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NewsCTrail to serve Hartford from 2018
USA: Enhanced commuter rail services will start running between New Haven, Hartford and Springfield in January 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy confirmed on July 6, following a visit to see station construction works at Wallingford. The state and federal governments are investing $640m to develop the CTrail commuter service along ...
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NewsKeolis and Abellio selected for Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn contracts
GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR named Keolis and Abellio as preferred bidders for two contracts to operate local passenger services on July 7. Formal award of the contracts is subject to a 10-day standstill period, and the new operators are expected to take over from incumbent DB Regio in December ...
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NewsHS2 Ltd proposes South Yorkshire route revision
UK: A significant revision of the planned route of the second phase of Britain’s national high speed network is proposed by HS2 Ltd Chairman Sir David Higgins in a report issued on July 7.Reflecting a heated debate among local politicians, business leaders, planners and transport officials, the report has sought ...
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NewsGreek railway privatisation attracts one bid
GREECE: Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane submitted the only binding offer for a 100% stake in Greece’s national passenger and freight train operator Trainose, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund announced on July 6. The privatisation agency said the assessment of the bid would commence immediately. Russian ...
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NewsRail Week a ‘resounding success’
UK: The inaugural pan-industry Rail Week which set out to inform students, parents and careers advisers about opportunities in the railway industry was a ‘resounding success’ according to networking organisation Young Rail Professionals. Held from June 27 to July 3, Rail Week aimed to highlight the diverse and rewarding opportunities ...
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NewsKeren Terner
Keren Terner has succeeded Uzi Yitzhaki as General Manager of Israel’s Transport Ministry.
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NewsLong Island Rail Road resignalling contract awarded
USA: Ansaldo STS has won a $42m contract to resignal 29 km of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road between Ronkonkoma and Farmingdale. This includes 9 route-km of existing double track and 20 route-km which is being doubled, with seven stations as well as level crossings and ...
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NewsJohns Hopkins develops IRiS remote control inspection system
USA: Harsco Corp’s Protran Technology business unit is to market an unmanned Instrumented Rail Inspection System developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. ‘Rail safety depends on regular access, evaluation and protection along the railroad right-of-way,’ explained Jim Resio of Protran Technology. ‘With the new Instrumented Rail Inspection ...
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NewsSan Miguel buys metro concessionaire
PHILIPPINES: Brewing, infrastructure and energy conglomerate San Miguel Corp has bought-out Universal LRT Corp and Salvador B Zamora II’s 49% stake in Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 concessionaire Universal LRT Corp (BVI) Ltd and 100% interest in designated future operator ULCOM for US$100m. San Miguel’s acquisition of 100% of ...
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NewsMobile ticketing comes to New York commuter rail
USA: New York MTA has introduced m-ticketing on its Long Island Rail Road and Metro North commuter rail networks using technology provided by mobile fare collection specialist Masabi.Using Masabi’s JustRide mobile ticketing platform, passengers are able to purchase tickets using their smart phones as an alternative to a vending machine. ...
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NewsNew fleet and CBTC on Buenos Aires Line H
ARGENTINA: Line H of the Buenos Aires metro reopened to traffic on July 4, having been closed for a week as final testing and training was undertaken with the new fleet of Alstom trainsets. According to metro authority SBASE, Line H is the first on the Buenos Aires network to ...
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NewsBerlin orders Stadler U-Bahn trains
GERMANY: Stadler announced on July 7 that Berlin transport operator BVG had exercised a €140m option for the supply of a further 27 four-car Type IK metro trainsets, branded Icke by the operator. BVG placed an initial order for two prototype Type IK trainsets in July 2012, with options for ...
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NewsNetz Prignitz operating contract awarded
GERMANY: Following a European tender, on July 1 Berlin-Brandenburg transport authority VBB named incumbent Hanseatische Eisenbahn as the winner of the next contract to operate Netz Prignitz passenger services. The contract runs for two years from December 2016, and covers the operation of local-authority funded train services totalling 222 000 ...
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NewsSiemens to 'rethink mobility' at InnoTrans 2016
SIEMENS: ‘Rethinking mobility’ will be Siemens’ slogan at InnoTrans 2016, where the company will be focusing on digital innovations intended to make the transport industry more competitive and attractive. Siemens will be looking towards the year 2050, when an estimated 70% of the world's population will be living in cities ...
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NewsTransdev takes over in Wellington
NEW ZEALAND: The Transdev Wellington joint venture of Transdev and Hyundai Rotem has taken over the operation of the capital’s suburban rail network from KiwiRail with effect from July 3. Under a contract with Greater Wellington Regional Council signed on March 15, the consortium will operate the ...
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NewsNew Myki contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has selected current operator NTT Data to manage the Myki smart ticketing system for seven years from January 1 2017. The new contract is worth just under A$700m, and uses a fixed-price model with stronger performance requirements designed to transfer a greater share of commercial liability ...
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Newsc2c Electrostar EMUs under construction
UK: Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant is building six four-car Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-units which are scheduled to enter service by the end of the year to increase capacity on the Essex to London commuter route operated by c2c. National Express subsidiary c2c currently operates a previous generation of Bombardier ...
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NewsJR Kyushu flotation moves closer
JAPAN: An initial flotation of JR Kyushu could take place as early as October, after the state-owned railway lodged a formal application for an IPO with the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 30. JR Kyushu is the fourth of the JR Group passenger railways established as part of the JNR ...
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NewsPyrénées line reopens
FRANCE: Celebrations were held on July 1 to mark the reopening of the 24·7 km line between Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Bedous in the foothills of the Pyrénées, where passenger services had resumed on June 26. Taking part in the inauguration were SNCF President Guillaume Pepy, the President of infrastructure manager SNCF ...
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NewsStadler to show UK electro-diesel and sleeping car for Azerbaijan
STADLER: A Class 88 EuroDual electro-diesel locomotive ordered by leasing company Beacon Rail for use by UK operator Direct Rail Services, a sleeping car for Azerbaijan’s ADY and an EC250 Giruno inter-city trainset ordered by Swiss Federal Railways for use on services through the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be among ...