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Capacity issues dominate Kiruna conference
HOW TO HANDLE more, heavier and longer trains without compromising reliability was high up the agenda at the International Heavy Haul Association's Specialist Technical Session in Kiruna on June 10-13. Around 350 delegates from 26 countries assembled in the Swedish town where LKAB's iron ore mine towers over the landscape. ...
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NewsECP braking to Richards Bay
PLANS have now been confirmed for the phased rollout of ECP braking on Spoornet's Richards Bay heavy haul coal line. Described at the IHHA conference in Kiruna by Marshall Beck of New York Air Brake as 'the first real fleet implementation', the project requires 230 locos and 6 735 wagons ...
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The search for sustainable mobility will focus on energy
'THE DEBATE about transport should not be left to experts or to engineers', suggested Dr Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the UN-Habitat urban development programme on May 24, signing a memorandum of association with the International Association of Public Transport. The theme of sustainable mobility ran right through ...
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Intelligence July 2007
Algeria: On June 4 national railway infrastructure company Anesrif signed a €16m contract appointing Italferr to provide technical advice for the development of new lines over the next five years, along with staff training and management consultancy services. Pöyry has a €2·4m contract to design a 100 km line between ...
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Market July 2007
Australia: As part of a five-member consortium, Comsa subsidiary MVM Rail has been awarded work worth €27m under the project to quadruple the 13 km between Kingsgrove and Rebesby in Sydney. Belgium: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has concluded a €414m five-year master agreement covering signalling modernisation with the Belgosignal joint venture ...
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Finance July 2007
Australia: On May 16 Transport Minister Mark Vaile announced A$18·1m of AusLink funding towards a A$60m re-sleepering and loop extensions on the Perth - Kalgoorlie line to permit 1·8 km long trains and speeds of up to 115 km/h. Canada: On June 16 the Ontario government announced a 50-year transport ...
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Urban rail news in brief - July 2007
China: On May 31 Bombardier announced a €53m contract from Guangzhou Metro Corp to supply a fully-automated 4 km underground peoplemover by June 2010. The nine-station Zhujiang Xincheng Central District Passenger Automatic Transportation System will have 14 CX-100 vehicles similar to cars being supplied to Beijing Airport. Harsco has ...
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Pacific National stays intact as Toll splits
LAST MONTH saw the start of trading in shares of Asciano, after Toll Holdings won approval from its shareholders on May 28 to split the giant Australian freight conglomerate into separate infrastructure and operating companies. Under the deal each Toll shareholder received a matching share in Asciano, which has ...
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MÁV Cargo sale
HUNGARIAN STATE Railway announced on May 29 that it had invited bids for the sale of its freight subsidiary MÁV Cargo, which has a nominal value of almost HF30bn.Indicative bids are invited by July 23, with final tenders to be submitted by October 19. MÁV has appointed Boston Consulting ...
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Kummant wants Amtrak to expand
PLANS TO develop inter-city rail corridors in the USA will only succeed if steps are taken to buy new rolling stock, warned Amtrak President & CEO Alexander Kummant when he appeared before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in Congress on June 12. He said the railway had enough ...
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Separation is here to stay
A CLEAR indication of the European Union's commitment to the separation of infrastructure management from train operations came on June 5, when the European Parliament's Transport Committee voted 37:1 to adopt the Cramer Report on the implementation of the First Railway Package. After considering 163 amendments, the committee endorsed the ...
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Franco-German joint venture Alleo formed
AS PART of the preparations for the launch of commercial services on TGV Est on June 10, SNCF and DB AG signed a joint venture agreement on May 25 setting up a new subsidiary to manage the international services between France and Germany. Known as Alleo, the company will have ...
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Variotrams to stay in Helsinki
HELSINKI Transport operator HKL confirmed in May that it had signed an agreement with Bombardier Transport-ation under which the supplier will take over responsibility for maintenance of the city's 40-strong fleet of low-floor Variotrams over the next 10 years. HKL says this means the vehicles will continue to operate in ...
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RDC goes to court
ON JUNE 14 Railroad Development Corp and its affiliate Ferrovias Guatemala filed a claim for arbitration against the Republic of Guatemala with the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington DC, as provided for under the Central America - US Free Trade Agreement (Cafta). FVG is in ...
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Argentina plans new rail strategy
THE FEDERAL congress has begun considering a government bill to create two new public bodies, in order to 'definitively restructure the railway industry in Argentina' in the words of Planning Minister Julio De Vido. An infrastructure authority known as AIF would be responsible for the operation and maintenance of ...
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Bidders line up for Uruguay's PPPs
FOUR BIDDERS are seeking to prequalify for the contest to acquire a majority stake in a new freight operating joint venture with Uruguayan state operator AFE (RG 1.07 p7). To be selected within three months according to AFE President Antonio Galicchio, the preferred bidder would provide some US$50m for investment ...
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Bids in for São Paulo airport express
TWO consortia have submitted proposals for construction of the Guarulhos airport rail link in São Paulo. CPTM's Planning & Management Co-ordinator Renato Viegas confirmed that two bids of 'a high standard' had been submitted by the Novo Metropole and Expresso Guarulhos groups. CPTM will now study the two submissions ...
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City News in Brief
Tenerife's Tranvía tramway opened on June 2 with a day of celebrations in Santa Cruz. Passengers were given free rides along the 12·4 km route between Intercambiador, Santa Cruz's bus and tram interchange, and La Trinidad. The route serves 21 stops, with a flat fare of €1·25 for all journeys. ...
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MTR Laing wins London Overground
MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone announced on June 19 that 50:50 joint venture MTR Laing had been selected to operate a 107 km network of inner suburban lines under a contract to be signed on July 2. The contract will last for seven years from November 11 2007, with an ...
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China backs Cambodian link
A FEASIBILITY study into the construction of a 128 km line costing US$438m between Ho Chi Minh City and the Cambodian border was submitted last month to Vietnam's transport ministry by China's Railway Construction Corp and the China Machinery Import & Export Corp. Starting from the southern edge of the ...