Z

    CANADA: The first of 160 double-deck coaches being built for Montréal's commuter network was unveiled at Bombardier's La Pocatière plant on August 21. The ceremony was attended by Julie Boulet, Québec's Minister of Transport; Claude Béchard, Minister and member of the Québec National Assembly for the district; and Joel ...

  • Commuter train.
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    DSB becomes Sweden's second largest operator

    2009-08-28T12:49:00Z

    SWEDEN: Västra Götaland county transport authority Västtrafik has selected the DSBFirst Väst joint venture of Danish state railway DSB (70%) and UK company FirstGroup (30%) to operate Göteborg commuter and regional rail services from December 2010. DSBFirst took over Øresund services between Denmark and Sweden in January, and the ...

  • Inaugural container train from Islamabad to Tehran and Istanbul via Zahedan.
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    A long way to go

    2009-08-28T09:00:00Z

    ASIA: Almost since the dawn of railways, far-sighted engineers and politicians have been talking about linking Europe and India by rail. The second half of the 19th century was an era of economic expansion and power politics, as evidenced by the construction of transcontinental railways across the USA, Canada and ...

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    Sheremetyevo airport trains get closer to central Moscow

    2009-08-28T04:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The rail link to Sheremetyevo airport was extended to start from the more central Moscow Belorusskaya station on August 28. Trains run every half-hour from 05.30 to 01.00. The journey takes 35 min with a stop at Savylovaky, which had been the city terminus since the service was ...

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    X-Ray specs cause problems for the railways

    2009-08-27T13:32:00Z

    EUROPE: We hear that broad-gauge trains are running again on the 1 520 mm-gauge cross-border line between Uzhgorod and Matovce, which carries iron ore and coal from Russia and Ukraine to the US Steel plant at Kosice. Up to 12 trains each way cross the border per day, but ...

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    Wabtec wins US$9m Irish wagon order

    2009-08-27T08:00:00Z

    IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has awarded Wabtec Rail a US$9m contract to supply 24 high-output ballast wagons in 2010, Wabtec Corp announced on August 26. Doncaster-based Wabtec Rail has supplied more than 250 Autoballaster wagons for the UK market over the last decade. They feature radio-controlled ballast discharge, ...

  • Impression of high speed train.
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    Network Rail recommends high speed line to northwest and Scotland

    2009-08-26T14:37:00Z

    UK: A vision of journey times from London of just 2 h 16 min to Glasgow, 1 h 06 min to Manchester and 46 min to Birmingham was painted by Network Rail Chief Executive Iain Coucher on August 26, when he unveiled the findings of a study by the infrastructure ...