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NewsVeolia and Transdev sign definitive merger agreements
EUROPE: On May 5 Caisse des Dépôts and Veolia Environnement announced the signing of definitive agreements for the merger of Transdev and Veolia Transport, having completed consultation with employee representatives. The deal is subject to authorisation by the French government and regulatory authorities, who will be formally notified 'in ...
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NewsHigh speed project manager appointed
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has appointed a consortium led by French consultancy Systra and including a number of local firms as civil engineering project manager for the southern section of the 200 km Tanger - Kénitra line, which is to be built as part of the Tanger - Casablanca high ...
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NewsCBTC trials on New York’s Flushing Line
USA: New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded Kawasaki Rail Car an $87·1m contract for 23 new R188 subway cars equipped with communications-based train control; delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2012. The R188 is designed for use on Division A of the New York City Transit network, ...
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NewsMore metro stations opened in Dubai
UAE: A further seven stations entered service on Dubai’s driverless metro network on April 30, taking the total number in operation to 18.The newly-opened Red Line stations are Emirates, Airport Terminal 1, Al Karama, Emirates Towers, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Marina and Ibn Battuta. A further three – GGICO, ...
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NewsWork starts on Praha metro extension
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha Mayor Pavel Bém, city councillor Radovan Šteiner, Praha Public Transport Co Director General Martin Dvorák and other officials launched work on a 6 km western extension of Praha metro Line A on April 12, by laying a foundation stone at the site of Červený Vrch station. The ...
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NewsShanghai now the world's longest metro
CHINA: The departure of the first train on Shanghai metro Line 10 at 09.00 on April 10 signalled several significant achievements. The start of trial operation on Line 10, exactly 15 years to the day after the inauguration of the first section of Line 1, makes Shanghai's metro network the ...
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NewsEMUs arrive in Izmir
TURKEY: CAF has delivered the first two of 22 three-car air-conditioned EMUs which will work the reconstructed suburban lines from Izmir to Menderes and Aliaga - an 80 km network with 32 stations. The €123m order was placed by Izban, a joint venture of state railway TCDD and Izmir Metropolitan ...
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NewsEntertainment by tram
AUSTRALIA: A 2·8 km western extension of Adelaide's Glenelg tram route from City West to the Entertainment Centre at Hindmarsh opened on March 22. The route is worked by 11 Bombardier Flexity Classic low-floor trams and six recently-acquired Alstom Citadis 302 five-section trams originally built for Madrid's Metro Ligero network. ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
CSR Zhuzhou and CSR Luoyang Locomotive Co are investing 240m yuan establishing the Luoyang CSR Mass Transit Vehicle Co metro car assembly and maintenance plant in China’s Henan province. Evraz Group has begun a US$440m modernisation of its steel plant at Novokuznetsk in Siberia. Automated rolling and treatment equipment will ...
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NewsFirst tram arrives in Edinburgh
UK: On April 27 City of Edinburgh Council Leader Jenny Dawe received a key to the first of 27 low-floor CAF trams that will eventually work the light rail network being developed in the Scottish capital.The seven-module bi-directional tram was transported by road across Europe to Edinburgh in three sections, ...
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NewsCSX seeks a shorter route to Montréal
USA: Proposals seeking regulatory approval of a shared use agreement that would improve freight operations in the corridor linking New York City and Montréal have been filed with the Surface Transportation Board by CSX Transportation and Canadian Pacific subsidiary Delaware & Hudson. Under the proposed agreement, CSX would move its ...
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NewsRail proves resilient
BOMBARDIER: The rail market 'remained resilient' in 2009, Bombardier Inc President & CEO Pierre Beaudoin said when he presented the company's annual results for the year to January 31 2010. 'Robust' activity which helped the Transportation business increase its revenues to US$10bn from US$9·8bn the previous year included demand for ...
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NewsBergen Bybanen gets the green light
NORWAY: The first phase of the 9·8 km Bybanen light rail project between Bergen town centre and Nesttun is due to be opened by Queen Sonja on June 22. The government has given its go-ahead for plans to extend the line to Rådal, and the project will now be reviewed ...
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NewsHung Hom station design revealed
CHINA: Atkins has released its preliminary designs for the new station to be built at Hung Hom as part of the Shatin – Central Link project. When SCL is completed in 2019, Hung Hom will become a key interchange to East Rail and West Rail services on MTR’s north-south and ...
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NewsDB unveils next-generation ICE
GERMANY: The first of 15 Velaro D fourth-generation ICE trainsets for Deutsche Bahn was formally unveiled at Siemens’ Uerdingen plant in Krefeld on April 28 by DB Board Member, Technical, Dr Volker Kefer and the CEO of Siemens Mobility Dr Hans-Jörg Grundmann. Designated Class 407, the eight-car trainsets are ...
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NewsInvensys supplies signalling for Malaysian route upgrade
MALAYSIA: Invensys Rail announced a A$44m contract to supply signalling and Westrace interlockings for the Seremban - Gemas line on April 28. The 100 km route is being modernised by Indian firm IRCON as part of a 3·4bn ringgit project funded jointly by the Indian and Malaysian governments. This is ...
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NewsDB and SJ win Norrtåg regional operating contract
SWEDEN: The Botniatåg joint venture of Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Regio Sverige and Swedish national passenger operator SJ has been selected to operate Norrtåg regional passenger services on the Botnia line and other routes in northern Sweden. The contract runs for six years to August 2016, with an ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse brakes into Japanese market
JAPAN: Knorr-Bremse has won its first order in the Japanese high speed rail sector, with a contract to supply JR East with braking components for the traction bogies of 23 Series E5 high speed trainsets. The Japanese rail market has traditionally been hard for foreign companies to access, and Knorr-Bremse ...
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NewsEast London Line reopens
UK: The East London Line was formally inaugurated by Mayor of London Boris Johnson at Dalston Junction station on April 27. Accompanied by Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy, and Managing Director of London Rail Ian Brown, the Mayor travelled to Dalston Junction by train from Shoreditch High Street.Johnson praised Transport for ...
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NewsLGV Bretagne negotiations move forward
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF announced on April 27 that it had invited final offers from the three consortia bidding for the contract to build and maintain LGV Bretagne-Pays-de-la-Loire, with a view to naming a preferred bidder by the end of this year. Expected to cost around €3·4bn at current prices, ...