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NewsGuilherme Mello
MRS Logística has appointed Guilherme Mello as President, succeeding Carlos Waack. The former GE Transportation Latin America President becomes the third person to head the Brazilian freight operator since January.
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NewsGhislain Bartholomé
Ghislain Bartholomé has been named Chief Operations Officer of CFL Cargo, while Andreas Friedl becomes CEO of subsidiary CFL Cargo Deutschland.
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NewsMuhammad Isom Azis
Kuala Lumpur metro operator Prasarana has appointed Muhammad Isom Azis as Chief Operating Officer of the Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line, which is scheduled to open in 2017.
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NewsDyan Crowther
Govia has appointed Dyan Crowther as Chief Operating Officer of the UK’s Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern passenger franchise, which starts in September.
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NewsPaulo Sérgio Passos
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has appointed Paulo Sérgio Passos as Minister for Transport, a post he has held on three previous occasions. He is succeeded as CEO of transport planning and logistics agency EPL by Josias Sampaio Cavalcante Júnior.
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NewsCramer heads Transport & Tourism Committee
German Green MEP Michael Cramer was elected as Chairman of the Transport & Tourism Committee of the new European Parliament on July 7. Dominique Riquet of France remains Vice-Chairman, being joined in this role by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch of Germany, Tomasz Piotr Poreba from Poland and István Ujhelyi from Hungary.
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NewsWorld rail market August 2014
Belgium: Following trials, Ingeteam is to supply five energy recovery systems for the Brussels metro which it says will make it possible to recover 10% to 30% of traction energy. France: Ateïs is to supply a public address system for RATP’s Châtelet Les Halles station. Panama: Transports Metropolitans ...
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NewsBorders Railway tracklaying begins
UK: A ‘major construction milestone’ in the £294m Borders Railway project to reinstate the Edinburgh – Tweedbank route was announced on August 13, after the first section of track was laid in Bowshank Tunnel near Galashiels. Slab track is being installed through the 200 m long 19th century tunnel ...
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NewsGroundbreaking starts trans-Sulawesi railway construction
INDONESIA: Minister of Transportation Evert Erenst Mangindaa attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Siawung on August 12 to formally launch construction of the 145 km Makassar – Pare Pare first phase of the planned trans-Sulawesi railway network The line is to be built under the MP3EI national infrastructure programme. It ...
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NewsSolar powered level crossing for remote locations
AUSTRALIA: V/Line has installed its first solar powered level crossing, at Huntly on the Bendigo – Echuca line in northern Victoria. The site is 1·2 km from the nearest power source, and digging trenches for underground power cables would be expensive and risk disturbing local flora. The 18 solar ...
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NewsNippon Sharyo expands US rolling stock plant
USA: Nippon Sharyo USA has opened a third production hall at its plant in Rochelle, Illinois. ‘We will now be able to fabricate, weld, and assemble parts for our car bodyshells right here, making Nippon Sharyo a 100% Buy America compliant rail car builder’, said Nippon Sharyo Chairman ...
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NewsStudies for 4 676 km of new railway
BRAZIL: On August 8 the Ministry of Transport appointed a total of 20 sole or joint-venture bidders from the private sector to undertake technical feasibility studies for new railways totalling 4 676 km. For each of the six routes, the ministry has appointed up to 14 bidders to prepare studies, ...
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NewsTwo interested in Cowra Lines revival
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has received submissions from Australian Rail Partners and Cowra Rail Co in response to its call for private sector proposals to reopen the 200 km Cowra Lines on a commercially-sustainable basis under a fixed-term licence. Operations between Blayney and Demondrille and Koorawatha and ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
Indian Railways has awarded Knorr Bremse’s Sydac subsidiary an A$30m contract to build and equip training centres in 12 cities over the next three years. Sydac will provide 12 full-cab simulators for driver training plus 72 smaller simulators, maintaining the equipment for eight years. Spanish Development Minister Ana Pastor ...
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NewsConnect with a RockStar at InnoTrans
WEIDMÜLLER: The RockStar HighPower connector will be displayed at InnoTrans by Weidmüller. Specially designed for inter-vehicle cables carrying up to 55 A and 1 500 V, the three and four-pin high-current connectors have a compact dustproof and waterproof impact-resistant design with maintenance-free crimp connections.
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NewsGE highlights locomotives, signalling and data at InnoTrans
GE TRANSPORTATION: Locomotives, signalling and the RailConnect 360 data platform will at the heart of GE Transportation’s presence at InnoTrans. There will the opportunity to take a close look at a PowerHaul diesel locomotive on the outdoor tracks, while indoors there will be information on heavy-haul Evolution Series ...
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NewsYoung Rail Professionals from across the world to meet in Berlin
YRP: Building on the success of its presence at the last two InnoTrans events, the UK’s Young Rail Professionals will be holding an evening drinks reception at the Railway Gazette stand on September 25. The reception will provide a networking opportunity for young railway professionals from all over the ...
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NewsBeijing orders driverless metro trains
CHINA: CNR Changchun is to supply 60 trains for the first driverless metro line in mainland China. The first two are due to be delivered in May, and will enter service on the 10 km Yanfang Line in Beijing from December 2015. The stainless-steel-bodied Type B trainsets will ...
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NewsPerth airport rail link approved
AUSTRALIA: Detailed proposals for an 8·5 km rail link to serve Perth Airport and the city’s ‘eastern foothills’ suburbs were announced by the Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett on August 11, following the endorsement of the A$2·2bn scheme by the state cabinet. The line would will diverge from Transperth’s ...
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NewsRail industry news in brief - August 2014
The Hamburg and Niedersachsen transport authorities have exercised an option to extend Metronom’s contract to operate Hamburg – Cuxhaven trains for a further two years until December 2017. PKP SA is to sell a further 17% stake in PKP Cargo, reducing the Polish national railway holding company’s stake to ...