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NewsRussian Railways looks to increase energy efficiency
RUSSIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and Russian Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding for co-operation in the development of long-term energy efficiency policies and mitigation of the carbon footprint of RZD, which is one of Russia's largest energy users. A joint working group is planned to ...
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NewsMidi-Pyrénées regional rail investment
FRANCE: The European Investment Bank has signed a financing agreement for the Midi-Pyrénées region’s 2008-13 Rail Plan, which will see TER regional express routes modernised to provide an ‘upgraded and permanent’ 500 km network. The project is the first of its size in France to be mainly devoted to ...
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NewsChinese wagons in Europe
INTERNATIONAL: A ceremony on September 13 launched the CNR Cargo Wagon joint venture of Polish national freight operator PKP Cargo and China CNR Corp which was agreed on June 29. Market studies are underway with a view to beginning assembly of wagons next year in the Baltic port of Szczecin ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The OFP La Rochelle joint venture of EuroCargo Rail and the Port of La Rochelle became the first of the new French port railway companies to begin operations on October 8. CSX opened the Liberty Corridor Freightway on October 8, providing a route for double-stack trains from the port of ...
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NewsRail revival to replace Cambodia's bamboo trains
CAMBODIA: Rehabilitation of the run-down and war-damaged railway network reached a milestone when the initial section was officially reopened on October 22. The first cement traffic was carried in early October on a 117 km stretch between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas, and passenger services are planned for the ...
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NewsCo-operation renewed
MOROCCO: As part of a bilateral forum between Italy and Morocco, national railway authority ONCF signed a new co-operation agreement with Italy's FS Group in Rabat on October 11. The event was attended by Italy's Vice-Minister of Economic Development Adolpho Urso. The agreement continues a railway co-operation accord signed by ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market October 2010
Africa: Tazara is to repair the 865 defective wagons out of the fleet of 1853 that are currently out of use. US$500000m has been allocated to repair an initial 500 wagons by the end of 2010. Australia: On September 1 CSR Ziyang signed a 100m yuan contract to ...
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NewsGauge changer trial
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF is testing the TCSR03 gauge-changer which has been built at Roda de Bará near Tarragona, using facilities made redundant by completion of the Madrid - Barcelona high speed line. Developed as part of the Unichanger research programme (RG 9.09 p55), the TCSR03 is designed to accept ...
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NewsWorld rail market October 2010
Denmark: DSB has ordered 188 Hoeft & Wessel almex.station ticket machines. All will accept payments by coins and cards, and some will take banknotes and give notes as change. Germany: DB has selected Syncron International's Global Inventory Management software to control its spare parts supply chain across 100 stock ...
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NewsPointers October 2010
Last month the national railways of Russia and Ukraine established a joint working group to investigate high speed passenger services on three routes from Moscow to Kyiv, Adler and Feodosiya. Moscow - Kyiv is the priority, but RZD says 'it is still too early to estimate the time and cost ...
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News320 km/h train order as Eurostar sets sights on expansion
EUROPE: Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar announced details on October 7 of a £700m investment programme to expand the business and 'compete in an open access market' across Europe. The first major development since the former joint venture operator became an incorporated stand-alone company on September 1 includes an ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The German Land of Thüringen has awarded Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate Dieselnetz Ostthüringen services totalling 4·6 million train-km a year for 12½ years from June 10 2012. Pakistan Railways suffered Rs3bn worth of damage during the recent flooding, with large areas of track were inundated and numerous ...
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NewsNews in Brief
During the President of Ukraine's visit to China in September a framework agreement was signed under which China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corp could provide up to US$1bn to finance construction of a rail link to Kyiv Borispol airport. An 8 km spur ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2010 expects record visitor numbers
INNOTRANS: Even before the final day of the trade fair, InnoTrans Exhibition Director Matthias Steckmann told InnoTrans Daily that his conclusions were extremely positive: ‘We expect to have received more than 100 000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries, which would constitute an increase of roughly 20% in comparison ...
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NewsDesiro RUS goes local
RUSSIA: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin and Siemens Mobility CEO Hans-Jörg Grundmann signed a contract on September 21 for the German supplier to build a further 16 Desiro RUS electric multiple-units. Worth €170m, the deal follows an earlier contract for 38 trainsets valued at €410m. Whereas the first batch of ...
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NewsMaintenance in a changing market
INNOTRANS: SNCF launched its Masteris brand on the international market in Berlin on September 22. Masteris has been created partly in response to the opening up of the European rail market, as open access operators – especially freight operators – have a growing need for third-party maintenance services.Currently employing 15 ...
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NewsElves with an ELF
INNOTRANS: Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa celebrated the launch of its ELF electric multiple-unit for commuter and regional services on September 21. The unit on display in Berlin is one of eight ordered by the Polish voivodship of Slaskie. Its four articulated cars give a total length of 75.25 m ...
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NewsKiwiRail's first Chinese locomotive arrives next month
NEW ZEALAND: The first of 20 diesel locomotives which China Northern is supplying to KiwiRail will be delivered during October, Yang Xiongjing, Project Manager at China CNR Corp confirmed to Railway Gazette International at InnoTrans on September 22. The contract signed on September 11 2009 marked the first time ...
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NewsKallas outlines 2050 vision
INNOTRANS: European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas outlined his ‘dream’ of a competitive pan-European rail network in his keynote address at the InnoTrans 2010 opening ceremony on Tuesday morning. Noting that ‘railways are essential to the competitiveness of the European economy’, he suggested that by 2050, the single European rail market ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2010: All eyes on Berlin
GERMANY: With more than 2000 exhibitors, this year's InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin will be the biggest biennial event yet. Taking place from September 21 to 24, the show will occupy 30 halls and almost 5 km of tracks, with a wide range of rolling stock and maintenance equipment ...