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NewsSiemens to 'rethink mobility' at InnoTrans 2016
SIEMENS: ‘Rethinking mobility’ will be Siemens’ slogan at InnoTrans 2016, where the company will be focusing on digital innovations intended to make the transport industry more competitive and attractive. Siemens will be looking towards the year 2050, when an estimated 70% of the world's population will be living in cities ...
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NewsTransdev takes over in Wellington
NEW ZEALAND: The Transdev Wellington joint venture of Transdev and Hyundai Rotem has taken over the operation of the capital’s suburban rail network from KiwiRail with effect from July 3. Under a contract with Greater Wellington Regional Council signed on March 15, the consortium will operate the ...
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NewsNew Myki contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has selected current operator NTT Data to manage the Myki smart ticketing system for seven years from January 1 2017. The new contract is worth just under A$700m, and uses a fixed-price model with stronger performance requirements designed to transfer a greater share of commercial liability ...
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Newsc2c Electrostar EMUs under construction
UK: Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant is building six four-car Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-units which are scheduled to enter service by the end of the year to increase capacity on the Essex to London commuter route operated by c2c. National Express subsidiary c2c currently operates a previous generation of Bombardier ...
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NewsJR Kyushu flotation moves closer
JAPAN: An initial flotation of JR Kyushu could take place as early as October, after the state-owned railway lodged a formal application for an IPO with the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 30. JR Kyushu is the fourth of the JR Group passenger railways established as part of the JNR ...
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NewsPyrénées line reopens
FRANCE: Celebrations were held on July 1 to mark the reopening of the 24·7 km line between Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Bedous in the foothills of the Pyrénées, where passenger services had resumed on June 26. Taking part in the inauguration were SNCF President Guillaume Pepy, the President of infrastructure manager SNCF ...
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NewsStadler to show UK electro-diesel and sleeping car for Azerbaijan
STADLER: A Class 88 EuroDual electro-diesel locomotive ordered by leasing company Beacon Rail for use by UK operator Direct Rail Services, a sleeping car for Azerbaijan’s ADY and an EC250 Giruno inter-city trainset ordered by Swiss Federal Railways for use on services through the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be among ...
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NewsTEX Rail commuter rail link to Dallas Fort Worth airport finalised
USA: TEX Rail commuter rail services are to serve two stations within the boundary of Dallas-Fort Worth airport under an agreement between the airport and Fort Worth Transportation Authority reached on June 30.DFW airport is already served from the east by the DART light rail network ...
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NewsSouth Western invitations to tender issued
UK: The Department for Transport issued invitations to tender for the new South Western franchise, setting out the minimum requirements which bidders must include in their detailed proposals. These include: at least 95 additional services on weekdays from December 2018;a doubling of services on the London Waterloo – Reading and ...
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NewsTransdev to operate Detroit streetcar
USA: Detroit light rail project promoter M-1 Rail has awarded Transdev a contract to operate and maintain the future Qline, which is under construction with opening planned for 2017. The initial five-year contract is worth $15·5m, and is renewable for up to five more years. Ridership is estimated at ...
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NewsTransdev selects Mallet
Thierry Mallet has been selected as the next CEO of French public transport group Transdev by co-shareholders Caisse des Dépôts and Veolia. He succeeds Jean-Marc Janaillac who became President of Air France-KLM with effect from July 4. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et ...
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NewsBART unveils Antioch eBART train
USA: The first of eight Stadler GTW 2/6 diesel multiple-units ordered for the East Contra Costa BART Extension Project was unveiled on June 30. The eBART project was approved in 2007 as a quicker and more affordable alternative to extending the BART metro network into eastern Contra Costa County. It ...
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NewsPrasa commits to R172bn infrastructure spending programme
SOUTH AFRICA: Speaking at the Africa Rail conference in Johannesburg on June 30, Dr Popo Molefe, Chairman of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, reiterated his company’s commitment to a series of signalling and infrastructure enhancements worth R172bn, including adoption of ETCS tailored to local conditions. Prasa operates commuter services ...
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NewsLGV Est Phase 2 opening completes Paris – Strasbourg high speed line
FRANCE: The second phase of LGV Est-Européenne opened on July 3, completing the high speed line between Paris and Strasbourg. There are 16 trains a day each way between the cities, with a fastest journey time of 1 h 46 min compared to around 4 h before the opening of ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
LTE Logistik & Transport has taken delivery of the first Bombardier Traxx AC3 Last Mile locomotive in Austria. DHL Global Forwarding has completed the first rail delivery from Taichung in Taiwan to Europe for consumer electronics manufacturer Medion. The goods travelled to Xiamen in China by sea and then ...
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NewsGerman Länder pavilions at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Attendance at InnoTrans is now vital for small and medium-sized companies as well as the global players, and national, regional or themed pavilions offer an attractive way for SMEs to exhibit. Exhibitors gain logistical and organisational benefits from sharing a pavilion, while the presence of many ...
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NewsFeature articles in the July 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Get smarter, get faster News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsTwo presidents open Angren – Pap railway
UZBEKISTAN: The 123·1 km Angren – Pap railway which provides a direct link between Toshkent and the Ferghana Valley was officially opened by the presidents of Uzbekistan and China on June 22. The opening ceremony was held at the Uzexpocentre in Toshkent with a video link to the 19·2 km ...
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NewsHigh speed services arrive at Nangang station
TAIWAN: The 9·2 km extension of the high speed line from Taipei Main station to the new northern terminus in the Nangang district of the city was opened on July 1. The 12th station on the high speed line, Nangang offers connections to metro and Taiwan Railway Administration conventional rail ...
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NewsGas-fuelled locomotive development agreement
RUSSIA: Russian Railways, Gazprom, Transmashholding and Sinara Group have agreed to co-operate to develop technology and roll-out fuel distribution and handling systems needed to support the use of liquefied natural gas to fuel locomotives. Under an agreement signed at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17, Transmashholding will ...