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News‘Cap-and-trade’ revenues to support Californian high speed programme
USA: The California state budget for 2014-15 includes a commitment to provide a further $250m for the planned San Francisco – Los Angeles high speed rail project.The contribution would be provided using revenues accrued by the state’s emissions trading scheme. More significantly, the budget, backed by Governor Jerry Brown and ...
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NewsÖBB to switch long-distance trains to Wien Hauptbahnhof
AUSTRIA: From December 14 Austrian Federal Railways will route many of its long-distance passenger services through Wien Hauptbahnhof, which currently nearing completion. The station is already served by local and regional express trains, including those to and from Bratislava. ÖBB confirmed on June 10 that inter-city trains from Graz, Villach, ...
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NewsOmniTRAX to manage Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad
USA: The Brownsville Navigation District authority which manages the port of Brownsville, Texas, has appointed regional and short line group OmniTRAX to manage the Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad on its behalf. The deal runs for 30 years, and includes the development of an industrial park on adjacent land. ...
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NewsUK and China sign railway co-operation memorandum of understanding
UK: The UK and Chinese governments signed a bilateral agreement for their rail industries to work together 'to boost economic growth, jobs and skills' during an official visit to Britain by China's Premier Li Keqiang on June 17. The Department for Transport said the agreement would pave the way for ...
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NewsIstanbul driverless train contract signed
TURKEY: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has formally awarded CAF and Mitsubishi Corp a €119m order to supply 21 six-car driverless trainsets for the future metro Line M5, the companies announced on June 17. Line M5 will run entirely underground from Üsküdar to Ümraniye and Çekmeköy on the Asian side of the ...
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NewsCross-city tunnel opening increases capacity in Zürich
SWITZERLAND: Passenger services on the Durchmesserlinie cross-city line though Zürich began on June 15. Around 200 000 people attended celebratory events the previous day, and 10 000 travelled on free preview services. Described by Swiss Federal Railways as biggest development in the history of the Zürich S-Bahn, the 9·6 ...
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NewsManila light metro trains ordered
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications has awarded a 540m yuan contract to CNR Dalian for the supply of 12 light metro vehicles for Manila metro Line 3. The first trainset is due to be delivered at the end of 2015. The four-section articulated vehicles will be 31 ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2014
China: CSR Sifang has awarded Paul Wurth Group a contract to automate a bogie assembly line in Qingdao to increase productivity to 10 bogies per shift Poland: Ernst & Young has been retained to advise on options for restructuring Polish regional train operator Przewozy Regionalne. Preliminary conclusions are expected ...
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NewsShift2Rail Regulation adopted
EUROPE: Meeting in Luxembourg on June 16, the European Union’s Council of Ministers formally adopted the Regulation establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking to lead rail research and development over the next six years. Currently being co-ordinated by UNIFE on behalf of eight founding members and 130 other organisations across the ...
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NewsMinneapolis – St Paul light rail line opens
USA: The Green Line light rail link between Minneapolis and St Paul opened on June 14 with a weekend of free travel. The 18 km route shares 2 km with the Blue Line before branching off in eastern Minneapolis to run along University Avenue to St Paul, where it ...
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NewsGuadalajara light rail Line 3 contract awarded
MEXICO: The federal Secretariat of Transport & Communications has awarded a consortium led by Sacyr of Spain, also including Mota-Engil of Portugal and two Mexican companies, a €156m contract for civil works on the first section of light rail Line 3 in Guadalajara. Covering the 8∙7 km ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2014
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport has approved plans to build a new Albula Tunnel on the RhB network. Work is expected to start in 2015 for completion in 2020 at a cost of SFr345m. The existing 5864 m bore dating from 1903 would be retained for safety purposes. Russia’s Freight ...
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NewsSynthetic wood sleepers installed
SWITZERLAND: BLS is installing FFU synthetic wood sleepers supplied by Japanese firm Sekisui at three sites for trials. The first installation was at Frutigen station, where FFU turnout bearers are being tested. The fibre-reinforced foam urethane sleepers were supplied pre-drilled to SBB's Hägendorf workshop, where the turnouts were ...
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NewsCompetition in the Spanish passenger market approved
SPAIN: Development Minister Ana Pastor announced on June 13 that the cabinet had given its approval for bids to be invited to operate commercial long-distance passenger services in competition with state operator RENFE. The winning bidder would be able to operate services for a period of seven years on ...
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NewsGuangzhou supercapacitor tram unveiled
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou has unveiled what it says is the first tram to be powered only by supercapacitors. In June 2013 Guangzhou Metro Corp subsidiary Guangzhou Tram Co signed a contract with CSR Zhuzhou for seven 100% low-floor trams. The first two will be produced in Zhuzhou, with the ...
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NewsSimon Wright
Simon Wright has joined Crossrail Ltd as Programme Director; construction of the high-capacity east-west line under London is now more than halfway to completion.
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NewsAndreas Evertz
Andreas Evertz took over last month as Managing Director of vehicle weighing technology supplier Schenck Process Group. He succeeds Dr Jochen Weyrauch, who has led the business since 2003.
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NewsAniruddh Kumar
Indian rolling stock manufacturer BEML, a subsidiary of the Defence Ministry, has appointed Aniruddh Kumar as Director of its Rail & Metro activities.
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NewsAndy Harrison
Andy Harrison has joined Network Rail Consulting as Director of Signalling & Control Systems. A Fellow of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, he has previously worked for Invensys Rail, Ansaldo STS and Praxis Critical Systems.