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The Indonesian government has asked state railway PT KAI to manage construction of the long-planned rail link from Manggerai to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatto International Airport, at an estimated cost of US$265m. The 33 km route would carry both airport express and commuter services; operations and property development ...
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NewsTransport Engineering research programme announced
BELARUS: The State Science & Technology Committee has announced a three-year Transport Engineering research programme to undertake 10 projects focused on railway development and electric vehicles. The 2012-15 plan covers construction of a test facility 'meeting international standards' and includes a strong focus on rolling stock component production, and the ...
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NewsA campus on wheels
INDIA: In a partnership worth Rs207m, the Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Department for Science & Technology are to develop an exhibition train to tour Indian Railways' broad gauge network, offering educational activities and information to prospective students across the country. The Gyan Vigyan Mail is expected to ...
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A Chinese-led feasibility study has put the cost of building a 257 km line between Oudong in Cambodia and Loc Ninh in Vietnam at US$686m. China has offered to contribute up toUS$500m towards the project, which would fill one of the gaps in the Trans-Asean Railway linking ...
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NewsUkraine prepares the next generation
UKRAINE: The next generation of railwaymen and women are developing their industry knowledge through a series of initiatives based on hands-on training. Odessa Railway has recently provided 238 students from the State Academy of Railway Transport, Dnipropetrovs'k National University of Railway Transport and Odessa College of Railway Transport with practical ...
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Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft has awarded Gruppo FS subsidiary Netinera a contract to operate Teilnetze Waldbahn services for 10 years from December 2013 and Naabtal and Oberpfalzbahn services for nine years from December 2014. Russian Railways has unveiled a 193bn rouble investment programme for upgrading its main lines in the ...
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NewsStudents work on Sochi projects
RUSSIA: Students from across Russia, the CIS and Baltic States have been involved in Russian Railways' large-scale construction programme associated with the Olympic sites in Sochi. Over the summer 1100 students participated in construction of the rail and road route from Adler to the Alpika-Service mountain resort. RZD arranged three ...
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NewsCatalan school of railway engineering
SPAIN: Catalan regional operator FGC is ‘committed to creating a world of railway engineering specialists’ by updating the syllabus for a Masters course in Railway Traction Power Systems which it helps to co-ordinate with several local institutions. On July 1, Joaquim Olivé, Director of the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya, met ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2011
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order. Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use on ...
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ÖBB Infrastruktur, the Slovak Ministry of Transport, ZSR and ZSSK have agreed a €9·25m study into the €200m Twin City Rail plan for extensive modernisation of the 66 km Wien – Marchegg – Bratislava route, including double-tracking, electrification and three new stations. Construction could start in 2013. On July 8 ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2011
Australia: PTA Transperth has selected NEM Solutions’ Laser Profiler and Aura data tool to manage wheel wear. China: Beijing Dragon Railway Transit Equipment has ordered 50 MiniProf units from Greenwood Engineering, the Danish firm’s biggest order for wheel profile measuring tools. Hungary: MÁV has commissioned a HF350m ...
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Slovak operator ZSR is to build a €38m intermodal terminal at Zilina by September 2014 to serve local industry including the nearby Kia Motors car plant. African Development Bank has approved a US$40m loan for Rift Valley Railways' US$246m five-year investment plan to develop rail freight ...
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Construction of Namibia’s N$80m Ondangwa – Oshikango railway has restarted after a delay of more than a year, which the transport ministry blamed on non-delivery of rails. Earthworks are now complete, and 5000 tonnes of rail have been delivered from Austria. Westfalen-Lippe transport authority NWL ...
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NewsAlstom to equip West Papua mining railway
INDONESIA: Mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €90m to supply railway systems and train control equipment for a mining railway in West Papua. Alstom said on July 28 that it would supply track, catenary, electrical substations, signalling and telecoms equipment for the internal railway ...
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Bangladesh has signed loan agreements for the planned 6·2 km Padma Multi-purpose Bridge, which is intended to cut Dhaka – Khulna road journeys from 12 h to 3 h and will include provision for a rail line. The World Bank is providing US$1·2bn, JICA US$425m and IDB US$140m towards the ...
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NewsFEVE assists Ecuador Railways revival
ECUADOR: On July 8 Ecuador Railways General Manager Jorge Eduardo Carrera signed two contracts worth a total of US$30m with FEVE President Ángel Villalba, as the Spanish metre-gauge operator continues to participate in the revival of the Ecuadorian network under an existing co-operation agreement (RG 5.10 p30). A US$25m contract ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2011
Argentina: Trenes de Buenos Aires has acquired 10 ex-Netherlands Railways Class 3200 two-car DMUs, which will be regauged to 1676 mm for use between Merlo and Lobos on TBA’s Sarmiento route and on the Victoria – Capilla del Señor section of the Mitre network. Australia: WPG Resources has ordered ...
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NewsWorld rail market July 2011
Africa: Mott MacDonald is to study implementation and finance options for the Cotonou – Niamey – Ouagadougou – Abidjan project under an African Union Commission contract (RG 6.11 p30). China: Tagmaster, Richor and FTRD are to trial an RFID tag system providing onboard warnings of temporary speed restrictions. ...
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NewsDual-voltage rebuild
CZECH REPUBLIC:The first two of 30 Class 163 electric locomotives being rebuilt by Škoda's Pars Nova Sumperk subsidiary were returned to CD Cargo at the end of May. The KC1·8bn rebuilding programme was launched in 2009 and runs to 2014, with the aim of extending the life of the 26-year ...