All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 689
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2014
Bulgaria: A consortium of Stanilov, GP Group and Metroproject Praha is to build a 1·3 km extension of Sofia metro Line 2 for 42·4m lev. China: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Leighton M&E a A$26m contract to build To Kwa Wan station. France: RATP has selected a ...
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NewsWork on underground sections of Jakarta metro begins
INDONESIA: Project manager Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta announced that work started on the underground section of Jakarta’s first metro line on April 4. Excavation began at Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle, where there will be an underground station. A guide wall is due to be completed within three months, which ...
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NewsOre haulage agreement signed
NORWAY: National rail freight operator CargoNet signed an agreement with iron ore mining company Rana Gruber on March 27 to take over the haulage of ore trains from the mine at Ørtfjell to the Gullsmedvik processing plant at Mo i Rana, over the 35 km Dunderlandsbanen section of Jernebaneverket’s Trondheim ...
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NewsSuzhou orders Siemens signalling
CHINA: China Electronics Technology Group Corp has placed a €15m order with Siemens to supply signalling equipment for the extension of Suzhou metro Line 2. Siemens will supply Trainguard MT automatic train control, Trackguard Sicas ECC electronic interlockings and Airlink radio transmission. The same equipment was installed on ...
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NewsAnalysing human factors
INTERNATIONAL: The UIC Safety Unit held a workshop entitled Human Factors in the Investigation of Accidents & Incidents during February, bringing together 56 participants from 25 UIC members. Also present were representatives from the Belgian Railway Accident & Incident Investigation Body and the University of Southern Denmark. Among the keynote ...
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NewsHuawei and Siemens to co-operate on communications
HUAWEI: Chinese communications supplier Huawei announced on April 8 that it had reached agreement with Siemens Convergence Creators GmbH to co-operate in the development of ‘end–to-end solutions’ in the critical communications market, including rail. Huawei says that it will draw on its expertise in GSM-R for voice communications and train ...
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NewsMore EMUs for London Overground
UK: Transport for London announced on April 9 that it would be inviting expressions of interest in a contract to supply electric multiple-units to operate routes that are to be transferred to its London Overground network in 2015. New rolling stock will also be required following electrification of London Overground’s ...
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NewsSuppliers join forces at InnoTrans 2014
INNOTRANS: There will be 39 combined stands bringing together groups of national and regional suppliers at InnoTrans 2014. Japanese suppliers will once again be occupying an entire hall, while the new CityCube Berlin hall will feature national displays by groups of suppliers from South Korea, Switzerland and Sweden. The ...
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NewsCSR locos arrive in Pakistan
PAKISTAN: CSR Ziyang has delivered an initial batch of five 2 000 hp diesel locomotives to Pakistan Railways. Unloading at the port of Karachi began on April 7, with the new locos due to undergo two weeks of testing before being accepted by PR. CSR is supplying a total of ...
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NewsDoha metro project management contract awarded
QATAR: Qatar Rail has awarded a Systra-Parsons joint venture a €170m E&M systems project management contract for Phase 1 of the Doha metro. The scope of the contract includes design reviews, works supervision, testing and tracking acceptance activities. Lead consultant Systra will be responsible for signalling, driverless systems, rolling ...
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NewsJack Stephens
Jack Stephens has taken up a one-year contract as Executive Director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. Deputy Executive Director since 2003, he was named Interim Executive Director in February, following the departure of Joseph Giulietti who has become President of New York commuter rail operator Metro-North (RG 2.14 ...
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NewsHow safe is your container?
EUROPE: Due to conclude next month after three years of research, the Arena programme, part funded by the EU, is intended to protect freight shippers from the risk of hijack, theft or piracy of their high-value goods, which is estimated to cost €8·2bn per annum. Arena is a research and ...
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NewsHigh speed station planning progresses
ASIA: A high speed station is planned for the Sungai Besi regeneration zone south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on April 7 at the end of the fifth ‘leaders’ retreat’ with his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong. The two leaders reported that ‘good progress’ was being ...
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NewsTriMet awards Portland smart card contract
USA: Transport agency TriMet has awarded INIT a contract to implement smart card ticketing for light rail, commuter and bus services in Portland, Oregon. The contract announced on April 1 covers an initial 1·3 million contactless smart cards, 1 100 onboard and platform validators, 100 retail terminals, 90 mobile inspection ...
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NewsONCF takes delivery of tank wagons
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has taken delivery of 80 bogie tank wagons shipped from Constanta in Romania to Casablanca on two vessels chartered by Belgian specialist logistics company Polytra. The ships each carried 20 wagons in the hold and 20 on the deck. Specialist transport beds had to be ...
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NewsBergen line double-tracking proposed
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has recommended the construction of a 69 km double-track alignment to replace a single-track section of the Oslo – Bergen main line between Voss and the Bergen suburb of Arna. In a joint report prepared with the national road authority, the infrastructure managers have proposed that ...
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NewsTampere CTC renewal contract
FINLAND: Finnish transport agency Liikennevirasto has awarded a €5⋅8m contract to Mipro for renewal of the train control system on around a quarter of the national rail network in western Finland. A new traffic management system designated TAKO is to be rolled out in eight phases during 2014-18, replacing the ...
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NewsGouda – Alphen concession awarded
NETHERLANDS: The province of Zuid-Holland has awarded NS Reizigers and Abellio Rail NRW GmbH a contract to operate passenger services on the 18 km Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn route. Worth €3m a year, the contract is due to commence on December 11 2016 and will run for a ...
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NewsTCDD to order more high speed trains
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has issued a tender notice requesting offers by May 9 for the supply of a further 10 high speed trainsets. Respondents are requested to include in their bids three years of maintenance and the supply of 47 kits of spare parts. Last July TCDD placed an ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2014
Tokyo Metro has signed a technical assistance memorandum of understanding with Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced R$3·8bn of public transport investment. The projects include tramways in the city of Natal and state of Paraíba. China Railway Group has been awarded a 20bn ...