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AGV nose to boost profile
COMPOSITES specialist Stratiforme is working for Alstom on the front end design of the AGV demonstration train (RG 12.05 p763). The company expects to deliver the nose components for the 350 km/h trainset by early 2007. Stratiforme is currently supplying nose cones and other components for SNCF's TGV fleet. It ...
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Funding agreed for Basque Y
ON APRIL 24 two agreements were signed by the Spanish government, the Basque regional government and infrastructure authority ADIF, establishing the division of funding and other project responsibilities for the Y-shaped high speed network linking Bilbao, Vitoria and San Sebasti
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ALL acquires Brasil Ferrovias
AMERICA Latina Logística is to take control of the Ferronorte, Ferroban and Novoeste concessions after signing an agreement on May 9 to purchase parent company Brasil Ferrovias from shareholders Funcef and Previ, both pension funds. Under a deal worth R$1·41bn, former shareholders in Brasil Ferrovias will be granted a 20% ...
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NewsSmart card accord
NEWLY-APPOINTED UK Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander and Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced on May 10 that they had reached agreement to expand the use of Transport for London's Oyster smart card ticketing to suburban rail services. Introduced in 2003, there are now more than 5 million ...
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Nürnberg - Ingolstadt opens at 300 km/h
READY FOR this month's football world cup, German Railway inaugurated its upgraded route between the two Bavarian venues at Nürnberg and München on May 13. DB Chief Executive Hartmut Mehdorn was joined for the celebrations by Federal Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, the Premier of Bayern Edmund Stoiber, local Transport ...
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Paris MF2000 order placed
JULY 2007 has been set as the target date for delivery of the first series-built MF2000 metro cars for Paris. The consortium of Alstom, Bombardier and Areva TA announced on May 10 that RATP had ordered an initial batch as part of its framework contract for 161 five-car sets.Valued at ...
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NewsVenezuela plans US$2·2bn spend
A CONSORTIUM OF Italian companies Astaldi, Impregilo and Ghella has been selected by the Venezuelan government to build two new lines following the signature of a co-operation agreement between Italy and Venezuela. Once contracts worth a total of US$2·2bn have been signed, work on the 252 km San Juan ...
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Signalling skills short
CENTRAL Queensland University and the Co-operative Research Centre for Railway Engineering & Technologies signed a two-year licensing agreement on March 25, allowing CQU to continue to offer a post-graduate diploma in railway signalling which was originally launched in 2004.CEO Prof Dudley Roach said Rail CRC was working with the rail ...
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Pointers
Work on the part-built 6·8 km metro line in the Brazilian city of Salvador was expected to resume in April, after a seven-year suspension. The government has allocated US$120m so that the consortium of Camargo Corrêa, Andrade Gutierrez and Siemens can complete the line by the end of 2007. Bahia ...
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People
Masatake Matsuda stepped down as Chairman of JR East from April 1, becoming a senior advisor to the company. His place was taken by Mutsutake Otsuka, formerly President of the railway. Vice-President Satoshi Seino became President & CEO, and Tetsujiro Tani was appointed Executive Vice-President for planning, IT, ...
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Passenger Portfolio
On April 9 Compass Group announced it had agreed the sale of its station, on-train, airport and service station catering concession business Select Service Partner to private equity firm EQT. The sale includes Rail Gourmet (RG 12.04 p830).CAPTION: Last month a parade of inflatable penguins at JREast’s main station in ...
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Siemens wins in Ottawa
A CONSORTIUM led by Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder for a DBOM contract to develop Ottawa's 31 km north-south light rail line linking the Rideau Centre to Barrhaven. The winning team includes Siemens Canada, PCL Constructors Canada, Dufferin Construction and local architects Griffiths Rankin Cook. Two other ...
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More trams needed
HELSINKI transport authority HKL expects to call tenders shortly for 40 low-floor cars, to enter service in 2011-14 at an estimated cost of €100m.HKL urgently needs more capacity, not least because of Route 9 which is due to open next year. This will link the city centre with the Pasila ...
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Metros
Algeria:Entreprise du Métro d’Alger has awarded a consortium of Systra and RATP Développment a contract to follow up design studies and fit-out fixed equipment on the 11 km Alger metro phase 1 between Tafourah Grande Poste and Haã El Badr.Canada:Following testing of two prototypes, Toronto Transit Commission has confirmed a ...
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University links
NOVOCHERKASSK Electric Locomotive Works, engineering research institute OJSC VElNII and Rostov State University of Transport & Communications have signed a co-operation agreement under which the Transmash Holding subsidiary will identify RGUPS students for a scholarship programme and provide input to the curriculum. The agreement is part of a scheme to ...
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Short line's sweet success
SOUTH CENTRAL Florida Express is using RMI's mCrew interface for remote train crew reporting, allowing the short line to manage a fleet of wagons used in the time-critical movement of harvested sugar cane from parent company US Sugar's fields to the Clewiston and Bryant mills. Staff operating the elevators ...
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Letter
African gaugesSir - May I venture some observations on the letter from John Gilbert concerning rail connections in Sudan (RG 3.06 p124)?There would be no through link from Egypt, as there is no line south from Aswan to Atbara. A fast, modern, standard gauge line from Cairo to Khartoum would ...
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Kazakhstan plant
TRANSMASH Holdings and Russian Railways announced plans to produce rolling stock in Kazakhstan following a meeting with Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov in late February. The Russian firms plan to set up an assembly plant in Kazakhstan, and gradually localise vehicle production. Transmash Director-General Mikhail Khromov said active efforts are underway ...
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Italian industry on show in Torino
MANUFACTURERS and suppliers from a wide range of countries will congregate at the Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre in Torino for Expo Ferroviaria 06 on May 16-18.Alstom Ferroviaria will feature its Pendolino and AGV trainsets to mark 25 years in the high speed market. Bombardier will focus on its Movia metro ...