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NewsWorld rail market May 2013
Australia: Metro Trains Melbourne has ordered five MerMec rail geometry, profile and catenary measuring systems. Finland: Vogelsang is to supply a train water supply and retention tank emptying system for a €50m depot VR is building in Oulu. India: Project manager Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Thales ...
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NewsTransalley takes shape
FRANCE: A transport research campus is being developed in Valenciennes under the Transalley project. Described by the developers as a ‘sustainable and innovative mobility cluster’, Transalley is a research campus covering 34 ha with 180 000 m2 of office, laboratory and production space on site. Transalley is located adjacent ...
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NewsLearning life-saving lessons
USA: A delegation of Indian Railways management visited the offices of Operation Lifesaver in Alexandria, Virginia, last month to learn about best practice in railway safety education. Operation Lifesaver is a not-for-profit organisation set up to help reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries caused on the US rail ...
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NewsISR training centre now open
ISRAEL: Israel Railways opened a US$2·7m training centre at Lod station last month. The new facility is intended to fill a skills gap which has developed in recent years, and offers specially developed training programmes for railway employees including signallers, shunters and refuelling staff. It is equipped with advanced technological ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Portuguese infrastructure manager Refer has estimated the cost of an electrified line to serve a proposed container terminal at Trafaria on the south bank of the Tagus at €150m. Moving container operations to Trafaria is part of a €1bn project to free up the north bank in Lisboa for a ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Germany’s Federal Railway Office has certified DB Systemtechnik as a train operator in its own right. The operation of test and measurement trains had previously been undertaken by parent company DB. As Ouigo low-cost TGV services began operating between Marne-la-Vallée, Marseille and Montpellier on April 2, SNCF announced that ...
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NewsFeature articles in the May 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Heavy lorries will not go away News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis RFE debates technical harmonisation Panay dreams of railway revival Australian high speed study reportsSmart card accordPointers Spotlight ETR1000 heralds speed-up on Italy's AV network Luigi D'Ottavi ...
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NewsInnovation on display at Railtex 2013
RAILTEX: More than 400 exhibitors and around 9000 visitors are expected to take part on the 11th Railtex exhibition being held in London on April 30 to May 2 2013.
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NewsCAF trains Recife staff
BRAZIL: Last month the first class of 25 personnel from the CBTU suburban network in Recife began training to maintain the fleet of 15 EMUs that is being supplied by CAF. Combining practical and theoretical elements, the training courses are being provided by the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer at CBTU's ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
DB Schenker Rail reports that the first intake of its EuroTrail international training programme comes to the end of its 18-month course this month. The first intake comprised 23 recruits from seven countries; the class of 2012 is 42 trainees from 12 countries. A further group is due to begin ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2013
Angola: The government and GE Transportation signed an accord on February 14 which could lead to the supply of about 100 locomotives for Angolan operators. Australia: On January 31 Qube Logistics signed a contract for CSR Ziyang to supply six Pandaroo diesel locos by the end of this year. ...
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NewsWorld rail market April 2013
Denmark: Project promoter Femern has awarded RINA Group a contract to verify the interoperability and safety requirements for the planned Fehmarn Belt tunnel. France: SNCF has appointed Thales to maintain ticket validating equipment on the Transilien suburban network serving Paris. The four-year contract covers 400 stations and 4300 pieces ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2013
Two contracts have been signed for work on lines in Uganda, according to Works & Transport Minister Abraham Byandala. The 256 km Malaba – Kampala line is to be converted from metre gauge to standard gauge, and the 503 km Tororo – Pakwach line is to be extended to Nimule. ...
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NewsQatar Railway Education Alliance partnership
QATAR: National railway development agency Qatar Rail, Qatar University and Deutsche Bahn's consultancy business DB International signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of the Qatar Railway Education Alliance during the Business & Investment in Qatar forum held in Berlin on April 16. The three partners plan to establish ...
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NewsFeature articles in the April 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Goodbye Ministry of Railways, hello China Railways Corp News Main line Urban rail Innovations Industry Analysis Indian Railways: alive, but not kicking GSM-R progress in Britain A vision for rail in 2050 Signalling & train control ETCS or CBTC on cross-city links? Promoters ...
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NewsKTZ provides training grants
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has provided an educational grant to support the training of 400 students from a number of technical colleges in rail-specific technology. Intended to give the students 'the symbiosis of theory and practice', KTZ expects the secondment in Astana to provide a practical basis to the students' ...
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NewsNews in Brief
UK operator First Great Western has conducted research to assess how passengers respond to onboard announcements. The research suggested that up to 40% of the content is 'no longer useful or relevant' to the passenger. Under a funding agreement signed on February 8, the European Investment Bank is lending ...
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NewsYoung Railway Professionals celebration draws a full house
UK: The fourth Annual Dinner-Dance to be held in London by networking group Young Railway Professionals drew a sell-out attendance of more than 400 guests on March 14. The audience heard a keynote address by Crossrail Chairman Terry Morgan, who recounted his experience of working his way up the career ...
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NewsRail at heart of US$68bn investment programme
THAILAND: Construction of four standard-gauge dedicated passenger lines and the doubling of 3 000 route-km of metre-gauge lines is at the heart of a US$67·6bn infrastructure investment bill approved by cabinet ministers in Bangkok on March 20. Rail infrastructure accounts for the lion’s share of the planned capital outlay, with ...
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NewsNews in Brief
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved construction of a 121·7 km broad-gauge line from Gevra Road to Pendra Road in Chhattisgarh. The Rs8·4bn project will by undertaken by a special purpose vehicle formed by Ircon International, South Eastern Coalfields and the state of Chhattishgarh. Swiss firm InterRail Holding ...