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NewsLocal connections essential
EUROPE: 'High speed trains can be and have been a catalyst for economic and social regeneration as well as bringing the people of Europe closer together — and quickly', pointed out James Brathwaite, Chairman of the South East England Development Agency, addressing a conference in London to mark the conclusion ...
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NewsDSB orders 10 more Øresund trains
DENMARK: State railway DSB has placed a €82m order with Bombardier for 10 three-car Contessa inter-regional EMUs for use on services across the Oresund bridge to southern Sweden. The contract announced on September 5 includes an option for a further 30 units. The trains will be leased by the ...
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NewsFehmarn Belt fixed link treaty signed
EUROPE: The German and Danish transport ministers signed a treaty for the construction of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Puttgarden and Rødbyhavn on September 3. The DKr33bn fixed link is to be financed, built, operated and owned by Denmark through a state-owned company modelled on the Øresund ...
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News'We are making steady efforts to become a global leader'
INDUSTRY:?Last year’s rebranding of Hyundai Rotem is a key element in strengthening the company’s image in the international market. Chief Operating Officer of Total Rail Systems Lee Sang-Kil tells Chris Jackson that the company is looking to raise its export business to 70% of turnover.
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NewsUrban maglev opportunity
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem's Chief Operating Officer, Total Rail Systems, Lee Sang-Kil is excited by the prospects in the urban maglev field, particularly in the domestic market where cities are moving their focus from heavy metro lines to automated peoplemovers, rubber-tyred mini-metros and 'light rail' feeders serving housing, retail and ...
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NewsHigh speed rail in Qatar plan
QATAR: Deutsche Bahn has revealed details of its agreement to assist with the conceptual development of a rail network in the emirate. A memorandum of understanding was signed by DB and state investment company Qatari Diar at the end of August. DB will develop conceptual designs and provide consultancy ...
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NewsVeolia to run S-Bahn from 2010
GERMANY: The NordWestBahn subsidiary of Veolia Transport has been selected to manage the future Regio-S-Bahn services in Bremen and Niedersachsen from December 2010. Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG confirmed Veolia as the winner after Deutsche Bahn withdrew an appeal against conditions in the call for tenders. Veolia said it is ...
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NewsVTG shares to be listed on SDAX
GERMANY: Hamburg-based wagon leasing company VTG AG will be listed on the SDAX index from September 22 2008, Deutsche Börse decided on September 3. VTG said that it will be amongst the 110 largest listed companies in Germany based on share trading volume and freefloat market capitalisation, excluding the 30 ...
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NewsRail-air competition hots up
EUROPE: We have long argued that there is considerable scope for high speed trains to replace short-haul flights between cities up to 1 000 km apart. Notable examples include SNCF's TGVs linking Paris with Lyon, Rennes and Avignon, Thalys between Paris and Brussels, and Eurostar on the London - Paris ...
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NewsCegelec alive to world-wide expansion
TRACTION: Cegelec's Praha plant has established a strong market in updating Tatra tram cars with chopper controls.
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NewsZürich double-deck order confirmed
SWITZERLAND: On September 2 Siemens and Bombardier confirmed they had received a previously-announced €189m order to supply 121 low-floor intermediate double-deck coaches. SBB will receive 113 of the coaches to lengthen existing Zürich S-Bahn trainsets, while eight will go to the Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg Bahn. Deliveries will run from ...
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NewsAGV: Testing times ahead
Alstom's AGV demonstrator faces a lengthy programme of testing and approvals before the first trains enter revenue service in 2011. Technical Director François Lacôte talks to Chris Jackson in Velim.
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NewsWork starts on Libyan railway
LIBYA: On August 30 Russian Railways formally began the construction of a 554 km double-track railway parallel to the Mediterranean coast between Surt and Banghazi. The Office for the Implementation of Railway Projects signed the contract with RZD in Tripoli on April 17. Construction of the standard gauge line ...
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Toronto airport link edges closer
CANADA: The Ontario government is holding talks with engineering group SNC Lavalin to revive plans for a rail link between Toronto's Union Station and Pearson international airport. The company won a concession to build and operate the project five years ago (RG 7.03 p417). But progress stalled because of ...
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NewsCrossrail bill gets Royal Assent
UK: The £16bn Crossrail project to link London's Liverpool Street and Paddington stations via an east-west tunnel (RG 11.07 p679) gained parliamentary approval on July 22. The Crossrail Act grants powers for land acquisition to permit construction of the line, stations and associated maintenance facilities. Enabling works are ...
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Indian wheel plant contract
LARSEN & TOUBRO: Indian Railways has awarded engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro a Rs10·5bn turnkey contract to build and commission a cast steel wheel plant in the Saran district of Bihar. The plant is scheduled to be completed within two years, and will have a capacity of ...
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Mendoza bidding timetable
ARGENTINA: By means of Resolution 514/2008 published on July 25, the federal government has set out a revised bidding timetable for its project to create a 'high performance' passenger route between Buenos Aires and Mendoza (RG 10.07 p595). Technical bids are now due to be opened on ...
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NewsRace to the coal
AFRICA: Word reaches us that Pittsburgh-based Railroad Development Corp has reached agreement to sell its stake in Central East African Railway, which operates the 1 067 mm gauge railway linking Malawi with the port of Nacala in northern Mozambique. CEAR took over the Malawi rail network in 1999, but did ...
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People in the News - September 2008
Sadakazu Tanigaki has been appointed Japanese Minster for Land, Infrastructure & Transport. Shri Shreni has become General Manager of the North Eastern Railway division at Indian Railways. Mark Rosenker has been named Vice-Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board by US President George W Bush. He will serve a two-year ...
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Editor appointed
Jane Pearce has joined the Railway Gazette group with effect from August 26, as Editor of our quarterly urban public transport magazine Metro Report International. She will also act as assistant news editor for the Urban Rail section of Railway Gazette International. Previously Key Account Manager for Platform ...