All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 806
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NewsBearing test facility opened
RUSSIA: SKF has opened a railway axlebox bearing test facility at its Tver factory which it says is the first to be certified under new Russian safety norms. The Tver factory was opened in 2010 to produce sealed and pre-lubricated compact tapered bearing units for Russian and international customers. ...
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NewsGas tank wagon lease signed
RUSSIA: Leasing firm Brunswick Rail announced a seven-year agreement to supply 150 gas tank wagons to the SIBUR-Trans subsidiary of petrochemicals group SIBUR on May 24. The type 15-1780 wagons built by Ukrainian firm Poltavhimmash are designed to carry propane and butane. The first 20 are expected to be delivered ...
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NewsKazakhstan plans its place on the New Silk Road
KAZAKHSTAN: Speaking at the 25th meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors on May 22, President Nursultan Nazarbayev set out his vision for a 'New Silk Road' strategy to exploit the country's potential as an east-west and north-south transit hub by 2020. Rail projects in the strategy include the completion ...
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NewsDonetsk station rebuild completed
UKRAINE: National railway UZ officially completed an extensive modernisation of the main station in Donetsk on May 22. The project has been undertaken to increase capacity from 15 000 to more than 35 000 passengers/day, shorten walking distances, improve links to local transport and increase accessibility for users with ...
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NewsMalaysia - Singapore Rapid Transit study commissioned
ASIA: Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission and Singapore's Land Transport Authority have awarded AECOM Technology Corp a US$42m contract to undertake engineering studies for the proposed Malaysia - Singapore Rapid Transit System Link. AECOM will undertake an architectural and engineering study for the proposed connection between Singapore and Johor Bahru ...
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NewsGE Transportation to build diesel engine plant to serve CIS region
KAZAKHSTAN: A memorandum of understanding setting out plans to establish a US$90m diesel engine manufacturing plant in Astana was signed by GE Transportation, TransmashDiesel and national railway KTZ on May 23. The parties plan to form a joint venture which would produce around 400 Evolution Series engines a year for ...
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Douglas Oakervee
Douglas Oakervee, a former Executive Chairman of Crossrail, has succeeded Sir Brian Briscoe as Chairman of HS2 Ltd, the company set up by the UK government to develop a high speed line between London and the north of England.
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NewsWorld rolling stock market May 2012
Argentina: Last month 15 ex-NS DH1 single-car DMUs were shipped from the Netherlands to Buenos Aires suburban concessionaire TBA. Ferrosur Roca has taken delivery of two more EMD G26 locomotives rebuilt by TŽV Gredelj. Bangladesh: Using Indian government credit, BR has awarded Texmaco a 600m taka contract to ...
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NewsEuroporte Channel trials piggyback to London
UK: Eurotunnel’s rail freight subsidiary Europorte Channel ran a trial train from Antwerpen to Barking on May 21-22 to demonstrate the feasibility of operating unaccompanied piggyback trains to London via High Speed 1, carrying P400 craneable semitrailers as used in mainland Europe. The test used a Sdggmiss two-section pocket wagon ...
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NewsGATX enters Indian wagon leasing market
INDIA: Via its GATX India subsidiary, Chicago-based wagon leasing firm GATX Corp has entered the Indian market with the purchase of 10 rakes of 45 container wagons. They will be leased to Arshiya Rail Infrastructure for 10 years. 'We are pleased to be the first leasing company registered under Indian ...
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NewsGdansk tram extension opens
POLAND: City transport operator ZKM Gdansk opened a 3 km tram extension on May 11, having begun test running on April 26. The extension from Sikorskiego to Lostowice Swietokrzyska adds six stops serving densely populated areas. Local bus routes have been revised to become feeders to the tram services. ...
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NewsBucuresti airport metro line to be tendered this year
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex has confirmed that it plans to call tenders for the construction of Line 6 in September this year. The 14 km line will run from 1 Mai station on Line 4 to Henri Coanda International Airport and Otopeni, with 12 stations. Construction is expected ...
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NewsNews in Brief - May 2012
Last month Saudi Arabia's Council of Ministers approved the creation of a railway authority to issue operating licences and supervise development of new lines. Plans have been announced for a sixth station on the future Haramain High Speed Rail line, serving Abyar Al west of Madinah. On May 1 Georgia ...
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Jakub Karnowski
Jakub Karnowski has been named President & CEO of PKP SA, succeeding Maria Wasiak who held the post on an interim basis following the dismissal of Andrzej Wach in December 2010. Wasiak has now joined the Management Board along with Piotr Cizkowicz.
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NewsExperimental 430 km/h high speed train unveiled
SOUTH KOREA: An experimental high speed train designed for speeds up to 430 km/h was unveiled on May 17. The HEMU-430X (High Speed Electric Multiple-Unit 430 km/h eXperimental) has been developed with the aim of putting South Korea's major cities within 1½ h of each other, and to attract ...
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NewsRiyadh metro project prequalification begins
SAUDI ARABIA: Arriyadh Development Authority invited expressions of interest in civil engineering, railway systems and rolling stock contracts for the proposed Riyadh metro on May 15. Responses are to be submitted by June 20. The Saudi cabinet has approved a four-year plan to develop a metro and bus transport network ...
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NewsNew board elected at Canadian Pacific as President and Chairman stand down
CANADA: Just hours before its annual shareholder meeting, Canadian Pacific Railway announced on May 17 that President & CEO Fred Green was standing down with immediate effect, after 34 years with the company, and would not be standing for re-election. Chairman John Cleghorn expressed his thanks to Green for ‘his ...
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NewsRotherham tram-tram project funding confirmed
UK: Funding for a £58m tram-train pilot scheme which will use the Supertram light rail network and a freight line to link Sheffield and Rotherham was confirmed by Transport Minister Norman Baker on May 17. The project includes the acquisition of seven tram-train vehicles, a 400 m connection between Supertram ...
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NewsBombardier and Carillion launch signalling joint venture
UK: Bombardier Transportation and Carillion have formally launched Infrasig as a joint venture offering conventional and ETCS signalling services in the UK market. The joint venture is one of a number of suppliers awarded framework agreements as part of infrastructure manager Network Rail's ETCS development programme. Infrasig's work on ...