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NewsSolid performance at Vossloh
VOSSLOH: Although sales were down 3·2% to €1174m in 2009, EBIT of €138m was a repeat of the record 2008 figure. ‘We look back on a solid performance despite a market environment that for us, too, was tough’, said CEO Werner Andree. The company has made a ‘promising start’ to ...
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NewsQuick repairs
CANADA: Established last year by entrepreneur Winston Watson and George Warda, co-owner of United Spray Booths, Canadian Rail Collision & Refurbish Inc has a state-of-the-art rolling stock repair facility at VIA Rail’s Toronto maintenance site, where it offers collision repair, exterior and interior painting as well as warranty work. CRCR ...
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NewsNS locomotives to run on biodiesel
USA: Norfolk Southern Railway and Electro-Motive Diesel are to test 10% to 20% blend biodiesel fuel using eight SD70M-2 locomotives and two MP15 shunters in regular traffic. The tests will last nine to 11 months, enabling the evaluation of emissions, fuel consumption, performance and durability over a wide range ...
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NewsStadler wins Czech railcar contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: On April 20 Ceské Dráhy awarded Stadler Rail a KC1·776bn contract to supply 33 Regio-Shuttle RS1 partly low-floor diesel railcars to replace the ubiquitous Class 810 railbuses on regional services in Vysocina and Liberec. This is the first contract under the national passenger operator's programme of extensive ...
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NewsRites to run North-South line
SAUDI ARABIA: India's state owned-railway consultancy RITES has signed an agreement to operate the 1 500 km North-South Railway on behalf of project promoter Saudi Railway Company. The contract runs to the end of 2013, when passenger services are due to be launched. The total value is linked to the ...
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NewsDesiro ML framework to meet ÖBB's expansion plans
AUSTRIA: On April 20 Siemens Mobility announced a framework agreement to supply Austrian Federal Railways with up to 200 Desiro ML regional electric multiple-units over five years. Similar to trains currently being built for Belgium's SNCB, the 160 km/h Desiro ML will be equipped for use in Germany, where ÖBB ...
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NewsVPS orders 18 Vossloh shunting locomotives
GERMANY: The Verkehrsbetriebe Peine -Salzgitter transport and logistics subsidiary of steel and technology group Salzgitter AG has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a €25m contract to supply 18 G6 diesel shunting locomotives from early 2011. VPS provides haulage and shunting services at Salzgitter AG's plants in Salzgitter, Peine and Ilsenburg as well ...
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NewsOTIF expands to meet modern needs
INTERNATIONAL: The recent accession of Russia is a major development for the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, according to Secretary General Stefan Schimming, even through only a limited number of RZD routes are initially covered by the convention establishing a uniform system of regulations for cross-border traffic. Montenegro ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Israeli government has approved the US$7·2bn first phase of the ’Israel Ways’ transport investment package. US$4·7bn is allocated to rail development over 10 years, including electrification of lines from Tel Aviv, construction of a 23 km line Akko – Karmi’el line and revival of the Hedjaz ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel fire-fighting station on test
EUROPE: Eurotunnel has carried out a live test of a fire-fighting system under development for installation in the Channel Tunnel. Trials in Spain on April 7-9 demonstrated that water mist can contain the equivalent of a fire involving 40 cars on a Shuttle train, limiting or halting propagation. The 'SAFE' ...
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NewsHigh speed track dynamics study
UK: A three-year research project on the Development of Design Guidelines for High-speed Railway Track began on April 14, funded by a £480 000 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council. To be led by Dr Peter Woodward of Heriot Watt University and Professor Mike Forde from the ...
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NewsEurostar restructuring closer
EUROPE: A framework agreement enabling the final stages of the restructuring of Eurostar from a partnership into a corporate entity has been signed by the three national shareholders SNCF, SNCB and London & Continental Railways. Announcing the move on April 12, recently-appointed Eurostar CEO Nicolas Petrovic said 'I am very ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market April 2010
Angola: China Railway 20 Bureau Group has begun rehabilitation of 540 km of the Benguela Railway between Munhango and Luau, employing 300 Chinese technicians and 300 Angolans. The 220 km to Luena is to be completed by May. China: MTR Corp has awarded Leighton Asia and Macmahon Holdings ...
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NewsGE to develop 1 520 mm gauge shunting locomotive
KAZAKHSTAN: GE Transportation has signed a memorandum of understanding with JSC Locomotiv and Kurastyru Zaut for the development of a 1 520 mm gauge diesel-electric shunting locomotive suitable for use in Kazakhstan and across the 1 520 mm gauge region. The design will incorporate GE Transportation's AC traction technology, ...
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NewsRail Baltica feasibility study gets underway
EUROPE: A study has begun into the feasibility of building a standard gauge railway linking Tallinn in Estonia with Latvia, Lithuania and the Polish border. On April 6 the tri-national steering committee for the Rail Baltica project held its first meeting with consultancy AECOM, which has been selected to undertaken ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2010
Botswana: BR Procurement Manager Mogwena Mookodi has announced plans to acquire 160 open wagons to carry bulk export salt from Botswana Ash’s plant to the port of Durban in South Africa. Canada: Assisted by the federal ecoFreight programme, Montréal Port Authority has ordered a 2000 hp genset locomotive from ...
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NewsAlstom begins delivering updated Prima
FRANCE: The first Prima BB 475000 diesel locomotive with an MTU 4000 R43 engine has been delivered to SNCF, Alstom announced on April 12. The locomotives are being supplied by a consortium of Alstom and Siemens within a 2004 agreement for at least 400 Prima locomotives. The latest locomotive is ...
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NewsElektriraudtee opts for Stadler Flirt trains
ESTONIA: Tallinn area passenger operator Elektriraudtee announced on April 9 that Stadler Rail had been selected to supply 18 electric and 10 diesel multiple-units. The EU Cohesion Fund is covering 85% of the 1·25bn kroon cost of the 3·3 kV DC Flirt electric units, with the government providing the remainder. ...
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NewsChina to Turkey train to launch this year
ASIA: Demonstration trains will link Turkey with China and Iran with central Asia this year, Mohammad Mirzaei Kahagh, Director of Transport & Communications at the Economic Co-operation Organisation told Terrapinn's EurasiaRail 2010 conference. These will build on the Pakistan - Turkey train which ran last August (RG 9.09 p3). The ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
GE Transportation’s Inspection Products business has been bought by the Progress Rail Services Corp subsidiary of Caterpillar, where it forms the Inspection & Information Systems division within Progress Rail’s Engineering & Track Services group. The unit produces hot wheel and axle box detectors, data acquisition and inspection systems. ...