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Blue Train and train blues
SERBIA'S Ministry of Defence is to sell a saloon car from the Blue Train, the fleet of luxury rolling stock built for President Tito. The Blue Train was subsequently used by the presidents of Yugoslavia and their state visitors, and in recent years has been available for private charter. ...
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Armenia confirms rail concession award
PRESIDENT of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin was in Yerevan on January 16 for the official award of Armenia's 30-year national rail operating concession to sole bidder RZD. The contract is expected to be signed during February, with Russian Railways' specially-formed 100% owned subsidiary South Caucasian Railway scheduled take over Armenian ...
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Caspian link work starts
CEREMONIES were held at Bereket in Turkmenistan's Balkan region on December 1 to mark the formal start of construction on the 697·5 km international rail corridor linking Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran (RG 11.07 p674). Held where the north-south Uzen - Gyzylgaya - Bereket - Etrek - Gorgan route will intersect ...
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Intelligence January 2008
Argentina: The latest batch of ex-Portuguese Railways rolling stock to arrive in Buenos Aires included 10 diesel locomotives, three diesel railcars and four three-car EMUs. The first EMU to be refurbished from a previous shipment (RG 2.07 p62) has begun service trials on the Roca route to Temperley. Bangladesh: Permanent ...
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Alstom awarded Italian AGV contract
ALSTOM confirmed on January 17 that it had agreed a €650m contract to supply 25 Automotrice à Grande Vitesse trainsets to Italian open access company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. The announcement follows the award by the Italian Ministry of Transport of a railway company licence to NTV. Founded in December 2006, ...
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NewsArgentina confirms high speed rail consortium
AN INTERNATIONAL consortium led by Alstom has been formally selected to build South America's first high speed railway, President Cristina Fernández of Argentina officially announced on January 16. The Veloxia consortium was named as preferred bidder for a turnkey contract to construct the Buenos Aires – Cordoba line in June ...
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EIB loan for Charleroi light metro
THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT Bank is lending €75m to Belgian public transport operator SRWT to fund completion of the light metro system in Charleroi. The loan agreement was signed by EIB President Philippe Maystadt, SRWT Deputy Managing Director Jean-Marc Vandenbroucke and André Antoine, Transport Minister of the Walloon Region. The project ...
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Antwerpen Centraal rebuild complete
Harry Hondius MSc reports on the official completion of railway works at Antwerpen Centraal
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Pointers January 2008
Addressing the African Union Rail Conference in Gauteng on November 20, South Africa's Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe announced that talks have begun with the long-term goal of building a railway linking Lesotho with Durban and Port Elizabeth. The only railway into the mountain kingdom runs to the capital, Maseru, ...
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Railways realign in troubled region
The construction of new cross-border links and the introduction of concessioning look set to change the shape of rail operations in the Caucasus over the next few years, reports Chris Jackson
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Manila North Avenue bids fail
ONLY ONE consortium has prequalified for work on the North Avenue Extension light rail project in Manila. LRTA Administrator Melquiades Robles announced on November 24 that the grouping of DMCI, EEI and First Balfour had prequalified to tender for the electrical and mechanical works contract, known as Package C, which ...
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Armenia looks to the private sector
IN SEPTEMBER, the government of Armenia invited bids for a concession to renovate and operate the country's rail network, following an initial prequalification announcement in June. Armenia is currently implementing a wide range of economic reforms, supported by the US government, the World Bank, the European Union and the Asian ...
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Neu-Ulm goes underground
Construction of a four-track station below ground in the German town of Neu-Ulm heralds the start of work on a new line from Ulm to Stuttgart and releases land for housing and commercial development, reports Ralf Roman Rossberg
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Calgary C-Train expands
AN EXTENSION of Calgary's Northeast light rail line from Whitehorn to McKnight-Westwinds opened for revenue service on December 17. Built at a cost of C$75m, the 2·7 km extension will serve one of the city's fastest-growing suburbs, and a maintenance facility just beyond the new terminus costing a further C$100m. ...
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City News in Brief
In the presence of presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Abdelaziz Bouteflika, RATP President Pierre Mongin signed a €130m contract with Alger metro company EMA on December 4, under which the Paris operator will run Line 1 for eight years after it opens in 2009. The 9 km line with 10 stations ...
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NewsFortescue spends to make up lost time
AUSTRALIA'S Fortescue Metals Group is due to receive shortly the last of 820 wagons ordered from China to carry iron ore on the 310 km heavy haul railway that it is building between its mine at Cloud Break and Port Hedland in the Pilbara region. The last wagon was due ...
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People in the News
The general assembly of the Community of European Railway & Infrastructure Companies has confirmed the appointment of Netherlands Railways Chief Executive Aad Veenman to a second term as Chairman. CEO of Slovak infrastructure manager ZSR, Dalibor Zeleny, was elected Vice-Chairman, while Antoine Hurel, Deputy CEO of Veolia Transport, and Mauro ...
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Chennai suburban expansion
MRTS suburban services in Chennai have been extended from Tiruvanmiyur to Velachery, following inauguration of the line by Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi on November 19. Completed as Phase II of the MRTS project, the 11 km extension has cost Rs7·7bn to build. The broad-gauge line is ...