All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 884
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NewsTGV tickets to Figueres on sale
EUROPE: SNCF and RENFE began selling tickets for Paris – Figueres TGV services on November 23, ahead of the launch of through trains on December 19. Two return trips from Paris-Lyon will operate daily over the new Perpignan – Figueres high speed line, with a journey time of 5 h ...
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NewsQR National valued at A$6·7bn after part-privatisation
AUSTRALIA: Trading in QR National shares began on November 22, following the Queensland state government's flotation of the country's largest rail freight operator. The state said it was the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, with a market capitalisation of A$6·22bn and an enterprise value of A$6·70bn. The state raised gross ...
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Ice moves up at BNSF
Carl Ice has been named President & Chief Operating Officer at BNSF Railway with effect from November 1, taking up a newly created post alongside Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose. Pointing out that ‘our alignment and teamwork have been a hallmark of BNSF's success’, Rose said the splitting ...
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NewsRemarul 16 Februarie licenses Bombardier AGC design
ROMANIA: Rolling stock manufacturer Remarul 16 Februarie has signed a licensing agreement enabling it to produce Bombardier Transportation Autorail Grande Capacité multiple-units for customers in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Bombardier has received orders to supply more than 600 diesel, electric and electro-diesel AGC units for use in ...
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NewsFirst LRVs shipped to Mashhad
IRAN: CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles announced in mid-November that it had shipped three light rail vehicles from Dalian to Mashhad in Iran. They are due to arrive at the port of Bandar Abbas on December 20.Mashhad Urban Railway Corp signed a contract with CNR in February 2007 to supply 60 ...
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NewsIsrael assesses interest in building fast link to Eilat
ISRAEL: Plans to develop a rail link to the southern resort of Eilat moved forward on November 22 when Transport Minister Yisrael Katz published a Request for Information to assess the interest and ability of potential private-sector partners in designing, building, financing and operating the line. Responses are due ...
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NewsSiemens looks to 1520 commuter train market
RUSSIA: On November 18 Siemens and RZD signed an agreement in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin under which they are to set up an engineering centre to develop and manufacture multiple-units for the 1 520 mm gauge market. The centre will be part of the joint venture which ...
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NewsWeinberg tunnel holed through
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways held celebrations in Zürich on November 22 to mark the breakthrough of the Weinberg tunnel, which forms the centrepiece of the Durchmesserlinie cross-city rail link project. The tunnel boring machine finally reached its destination below the city’s Hauptbahnhof following a 4·5 km drive under the Limmat ...
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NewsPrivate commuter operator launches
RUSSIA: Perm Express launched commuter services on 47 km of the Sverdlovsk Railway between Perm II and Divya on November 1. The privately-owned company was formed in January and received a passenger licence in September. Perm Express is independent of both Russian Railways and the regional government, which operate commuter ...
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NewsEasy measurement
USA: Corru-Gage is a compact corrugation measuring tool designed for ease of use with all rail sizes, track gauges and curve radii. The rugged aluminium body has precision alignment anvils and magnetic steel feet, with an optional electronic dial indicator which allows data to be downloaded to a PDA or ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market November 2010
Australia: Seymour Whyte Constructions and Baulderstone have been awarded contracts worth A$68m for enabling works on the 13 km Gold Coast light rail corridor. Egypt: National Authority for Tunnels has appointed Systra to lead design work for Phase IV of Cairo metro Line 3. France: ...
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NewsTalent 2 to work Leipzig S-Bahn
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation confirmed on November 19 that DB Regio had placed a further order for Class 442 Talent EMUs valued at around €200m. The 36 three-car and 15 four-car EMUs will be used on the new Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn network radiating from Leipzig, which is due to open in ...
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NewsWork starts on LGV Est Phase 2
FRANCE: Construction work for the second section of LGV Est Européen was officially inaugurated on November 18, when RFF President Hubert du Mesnil hosted a ceremony at Steinbourg in the département of Bas-Rhin. Among the VIPs attending the event was Philippe Richert, the former President of the Alsace regional council ...
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NewsBDZ becomes holding company
BULGARIA: Plans to restructure state rail operator BDZ on a holding company model were signed-off by Minister of Transport, Communications & Information Technology Alexander Tsvetko on October 22. National Railway Infrastructure Company is already responsible for infrastructure. The latest plans will see BDZ EAD established as a holding company with ...
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NewsMünchen U-Bahn orders more trains
GERMANY: City utility company Stadtwerke München has placed an €185m order with Siemens Mobility for 21 six-car U-Bahn trains, with delivery scheduled for 2013-15. Two-thirds of the new rolling stock, designated Type C2.11, will replace some of the existing Type A vehicles which are now 40 years old. A total ...
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NewsItalian open access passenger operator launches
ITALY: Privately owned open access operator Arenaways launched its first passenger service on November 15, competing with state-owned passenger operator Trenitalia between Milano and Torino. Arenaways received confirmation of its two daily paths in each direction on November 12, however it did not obtain approval to call at intermediate stations ...
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NewsWork begins on high speed line through Qinling mountains
CHINA: Construction of the Xi'an - Chengdu railway is set to be start by the end of the year, after the National Development & Reform Commission approved First Survey & Design Institute's alignment during November. Work is scheduled to take four years at a cost of 70·8bn yuan. The 511 ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways to order Korean trainsets
UKRAINE: Visiting South Korea on November 2, Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov announced a provisional agreement for UZ to buy 160 km/h inter-city trainsets from Hyundai-Rotem, as the first step in a programme to renew the national railway’s rolling stock fleet. A protocol signed in Changwon covers ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2010
Australia: Funkwerk is to supply 685 GSM-R cab digital radio sets for the Sydney suburban network by the end of 2012. The contract with RailCorp NSW includes an option for a further 230 sets. Denmark: Banedanmark has awarded Eltel Networks a five-year contract to manage and maintain its ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: Mayor of Rennes Daniel Delaveau announced on November 16 that Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder by transport authority Rennes Métropole to build the city’s second driverless metro line. The €200m contract will be submitted to the city council for ratification on November 18.Siemens Mobility France will be ...