All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1035
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Unfinished reforms frustrate Central and Eastern Europe operators
GOVERNMENT representatives from EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe were thin on the ground at Terrapinn's CEE Rail 2007 conference in Budapest on October 15-18. This was a pity, as several speakers drew attention to the collective failure of CEE governments to put the finances of their national ...
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Graz tenders follow trams
GRAZ operator GVB placed a €97m order for 45 low-floor trams with Stadler last month. The five-section standard-gauge Variobahn cars will be delivered from 2009 to 2015. In October Transport Minister Kristina Edlinger-Ploder announced that the Land would fund up to 25% of the €140m cost of 19 trainsets ...
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Spanish rail spend increasing
INVESTMENT and support for the national rail network from the Spanish government will total €8·15bn in 2008, up 5% on 2007 and representing 41% of total spending on transport. Renfe is to receive €1035m, of which €545m will be operating subsidy for suburban passenger operations. Investment in ...
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World Speed Survey 2007 update
Sir - I was very interested to read your latest World Speed Survey (RG 9.07 p555), but I would like to make a small correction to the German entry. As you report, the fastest journey times are achieved on the Köln - Rhein/Main Neubaustrecke. However, the exact distance between Frankfurt ...
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EWS joins DB to create a European network
THE EUROPEAN Union's Directorate-General for Competition was this month expected to approve the purchase by Deutsche Bahn AG of all the shares in EWS Holdings, the UK's biggest rail freight operator. On September 19, EWS Chief Executive Keith Heller explained to a Rail Freight Group meeting in Oxford that his ...
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Signalling suppliers merge
ALSTOM and Balfour Beatty announced the official launch of a 50:50 joint venture to undertake signalling projects in the UK and Ireland on October 10. Signalling Solutions Ltd takes over contracts worth £76m from Alstom Transport Information Solutions and Balfour Beatty Rail Projects which have come together to form the ...
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Sidetrack
Following a formal inauguration ceremony on October 1, East Japan Railway opened its new railway museum in Saitama to the public on October 14, the 135th anniversary of the opening of the first railway in the country. Created to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of JR East, it ...
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People in the news
Govia has named the senior executive team for London Midland, which is to operate the UK's new West Midlands franchise from November 11. Steve Banaghan is Managing Director; Andy Thomas, Operations Director; Julian Edwards, Finance Director; Alex Hynes, Commercial Director; John Barlass, Engineering Director; Mike Haigh, Business Integration Director; Rachel ...
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Grenoble jigsaw complete
MARKING the culmination of two decades of expansion, Grenoble inaugurated Line D of its light rail network on October 6. The 2·6 km line serving four new stations is effectively a branch of Line C, with trams running from the interchange with Line B at Les Taillées to a ...
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Valencia T6 in service
THE FIRST section of orbital light rail route T6 opened in the Spanish city of Valencia on September 27, comprising a 9·2 km route from Tossal del Rei to Marítim-Serrería. New construction includes a 2·4 km branch with four stations from Tossal del Rei to Primat Reig on Line T4, ...
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First passengers on Beijing Line 5
AN INTEGRAL part of the city's efforts to reduce traffic congestion ahead of the Olympic Games in 2008, Beijing Metro Line 5 opened for revenue service on October 7. The 27·6 km line runs from Taipingzhuang in the north to Songjiazhuang in the south, where an interchange is planned ...
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Delhi metro contract awards
DELHI Metro Rail Corp has awarded further contracts for the extension of the Indian capital's metro (RG 1.07 p27). Last month a consortium headed by Alpine announced a €139·3m contract to bore twin 2·2 km tunnels for the 3·7km first phase of the planned 19km link to Indira ...
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NewsQR to expand coal haulage
MAJOR INVESTMENT in Queensland's 1067 mm gauge coal network has been authorised by the state government. QR announced on October 11 that it will spend A$650m on 40 locomotives and 1190 wagons that will be delivered by 2010. QR's Acting CEO Stephen Cantwell said that this first stage of ...
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Mar del Plata high speed line next
ON OCTOBER 1 President Néstor Kirchner launched tendering for a turnkey package to build a high speed line between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentina, using the alignment of the existing 399 km Roca route for an electrified line with a maximum speed of 250 km/h. The ...
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Canadian National buys EJ&E
THE US$300m purchase of the relatively small Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway by Canadian National, announced on September 26, will have an immense impact on CN's business according to CEO Hunter Harrison. CN has agreed to pay US$300m for the 320 km Class II regional railroad, which is currently ...
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High speed accord
DURING a seminar on designing, building and operating high speed lines organised by the Spanish infrastructure authority in Moscow, on October 5 ADIF President Antonio González signed an agreement with RZD President Vladimir Yakunin committing both organisations to a five-year co-operation programme. ADIF and RZD are to share their ...
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Sidetrack November 2007
Following a formal inauguration ceremony on October 1, East Japan Railway opened its new railway museum in Saitama to the public on October 14, the 135th anniversary of the opening of the first railway in the country. Created to mark the 20th anniversary of the estab lishment of JR East, ...
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People November 2007
Govia has named the senior executive team for London Midland, which is to operate the UK's new West Midlands franchise from November 11. Steve Banaghan is Managing Director; Andy Thomas, Operations Director; Julian Edwards, Finance Director; Alex Hynes, Commercial Director; John Barlass, Engineering Director; Mike Haigh, Business Integration Director; Rachel ...