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Corus wins Gautrain rail contract
SOUTH AFRICA: Steelmaker Corus announced on October 1 that it had won a €16·5m contract to supply the 20 000 tonnes of rail needed for the Gautrain project in South Africa. The first rails will be produced at the Corus steel works at Hayange in France this month, and shipped ...
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The lights go out in Guatemala
WITH THE whistle blowing and the crew wearing black armbands, Guatemala's last revenue freight train (for now) pulled out of Puerto Barrios on September 4, bound for El Rancho and Guatemala City. After a 10-year struggle against natural disasters and vested interests, concessionaire Ferrovías Guatemala has suspended all services pending ...
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NewsAirport extension completes København Metro
CROWN PRINCE Frederik of Denmark opened an extension of København Metro line M2 to Lufthavnen station at the city’s airport on September 28, marking the completion of the two automated light metro lines envisaged in the initial scheme finalised by development authority Ørestadsselskabet in 1996. The Prince ...
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European Parliament approves Third Railway Package
International passenger services to be liberalised on January 1 2010 after compromise agreements are accepted
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München maglev funded
ON SEPTEMBER 25 the regional government of Bayern reached an agreement to fund a €1·85bn maglev to link Franz Josef Strauss Airport with München Hauptbahnhof. President of Bayern Edmund Stoiber announced the agreement in a national television address. The funding gap between the state and DB has been bridged ...
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Paris awaits wide-body revolution
Bombardier’s novel wide-bodied Spacium 3.06 design has been chosen as the standard EMU for commuter services in Ile-de-France. Murray Hughes reports
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TTCI marks two milestones
EARLY NEXT year senior North American railroad officials will gather at the Transportation Test Center in Pueblo, Colorado, for high-level discussions on the future of the industry. The occasion is intended to mark two anniversaries – 10 years since TTC Inc was set up as a subsidiary of the Association ...
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Engineers debate high speed expansion
Next month the German and French railway engineering associations VDEI and AFFI will be holding a colloquium in Strasbourg to look at the role that engineers can play in furthering rail development across the continent
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Cooling China
STUTTGART-based Behr Industry has formed an equally-owned joint venture with Zhuzhou Lince Group which will begin producing rolling stock cooling equipment in China next year. The companies have worked together previously in the production of components for DJ4 locomotives built by Siemens. 'We believe that through this joint venture the ...
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Brussels to London Eurostar in 1 h 43 min
EUROSTAR carried over 700 invited guests on an inaugural train from Brussels Midi to London St Pancras International on September 20, setting a new time record for rail travel between the capitals. Train 9125 left Brussels at 11.05 and took 1 h 43 min to cover the 373 ...
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Faiveley results
ONBOARD systems supplier Faiveley SA reported a 8·8% increase in sales to €618·9m for the year to March 31, or 7·7% comparing equivalent group structures and exchange rates. At the end of the financial year the order book stood at €862m from more than 900 contracts, up from €737m ...
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NewsAllco orders Traxx locos for European leasing
BOMBARDIER Transportation announced on September 19 that it had received an €40m order from Allco Finance Group for the supply of 12 Traxx F140 AC electric locomotives for use in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This is the first order Bombardier has won from Allco Finance Group, which is establishing a ...
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Dual signalling eases Amsterdam – Utrecht ERTMS roll-out
ProRail is providing a dual signalling system on its busy Amsterdam – Utrecht main line as part of a project to quadruple the route. Installation of ETCS Level 2 and conventional Automatic Train Protection in a complex three-phase changeover will allow the line to be used by both Ertms-fitted and ...
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Denver backs commuter EMUs
A UNANIMOUS vote by the board of Denver's Regional Transit District on July 24 paves the way for electric multiple-units to be procured to operate the proposed East Corridor and Gold Line commuter rail routes. Diesel traction had also been under consideration because the capital cost would initially be lower. ...
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World urban rail news in brief
The New York MTA board has voted to exercise an option for 620 R160 metro cars under a contract signed in July 2002 worth $1·12bn. Alstom is to build 360 of the vehicles, with Kawasaki responsible for the remainder. All 620 bodyshells are to be fabricated at Alstom's Lapa facility ...
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Kwun Tong line to reach Whampoa
Revised proposals for the HK$33bn Sha Tin – Hong Kong Central Link have been put forward by MTR Corp and KCRC under which the Kwun Tong line, currently operated by MTR, is to be extended to Whampoa. KCRC was chosen to build and operate the 17·1 km line in 2002 ...
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Finance September 2007
China: China Southern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Co is reported to be planning an initial public offering for early next year, with the aim of raising at least US$2·5bn. France: The Centre and Limousin regions have agreed to provide 50% of the €4m annual operating cost of a daily ...
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Investing in India
GE EQUIPMENT Services has entered the Indian rolling stock leasing market with the purchase of a 15% stake in Titagarh Wagons Ltd, a private sector manufacturer of wagons, bridges and earth moving equipment. The deal gives GE Equipment Services preferred access to wagons produced by Titagarh, which will be leased ...
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Market September 2007
Africa: GE Transportation is to overhaul eight Tazara locomotives over three years. Bosnia: ZFBH has awarded Koncar of Zagreb a contract to modernise 14 Class 441 electric locos, following on from a previous batch of four. All will receive thyristor controls and new cab equipment. Bulgaria: Fuel transport ...
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October start for Tanzania rail concession
THE TANZANIAN government and RITES Ltd of India signed a 25-year concession agreement for the 2 700 km metre-gauge state railway on September 3. The government holds 49% in the newly-established Tanzania Railway Ltd, with RITES holding 51%, and operation of Tanzania Railways Corp is scheduled to be officially handed ...