All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 736
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NewsDelhi regional rail link plans move ahead
INDIA: The national government has approved plans to develop regional express rail links connecting Delhi with three satellite towns in the National Capital Region. Meeting on July 11, the cabinet approved the setting up of the NCR Transport Corp to develop the Rapid Rail Transit System at ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Madrid-based engineering consultancy Sener has acquired a 48% stake in Brazilian civil engineering group Setepla, with an option to buy the remainder at a later date. Setepla has undertaken construction work on São Paulo metro Line 4 and is currently working on Line 15, the Expresso Tiradentes monorail. ICT ...
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NewsGreece invites interest in privatisation of train operator Trainose
GREECE: Privatisation agency the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has invited expressions of interest in the purchase of 100% of the share capital of national train operator Trainose. The process is to be undertaken in two phases, with Phase A being the submission of expressions of interest by September 16. ...
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NewsDovrebanen upgrading works reassigned
NORWAY: Celebrations were held on July 3 to mark the holing through of the 3·9 km Ulvin tunnel, which forms the centrepiece of a project to upgrade and realign a key section of Jernbaneverket's Dovrebanen main line between Oslo and Trondheim. The 17 km section between Minnesund and Kleverud is ...
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NewsUIC and ERA reach agreement over telematics documentation
EUROPE: An agreement providing for the future co-ordination of technical documentation covering Telematics Applications for Passengers was signed at the European Railway Agency headquarters in Valenciennes on July 1. It specifies how ERA and UIC will maintain their respective documents in order to ensure 'continuous synchronisation' between the relevant ERA ...
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NewsRhomberg Sersa Rail Group acquires Universale
EUROPE: The Bahnbau Wels subsidiary of infrastructure contractor Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group signed a contract to acquire the Universale-Bau track and construction business of the insolvent Alpine group on July 15. Alpine had filed for bankruptcy on June 28, after efforts to restructure the business failed. The purchase of Universale ...
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NewsPrivate plans in Nigeria
NIGERIA: The government has prepared a bill to amend the 1957 Railway Act with a view to permitting private sector involvement in the rail sector. Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corp Adeseyi Sijuade said he envisages that private companies may be granted access ‘to run some of the vital aspects ...
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NewsCincinnati Streetcar construction contract signed
USA: The main construction contract for the 5·8 km first phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar project was signed by the city council and the MPD joint venture of Messer, Prus and Delta Railroad on July 15, enabling the council to issue a notice to proceed. Utility relocation works for the ...
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NewsToshiba motors to upgrade Singapore metro cars
SINGAPORE: Toshiba Corp has announced a 'major order' to supply its high-efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for the refurbishment of drive systems on 66 six-car C151 metro trainsets which SMRT Corp operates on Singapore's East-West and North-South lines. There are four motored cars in each trainset. Toshiba said this would ...
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NewsLoose fishplate identified following French inter-city derailment
FRANCE: National railway operator SNCF and infrastructure manager RFF confirmed on July 14 that a loose fishplate was believed to have triggered the derailment of a Paris - Limoges Intercité express at Brétigny-sur-Orge on July 12, which killed six people and injured a further 62. The seven-coach loco-hauled train which ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2013
Algeria: A consortium of Condotte d’Acqua and Rizzani de Eccher has awarded Ansaldo STS a €40m contract to supply ETCS Level 1 and 2 and conventional lineside signalling for the 130 km line under construction between Oued Tlélat and Tlemcen, along with a traffic control centre in Oran. Belgium: ...
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NewsNews in Brief
RZD International has signed a US$800m Russian-funded modernisation agreement with Serbian Railways. This includes upgrading 112 km of Corridor X and 200 km of the Beograd - Bar route, various track doubling and electrification projects and an US$100m order for a further 26 Metrowagonmash DMUs. Argentina’s government ...
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NewsShibuya Hikarie EMU enters service
JAPAN: Tokyu Railway has started putting into service a new generation of 1067 mm gauge commuter EMUs designed for through running onto neighbouring networks. This follows the transfer of operations at its Tokyo Shibuya station from the former elevated terminus to a low-level station allowing through running with Tokyo ...
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NewsMarion Gout-van Sinderen
Marion Gout-van Sinderen, CEO of ProRail, has been elected President of EIM, the association of European rail infrastructure managers, for a two-year term.
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NewsWaterloo orders Bombardier light rail vehicles
CANADA: Waterloo Regional Council approved an agreement with regional transport authority Metrolinx for the purchase of 14 Bombardier light rail vehicles on July 10. The vehicles will be used for Stage 1 of the ION light rail line that is scheduled to open between Waterloo and Kitchener in 2016. ...
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NewsRATP cleared to automate Paris metro Line 4
FRANCE: The board of Ile de France transport authority STIF voted on July 10 to approve the conversion of Paris metro Line 4 to fully-automated operation, endorsing proposals submitted by operator RATP on June 28. Carrying 740 000 passengers/day, the north-south Line 4 is the second-busiest metro line in ...
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NewsThalys restructuring approved by partners
EUROPE: The boards of Belgian national operator SNCB and France’s SNCF have approved a restructuring of international high speed operator Thalys by 2015 to create a single corporate entity. Thalys operates high speed services between various destinations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, although its prime route is the ...
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NewsVolkerRail awarded Betuwe Route maintenance contract
NETHERLANDS: Betuwe Route infrastructure manager Keyrail has awarded VolkerRail a contract to maintain the 160 km dedicated freight corridor linking Rotterdam with the German border. VolkerRail will be responsible for planning and implementing maintenance of the line for five years from October 1 2013. The call for tenders in ...
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NewsNetwork Rail brings ballast supply chain in-house
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail brought the handling of new and used ballast in-house with effect from July 1, by 'mutual agreement' with Frimstone Ltd which was previously contracted to operate local distribution centres at Carlisle, Crewe, Bescot, Toton, Doncaster, Whitemoor and Eastleigh. Around 40 staff transferred to NR from ...