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Four left in MÁV Cargo sale
WHEN the second-round bidding for the sale of MÁV Cargo closed on October 19 it rapidly became clear that only four of the seven contenders who had passed the first round were still in the running. The selection team must now choose between a Slovak consortium called Spedtrans-Slavia Capital, a ...
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NewsVIA Rail fleet to roll on
CANADA: Inter-city and long-distance passenger trains are to benefit from a C$691·9m funding package unveiled on October 11. Hon Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure & Communities, said 'we are launching the largest capital program in VIA Rail's history'. The five-year package will ensure that VIA's 'current network and service ...
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AGV tipped to win NTV contract
ALSTOM is reported to have preferred bidder status in the competition to supply rolling stock to Italian open access high speed operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, but the supplier is unable to confirm this, saying only that the company has been shortlisted. The French company is offering its AGV trainset with ...
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China awards €1bn high-speed train contract
A BILLION euro order for 40 high-speed trainsets including 20 sleeper trains was signed by China's Ministry of Railways and manufacturer Bombardier Sifang Power (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd on October 31. The 16-car electric multiple-units will be 430 m long and capable of speeds up to 250 km/h. The order ...
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News‘Depot mark 2’ promises faster maintenance of faster trains
Andrew Grantham reports from Eurostar Engineering Centre Temple Mills
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Dutch urban tendering retreat
PROSPECTS for the opening up of public transport in the biggest Dutch cities have fallen sharply, following an EU decision that cities with in-house operating companies need not call competitive tenders. The European Commission has retreated from its free-market approach at the behest of several member states, not least ...
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Norfolk line cleared by Congress
A CEREMONY to mark the approval of federal funding for the $232·1m light rail project in Norfolk, Virginia, took place on October 1, two days after the project was cleared by the US Congress. The $128m Full Funding Grant Agreement was approved only days after the Transportation District ...
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Kyiv - Kharkiv wired
UKRAINIAN Railways General Manager Volodimir Kozak attended celebrations at Ogultsy station on September 20 to mark the formal completion of electrification of the route between Kyiv and Kharkiv. Work to electrify the missing section between Yahotin and Radnarkomivska began in 1994, with the extension of 25kV wires from Yahotin ...
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SNCF calls for interoperable diesels
FRENCH national operator SNCF planned to call tenders by the end of October for between 30 and 50 main line diesel locomotives to haul international freight traffic. According to Denis Martin, Senior Manager at SNCF's Rolling Stock Department, the need for these interoperable locomotives is 'very urgent'. The urgency ...
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NewsAt home with the High Speed 1 domestic stock
THE FLEET of Hitachi EMUs for UK domestic commuter services will be housed in a purpose-built depot at Ashford. The £53m depot adjacent to the high speed line was officially opened by Japanese ambassador Yoshiji Nogami and UK Secretary of State for Transport Ruth Kelly on October 2, the same ...
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NewsEurlings puts back HSL-Zuid 'Go' date
AS WE have reported before, the prospects for a start of passenger services on HSL-Zuid with the December 2007 timetable change have been declining steadily. Now it is official: Dutch Transport Minister Camiel Eurlings has confirmed that the start of revenue operation had been postponed indefinitely. On October 4 ...
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NewsEurotunnel acts to recapture freight
WITH through rail freight in the first nine months of 2007 down to just 1·16 million tonnes, Eurotunnel has slashed and simplified its pricing in a bid to avoid the 'complete disappearance' of this traffic, once forecast to reach 10 million tonnes a year. The changes announced on October ...
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Crying out loud
FOLLOWING the successful deployment of 65 units last year, Netherlands Railways has purchased a further 110 Minivox portable public address units from Anchor Audio for use by station staff in emergencies or power cuts. NS required a PA device which would not obstruct the users' view, and so adopted ...
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#railtec 2007: innovations for mobility without borders
THE HIGHEST priority is being attached to mobility without borders, by railway technology manufacturers as well as by operators and policymakers. This topic will therefore take centre-stage at #railtec2007 in Dortmund on November 12-14. This unique conference and fair is the central networking platform for European mobility. Last ...
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Cold-flexible glass keeps passengers dry
WHILE inter-city trains race past on the outer tracks of the recently-quadrupled mainline (RG 9.07 p570), since June 10 stopping trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam have been calling at a new Utrecht Zuilen station, where passengers from the northern suburbs can shelter beneath a curved glass roof over the island ...
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Going further with near-field
TRANSPORT for London is using Blackfriars underground station for a three-month trial of passenger information provision using near field communication. NFC technology has been embedded in 19 'touchpoint' posters at the station as part of the Visualization of Real-Time Transport Interchange project developed by TfL, Imperial College London's Internet Centre ...
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Hyderabad metro shortlist
THE provincial government of Andhra Pradesh is expected to call tenders shortly to build a three-line metro in Hyderabad. The Indian Minister for Urban Development Ajay Maken has given the regional government permission to draw up a shortlist of technical bidders to build the 66·4 km network. The Empowered Group ...
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Chinese test stand tested
NOVEMBER is due to see the commissioning of an advanced multi-function bogie test plant at China Southern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp's Sifang works in Qingdao. Being supplied by Swiss precision hydraulics specialist Nencki AG, the unit is the third, and most advanced, bogie test stand that the company has ...
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NewsTransmash Holding consolidation
RUSSIAN rolling stock maker Transmash Holding has completed the consolidation of its holdings in various businesses under a project which was launched in 2006 to simplify the corporate structure. At the end of August the Federal Financial Markets Service registered six additional share issues by Transmash Holding Group, which has ...
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US leasing acquisitions
SUMITOMO subsidiary SC Rail Leasing America acquired leasing firm Southern Illinois Railcar Co and its affiliate Ohio Ag Terminals during September. Established in 1990 with the acquisition of 10 grain wagons from Soo Line, SIRC has grown to manage more than 2 500 wagons, mainly covered hoppers, and also provides ...