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NewsNew York MTA receives largest ever investment
USA: New York MTA has been allocated $27bn in the New York state budget plan announced on March 31. This is the largest ever investment in the MTA. The funding includes $1bn for construction of the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem, as well ...
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NewsIndia launches first 160 km/h ‘semi high speed’ train
INDIA: What the ministry describes as India’s ‘first semi-high speed train’ was launched by Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu on April 5. The Gatimaan Express between Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station and Agra Cantonment is now the fastest train India, running at up to 160 km/h to give a journey time ...
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NewsSchuman – Josaphat tunnel enters service
BELGIUM: Local passenger trains began using the 1 250 m Schuman – Josaphat tunnel at 05.50 on April 4, marking the next step in the development of the Brussels Regional Express network. The link had been expected to open with the December 2015 timetable change, but this was postponed pending ...
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NewsClement Michel
Clement Michel has been named Executive President of Keolis North America in Boston. He was previously Chief Executive of Melbourne tram operator Yarra Trams, run by the Keolis/Downer EDI joint venture.
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NewsSiemens to modernise Egyptian signalling
EGYPT: Siemens has finalised a contract to supply Egyptian National Railways with signalling equipment for the Zagazig - Abu Kebir and Benha - Port Said routes, a total of 260 km with 21 stations. Commissioning is scheduled for 2020. The existing mechanical interlockings are to be replaced with centrally-controlled electronic ...
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NewsDAL orders eight locomotives
GERMANY: Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing has awarded Alstom a contract to supply four Prima H3 battery-diesel hybrid shunting locomotives and four refurbished locomotives, and service them for eight years. The 100 km/h locomotives are scheduled to be delivered from Alstom's Stendal plant in the second half of 2016. DAL will lease ...
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NewsFinnish open access operator signs up first customer
FINLAND: The Lappi Timber subsidiary of Kempele Forest has become the launch customer for Fenniarail, Finland’s first open access rail freight operator. Fenniarail has been awarded a contract to haul sawn wood products from Kemijärvi in the far north of the country to the Gulf of Bothnia port of Oulu ...
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NewsLørenbanen opens in Oslo
NORWAY: Metro operator Sporveien Oslo restructured its network of services with effect from April 3, following the opening for revenue service of the 1·6 km Lørenbanen connection. Officially inaugurated by the Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen, Environment & Transport Commissioner Lan-Marie Berg and Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen, the underground ...
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NewsMerger forms DB Engineering & Consulting
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has reorganised its infrastructure engineering business with the merger of DB ProjektBau and DB International to form DB Engineering & Consulting with effect from April 1. DB E&C has 4 000 employees from 66 countries, with German offices in DB's seven regions and international offices in 28 ...
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NewsAntalya light rail extension on test
TURKEY: Test running started on the Antray light rail extension in Antalya on April 3. The extension to Expo 2016 and the airport is due to open for passenger service on April 22. This is the first extension of the city’s light rail network since the initial line opened ...
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NewsEltel buys Finnish signalling business Celer
FINLAND: Swedish company Eltel has expanded its railway business with the acquisition of Finnish signalling services company Celer Oy with effect from April 1. Celer has 29 employees offering specialised signalling and safety services, with an annual turnover of €6m. Its activities include installation, corrective and preventive maintenance, project ...
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NewsAmpang Line extended further
MALAYSIA: A 6·5 km southern extension of Kuala Lumpur’s Ampang Line opened on March 31, adding four stations. The latest section to open, between Kinrara BK5 and Bandar Puteri, is the second phase of the 11-station elevated extension to Putra Heights. The first four stations, from Sri Petaling to ...
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NewsAV Rail Contracting bought by Allied Track Services
CANADA: Road-rail crane, telecoms and signalling specialist AV Rail Contracting has been bought by Allied Track Services. Ontario based ATS provides track maintenance services, including track and turnout installation, emergency repairs, rail welding, surfacing and bridge repairs. The acquisition of AV Rail which is based in Vernon, British ...
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NewsSchafbergBahn rack locomotive delivered
AUSTRIA: Stadler Rail has delivered a second diesel locomotive for the metre-gauge SchafbergBahn, ready for the start of the April to October operating season on Austria’s steepest rack railway which climbs 1 190 m to the summit of the 1 783 m Schafberg. Locomotive Vz32 was ordered to handle increased ...
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NewsFeature articles in the April 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 Digital convergence is coming News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsLongest tram enters service in Budapest
HUNGARY: March 31 saw the entry into passenger service of what is claimed to be the longest tram in the world. The 55·9 m long nine-section CAF Urbos tram is in operation on the recently modernised Route 1 in Budapest, and will be joined by 11 more by mid-year. ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem opens Brazilian train factory
BRAZIL: A ceremony marking the completion of Hyundai Rotem’s rolling stock assembly plant at Araraquara in São Paulo state was held on March 30, almost exactly one year after the laying of the foundation stone. The 150 000 m2 site is Hyundai Rotem’s third factory outside Korea, augmenting plants ...
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NewsKlang Valley Line 2 underground contractor chosen
MALAYSIA: Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit announced on March 31 that it had selected MMC-Gamuda to build the underground section of Klang Valley MRT Line 2, also known as the SSP Line. MMC-Gamuda beat China Railway Group and China Communications Construction Co for the 15·47bn ringgit contract. This is ...
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NewsParis suburban fleet to be renewed
FRANCE: Ile-de-France transport authority STIF has asked SNCF and RATP to prepare technical and financial plans, including timescales, for a wholescale renewal of the Paris suburban and RER fleet which could see 700 trainsets replaced or refurbished by 2021 at a cost of €8∙5bn. At its meeting on March ...
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NewsAbellio orders DMUs with electric bike charging sockets
GERMANY: Alstom announced on April 1 that Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland had placed a €170m firm order for 52 Coradia Lint 41 regional diesel multiple-units, the largest contract for the type to be placed by a single customer. The DMUs are to be manufactured at Alstom’s Salzgitter plant. They will ...