All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 913
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NewsHigh speed track dynamics study
UK: A three-year research project on the Development of Design Guidelines for High-speed Railway Track began on April 14, funded by a £480 000 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council. To be led by Dr Peter Woodward of Heriot Watt University and Professor Mike Forde from the ...
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NewsEurostar restructuring closer
EUROPE: A framework agreement enabling the final stages of the restructuring of Eurostar from a partnership into a corporate entity has been signed by the three national shareholders SNCF, SNCB and London & Continental Railways. Announcing the move on April 12, recently-appointed Eurostar CEO Nicolas Petrovic said 'I am very ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market April 2010
Angola: China Railway 20 Bureau Group has begun rehabilitation of 540 km of the Benguela Railway between Munhango and Luau, employing 300 Chinese technicians and 300 Angolans. The 220 km to Luena is to be completed by May. China: MTR Corp has awarded Leighton Asia and Macmahon Holdings ...
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NewsShanghai metro continues to expand
CHINA: The departure of the first train at 09.00 on April 10 marked the start of trial operation on Shanghai metro Line 10, exactly 15 years after the inauguration of the initial 16·5 km section of Line 1. Construction of the 29·6 km line between Xinjiangwancheng and Hangzhong Road has ...
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NewsTram projects planned in northern France
FRANCE: A consortium comprising Systra, Inexia, Eccta, Ilex and Urbanica has been appointed to manage two tram projects in northern France. The contract was awarded by the Artois-Gohelle local transport authority, which is responsible for public transport in an area comprising 115 towns and villages with a total population of ...
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NewsGE to develop 1 520 mm gauge shunting locomotive
KAZAKHSTAN: GE Transportation has signed a memorandum of understanding with JSC Locomotiv and Kurastyru Zaut for the development of a 1 520 mm gauge diesel-electric shunting locomotive suitable for use in Kazakhstan and across the 1 520 mm gauge region. The design will incorporate GE Transportation's AC traction technology, ...
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NewsSydney finds Pearl in London Oyster
TICKETING: The Pearl consortium has been selected as preferred bidder to roll out a A$1·2bn smart card ticketing system in Sydney, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Roads David Campbell announced on April 11. Cubic Transportation Systems, Downer EDI and Commonwealth Bank comprise Pearl, and will deliver a system ...
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NewsRail Baltica feasibility study gets underway
EUROPE: A study has begun into the feasibility of building a standard gauge railway linking Tallinn in Estonia with Latvia, Lithuania and the Polish border. On April 6 the tri-national steering committee for the Rail Baltica project held its first meeting with consultancy AECOM, which has been selected to undertaken ...
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NewsMetro Line 2 tunnelling starts in Sofia
BULGARIA: Tunnelling for Sofia metro Line 2 started on April 6, when an 85 m long tunnel boring machine was launched in the presence of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, Sofia Metropolitan director Stoyan Bratoev and other government officials. Fandakova named the TBM after the city.The €15m ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2010
Botswana: BR Procurement Manager Mogwena Mookodi has announced plans to acquire 160 open wagons to carry bulk export salt from Botswana Ash’s plant to the port of Durban in South Africa. Canada: Assisted by the federal ecoFreight programme, Montréal Port Authority has ordered a 2000 hp genset locomotive from ...
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NewsAlstom begins delivering updated Prima
FRANCE: The first Prima BB 475000 diesel locomotive with an MTU 4000 R43 engine has been delivered to SNCF, Alstom announced on April 12. The locomotives are being supplied by a consortium of Alstom and Siemens within a 2004 agreement for at least 400 Prima locomotives. The latest locomotive is ...
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NewsElektriraudtee opts for Stadler Flirt trains
ESTONIA: Tallinn area passenger operator Elektriraudtee announced on April 9 that Stadler Rail had been selected to supply 18 electric and 10 diesel multiple-units. The EU Cohesion Fund is covering 85% of the 1·25bn kroon cost of the 3·3 kV DC Flirt electric units, with the government providing the remainder. ...
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NewsChina to Turkey train to launch this year
ASIA: Demonstration trains will link Turkey with China and Iran with central Asia this year, Mohammad Mirzaei Kahagh, Director of Transport & Communications at the Economic Co-operation Organisation told Terrapinn's EurasiaRail 2010 conference. These will build on the Pakistan - Turkey train which ran last August (RG 9.09 p3). The ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
GE Transportation’s Inspection Products business has been bought by the Progress Rail Services Corp subsidiary of Caterpillar, where it forms the Inspection & Information Systems division within Progress Rail’s Engineering & Track Services group. The unit produces hot wheel and axle box detectors, data acquisition and inspection systems. ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
DB is testing Cosid 828 organic brake pads developed by TMD Friction for inter-city trains running at up to 200 km/h. Kontron has introduced the Microspace MPCX28R ruggedised PC for on-train applications. Various types of data storage device can easily be swapped, making the computer particularly suitable for passenger information, ...
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NewsToronto funding falls foul of recession
CANADA: Toronto’s ambitious and expensive Transit City light rail expansion programme look set to be scaled back drastically as the result of budget cuts by the Ontario provincial government. Regional transport agency Metrolinx was notified on March 25 that C$4bn promised for Transit City would be delayed by at least ...
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NewsMajor rehabilitation gets underway
DR CONGO: Belgium-based African rail operator Vecturis is assisting with an ambitious World Bank supported project to rehabilitate the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais network. The project was officially launched by President Joseph Kabila last November. Work planned for 2010 includes renewal of track between Tenke and Kisanfu ...
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NewsCAF to supply trams for Granada
SPAIN: The CAF-Santana joint venture has been selected to supply 13 low-floor trams with energy storage for Granada’s initial 15·9 km light rail route. The €43·9m contract specifies delivery within 26 months and includes maintenance; there is an option for a further four vehicles. Bids were also submitted by Siemens ...
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NewsWien broad gauge agreement signed
EUROPE: A further agreement for the construction of a 1 520 mm gauge railway from Kosice in Slovakia to an international logistics terminal at Wien was signed by the Russian, Ukrainian, Slovak and Austrian railway authorities during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Bratislava on April 6. The four-country joint ...