All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 538
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NewsDenver Airport Line opens
USA: Denver Regional Transportation District inaugurated the A Line between Denver Union station and Denver International Airport at 12.00 on April 22, launching two days of free travel. The 37 km route is the first suburban rail line to open under the RTD’s FasTracks programme. Built at a cost of ...
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NewsPresident visits Antalya light rail extension
TURKEY: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu rode on the ceremonial first new tram to run on the Expo 2016 and airport extension of the Antray light rail line in Antalya on April 22. The 15·4 km from extension Meydan to Expo 2016 has a 2·4 ...
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NewsIran and Azerbaijan launch construction of cross-border railway bridge
ASIA: Construction of a railway bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between the two similarly-named towns of Astara in Azerbaijan and Iran was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 20. Guests at the event included the heads of the two national railways and the ministers ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2016
Australia: Construction company Built is to refurbish the 'crumbling' historic administration building at Melbourne's Flinders Street station as part of a wider A$100m modernisation (RG 8.14 p52). Concessionaire GoldLinQ has selected CPB Contractors as preferred bidder to design and build the Gold Coast light rail second phase for opening ...
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NewsIzban introduces through running
TURKEY: Izmir suburban rail operator Izban started through running between its two lines on April 17. In order to decrease congestion caused by passengers changing at Alsancak, which serves as the city centre terminus of both lines, several services in the morning and evening run through the station, connecting ...
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NewsSmartphone users safer in Augsburg
GERMANY: Stadtwerke Augsburg is testing ground lights at two tram stops as a means of warning distracted smartphone users when a tram is approaching. The LED lights flash red when a tram is approaching, and SWA hopes that they will be more easily seen by pedestrians who are looking ...
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NewsMünchen Airport peoplemover inaugurated
GERMANY: The automated peoplemover between München airport Terminal 2 and a new section of the terminal was officially inaugurated on April 22, ahead of its entry into regular service on April 26. Bombardier Transportation has supplied 12 Innovia 300 vehicles, Cityflo 650 automatic train control, telecoms, power supplies, platform ...
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NewsInland Rail consultants appointed
AUSTRALIA: Australian Rail Track Corp has awarded a joint venture of SMEC and Arup the technical and engineering advisory services contract for the Inland Rail project. On April 22 Arup said the joint venture would provide a team of experts which would to ‘significantly bolster’ the resources of ARTC's Inland ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Freedom Railcar Solutions has reached an agreement in principle to establish a wagon repair and cleaning base at USA Rail’s Port Allen terminal in Louisiana by August. Freedom’s mobile teams would serve customers within a 400 km radius, and have access to a section of track for wagon repairs, recertification ...
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NewsMadrid high speed link nears completion
SPAIN: On April 20 Development Minister Ana Pastor visited the 7⋅3 km tunnel between Atocha and Chamartín stations in Madrid, which upon completion of railway fit-out works will connect the high speed routes running north and south from the capital. Laying of slab track and the provision of safety facilities, ...
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NewsManila metro Line 7 breaks ground
PHILIPPINES: Construction of Manila metro Line MRT7 started on April 20 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Quezon Memorial Circle. The 22·8 km line is being developed by San Miguel Holdings subsidiary Universal LRT Corp under a PPP concession that also includes 35 years of operations. EEI Corp is undertaking ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel’s unique status confirmed
FRANCE: The State Council has definitively upheld Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel’s appeal against a Ministry of Transport decree which had defined the fixed link as being comparable to the French national railway network, and thus subject to rail reform policies which were announced in August 2014. The reform policies would ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement finalised
PANAMA: The governments of Panama and Japan finalised the agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on April 20, at an event attended by President Juan Carlos Varela and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The initial technical and financial co-operation agreement was signed on January 14. ...
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NewsBelgrano upgrade relaunched
ARGENTINA: Under a wider development programme for the north of Argentina, the federal government has announced that it is to undertake track renewals on 1 500 km of the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network, focusing on routes serving the ports of Rosario and Santa Fe. Tendering has commenced ...
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NewsALE to deliver wagons to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: Specialist heavy-lift logistics contractor ALE has been appointed to deliver 1 186 molten sulphur and phosphoric acid tank wagons which Greenbrier's Wagony Swidnica subsidiary in Poland is building for Saudi Railway Co under a contract announced in October 2015. The wagons are being built to US standards ...
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NewsSydney to use London-style open payment technology
AUSTRALIA: ‘Open payment’ technology enabling passengers to use credit and debit cards instead of dedicated ticket media is to be trialled in Sydney during 2017, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance announced at the Future Transport Summit on April 18. The announcement was welcomed by ...
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NewsCalgary’s Green Line project progresses
CANADA: The City of Calgary announced on April 18 that it had selected a preferred alignment for the central section of the Green Line light rail project. Technical design, economic analysis and further public consultation is due to take place before a formal recommendation is made to the city council ...
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NewsProvisional agreement reached on 4RP market pillar
EUROPE: An informal agreement on the consolidated wording for the market pillar of the Fourth Railway Package was reached in Brussels on April 19, under the leadership of the Netherlands Presidency of the EU. The final trilogue meeting between representatives from the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded seven months ...
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NewsLisa Maurath
Lisa Maurath has been appointed Area Manager of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Los Angeles transportation and infrastructure office.
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NewsSanyo Electric Railway EMUs enter service
JAPAN: Sanyo Electric Railway’s Series 6000 electric multiple-units entered revenue service on April 17. The two three-car 1 435 mm gauge 1·5 kV DC EMUs were ordered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in May 2015, and produced at the Hyogo works in Kobe. The cars are 18·9 m long and 2 ...