All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 546

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    Gold Coast light rail Stage 2 contractor selected

    2016-03-21T10:10:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Concessionaire GoldLinQ has selected CIMIC subsidiary CPB Contractors as preferred bidder to design and build the second phase of Gold Coast light rail. Contract signing is expected in mid-April. Construction is due to begin in April and end in late 2017, with passenger services expected to commence in 2018. ...

  • Aurizon has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Progress Rail Services for a long-term maintenance and spare parts supply deal (Photo: Aurizon).
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    Aurizon and Progress Rail announce maintenance agreement

    2016-03-21T06:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Aurizon has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Progress Rail Services for a long-term maintenance and spare parts supply deal, as part of a programme intended to achieve savings of A$380m in 2015-18. Progress Rail was chosen following a competitive tender. A final agreement is expected to ...

  • Ensco Rail has supplied Shanghai Metro with an all-digital measuring car.
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    All-digital track geometry car delivered

    2016-03-20T06:00:00Z

    CHINA: Ensco Rail has supplied Shanghai Metro with an all-digital measuring car which can provide track geometry, rail profile, corrugation and axle acceleration data. Ensco Rail said the digital sensors are the result of a significant R&D investment. They are smaller than previous designs, with computerised self-calibration, fewer parts and ...

  • Houghton International is to expand.
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    Railway supply industry news in brief

    2016-03-19T06:00:00Z

    Houghton International is to expand into a new operations facility and invest in machinery to handle the workload arising from a two-year contract to overhaul and repair 108 traction alternators for Great Western Railway’s IC125 fleet. Having seen ‘a steady growth in business’, the Houghton plans increase turnover to £20m ...

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    Stadler selected to supply Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn EMUs

    2016-03-18T15:54:00Z

    GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR announced on March 17 that it had selected Stadler Pankow to supply 41 electric multiple-units and maintain them for 30 years. Stadler beat three other bidders to be named preferred bidder, and is expected to sign the contract following the customary 10-day standstill period. ...

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    HS2 Ltd appoints delivery partner

    2016-03-18T15:11:00Z

    UK: HS2 Ltd announced on March 18 that it had appointed a team of CH2M, Atkins and Sener as engineering delivery partner for Phase 1 of the high speed line project. The engineering delivery partner will provide engineering and construction management support, and assist with preparations for the procurement ...

  • A mock-up of a Miami metro car was presented at the opening.
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    Hitachi Rail USA opens assembly plant in Miami

    2016-03-18T14:16:00Z

    USA: The Hitachi Rail USA subsidiary of Hitachi Rail Italy inaugurated its first US assembly plant on March 16, after six months of construction. The 1·3 ha plant in the Medley district of northwest Miami is to assemble 136 metro cars for Miami-Dade Transit’s Metrorail network. Assembly is due ...

  • The railway between Schiedam Centrum and Hoek van Holland would become part of the RandstadRail network (Photo: Harry Hondius).
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    Hoek van Holland metro conversion contract awarded

    2016-03-18T11:54:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: VolkerRail and Mobilis have been awarded a €72m contract to convert the 24 km railway between Schiedam Centrum and Hoek van Holland to metro operation. The work is to be complete by February 2018 and will require a five-month blockade of passenger traffic. The scope includes the modernisation ...

  • The elevated line is under construction between Noida and Greater Noida.
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    CRRC to supply Noida metro trains

    2016-03-18T11:09:00Z

    INDIA: Project promoter Delhi Metro Rail Corp and CRRC Nanjing signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of 19 four-car trainsets for the Noida metro on March 17. The trainsets would be delivered by May 2017 at a cost of Rs8bn. They are intended to meet the metro’s ...

  • With China providing 75% of the funding for the Jakarta - Bandung fast line, rolling stock would be supplied by CRRC.
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    Jakarta – Bandung DBOM concession agreed

    2016-03-18T11:07:00Z

    INDONESIA: A 50-year design build operate maintain concession was signed in Jakarta on March 16 between the government and the Sino-Indonesian consortium promoting a 142 km fast passenger line between the capital and Bandung.The concession held by the Kerata Cepat Indonesia Cina consortium takes effect on May 31 2019, when ...

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    Tehran metro serving Mehrabad Airport

    2016-03-18T10:31:00Z

    IRAN: The Tehran metro started running to Mehrabad Airport on March 15, when a branch of Line 4 opened with a station serving Terminals 1 & 2 and one serving Terminals 4 & 6. The 2·8 km branch runs southwest from a new station at Bimeh, between Meydan-e Azadi ...

  • Transport for London has named Arriva Rail London as preferred bidder for the next London Overground  operating concession.
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    Arriva wins London Overground concession

    2016-03-18T09:41:00Z

    UK: Transport for London named Arriva Rail London Ltd as preferred bidder for the next London Overground inner-suburban passenger operating concession on March 18, with formal award subject to the 10-day regulatory standstill period. The £1·5bn agreement will run for 7½ years from November 13 2016, with an option for ...

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    Train delay refund process to be improved

    2016-03-18T05:01:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road made recommendations for improving the process for claiming refunds for train delays on March 18. ORR was responding to a ‘super-complaint’ made by consumer organisation Which? in December, which claimed the current process is neither clear nor straightforward. Following the super-complaint ORR undertook ...

  • CEO Rüdiger Grube presented Deutsche Bahn's 2015 annual results on March 16 (Photo: DB/Christian Bedeschinski).
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    DB needs ‘quality, quality and more quality’ to return to economic success

    2016-03-17T16:52:00Z

    GERMANY: ‘A self-critical look shows us that we did not achieve the targets we set’, said Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube when presenting the group’s 2015 annual results on March 16. Grube said three events had a major impact on the national railway last year: ‘unusually fierce’ storms; the longest ...

  • RUMO/ALL has awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to modernise the braking equipment on 8 500 sugar cane wagons.
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    Knorr-Bremse wins sugar cane wagon brake systems contract

    2016-03-17T14:01:00Z

    BRAZIL: Freight operator RUMO ALL has awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to modernise the braking equipment on 8 500 sugar cane wagons, and take exclusive responsibility for maintaining the brakes over the next 15 years. The agreement announced on March 17 covers DB60-II control valves, slack adjusters and other components complying ...

  • Upgrading of the North Coast Line will increase capacity for freight traffic to and from Cairns. Photo: John Kirk
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    Queensland to fund rail upgrading

    2016-03-17T11:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: A$95m has been allocated for upgrading work and capacity improvement projects on Queensland’s North Coast Line in a A$500m State Infrastructure Fund announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on March 13. The additional capacity is needed to support growing freight traffic, including minerals and agricultural produce. The announcement was made ...

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    Transdev signs Wellington operating contract

    2016-03-17T10:31:00Z

    NEW ZEALAND: Greater Wellington Regional Council signed a contract on March 15 for Transdev Wellington Ltd to operate suburban rail services in the capital. Transdev Wellington is a joint venture of Transdev, which has operated rail services in Auckland since 2004, and Hyundai Rotem which will maintain ...

  • Impression of HS2 station.
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    Rail in the 2016 UK budget

    2016-03-16T15:55:00Z

    UK: Funding allocations for a number of railway projects were set out in the budget presented to parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on March 16. Following recommendations by the National Infrastructure Commission, Osborne said the government would back the High Speed 3 and Crossrail 2 schemes. It ...

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    NR privatisation ruled out as Shaw focuses on growth

    2016-03-16T15:18:00Z

    UK: Identifying ‘a compelling vision for growth’, the report into Network Rail’s structure and financing prepared for the government by HS1 Chief Executive Nicola Shaw was published on March 16, in conjunction with the presentation of the national budget in Parliament. Citing feedback from extensive consultation over the past few ...

  • Japan Overseas Railway System Association stand at InnoTrans.
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    The rail industry’s international meeting place

    2016-03-16T13:43:00Z

    INNOTRANS: More than two-thirds of the 31 rail associations which will be represented at InnoTrans 2016 will be representing countries outside Germany, organiser Messe Berlin has announced, with organisations coming to Berlin from as far away as the USA, Taiwan and Japan. Industrial associations account for 18 of these ...