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NewsTentative steps towards the private sector
PRIVATISATION: After much debate and two false starts, the partial flotation of DB is now moving ahead.
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News£60m Airdrie - Bathgate contract placed
UK: Network Rail announced on September 23 that it had awarded Balfour Beatty Rail Projects a £60m contract for work on the £300m Airdrie - Bathgate project to reinstate an additional route between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The contract covers doubling the 2 km line between Airdrie and Drumgelloch, reinstating ...
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NewsHeavy freight roll-out
RUSSIA: Transmash Holding's Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works has rolled out the first series-built Class 2ES4K Donchak 3 kV DC electric heavy freight locomotive for Russian Railways. The order for 30 Class 2ES4K locos in March 2008 followed trials with a prototype rolled out in 2006. They are the first ...
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Approval for 2030 strategy
RUSSIA: The federal government has approved a long-term strategy setting priorities for the development of the national rail network to 2030. The strategy is to be implemented in two phases. The main objective of the first period covering 2008-15 is to modernise the infrastructure and renew life-expired motive power and ...
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Rouen bypass completed
FRANCE: RFF has completed a €50m project to upgrade and electrify the 36 km route between Motteville and Montérolier-Buchy, enabling freight trains from the port of Le Havre to reach Amiens, northeastern France, the Benelux countries and Germany without negotiating the rail bottlenecks of Rouen and the Paris region. ...
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News'Peregrine falcon' to be fastest trains in Russia
INNOTRANS: The Velaro RUS high speed fleet for Russia is to be known as 'Sapsan' (peregrine falcon), RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and Chief Executive of Siemens Industry Heinrich Hiesinger announced at the unveiling of three cars from the first train. The Siemens factory at Krefeld is producing eight 10-car ...
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NewsSNCB dual-system loco to be unveiled
INNOTRANS: The Class 18 dual-system electric loco for Belgium will be unveiled by Siemens at InnoTrans. SNCB has ordered 60 locos, with options for a further 60, and the first is due to be delivered at the beginning of 2009. The latest development of the Eurosprinter family, the Class ...
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NewsNürnberg Talent 2 commuter train on display
INNOTRANS: In the first of many product launches lined up for InnoTrans 2008, Bombardier Transportation unveiled a Talent 2 EMU for Nürnberg commuter services shortly after the opening of the show on September 23. Deutsche Bahn and Bombardier signed a €1·2bn framework agreement covering up to 321 of the ...
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NewsVoith Turbo adds Gravitas
INNOTRANS: Following the high-profile debut of its Maxima 40CC freight locomotive at InnoTrans 2006, Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik of Kiel will be showing the smaller members of its growing diesel-hydraulic family. The Voith locomotive display will feature a 2750 kW Maxima 30CC, which shares many components with the more powerful ...
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NewsRailpool places €192m order for 58 Traxx locos
EUROPE: The Railpool joint venture of HSH Nordbank and KfW-IPEX Bank has placed its first order for locomotives. On September 22 Bombardier announced that it had signed two contracts to supply the leasing firm with a total of 58 Traxx locomotives worth €192m. Deliveries will begin in August 2009, ...
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NewsContracts September 2008
Czech Republic: OKD Doprava, the largest private freight operator in the country, has taken over Viamont Cargo, the third largest. Europe: European Commission clearance enabled investment bank Arcapita to complete its acquisition of Freightliner Group Ltd from 3i, Electra Private Equity and the company’s management and staff on July ...
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NewsWest Coast Pendolino contract signed
UK: Leasing company Angel Trains announced on September 19 that it had signed contracts with Alstom for 106 extra Pendolino vehicles for West Coast services. Alstom's Saviglinao plant is set to begin work in January on the production of four 11-car trainsets plus 62 vehicles to lengthen 31 existing ...
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NewsSkoda rolls out CD's first three-system locomotive
CZECH REPUBLIC: The unveiling at Skoda Transportation's Plzen plant of the first 200 km/h electric locomotive for CD marks a new start for the domestic loco manufacturing industry, reports Michal Málek.
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NewsKawasaki unveils 350 km/h efSET
JAPAN: Kawasaki Heavy Industries has unveiled the design concept for efSET, a 350 km/h high speed train which it is developing to compete in the global export market. The basic design of the Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train will be completed by March 2009, with engineering verification to be ...
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NewsAir France-KLM confirms high speed rail discussions
FRANCE: Speaking at the opening of Terminal 2G at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on September 9, Air France-KLM President Jean-Cyril Spinetta confirmed that the airline was in discussions with Veolia Transport over the establishment of a joint venture to operate high speed trains in place of short-haul flights. 'We are looking ...
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Auckland electrification contract
NEW ZEALAND: Infrastucture manager Ontrack has awarded Balfour Beatty, Maunsell and Evans & Peck a NZ$10m contract for 175 track-km of electrification around Auckland. The project forms part of a NZ$1bn investment programme announced in 2007. Work on the Britomart - Papakura and Newmarket - Swanson routes will ...
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Invensys buys Quantum Engineering
QUANTUM ENGINEERING: Invensys Rail Group announced on September 17 that had purchased Quantum Engineering for US$38m. IRS said Quantum 'has built a solid reputation for the development of mainline onboard signalling, locomotive performance controls and train integrity devices in the Americas', and would lift IRG's profile in the ...
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NewsDB Schenker buys 49% stake in NordCargo
ITALY: On September 17 DB Schenker subsidiary Railion Italia announced that its offer for a 49% stake in Milano-based rail freight company NordCargo had been accepted. Spun off from parent company Ferrovienord in 2003, NordCargo operates between Germany, Switzerland and Italy, with 182 employees and revenue of €34m in 2007. ...
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Uncertain times in Estonia
ESTONIA: National rail operator Eestie Raudtee confirmed last month that it planned to split infrastructure management and freight train operations into separate companies with effect from January 1 2009. New subsidiaries EVR Infra and EVR Cargo are to be established, with EVR remaining as a holding company to deal with ...
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NewsDual-system EMUs will revitalise Mumbai suburban services
INDIA: Indian Railways has ambitious plans to boost capacity on its busiest suburban network around Mumbai. As part of a comprehensive renewal project, Siemens and ICF are supplying 174 dual-system EMUs to improve reliability and passenger comfort as IR manages the transition to 25 kV AC supply.