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Intelligence October 2007
Argentina: President Néstor Kirchner has announced that 7m pesos is to be spent on rehabilitating the 284·8 km Puerto Deseado — Colonia Las Heras route in the province of Santa Cruz. A 6·9m pesos investment package has also been announced for the 750 mm gauge Ingeniero Jacobacci — Esquel route ...
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Through-running begins in Kassel
GERMANY'S third tram-train network following those in Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken has been completed in Kassel with the integration of on-street and local main line running on DB Netz. Although light rail vehicles began sharing tracks with main line freight trains on the line from Kassel to Baunatal in 1995, ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Croatian electrical firm Koncar has reported a net profit of 26·3m kuna on income of 1·39bn kuna for the first half of the year. Orders from Zagreb Electric Tramway accounted for 29% of the company's domestic sales. A management buyout has been completed at Mechan, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of specialist ...
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Major investment for Berlin region
MOSTLY funded by the federal government, a €3·5bn package to upgrade the Berlin S-Bahn, renew several lines in Brandenburg and build a link to the expanded Schönefeld airport was unveiled by DB Netz on August 23. Berlin will receive the majority of the money, with €2bn destined to be spent ...
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NewsHector Rail's growth strategy
A focused business plan and solid financial backing are enabling traction provider Hector Rail to target specific needs in Scandinavia and beyond
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More trams in southern Spain
THE ANDALUCÍA regional government has awarded a joint venture of Cosfesa, Modecar and Ortiz a €28·6m contract to undertake civil works on the first section of a 12 km light rail route serving Alcalá de Guadaíra on the southeastern outskirts of Sevilla. Work is due to begin during the last ...
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NewsSkåne springboard as Arriva expands
Arriva's experience of working with local governments helped the company win a nine-year concession to run the Pågatåg network in Sweden
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Finance October 2007
Bulgaria: BDZ is planning a 10-year bond issue to raise €120m to pay off debts, fund the purchase of new rolling stock and refurbish existing vehicles. Canada: Alberta's provincial and city governments have reached agreement in principle for a 10-year infrastructure plan providing municipal autonomy in investment; this will allow ...
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CSX is to spend $6·6bn on capital projects over the next three years, according to Chief Financial Officer Oscar Munoz. He confirmed last month that the railway plans to invest $1·7bn this year, around $1·6bn a year in 2008-09 and $1·7bn in 2010. Around 60% of the money will go ...
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NewsNexus funds Metro re-invigoration
TYNE & WEAR Passenger Transport Authority has put in place the funding for Phase 1 of its 20-year Metro Re-invigoration programme. Taking two years to complete, Phase 1 is costed at £56·1m. The UK Department for Transport has given 'initial approval' to a £14·3m scheme to replace 249 ticket vending ...
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Pointers October 2007
Minister of State for Railways R Velu told the Indian parliament in August that a survey had been completed for a 52 km railway between Sivok in Bengal and Rangpo in Sikkim. The cost of construction is put at R13·3bn.Under a pilot scheme for the revival of the national network ...
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Zeta-Tech bought by Harsco
HARSCO Corp announced on September 4 that it had acquired Zeta-Tech Associates for an undisclosed price. The technical services and asset maintenance planning specialist will form an independent unit within Harsco Track Technologies. Based at Cherry Hill in New Jersey, Zeta-Tech produces a range of proprietary software tools for asset ...
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Bidders sought to build Indian diesel loco plant
APPLICATIONS to build a factory able to produce 100 diesel-electric locomotives a year for Indian Railways closed on September 14. Pre-qualified bidders for the joint venture project are to be announced on October 12. A Request for Proposals is to be issued on October 19, and bidders will have until ...
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Up the Mekong
PROPOSALS for construction of a 128 km railway from Ho Chi Minh City to Loc Ninh near the Cambodian border have been under discussion for many years, but the Vietnam Railway Administration announced last month that it hoped to start work by 2010. VNA has completed a feasibility study for ...
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Greek railway contracts awarded
HELLENIC Railways' infrastructure projects subsidiary Ergose confirmed in mid-September that it had awarded a contract to Thales for the installation of ETCS Level 1 trackside equipment on the main line between Athens and Thessaloniki. Thales will also equip the 143 km line from Thessaloniki to the Bulgarian border at ...
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Valenciennes tramway extends
A FURTHER 8·8 km of light rail line was inaugurated on August 31 in Valenciennes, with commercial services beginning three days later. The second phase takes the existing 9·5 km line, opened in August 2006, from its original terminus at Dutemple into the neighbouring commune of Denain to a new ...
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Four tracks to Pinto
MEETING ON September 14, the Spanish cabinet gave its approval for the Ministry of Development to begin tendering for a €143m project to quadruple the San Cristóbal de los Ángeles – Pinto section of Renfe suburban route C3 in Madrid. The programme has been divided into two packages. The first, ...
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EMD buys ITS Rail Services
ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel Inc announced on August 27 that it had acquired ITS Rail Services three days before. ITS supplies technical services, training and publications for the rail industry worldwide, and as part of EMD will concentrate on providing training, consultancy and supporting overseas locomotive remanufacturing projects. 'ITS's experience in managing ...
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Bombardier metro car order confirmed
A FIRM ORDER for a further 52 Advanced Rapid Transit Mk II light metro cars for the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur was announced by Bombardier and its local partner Hartasuma Sdn Bhd on October 8. Following from an €87m electrical and mechanical upgrade contract announced on August ...