All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 897
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NewsVossloh awarded €140m Urumqi track contract
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has selected Vossloh Fastening Systems (China) to supply rail fastenings for the 1 800 km passenger line now under construction to parallel the existing railway between Lanzhou and Urumqi in western China. On August 23 Vossloh said it expected to sign agreements worth €140m covering ...
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NewsSubte Line H tendered
ARGENTINA: Plans to expand Buenos Aires metro Line H took a step forward on July 31 when Sbase published tenders for civil works on sections A0 (Nueva Pompeya), A1 (Sáenz) and C2 (Córdoba - Plaza Francia), 17 air-conditioned trains and a depot at Parque Patricios. Bids will be opened on ...
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NewsBangkok Suvarnabhumi airport rail link opens
THAILAND: The 28·8 km airport rail link connecting Bangkok city centre to Suvarnabhumi International Airport started commercial operations on August 23. State Railway of Thailand had been running a free trial service since June 1 carrying around 17 000 passengers/day.Express and stopping services are available on the route, which operates ...
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NewsTianjin metro cars unveiled
CHINA: The first of 23 six-car stainless steel bodied trainsets for Tianjin metro Line 2 rolled off the assembly line at CNR Dalian on August 6. This followed the unveiling of the initial six-car set for metro Line 3 by CSR Sifang on July 16. Both lines are due to ...
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NewsTram order announced as Spårväg City launched
SWEDEN: Trams returned to central Stockholm with ceremonies to launch Spårväg City on August 21, and free rides were provided before the start of revenue service two days later. The Spårväg City project has seen the 3·2 km Djurgårdsstaden heritage tram line modernised, rebranded as Line 7 and extended a ...
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NewsAECOM buys Tritech Rail
UK: International technical and management support services company AECOM has acquired Tritech Rail, a civil engineering consultancy specialising in rail infrastructure surveying, design and electrification work. 'We are now able to offer clients a broader range of services including infrastructure surveying and design, route clearance and structure gauging analysis, project ...
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NewsTrack component firm bought
USA: Atlantic Track & Turnout Co has purchased the assets of Memphis-based Mid-South Rail. The acquisition will augment Atlantic's specialist trackwork manufacturing capacity, particularly in the areas of highly engineered products such as spring frogs. Atlantic will now sell reconditioned switches crossings and other railway equipment produced by Mid-South.
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NewsGold Coast groundbreaking
AUSTRALIA: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh turned the first sod on the A$949m Gold Coast Rapid Transit project at the site of the new Gold Coast University Hospital in Southport on August 1. The event marked the start of work by Leighton Contractors on the shell of the terminus station at ...
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NewsWagon wheelsets
FRANCE: Wheel and axle supplier GHH-Valdunes entered the wheelset maintenance business with the inauguration of a dedicated workshop in June. Located at its existing Trith-Saint-Léger production near Valenciennes, the European Wheelset Centre is focused primarily on the market for wagon wheelsets. Liberalisation of the rail freight sector across Europe in ...
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NewsBudget crunch hits Czech rail projects
CZECH REPUBLIC: On August 9 Transport Minister Vít Bárta called an immediate halt to all railway upgrading projects being undertaken by infrastructure manager SZDC with funding from the State Transport Infrastructure Fund. The move is part of aggressive austerity measures announced by the new government which came to power ...
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NewsEagle P3 takes off
USA: The Regional Transportation District has given Denver Transit Partners the official notice to proceed on the Eagle P3 commuter rail project following financial close by the Fluor-led team. Groundbreaking is scheduled for August 26. As part of RTD’s FasTracks expansion programme, DTP will design, build, operate, maintain and finance ...
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NewsRail expansion in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: Government infrastructure company Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has obtained approval from the Department of Railways to expand the Kelana Jaya automated metro and Ampang light rail lines in Kuala Lumpur. Tenders for rolling stock and E&M equipment for the first phase are due to be issued next month. ...
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NewsCairo orders metro trains
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a Japanese consortium a contract to deliver 88 cars for the Cairo metro. The vehicles will be supplied by Japanese trading group Mitsubishi, working with rolling stock manufacturer Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba which will provide electric systems and lighting. The ...
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NewsTakeover to take train toilet technology international
GERMANY: Specialist supplier of train and ship toilets, water pumps and waste disposal systems Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau has taken a 51% stake in Prometheus, which has supplied it with control and monitoring systems since 1999. 'This takeover enables us to offer railway companies a much broader range of technology', ...
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NewsBNSF genset locomotives launched
USA: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited BNSF's Commerce maintenance depot in Los Angeles on August 16 for a ceremony to mark the entry into service of two rebuilt genset locos for in the city's port area. He was joined at the event by Pennyslvania's Governor Ed Rendell, who co-chairs the ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2010
Angola: Using US$89m of government funding, CFB has signed contracts with China's CMEC for eight locomotives, 66 coaches and 94 wagons. Staff are to be trained in China. Australia: Pacific National has ordered a further nine Class 7100 electric locomotives from Siemens for use on coal trains in Queensland. ...
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NewsKraków rolls out rebuilt tram
POLAND: MPK Kraków has rolled out the first EU8N tram to be built at the operator's own workshops using components from former Wien E6 and C6 vehicles. An E6 car was extended with using a 290 mm entry height low-floor section supplied by Polish bus manufacturer Autosan, with bogies ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2010
Canada: Parkeon Transport has won a C$7m contract to supply GO Transit with ticketing equipment for Toronto’s public transport network. Europe: Perpignan - Figueres infrastructure concessionaire TP Ferro is to use a bilingual version of HaCon's TPS software for train pathing, the first time TPS has been used to ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market August 2010
Argentina: Herso and Luis Carlos Zonis have won a 8·6m pesos contract to restore to operating condition the 285 km Puerto Deseado - Colonia Las Heras route over 22 months. During President Fernández's visit to China co-operation agreements were signed with China Railway International for the 18 km, 29-station ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn control update
GERMANY: DB Netz is to replace mechanical train stops on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Over the next 10 years, electronic speed supervision using balises will be introduced at a cost of €130m. Tests have been carried out between Hermannstrasse and Sonnenallee on the southern ring, and the first part ...