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NewsCommuter rail link to Dallas Fort Worth airport finalised
USA: TEX Rail commuter rail services are to serve two stations within the boundary of Dallas-Fort Worth airport under an agreement between the airport and Fort Worth Transportation Authority reached on June 30.DFW airport is already served from the east by the DART light rail network serving central Dallas and ...
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NewsSouth Western invitations to tender issued
UK: The Department for Transport issued invitations to tender for the new South Western franchise, setting out the minimum requirements which bidders must include in their detailed proposals. These include: at least 95 additional services on weekdays from December 2018;a doubling of services on the London Waterloo – Reading and ...
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NewsTransdev to operate Detroit streetcar
USA: Detroit light rail project promoter M-1 Rail has awarded Transdev a contract to operate and maintain the future Qline, which is under construction with opening planned for 2017. The initial five-year contract is worth $15·5m, and is renewable for up to five more years. Ridership is estimated at ...
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NewsTransdev selects Mallet
Thierry Mallet has been selected as the next CEO of French public transport group Transdev by co-shareholders Caisse des Dépôts and Veolia. He succeeds Jean-Marc Janaillac who became President of Air France-KLM with effect from July 4. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et ...
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NewsBART unveils Antioch eBART train
USA: The first of eight Stadler GTW 2/6 diesel multiple-units ordered for the East Contra Costa BART Extension Project was unveiled on June 30. The eBART project was approved in 2007 as a quicker and more affordable alternative to extending the BART metro network into eastern Contra Costa County. It ...
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NewsPrasa commits to R172bn infrastructure spending programme
SOUTH AFRICA: Speaking at the Africa Rail conference in Johannesburg on June 30, Dr Popo Molefe, Chairman of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, reiterated his company’s commitment to a series of signalling and infrastructure enhancements worth R172bn, including adoption of ETCS tailored to local conditions. Prasa operates commuter services ...
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NewsLGV Est Phase 2 opening completes Paris – Strasbourg high speed line
FRANCE: The second phase of LGV Est-Européenne opened on July 3, completing the high speed line between Paris and Strasbourg. There are 16 trains a day each way between the cities, with a fastest journey time of 1 h 46 min compared to around 4 h before the opening of ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
LTE Logistik & Transport has taken delivery of the first Bombardier Traxx AC3 Last Mile locomotive in Austria. DHL Global Forwarding has completed the first rail delivery from Taichung in Taiwan to Europe for consumer electronics manufacturer Medion. The goods travelled to Xiamen in China by sea and then ...
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NewsGerman Länder pavilions at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Attendance at InnoTrans is now vital for small and medium-sized companies as well as the global players, and national, regional or themed pavilions offer an attractive way for SMEs to exhibit. Exhibitors gain logistical and organisational benefits from sharing a pavilion, while the presence of many ...
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NewsFeature articles in the July 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Get smarter, get faster News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsTwo presidents open Angren – Pap railway
UZBEKISTAN: The 123·1 km Angren – Pap railway which provides a direct link between Toshkent and the Ferghana Valley was officially opened by the presidents of Uzbekistan and China on June 22. The opening ceremony was held at the Uzexpocentre in Toshkent with a video link to the 19·2 km ...
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NewsHigh speed services arrive at Nangang station
TAIWAN: The 9·2 km extension of the high speed line from Taipei Main station to the new northern terminus in the Nangang district of the city was opened on July 1. The 12th station on the high speed line, Nangang offers connections to metro and Taiwan Railway Administration conventional rail ...
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NewsGas-fuelled locomotive development agreement
RUSSIA: Russian Railways, Gazprom, Transmashholding and Sinara Group have agreed to co-operate to develop technology and roll-out fuel distribution and handling systems needed to support the use of liquefied natural gas to fuel locomotives. Under an agreement signed at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17, Transmashholding will ...
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Newsİsa Apaydin
Ahead of vertical separation in Turkey, İsa Apaydin has been appointed Chairman & Director General of state railway TCDD.
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NewsPutra Heights gains metro connections
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Najib Razak officially opened two extensions of the Kuala Lumpur metro network on June 30, both terminating at a new station in Putra Heights. The Kelana Jaya Line has been extended southwest from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights on a 17·4 km elevated alignment. All 13 ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
European Locomotive Leasing has closed a €228m senior secured asset-based debt facility to refinance existing debt and to expand its fleet. DVB Bank SE led the club of six banks, acted as facility and security agent as well as the hedging bank. The lenders were advised by Allen & Overy ...
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NewsNokia communicates about its communications
NOKIA: Fixed, mobile, transmission and broadband telecommunications for the rail sector will be highlighted by Nokia at InnoTrans 2016, with live demonstrations and the chance to meet experts to discuss the future direction of technology. There will be presentations and demonstrations of Nokia’s LTE for urban and main line operators, ...
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NewsGWR unveils Hitachi IEP trainset
UK: The first of the Class 800 trainsets which Hitachi is building for operation by Great Western Railway under the Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme was officially unveiled on June 30, when it carried guests from Reading to London Paddington on the 175th anniversary of the first train running ...
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NewsRhätische Bahn orders 27 Stadler EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Rhätische Bahn has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 27 electric multiple-units, with an option for up to 20 more. The 1 000 mm gauge EMUs are to be built at Stadler’s Altenrhein plant, with the first scheduled to enter service in summer 2019. The four-car air-conditioned EMUs with ...
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NewsNew Caledonian Sleeper fleet interiors revealed
UK: A mock-up of the interior design for the coaches which CAF is building for Caledonian Sleeper overnight services between London and Scotland has been built in a warehouse near Edinburgh to gather feedback from stakeholders. Interior designer Ian Smith is responsible for the look and feel of the ...