All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 654
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NewsRail businesses included in planned Tata Steel sale
EUROPE: Tata Steel announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the potential sale of its Long Products Europe business to chemicals, metals and oil commodities business Klesch Group on October 14. Both parties have now entered a period of exclusive detailed due diligence with the objective of ...
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NewsInternational interest in NSW train contract
AUSTRALIA: Seven companies or groups have expressed interest in a A$2·8bn contract to supply and maintain a fleet of electric multiple-units for NSW TrainLink Intercity services, New South Wales Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced. They are: Alstom Transport Australia;Bombardier Transportation Australia;CAF;Downer EDI Rail and CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles;Hyundai ...
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NewsConverter contract to enhance Northeast Corridor power supplies
USA: Amtrak has awarded Siemens a ‘mid double-digit million dollar’ contract to enhance its traction power supply facility at Metuchen in New Jersey on the Washington, DC – New York – Boston Northeast Corridor. Under the contract, Siemens is to deliver, install and commission two 30 MW converter units. It ...
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NewsShiraz metro Line 1 opens
IRAN: The initial phase of Shiraz Urban Railway Organization’s metro Line 1 was officially opened by Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri on October 11. The first section runs for 10·5 km between Ehsan in the north of the city and Namazi in the centre, with eight stations now open. It will be ...
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NewsSiemens scoops Infrabel ETCS contract
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel announced on October 14 that its board had approved the award of a €510m contract to Siemens and Cofely Fabricom for the supply and installation of ETCS Level 2 equipment on around 2 300 track-km over the next eight years. The contract award is the last ...
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NewsSiemens to provide CBTC for Paris Line 14 extension
FRANCE: Siemens has been awarded a contract to equip an extension of Paris metro Line 14 with communications-based train control. Line 14 runs for 9 km between Olympiades in the south of the city and Saint-Lazare, from where a 5·8 km, four station extension northwards to Mairie de Saint-Ouen is ...
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NewsVeolia to close InterConnex open access service
GERMANY: The InterConnex open access service between Leipzig, Berlin, Rostock and Warnemünde is to end with the December 14 2014 timetable change, Veolia Verkehr announced on October 14. The first open-access long distance service in Germany was launched in 2002. Veolia Verkehr said the decision to cease operations has ...
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NewsFirst Series H5 Shinkansen trainset arrives in Hokkaido
JAPAN: The first Series H5 trainset for the Hokkaido Shinkansen was delivered to the island on October 13. A welcoming ceremony was held at Haldane Harbour before the vehicles were transferred by road to JR Hokkaido’s Nanae depot. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, the trainset had been ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - October 2014
The Andhra Pradesh government is reviewing bids to undertake feasibility studies for a metro in Visakhapatnam. Toronto’s first Bombardier Flexity Outlook trams entered service on the 510 Spadina route on August 31. The 100% low-floor cars are part of the first new generation of streetcars in the city ...
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NewsPresident reopens railway to Jaffna
SRI LANKA: The final section of line reconnecting the Jaffna peninsula in the north with the rest of the rail network was formally opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on October 13. The 38 km Pallai – Jaffna link restores what was one of Sri Lanka Railways' most important routes before ...
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NewsUK invites interest in buying 40% stake in Eurostar
EUROPE: The British government formally invited expressions of interest in buying its 40% stake in cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar International Ltd on October 13. Potential bidders have until October 31 to respond, with the government saying its key objective is to ‘maximise value for money for the ...
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NewsGeraud Boursin
FRANCE: Urban rail operator RATP Dev reshuffled its commercial team on September 1 by splitting its development division in two. A Bids Development team is led by Geraud Boursin (photo), while former Development Director Alain Polonsky leads the Strategy & Business Relations unit.
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NewsDavid Statham
UK: David Statham started as Managing Director of operator Southeastern on September 15. He was previously Managing Director at First Capital Connect.
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NewsConsortium agrees to buy Porterbrook
UK: The owners of rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance Ltd announced an agreement for the sale of their interests to an international consortium of investors on October 10. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October. Porterbrook owns and manages around 5 900 passenger ...
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NewsJesper Lok
DENMARK: DSB Chief Executive Jesper Lok has tendered his resignation and will leave the national operator when a successor is found, or by August 31 2015 at the latest.
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NewsPhil Hufton
UK: Network Rail announced on September 15 that Phil Hufton is to replace Robin Gisby (photo) as Managing Director, Network Operations. Hufton joins NR next year from London Underground, where he is Chief Operating Officer.
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NewsMuhammad Anwar Bubak
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Railways has appointed Muhammad Anwar Bubak as General Manager, Operations, in succession to Anjum Pervez, who has retired.
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NewsMinistries restructured
KAZAKHSTAN: Under a wide-ranging restructuring of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s government which was launched in August, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport & Communications has been merged with the Ministry of Industry & New Technologies, National Space Agency and the Communication & Information Agency. Within the combined ministry, former Minister of Transport & ...
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NewsŠefcovic to succeed Kallas
EUROPE: Slovakian MEP Maroš Šefcovic (photo) has been nominated in the college of European Commission President-Elect Jean-Claude Juncker as Commissioner for Transport & Space, with responsibility for the DG MOVE directorate-general. Šefcovic will also supervise the activities of the European Railway Agency. Provided his appointment is ratified by a vote ...
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NewsBudapest awards €91m fare collection system contract
HUNGARY: Budapest transport authority BKK has awarded Scheidt & Bachmann a €91m five-year contract to design, supply and manage an automated multi-modal fare collection system. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing €54·5m to finance the project, and the municipality HF5·3bn. Scheidt & Bachmann and its Hong Kong-based ...