All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 932
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NewsAl Sufouh tram styling suits Dubai scene
UAE: Design is a key element of many projects in Dubai, not least the Al Sufouh tramway for which a mock-up car has been unveiled. The diamond-shaped front ends of the 11 Alstom Citadis 402 trams for Phase I will be dark in colour, providing a contrast to the ...
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NewsCrowds flock to ride extended Gold Line
USA: An estimated 75 000 people got free rides on November 15 during the opening celebration for a 9·7 km extension of the Gold Line from Union Station to East Los Angeles. The public launch followed a formal opening ceremony for the East Side extension on the previous day. No ...
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NewsPuy-de-Dôme rack railway trains ordered
FRANCE: Stadler Rail has announced a SFr25m order to supply four articulated electric multiple-units for the 5·3 km rack railway which SNC-Lavalin is building on the Puy-de-Dôme in the Massif Central. The vehicles will be based on units which the Swiss train builder has supplied for FGC’s ...
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NewsInvestigations continue at the critical interface
INTERNATIONAL: ‘We cannot ignore the management of the interface’, insisted Semih Kalay of TTCI. Addressing delegates at the Contact Mechanics 2009 conference in Firenze, he pointed out that a better understanding of the complex forces at play in the contact patch between wheel and rail translated directly into maintenance and ...
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NewsContracts November 2009
Germany: Siemens Mobility is to install its MSR32 control system to cover 88 tracks at DB Netz’s Maschen hump yard near Hamb urg by mid-2013. Norway: Thales has selected BelAir Networks to provide wi-fi infrastructure for the Bergen tram line which opens next year. Poland: A consortium led ...
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NewsDelhi Metro reaches Noida
INDIA: The 13·1 km 10-station branch of Delhi Metro Line 3 from Yamuna Bank to Noida City Centre was inaugurated on November 12, and entered commercial service at 06.00 the following day. Two ceremonies were held to mark the occasion, which extends the metro beyond Delhi’s borders for the first ...
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NewsBombardier hands over first ALP-46A
USA: The first of 36 type ALP-46A electric locomotives being built for New Jersey Transit was ceremonially handed over at Bombardier Transportation's Kassel plant in Germany on November 12. The ALP-46A locomotives were ordered at cost of US$317m as a follow-on from 29 ALP-46 locomotives which have been in ...
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NewsHuge train orders in China
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways has placed three orders for a total of 280 high speed trainsets and 400 freight locomotives. Knorr-Bremse is to supply subsystems worth €500m for one of the high speed contracts in the company's largest ever order. China Northern signed a 40·8bn yuan contract on ...
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NewsSouth Gobi coal line construction contract
MONGOLIA: Energy Resources LLC has awarded Leighton Asia a US$338m contract to design, build and maintain for four years a 225 km coal railway in the South Gobi region. The line will carry coking coal from Ukhaa Khudag, where Leighton Asia has a six -year mining contract, to the ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market November 2009
Czech Republic: Viamont DSP and Subterra have completed a KC533m modernisation of the junction at Sokolov, now controlled by ESA 11 interlocking equipment supplied by AZD Praha. The final section of the Karlovy Vary – Cheb route will now be converted from left to SZDC’s standard right-hand running. ...
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NewsRight time for large wagon order
EUROPE: International Railway Systems has announced a contract to supply 'several hundred' 95m3 Zacns tank wagons to leasing firm GATX Rail Europe in 2009-10, with options for more. The exact number of vehicles is not being disclosed. Johannes Mansbart, CEO of GATX Rail Europe, said the time ...
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NewsKeolis confirmed for Virginia Railway Express contract
USA: The two transportation commissions which administer Virginia Railway Express gave final approval on November 5 to a $85·7m contract under which Keolis Rail Services America will operate VRE commuter rail services into Washington DC for five years from July 1 2010. A VRE spokesman said Keolis' bid ...
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NewsDaxing Line signalling contract awarded
CHINA: Beijing MTR Corp has awarded a consortium of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Beijing Hua-Tie Information Technology Development Co and Thales a turnkey contract to provide signalling for the Daxing Line. Scheduled to open on December 28 2010, the 11-station line will extend the recently-opened Beijing metro Line 4 south ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2009
Bosnia: On September 30 ZRS signed an €32m agreement with Talgo for the delivery of four tilting trainsets within two years. They will be maintained at the Rajlovac depot of ZFBH, which is expecting to receive the first of nine Talgos on order by March 2010. Canada: On October ...
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NewsPowerHaul arrival brings GE into European loco market
UK: The first two GE Transportation PowerHaul locomotives for Freightliner were unloaded at the South Wales port of Newport on November 7-8, after crossing the Atlantic onboard the ship BBC Kusan. 'We are excited today with the arrival of the first PowerHaul locomotives as this represents GE Transportation's entry ...
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NewsClosing the gap on Berlin U5
GERMANY: The board of Berlin transport operator BVG has given the go-ahead for the construction of a 2·2 km underground extension of metro Line U5 between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburger Tor. Opening in 2017, this will integrate the recently-opened 1·5 km U55 shuttle between Brandenburger Tor and Hauptbahnhof into Line U5. ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Finnish firm Citrec Engineering has signed a three-year framework agreement to provide Alstom Transport with engineering services. ‘Alstom is interested in our knowledge in reaching maximum vehicle functionality in arctic conditions, as well as our experience within HVAC’, said Ralf Wallin, Business Area Manager, Vehicles at Citec. Germany 1 has ...
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NewsJoint bid wins Italian joint order
ITALY: Two regional operators which co-operated to issue a joint invitation to tender in January have chosen a consortium of Stadler and AnsaldoBreda to supply a total of 34 multiple-units. The €200m order from Sistemi Territoriali of Veneto and Ferrovie Emilia Romagna was announced on November 6. It covers ...
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NewsDowntown Line train mock-up goes on display
SINGAPORE: A mock-up of Bombardier’s proposed Downtown Line metro train design has gone on display at the Land Transport Authority’s office in Hampshire Road.The mock-up is part of LTA’s design approval process, allowing the authority to evaluate the styling and interior finish. The trains will have a new seat designs ...