All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 831
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NewsDelhi regional express planned
INDIA: Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has given approval in principle for a Regional Rapid Transit System in the National Capital Region surrounding Delhi. Due to be integrated with the Delhi Metro, RRTS will serve the Delhi - Gurgaon - Alwar, Delhi - Sonepat - Panipat and Delhi - Ghaziabad ...
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NewsAlmaty metro opens and Phase 2 funded
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the first section of the Almaty metro on December 1, and the Ministry of Transport & Communications has announced that funding has been secured to construct the second phase. The 8·5 km Phase 1 from Alatau to Rayimbeka has seven stations. Phase 2 will extend ...
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NewsSpeaking your language
INFORMATION: A computer module which can be attached to passenger information systems to give text-to-speech capabilities in an extensive range of languages is offered by US firm TextSpeak. The devices are intended for installation wherever a multi-language capability is required, and can play preset messages or real-time messages generated by ...
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NewsHS1 open to Eurotunnel
UK: Eurotunnel announced on December 1 that its Europorte Channel subsidiary had been granted approval to operate its fleet of Class 92 locomotives on High Speed 1. Driver training is now in progress with the expectation that commercial freight services will be launched early in 2012. Europorte Channel currently operates ...
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NewsFGC plans metre to standard conversion
SPAIN: Catalan regional operator FGC is to take forward design studies for converting its metre-gauge Manresa - Martorell route to dual 1000 mm/1435 mm gauge, following the signature of an agreement with Iberpotash SA. At Martorell, 1435 mm gauge freight trains would join the Mediterranean Corridor, one of the 10 ...
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NewsVTG doubles North American fleet
USA: Wagon leasing company VTG announced on December 1 that it has doubled the size of its North American fleet following the acquisition of SC Rail Leasing America Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Formerly a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp of America, SCRL owns over 2 000 wagons, primarily used ...
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NewsRussian Railways looks lean
RUSSIA: Alstom Transport is to provide Russian Railways specialists with training in the implementation of lean manufacturing technology under a memorandum of co-operation which was signed during the Second Railway Congress in Moscow on November 19. Alstom and RZD are planning joint engineering centres for the development and implementation of ...
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Adam Baker
Adam Baker has joined the Railway Gazette Group editorial team as Assistant Editor, Urban Rail; he will work across our portfolio including Railway Gazette International, Metro Report International, and www.railwaygazette.com. Educated in Norfolk, Adam has worked across a variety of business magazines and newspapers, including Meat Trades Journal.
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Elaine Holt
Elaine Holt, latterly Chief Executive of the UK Department for Transport’s Directly Operated Railways subsidiary and Chairman of train operator East Coast, is to join National Express Group plc on January 3 as Bid Director within the Rail team. She will be reporting to NEG Group Chief Executive Dean Finch . ...
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Sławomir Nowak
Sławomir Nowak became Poland’s Minister of Transport, Construction & Maritime Economy last month, when a new cabinet was sworn in following elections which were won by the ruling party. He replaces Cezary Grabarczyk at the ministry, which has been renamed from the Ministry of Infrastructure.
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Makis Voridis
Makis Voridis has been named as Minister of Transport & Infrastructure in the new Greek unity government, with Yannis Magriotis as Vice Minister and Adonis Georgiadis as Minister for Shipping.
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Johnny Boo
Johnny Boo has joined the Infrastructure team at Lloyd’s Register’s UK rail business from Network Rail, where he was involved on Crossrail surface works. Simon Whitehouse has joined the London office from URS Scott Wilson to head Independent Assurance services, while engineering and traction specialist Tony Woof moves to LR from ...
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NewsAlstom presents first Italian AGV
ITALY: On November 30 Alstom Transport presented the first of eight AGV.italo high speed trainsets that it is building at its Savigliano works for open access operator Nuovo Trasporti Viaggiatori. NTV has ordered 25 AGV trainsets from Alstom, 17 of which have been produced at the La Rochelle plant in ...
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NewsNew wagons for Tibbett
ROMANIA: Contract logistics provider Tibbett Logistics has taken delivery of its first 32 intermodal wagons from leasing company Touax, to be deployed on block trains operating from the port of Constanta. Tibbett is looking to acquire more vehicles early in 2012, in order to provide a daily service and introduce ...
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NewsParsons awarded Caltrain PTC contract
USA: The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board has selected Parsons for a four-year contract to design and install a $138m Communications-Based Overlay Signal System Positive Train Control system for the Caltrain commuter route between San Francisco and San Jose. CBOSS PTC is scheduled to be in revenue service by October ...
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NewsPanoramic coaches in service at KiwiRail
NEW ZEALAND: Panoramic coaches which KiwiRail describes as 'the first carriages entirely designed and built in New Zealand since 1941' have entered service on the tourist-oriented Christchurch - Picton Coastal Pacific. A total of 17 vehicles including cafe, viewing and luggage cars are being designed and built at KiwiRail's Hillside ...
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NewsDB retained for Rhein-Main S-Bahn
GERMANY: Following a competitive tendering process, Rhein-Main transport authority RMV named DB Regio as the winner of three contracts to operate the region's S-Bahn network of local passenger services on November 16. The contract covering routes S1, S7, S8 and S9 runs for 22 years from December 14 2014, that ...
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NewsReferendum backs Stuttgart 21
GERMANY: Controversial plans to rebuild Stuttgart’s main station look set to go ahead after 59% of voters approved the project in a referendum held by the Land of Baden-Württemberg on November 27. ‘The people have spoken’, said Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. ‘I accept the results, even if it does not ...
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NewsTrespass and suicide reduction project launched
EUROPE: The RESTRAIL research project which aims to develop cost-effective measures to reduce and mitigate the effects on railways of suicides and trespass was launched at UIC headquarters in Paris on November 17. Reduction of Suicides & Trespasses on Railway Property is being led by seven operators and infrastructure managers, ...
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NewsMoscow commuter privatisation planned
RUSSIA: The government has decided to auction a 25% minus three shares stake in Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co, Russian Railways announced on November 15. The minimum sale price will be set by an independent review. The RZD subsidiary was established on January 1 2006, with RZD owning ...