All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 752
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NewsWorld rail market April 2013
Denmark: Project promoter Femern has awarded RINA Group a contract to verify the interoperability and safety requirements for the planned Fehmarn Belt tunnel. France: SNCF has appointed Thales to maintain ticket validating equipment on the Transilien suburban network serving Paris. The four-year contract covers 400 stations and 4300 pieces ...
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NewsPerpignan – Figueres ready for piggyback
EUROPE: A second series of trials conducted on April 14 has confirmed the technical feasibility of operating piggyback services between Perpignan and Figueres, according to TP Ferro which holds the concession to build and operate the 1 435 mm gauge route between France and Spain. Fret SNCF and the French ...
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NewsGera launches tram network upgrade
GERMANY: Work on the second phase of a project to modernise and extend the metre-gauge tram network in Gera was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 12. There are four elements to the programme. The Tinzer Straße - Bieblach-Ost route is to be upgraded to ...
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NewsDelhi metro extension signalling contract awarded
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €35m contract to supply Cityflo 350 signalling and train control technology for extensions to lines 5 (Green) and 6 (Violet) which will add 35 km and 23 stations to the network in 2016. Line 5 will be extended 11·2 km ...
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NewsFour shortlisted for Docklands Light Railway franchise
UK: Transport for London announced on April 17 that had shortlisted four bidders for a franchise to operate the Docklands Light Railway from September 14 2014. Invitations to tender were expected to be issued ‘within the next few weeks’ to Stagecoach Rail Projects Ltd, a joint venture of Keolis ...
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NewsNews in Brief - April 2013
Two contracts have been signed for work on lines in Uganda, according to Works & Transport Minister Abraham Byandala. The 256 km Malaba – Kampala line is to be converted from metre gauge to standard gauge, and the 503 km Tororo – Pakwach line is to be extended to Nimule. ...
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NewsHuman factors consultancy for London Bridge station rebuild
UK: The HyderWSP joint venture which main contractor Costain has appointed to undertake detailed design work for the rebuilding of Network Rail's London Bridge station has selected CCD Design & Ergonomics to provide human factors consultancy services. 'Our work will be to help create the optimum environment for all station ...
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NewsQatar Railway Education Alliance partnership
QATAR: National railway development agency Qatar Rail, Qatar University and Deutsche Bahn's consultancy business DB International signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of the Qatar Railway Education Alliance during the Business & Investment in Qatar forum held in Berlin on April 16. The three partners plan to establish ...
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NewsBombardier signs Orlando SunRail contract
USA: Florida Department of Transportation announced on April 15 that it had signed a $195m contract with Bombardier Transportation for operations and maintenance services for the SunRail commuter rail route in Orlando. The 10-year contract covers operations, dispatching, fleet and track maintenance, customer service, station platform and facility maintenance, ...
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NewsElectric brake pressure gauge launched
BRAKES: Baumer Group has developed a digital pressure indicator for use in train braking systems. Coupled with an EF6 electronic pressure sensor providing a 20 mA signal, the DND4 gauge can show brake pressures from 0 to 12 bar. The 80 mm diameter gauge is designed for easy mounting in ...
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NewsSalt Lake City light rail reaches airport
USA: Utah Transit Authority celebrated the opening of an extension of the TRAX light rail network to Salt Lake City Airport with entertainment and free trips from 10.00 to 22.00 on April 13. Revenue services began the following day. ‘We need to grow our mass transit in order to ...
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NewsDoha metro Red Line contractors selected
QATAR: Qatar Rail has selected contractors for the Red Line North construction phase of the Doha metro. One contract is for the construction of an underground section of the Red Line; the other is for building Msheireb and Education City stations. The consortium selected for Red Line North includes ...
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NewsCHSRA evaluates Central Valley construction contract bids
USA: With a submission worth $985m, a joint venture of Tutor Perini Corp, Zachry Construction Corp and Parsons Corp has been selected by the California High Speed Rail Authority as the best-ranking of five shortlisted bids for a design-build contract for the Madera – Fresno starter section of the planned ...
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NewsSouth West Trains EMUs to get AC traction equipment
UK: Porterbrook Leasing has awarded Vossloh Kiepe UK a £40m contract to supply solid-state inverters and AC traction motors to replace electro-mechanical control equipment and DC motors on the 91 Class 455 electric multiple-units operated by South West Trains on the 750 V DC third rail network serving London Waterloo. ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2013
Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Ho Chi Minh City officials on March 13 to provide €200m towards the US$857m cost of building the 17 km first phase of metro Line 5. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has announced plans to call ...
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NewsLow-energy ticket machine
LUXEMBOURG: National railway CFL has ordered 83 Dualis 2000 TSI self-service ticket machines and associated Dualis Cemas back-end systems from ICA Traffic. All the operating features of the machines including the 15 in touch screen display will be between 700 mm and 1200 mm above ground level to comply ...
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NewsChildren's ticket gates
CHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has installed two custom-designed 'child-friendly' ticket gates at its Disneyland Resort station. The gates are 100 mm lower than standard, and decorated with characters from the Toy Story films. 'For obvious reasons, Disneyland Resort Station serves more child passengers than other MTR stations,' said Operations ...
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NewsAustralian high speed rail study published
AUSTRALIA: What Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Anthony Albanese called 'the most detailed and comprehensive study ever undertaken into high speed rail in this country' was published on April 11. The study identifies a potential 1 748 km route for a double-track electrified high speed line between Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra ...
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NewsFastening partnership
USA: Atchison, Kansas-based Amsted RPS has formed a joint venture with Swiss supplier Schwihag to supply rail fastenings for the North American market. The joint venture has been established to supply Class I railways with SKL fastenings for use on heavy-axleload routes, in accordance with 'Buy America' requirements. Amsted RPS ...
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NewsHump yard modernisation gets underway
GERMANY: Following successful projects to modernise the Köln Gremberg and Hagen Vorhalle marshalling yards, DB ProjektBau has awarded Pintsch Tiefenbach and AIS Automation Dresden a contract to provide new control equipment for the Seddin Nord hump yard southwest of Berlin. The contract worth 'several million euros' covers the provision of ...