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NewsNews in Brief
EIB is lending €40m to Poland’s rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK to fund upgrading of track and platforms at Siedlce, Lukow and Miedzyrzec Podlaski and signalling modernisation on 78 km between Siedlce and Biala Podlaska. By the end of 2015 line speeds will be raised to 160 km/h for passenger ...
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NewsMancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop modernised
INDIA: East Coast Railway has completed the overhaul of an LHB type coach at its Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop for the first time. This follows an Rs250m modernisation of the CRW site, which has increased overhaul capacity from 100 to 150 coaches/month. The work on the LHB coach included bogie, ...
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NewsSmart Ticketing Alliance agreed
EUROPE: The creation of a Smart Ticketing Alliance as ‘a platform for European and global co-operation’ has been agreed by smart ticketing specification and co-ordination bodies VDV KA of Germany, ITSO from the UK, France’s Afimb, the EU’s Calypso Networks and UITP. The main goals of the Alliance are: ...
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NewsIR names double GM
Eastern Railway's General Manager, G C Agarwal, has taken on the additional post of General Manager, South Eastern Railway. During a long career with Indian Railways he has held senior positions at several zonal networks, as well as being posted to the Research, Design & Standards organisation to participate in ...
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NewsFranetovich heads ADIF SE
Argentina's Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo has appointed Ariel Franetovich (photo) as President of state railway infrastructure authority ADIF SE, while his former post as head of the National Commission for Transport Regulation (CNRT) has been filled by Fernando Manzanares. On the operating side, Alejandro Croucher has ...
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NewsShenyang tramway opens
CHINA: The Shenyang tramway opened on August 15, in time for the 12th National Games being held in early September. Revenue service is to begin on September 15, with free travel in the interim. Lines 2 and 5 are fully open, and Line 1 is partly open. Line 3 is ...
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NewsRussian Railways Logistics delivers oversized refinery equipment
RUSSIA: The Russian Railways Logistics subsidiary of national railway company RZD has successfully moved an out-of-gauge load weighing a total of 334 tonnes from the Atomenergomash plant at Volgodonsk to an oil refinery at Ryazan. The refinery equipment was carried on two 12-axle wagons. Its route was planned by the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Leasing company The Andersons has opened a wagon painting facility in Maumee, Ohio. ‘Our new state-of-the-art facility will help to alleviate the current shortage of services of this kind as well as meet the industry’s expected growth in demand for quality railcar painting’, said Rasesh Shah, President, Rail Group. ...
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NewsBrazilian high speed rail tendering postponed
BRAZIL: A one-year postponement of tendering to supply railway systems for the 510 km Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo - Campinas high speed line was announced by Transport Minister César Borges on August 12. Bids for the Trem de Alta Velocidade contract were due to be submitted this month ...
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NewsHouston light rail extensions have more funding approved
USA: Congress has approved $189m for two light rail projects in Houston, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County announced on August 12. Half of the money will go towards the North/Red Line extension and the other half towards the Southeast/Purple Line. The funding is part of the $900m Full ...
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NewsGroundbreaking launches Rastatt tunnel project
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Niederbühl on July 30 to launch a €693m project to build a new double-track alignment through Rastatt. This forms part of a programme to provide four tracks in place of two to increase capacity on the Rhine Valley corridor between Karlsruhe and Basel. ...
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NewsQueensland approves Galilee Basin coal railway
AUSTRALIA: Following a review of environmental studies, on August 9 Queensland's Coordinator-General approved Waratah Coal's A$6·4bn project to develop a mine near Alpha and build a heavy haul railway to port facilities at Abbot Point. The state approved the proposal subject to 'strict development and operating conditions'. Federal approval is ...
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NewsTwo depots designed for Desiro City fleet
UK: Siemens has awarded VolkerFitzpatrick a contract to design, build and commission two depots to maintain the 1 140 Desiro City EMU cars which the Cross London Trains consortium is to supply for Thameslink services though London. The depots at Hornsey in north London and Three Bridges in West Sussex ...
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NewsGreenbrier to maintain CIT Rail wagons
USA: The Greenbrier Companies is to provide leasing company CIT Rail with dedicated access to wagon repair capacity at its Atchison, Kansas, workshop under an agreement announced on August 12. The deal could be extended to include additional Greenbrier facilities across the USA. The companies will collaborate to match CIT ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur airport rail link expands ticketing options
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur International Airport rail link operator Express Rail Link has put a modernised fare collection system into service. New ticket gates accept contactless smart cards, Touch 'n Go and Visa payWave instead of the former magnetic stripe tickets, while QR barcodes can be used for online purchases and ...
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NewsSiemens to supply signalling on Alger metro extension
ALGERIA: Entreprise Métro d’Alger has selected Siemens to supply signalling for the extension of Alger metro Line 1. The contract is worth €20m and includes training of staff in the new system. The extension will be equipped with Siemens Trainguard MT communications based train control, permitting automatic train operation. ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief
Seine-Amont Développement has appointed consultant Barton Willmore to advise on regeneration opportunities from a planned 10·4 km tram line to Paris Orly Airport. The UK government has agreed to devolve responsibility for three inner-suburban rail services out of London Liverpool Street station to Transport for London, which would ...
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NewsStates seek standard fleet of diesel locomotives
USA: Illinois Department of Transportation issued a request for proposals for the supply of 32 diesel-electric passenger locomotives on August 8. A winning bidder is expected to be selected in early 2014, with deliveries in 2016-17. The RFP was issued by IDOT as the leader of a group of states ...
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NewsTransport for London shortlists bidders for ticketing contract
UK: Transport for London has shortlisted three bidders for the a contract to provide and maintain its revenue collection systems including ticket gates, Oyster smart card readers and back-office activities. Cubic Transportation Systems LG CNS Co CNF Scheidt & Bachmann The contract is called Electra by TfL, and ...
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NewsStrukton wins Södra stambanan maintenance contract
SWEDEN: National transport agency Trafikverket has awarded Strukton Rail a contract to maintain the 680 track-km northern section of the Södra stambanan route, one of the busiest rail corridors in Sweden linking Stockholm and Malmö. The contract announced on August 9 runs for five years from May 1 2014. It ...