All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 889
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NewsTrans-Hudson Tunnel rethink
USA: Having unilaterally terminated construction of the new trans-Hudson commuter rail tunnel on October 7, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie subsequently agreed to postpone his decision for two weeks. Christie acted to scrap the project after its executive committee found that the cost of the $8·7bn 'Access to the Region's ...
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NewsGauge changer trial
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF is testing the TCSR03 gauge-changer which has been built at Roda de Bará near Tarragona, using facilities made redundant by completion of the Madrid - Barcelona high speed line. Developed as part of the Unichanger research programme (RG 9.09 p55), the TCSR03 is designed to accept ...
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NewsWorld rail market October 2010
Denmark: DSB has ordered 188 Hoeft & Wessel almex.station ticket machines. All will accept payments by coins and cards, and some will take banknotes and give notes as change. Germany: DB has selected Syncron International's Global Inventory Management software to control its spare parts supply chain across 100 stock ...
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NewsWiener Linien opens U2 extension
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien inaugurated the eastern extension of metro line U2 from Stadion to Aspernstrasse on October 2, after four years of construction work. The event was attended by the Mayor of Wien, Michael Häupl, and Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner. The new section has six stations and crosses over the ...
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NewsMadrid metro Line 11 extended to La Fortuna
SPAIN: Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid regional government, inaugurated the extension of metro Line 11 from La Peseta, in Carabanchel, to La Fortuna in Leganés on October 5.The project cost €201·5m and involved boring a 3·2 km tunnel and construction of La Fortuna station beneath Serafín Díez Antón park. ...
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NewsTrial run on Dubai metro Green Line
UAE: On October 13 the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, launched trial running on Dubai metro Green Line when he travelled from Dubai Healthcare City to the eastern terminus at Etisalat. He was accompanied by Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, RTA ...
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NewsBreakthough on world's longest railway tunnel
SWITZERLAND: Tunnel boring machine 'Sissi' broke through the final 1·8 m of rock for the first main bore of the 57 km Gotthard base tunnel at around 14.15 on October 15. The breakthrough point in the east tunnel was 30 km from the north portal and 27 km from ...
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NewsWarszawa metro selects Siemens Inspiro
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie has selected Siemens and Newag as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 35 six-car trainsets at a cost of 1·35bn złoty. Of these, 20 sets will be allocated to Line 2, construction of which has just begun, while the other 15 will supplement the Line 1 ...
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NewsMicrowaving a wagon
RUSSIA: Freight One has installed a microwave device to heat viscous oil residues in tank wagons at the Kombinatskaya Washing & Steaming Station on the Western Siberian Railway. It has passed the necessary tests and is expected to reduce energy consumption when preparing petroleum product tank wagons for filling. The ...
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First new Stansted Express train rolls out
UK: The first of 30 four-car Class 379 electric multiple-units ordered for National Express East Anglia services from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport and Cambridge was unveiled at Bombardier Transportation's Derby plant on October 14. Although part of the Electrostar family, the Class 379 incorporates a number of technical ...
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NewsRedesigning Hong Kong's iconic trams
CHINA: Hong Kong Tramways operator Veolia Transport is planning to refurbish the fleet of 163 traditional double-deck trams. The HK$75m project, which will start in 2011 and is expected to take seven years, is part of a HK$200m investment programme to improve services over the next five years. Whilst the ...
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NewsVossloh expands in China and Russia
CHINA: Vossloh, Huaxing and China Railway Material Group have signed agreements setting up a joint venture to produce turnouts from the end of 2011. The production plant is to be established on an existing Huaxing site at Wuhu near Nanjing. It will have up to 500 employees and an annual ...
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NewsMadrid - Valencia high speed line opening dates confirmed
SPAIN: High speed services are due to start running from Madrid to Cuenca and Albacete on December 15, and to Requena-Utiel and Valencia on December 18, Development Minister José Blanco has announced. On October 13 Blanco joined ADIF President Antonio González, RENFE President Teófilo Serrano and local politicians onboard ...
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NewsWheel production in Durgapur
INDIA: Ukrainian steel producer Interpipe has licensed its railway wheel manufacturing technology to Durgapur Steel Plant, allowing it to supply 955 mm diameter monobloc wheels under the KLW brand. Interpipe has supplied a range of equipment and support services to allow DSP to attain the production standards required by Indian ...
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NewsA DMU in Provence
FRANCE: CFD has delivered a further two AM800 DMUs for the Chemins de Fer de la Provence route between Nice and Digne, operated by Veolia. The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region has ordered a total of four AM800s for the 1000 mm gauge line at a cost of €159m, similar to ...
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NewsDB prepares for Channel Tunnel tests
EUROPE: As part of its bid to introduce ICE services between Germany and London by the end of 2013, Deutsche Bahn is preparing to undertake evacuation trials in the Channel Tunnel over the next few days. A pair of Class 406 ICE3 sets was dispatched from the Griesheim workshops ...
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NewsPotash prospects
CANADA: National Steel Car is building 1000 wagons at its plant in Hamilton, Ontario, for Potash Corp, which is undertaking a C$7bn expansion plan with the aim of doubling its output from 2005 levels by 2015. The plan includes new mines and loading facilities in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick which ...
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NewsISR orders more double-deckers
ISRAEL: General Manager Yitzhak Harel confirmed on October 11 that the Israel Railways’ tender committee had awarded a US$195m contract to Bombardier Transportation for a further 78 push-pull double-deck coaches. Having supplied ISR’s first generation of double-deck vehicles for the expanding suburban routes around Tel Aviv, Bombardier was selected ahead ...
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NewsBangkok SkyTrain orders metro cars
THAILAND: Bangkok Skytrain operator BTS has signed a 2bn baht contract with Siemens for 35 cars to extend the existing fleet of 35 three-car trains to four cars. The vehicles will be delivered over the next 30 months.BTS plans to transfer the three-car Siemens trains to the Sukhumvit route once ...
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NewsLuxembourg orders Stadler double-deck trains
LUXEMBOURG: State railway CFL announced an €60m order for eight Stadler Rail double-deck electric multiple-units on October 7. CFL said they will be similar to the double-deck units ordered by Swiss operators SBB and BLS, which Stadler Rail launched under the brand name KISS during InnoTrans. The ...