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NewsWilder to head DB Schenker Rail
Jürgen Wilder has been confirmed as Chief Executive of freight operator DB Schenker Rail, with effect from December 1. He was formerly CEO of the High Speed & Commuter Rail Business Unit at Siemens, where — among other projects — he was responsible for construction of the ICx trainsets for ...
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NewsTacoma Link Expansion alignment selected
USA: Sound Transit announced on November 19 that it had selected the alignment for the Tacoma Link Expansion light rail project. The scheme would extend the existing 2·6 km light rail line, which serves six stations, from Theater District to the Stadium and Hilltop districts. The 3·9 km extension ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
SilverRail Technologies and Expedia have announced a strategic technology partnership which will see SilverRail’s global rail ticketing platform used to provide a ‘simple, consistent search and booking experience’ covering multiple rail companies through a standard interface to be launched in 2016. The Russian government has agreed to provide wagon builder ...
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NewsCrossrail train design revealed
UK: The design of the 66 Aventra Class 345 electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation is building for the Crossrail project was unveiled by Transport for London on November 20. Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby of Barber & Osgerby are TfL and Bombardier’s design advisors for the Crossrail trains. According to ...
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NewsLate braking caused TGV derailment, says SNCF
FRANCE: SNCF President Guillaume Pepy emphasised the ‘over-riding importance of organisational and human factors’ following the publication on November 19 of an initial report into the fatal derailment near Strasbourg on November 14 of a TGV during commissioning trials for Phase 2 of LGV Est-Européenne. The accident claimed the lives ...
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NewsCDPQ to buy 30% stake in Bombardier Transportation for US$1·5bn
BOMBARDIER: A definitive agreement for pension and insurance fund investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to make a US$1·5bn investment in a new holding company for Bombardier Transportation was announced on November 19. The transaction values Bombardier Transportation at US$5bn, and subject to regulatory approval is expected to ...
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NewsSlovakia calls tenders for long-distance operating contract
SLOVAKIA: The Ministry of Transport has called for tenders for its first contract to operate subsidised long-distance passenger services. This is intended as the initial stage in a long-term plan to liberalise the passenger market. The tender announced on November 6 covers the 230 km Bratislava – Banská Bystrica ...
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NewsRwanda announces DIKKM railway shortlist
AFRICA: The shortlist for a PPP contract to develop and implement the proposed 1 672 km railway which would link Dar es Salaam in Tanzania with Kigali in Rwanda and Musongati in Burundi was announced on November 17. Rwanda Transport Development Agency is leading procurement on behalf of the ...
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NewsStadler Rail targets Asia-Pacific markets
AUSTRALIA: Stadler Rail has established an Australian subsidiary to support its planned expansion into Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Stadler Australia has opened an office in Sydney, and intends to form a joint venture in Australia which would undertake final assembly using rolling stock components supplied from Europe ...
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NewsCP proposes Norfolk Southern merger
NORTH AMERICA: Canadian Pacific confirmed on November 17 that it had written to Norfolk Southern Corp, proposing a ‘business combination’ to ‘create a transcontinental railroad’ which it feels could become ‘a new industry leader’. Rumours of a bid had emerged a week earlier on November 9, after an earlier proposal ...
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NewsBraking energy recovery on the Barcelona metro
SPAIN: Ingeteam and Istem are to install an energy recovery system in a traction substation of Line L9 of the Barcelona metro. According to Ingeteam, this will be able to recover between 10% and 30% of braking energy. Ingeteam has supplied the same technology to the metros in Málaga ...
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NewsNürnberg expects to order Line U1 metro trains
GERMANY: Nürnberg metro operator VAG intends to order 21 four-car trainsets for Line U1 at a cost of €164m. Expected to enter service from mid-2018, the Type G1 trains are intended to replace the 42 Type DT1 two-car sets in service on U1 since the 1970s. Designed in collaboration ...
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NewsCabinet approves Chinese-backed standard gauge project
THAILAND: The Thai cabinet approved on November 17 the governance model for the planned north-south standard gauge network, being developed in partnership with China. Construction is due to begin in the middle of next year.Forming part of a trans-ASEAN corridor linking Kunming in southern China with Laos and the gulf ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market November 2015
Brazil: Kirow has supplied a TL70 tracklayer to Vale's Carajás Railroad. Canada: Bombardier Transportation is to supply Cityflo 650 CBTC for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line in Toronto. Estonia: Contractor Leonhard Weiss RTE is using Pandrol's Fastclip FE fastenings for the 56 km Tapa - Tartu track renewal ...
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News€100m for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: On November 13 state-owned investment bank Caisse des Dépôts signed an agreement with the greater Rennes authority to lend €100m towards the construction of metro Line B. The European Investment Bank is already lending €300m towards the project. According to Caisse des Dépôts, Line B is one of the ...
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NewsSBB inaugurates Olten control centre
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways formally inaugurated its regional control centre at Olten on November 17, in a ceremony attended by SBB CEO Andreas Meyer, the president of canton Solothurn Roland Fürst and the Mayor of Olten Martin Wey. BZ Mitte is one of four regional centres that will eventually manage ...
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NewsGo-Ahead and Abellio win Stuttgart passenger operating contracts
GERMANY: UK company Go-Ahead and the Abellio subsidiary of Dutch national railway NS have been selected for three contracts to operate Netz 1 passenger services from Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg’s Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Winfried Hermann announced on November 17. Formal award of the contracts by transport authority Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg ...
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NewsUzbekistan Railways orders more Talgo trainsets
UZBEKISTAN: National railway UTY has signed a €38m contract for Patentes Talgo to supply a further two 250 km/h trainsets in 2017. The extra trainsets have been ordered as part of the ongoing 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the 291 km Samarkand – Bukhara line which is scheduled for ...
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NewsWuppertal welcomes Generation 15 car
GERMANY: Wuppertal Mayor Andreas Mucke presented the first Generation 15 car for the city’s schwebebahn suspension monorail to a crowd of 5 000 at the Vohwinkel terminus on November 14. ‘This is a generational project that will shape our city for the next 40 years’, said Stadtwerke Wuppertal CEO ...
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NewsBrookfield Rail reaches interim grain deal
AUSTRALIA: Infrastructure manager Brookfield Rail has signed a new track access agreement with Western Australia’s grain handling company CBH Group covering grain train operations in 2016. The contract will replace the current interim agreement which is due to expire at the end of this year, midway through the main shipping ...