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NewsNews in Brief
EIB is lending €40m to Poland’s rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK to fund upgrading of track and platforms at Siedlce, Lukow and Miedzyrzec Podlaski and signalling modernisation on 78 km between Siedlce and Biala Podlaska. By the end of 2015 line speeds will be raised to 160 km/h for passenger ...
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NewsThales to support signalling skills in Malaysia
MALAYSIA: Thales and the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding setting out plans to promote the development of rail industry skills. The memorandum signed on July 29 is intended as the first in a series of initiatives planned under the National Rail Industry ...
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NewsRecruiting a cast of thousands
CHINA: MTR Corp held a two-day Career Expo on June 29-30 with the hope of recruiting up to 2400 staff for a range of construction and civil engineering posts working on five ongoing and 10 planned rail projects across Hong Kong. Opportunities were offered in various disciplines including 40 frontline ...
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NewsDB launches mentoring programme
GERMANY: Following a trial underway since 2011, Deutsche Bahn has launched a mentoring programme for younger female staff in technical roles across the infrastructure and technical divisions of the business. The programme is intended to demonstrate to young women in engineering roles that a future at leadership level is open ...
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NewsFeature articles in the August 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Learning to live with competition News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Derailment triggered by loose fishplate UIC approves standardisation strategy DB must separate, says report What price safety? Suppliers need an open market China & Southeast Asia Squaring the triangle Two ...
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NewsLoose fishplate identified following French inter-city derailment
FRANCE: National railway operator SNCF and infrastructure manager RFF confirmed on July 14 that a loose fishplate was believed to have triggered the derailment of a Paris - Limoges Intercité express at Brétigny-sur-Orge on July 12, which killed six people and injured a further 62. The seven-coach loco-hauled train which ...
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NewsNews in Brief
RZD International has signed a US$800m Russian-funded modernisation agreement with Serbian Railways. This includes upgrading 112 km of Corridor X and 200 km of the Beograd - Bar route, various track doubling and electrification projects and an US$100m order for a further 26 Metrowagonmash DMUs. Argentina’s government ...
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NewsEurotunnel to fund ParisTech academic position
EUROPE: Channel Tunnel owner Groupe Eurotunnel has signed a long-term partnership with the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech under which it will fund an academic Chair for an initial five years. Within a budget of €150 000 per annum from Eurotunnel, the position will combine both academic and research roles in ...
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NewsFeature articles in the July 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Fyra: A high speed train going nowhere News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Freight sector gathers at Transport Logistic. Ralf Roman Rossberg reports from München Argentinian concessions revoked Irish compromise on authorisation High speed rail in Russia Keep investing in urban transport Swiss signals ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2013
Australia: Aurizon is to deploy GE’s Movement Planner traffic optimisation package and SolveIT scheduling software tools. India: Thales is to supply passenger information systems for extensions to Delhi metro line 6. Japan: Softbank Telecom Corp is to supply JR East with 7000 Apple iPad mini tablet computers and ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2013
China has announced plans to build a 360 km high speed line between Qingdao and Jinan. UITP launched the three-year New Tools for Design & Operation of Urban Transport Interchanges research project on May 13. Nodes is supported by a consortium of 17 European partners. A freight ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2013
A new working group formed to co-ordinate rail freight policy in Portugal and Spain met for the first time on May 17. CP, Refer, ADIF and RENFE have signed a declaration of intent to co-operate on initiatives including the simplification of border formalities and procedures for staff and rolling stock ...
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NewsLocal training agreement
POLAND: Mazowieckie regional passenger operator KM has signed an agreement with Woomin municipality to provide railway training classes at a college in Tuszcz. Aimed at recruiting school-leavers to a career in rail, KM hopes the training course will help it to overcome a looming demographic crisis, with a significant proportion ...
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NewsDB Schenker introduces freight shuttle to Turkey
EUROPE: DB Schenker Rail is to introduce an intensive freight service between Germany and Turkey from September 2013, its Chairman Alexander Hedderich announced at the Transport Logistik event in München on June 5. Termed ‘Bosporus Shuttle’, the service will initially comprise three trains each way per week between terminals in ...
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NewsADIF assists TCDD
TURKEY: In preparation for the opening of the high speed line between Istanbul and Ankara, 35 TCDD staff are being provided with safety training by Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF. Running from May 20 to July 12, two courses of four weeks each will provide instruction in safety management systems ...
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NewsMRCE orders 15 Siemens Vectron locomotives
EUROPE: Siemens announced a contract to supply 15 Vectron AC electric locomotives to leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe on June 4. Deliveries are scheduled to begin by the end of the year. The 6·4 MW locomotives with a top speed of 160 km/h are intended for cross-border operation between ...
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Harness innovation to drive a revolution News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis European reform debate heats up Swiss vertical integration to stayCargoBeamer targets CalaisZSSK Cargo seeking another lifelineGetting Buenos Aires movingQueensland opts for ‘contestability’ Lending a neighbourly hand in Indonesia Traction & ...
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NewsStrategic authority envisaged under French reforms
FRANCE: The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy outlined on May 29 the conclusions of two reports exploring in detail a proposed restructuring of the rail industry. Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier had announced in October 2012 that structural reform of the industry was planned in an attempt to improve ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market May 2013
Bulgaria: Pesa has been selected to supply 20 Swing five-section low-floor trams for 1009 mm gauge routes in Sofia. The €50m deal includes €16·8m for spare parts and diagnostic equipment. Delivery is planned for 2014. China: The YCSR joint venture of engine manufacturer Yuchai and CSR has appointed Ricardo ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
An endowment of US$50 000 from Canadian National will fund in perpetuity a CN Scholarship at the Arema Educational Foundation, the Class I railroad announced in April. UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited the University of Huddersfield on April 15 to open its Institute of Railway Research. The ...