All News articles – Page 29
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NewsNews in Brief - August 2012
Seven companies became members of UIC at its 80th general assembly in Philadelphia: Californian High Speed Rail Authority; Bulgaria‘s BDZ PP; Hungarian national transport authority NKH; open access operators Westbahn and Student Agency; UK high speed promoter HS2 Ltd and Russian Railways’ Federal Passenger Co. Airport rail service operator Aeroexpress ...
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NewsHydrogen locomotive demonstrated at Hydrail conference
UK: A demonstration run by the UK’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive provided a highlight for the seventh International Hydrail Conference on July 3-4, hosted by the University of Birmingham and sponsored by the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education. The 260 mm gauge locomotive had been built by the university’s ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2012
Australia: Siemens is to supply BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance with 13 electric locomotives for use from late 2013 on 1067 mm heavy-haul coal trains from the Caval Ridge and Daunia mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin to Hay Point Coal Terminal. Downer EDI and EMD are to supply 19 SD70Ace/LCi locos ...
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NewsCNR Dalian locomotives arrive in Angola
ANGOLA: CNR Dalian has delivered the first five of 15 diesel locomotives ordered last year. Rated at 1715 kW, the 1067 mm gauge CKD8F locomotives have a top speed of 160 km/h and feature air-conditioned cabs and dust filters for use in the desert environment. Rehabilitation of the ...
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NewsNews in Brief - August 2012
Passenger services have been restored between Salta and General Güemes on the metre-gauge Belgrano network in northwest Argentina, operated by federal agency Sofse with ex-FEVE DMUs. Demand for the single service operating in each direction on weekdays has been such that an increase in frequency is now being contemplated. ...
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NewsLevel crossing voice warnings
UK: Equipment which issues spoken messages saying ‘warning, another train is approaching’ is being installed at 63 UK level crossings. Infrastructure manager Network Rail hopes this will reduce the risk of users mistakenly believing that it is safe to cross after the first train. Research by industry ...
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NewsInnoTrans information at your fingertips
INNOTRANS: As the only official international media partner for InnoTrans 2012, Railway Gazette will be providing extensive coverage of the world's largest rail industry event. InnoTrans 2012 will be held at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre on September 18-21. There will be more than 2 300 exhibitors from 47 countries, ...
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NewsHigh speed centre of excellence established
UK: High speed rail lobby group Greengauge 21 has announced the formation of an HSR Industry Leaders Group to bring together companies with expertise in all aspects of high speed rail implementation including engineering, operations, planning and delivery. Founder members Atkins, Bechtel, Carillion, CH2M Hill, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Siemens and the ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
South African freight railway Transnet is to invest R7·7bn on training by 2019, including R4·7bn for bursaries. UK commuter operator First Capital Connect has launched an apprenticeship scheme targeting 18 to 23 year-olds living along its routes. The scheme offers up to five recruits training towards a series of non-vocational ...
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NewsNews in Brief - July 2012
EIB is lending €776m to Albali Señalización, the special-purpose vehicle formed to design, install and maintain signalling and telecommunications equipment on the Albacete – Alacant high speed line under a 20-year PPP contract. Albali is owned by investment funds CDC Infrastructure and Fond-ICOinfraestructuras, ADIF and suppliers Alstom, CAF, EMTE and ...
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NewsNews in Brief - July 2012
Salzburg AG has grouped all its rail services under the Salzburger Lokalbahnen brand, including the Salzburger Lokalbahn, Schafbergbahn and the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, which has just taken delivery of a third Gmeinder diesel locomotive. ADB’s technical assistance special fund is to provide US$225000 to support the restructuring of State Railway ...
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NewsEvacuating the Diabolo
BELGIUM: Ahead of the launch of commercial services on June 10, an emergency response rehearsal simulating an onboard train fire in the Diabolo tunnels beneath Brussels Airport took place on May 24. Attended by police, fire and ambulance crews, the rehearsal saw 300 volunteers evacuated from the train via signed ...
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NewsFatigue research informs safety reform
AUSTRALIA: The results of research carried out by the Co-operative Research Centre for Rail Innovation into fatigue and drug/alcohol misuse are to be incorporated into the proposed National Rail Safety Law under the ongoing reform of safety regulation across the country. With the exception of those applying in New South ...
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NewsWorld rail market July 2012
Bangladesh: Heavy Engineering Corp of India has won an Rs110m order to supply machine tools for BR’s Saidpur workshops. Colombia: National Infrastructure Agency has awarded Ardanuy Ingeniería, Consultora Latinoamericana de Ingeniería and TNM a €41m contract to provide supervisory services for an upgrade of the 245 km Atlantic network. ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2012
Australia: UGL has won four contracts totalling A$190m to supply 38 locos. Rio Tinto has ordered GE Evolution locos, while C44ACi locomotives will be supplied to QR National, PN Rail, and Xstrata Coal Brazil: MRS Logística has ordered a prototype articulated double-stack container wagon from AmstedMaxion and ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Ukrainian Railway’s Dnieper division is to fit 500 locomotives with satellite tracking equipment to help improve the management of freight services. The Spanish government has formally transferred responsibility for the A Coruña – Vigo high speed line project from the Ministry of Development to ADIF, undertaking to service ...
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NewsPostgraduate partnership extended
RUSSIA: Russian Railways and DB Schenker agreed at the 1520 Strategic Business Forum in Sochi on May 31 to extend their postgraduate educational partnership for a further five years. DB Schenker and RZD established a joint Centre for International Logistics & Supply Chain Management at St Petersburg State University in ...
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NewsThe Greener Railway now available to watch on demand
RAILWAY GAZETTE TV: Rail transport will still be the most environmentally-friendly mode of transport in the next decade, despite advances in energy efficiency and reduced emissions being developed in the automotive and aviation industries, believes UNIFE Director-General Philippe Citroën. Speaking in Railway Gazette's interactive debate on The Greener Railway, now ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
The German Land of Thüringen has directly awarded incumbent Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate Erfurt – Illmenau services from January 2014 to December 2016, ending at the same time as other agreements to enable a change in routes covered by operating contracts. Moldovan national railway Calea Feratã din Moldova ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2012
Construction of the 1260 km Luliang - Rizhao heavy haul coal railway which will link mines in China’s Shanxi province with the coast in Shandong province was launched on May 5. The line is being built at cost of 99·8bn yuan and is expected to open in 2014 with an ...