All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 827
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NewsDesign flaws and poor management caused Wenzhou collision, report confirms
CHINA: Investigators have confirmed that 'serious design flaws' in the signalling and train control equipment, along with 'sloppy management and the mishandling of a lightning strike' were among the reasons for the collision between two high speed trains near Wenzhou on July 23 2011 in which 40 people died. Originally ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal and Kazakh national railway KTZ signed a memorandum of understanding in November setting out plans for a joint venture to produce up to 400000 tonnes of long products a year, around half of which would be R-65 rails for the domestic and export markets. KTZ will contribute up ...
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NewsTrack maintenance venture formed
AUSTRALIA: Reflecting a growing market for rail infrastructure work, notably on heavy haul freight railways and urban passenger networks, Leighton Contractors and Swietelsky have formed a joint venture to provide track construction, maintenance and renewal services. LS Rail brings together Leighton's expertise in the Australasian rail market with Swietelsky's ...
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NewsCrenshaw/LAX light rail line gets go-ahead
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been given the green light by the Federal Transit Administration to proceed this year with the $1∙7bn Crenshaw/LAX light rail line running between the Expo Line on Exposition Boulevard and the Green Line at Aviation/LAX. Metro had already invited proposals in December ...
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NewsChinese 500 km/h supertrain on test
CHINA: CSR Qingdao Sifang unveiled an ultra high-speed test train in December. As foreshadowed in the January 2011 edition of Railway Gazette International, the six-car trainset is intended to give engineers the opportunity to research train and track behaviour at speeds up to 500 km/h. Researchers will explore fields including ...
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NewsDirect Rail Services orders 15 Vossloh EuroLight UK locomotives
UK: Open access freight and charter operator Direct Rail Services announced an order for Vossloh España to supply 15 EuroLight UK mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotives on January 5. The contract includes options for future orders, but commercial details are not being disclosed. DRS said the locomotives are scheduled to be ...
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NewsGuangzhou - Shenzhen high speed line opens
CHINA: The 102 km Guangzhou to Shenzhen Passenger-Dedicated Line opened on December 26. It is the initial phase of the 146 km Guangzhou - Hong Kong high speed route which is scheduled for completion in 2015. The 20·4bn yuan first phase links Guangzhou South and Shenzhen North stations via Qingsheng, ...
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NewsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn orders more panoramic trains
SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn has awarded Stadler Rail a SFr106m contract to supply further rolling stock to increase capacity and improve accessibility on its metre-gauge network. The contract signed on December 23 includes one four-car and six three-car Komet 11 kV 16·7 Hz electric multiple-units. Designed by Stadler in conjunction ...
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NewsHigh speed line to Bursa to open by 2015
TURKEY: Transport Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed on December 30 that contracts had been signed to build a 75 km mixed-traffic high speed line from Bilecik to Bursa, and that civil works would start this year. The line is to be built in two sections for opening by mid-2015. The first ...
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NewsSt Gallen 2013 project underway
SWITZERLAND: Works are underway for the S-Bahn St Gallen 2013 project to optimise passenger services in eastern Switzerland, following a launch ceremony during November. A joint project of St Gallen canton, the federal transport ministry and operators SBB, Südostbahn and Thurbo, the S-Bahn scheme will see services on six standard ...
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NewsCroydon tram on test in Chemnitz
UK: The first of six Stadler Variobahn trams ordered to increase capacity on the Tramlink network in south London underwent testing in the German city of Chemnitz during December. Stadler won its first UK contract in August 2011, when Transport for London announced a £16·3m order for six Variobahn trams ...
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NewsFoster + Partners to design new Ourense station
SPAIN: ADIF has appointed a joint venture of UK architectural practice Foster + Partners, civil engineering consultancy GOC and Cabanelas & Castelo Arquitectos to design a new station at Ourense. The contract is worth €3·4m and includes supervision of architectural works over 24 months. A budget of €67·3m has been ...
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NewsSilicon Valley BART extension contract awarded
USA: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded a joint venture of Skanska, Shimmick Construction and Herzog Contracting Corp a $772m contract to build the 8∙6 km Berryessa Extension of the BART metro network south from Warm Springs Station in Fremont to north San Jose.The extension will include two stations ...
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NewsPalma - Inca electrification goes live
SPAIN: Mallorcan regional operator SFM expects to begin electric operations over the 34 km route between Palma de Mallorca and Inca in January. Deployment of CAF electric multiple-units with a maximum speed of 100 km/h is expected to cut the journey time with 16 stops from 39 min to ...
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NewsCN merges three US subsidiaries
USA: Canadian National completed the merger of three US operating subsidiaries on December 31, with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway becoming part of Wisconsin Central Ltd. 'CN expects the merger will lead to operational efficiencies and service improvements through the integration ...
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NewsSouthern orders Electrostars and SWT confirms unit changes
UK: Train operator Southern announced on December 28 that it had awarded Bombardier Transportation a £188·8m contract to supply an additional 130 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars. Production is due commence at Bombardier's Derby plant in the second half of 2012. 'Following a competitive tender process, we found that ...
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NewsTrams are getting even greener
AUSTRIA: Technische Universität Wien is heading a consortium of Wien transport operator Wiener Linien, Siemens, Vossloh Kiepe, Rail Tec Arsenal and Schig which is undertaking research into operating strategies and design modifications which could lower the energy consumption of trams. Launched in March 2010 and backed by Austrian research agency ...
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NewsWorld rail market January 2012
Canada: Montréal's STM has selected Thales to provide broadband radio communications for CCTV, passenger monitoring and other data applications across the 69 km metro network by November 2013. Germany: Bombardier is to supply a Innovia 300 peoplemover for München airport Terminal 2. The €89m contract includes 12 vehicles and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market January 2012
Belarus: AZD Praha and BETZ have won a KC65m contract to install ESA11-BC interlockings at Zhdanovichi, and provide ABE-1 signalling with LED lights on the 8 km route to Minsk-Severnyi. Brazil: Thales is to supply SelTrac CBTC for the 18 km driverless São Paulo monorail Line 17 which is ...
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