All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 951
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NewsInnovation in the development of heavy haul
CHINA: The Ninth IHHA Conference on June 22-25 offers an exceptional opportunity to exchange technical information and knowledge about heavy haul railways.
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NewsSoutheastern ready to launch High Speed service
UK: Domestic passenger services will begin using High Speed 1 on June 29, when Southeastern launches a limited ‘preview’ service between Ashford and London ahead of the introduction of the full service with the December timetable change. The train operator will then have three service groups: High ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2009
Bangladesh: BR has signed contracts to buy 50 flat wagons and five brake vans from Chinese shipbuilding company Apshara International for delivery within the next 12 months at a cost of 327m taka. Canada: CN has bought three EMD F40 locomotives and 14 passenger cars from ...
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NewsCrawling Tracklayer delivered
FINLAND: Desec has supplied contractor VR Track with a Tracklayer TL70VR turnout laying machine. Designed to offer a higher performance than the three similar machines which Desec has supplied to VR Track since 1993, the radio-controlled machine can handle 36 m turnout panels weighing 36 tonnes. It moves on ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market June 2009
Algeria: Rail development agency Anesrif has awarded Nortel further contracts to supply GSM-R equipment for the 930 km east-west High Plateau line (RG 9.08 p699). Frequentis is supplying FTS3020 terminals. Australia: ARTC has awarded Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia a A$14m contract for signalling on the 36 km Southern Sydney Freight ...
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NewsHuron Central Railway to close
CANADA: Genesee & Wyoming is to close its Huron Central Railway Inc subsidiary, the short line operator announced on June 15. The economic downturn has brought a substantial decline in traffic over the last 12 months, 'to the point that the railroad is not economically viable to operate for the ...
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NewsRiyadh university metro contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: A contract for the construction of an automatic light metro within the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman women's university in Riyadh was signed on Finmeccanica's stand at the Paris air show. General contractor Saudi Binladen Group has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda a €218m contract ...
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NewsCairo to extend
EGYPT: A consortium headed by French construction company Vinci expects to receive the go-ahead imminently to start work on the second section of Cairo metro Line 3. This will continue the underground line eastwards by 6·2 km from Abbasiya to Al Ahram (Heliopolis), and includes four underground stations. A turnkey ...
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NewsPPP possibility for Auckland electric trains
NEW ZEALAND: The government is study the possibility of using a public-private partnership model for the acquisition of electric multiple-units for the Auckland electrification project. 'The use of public private partnerships can be a sensible way to procure this kind of expensive, long-life asset' said Transport Minister Steven Joyce ...
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NewsLine 3 completes high speed network
BELGIUM: Line 3 between Liège and the German border was inaugurated on June 12, completing the last link in the star-shaped national high speed network and making Belgium the first European country to have a network of high speed lines linking its borders. Line 3 became available to ...
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NewsSidetrack
INDIA: Ever on the lookout for opportunities to make money, Indian Railways’ Catering & Tourism Corp has come up with the idea of selling bottled water. It is planning to establish a treatment and bottling plant at Ambernath, at the foot of the Malang Hills in Maharashtra state. Water will ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2009
Australia: Macarthur Coal has awarded Pacific National a long-term contract to haul export coal in Queensland. Running trains on the Goonyella and Blackwater systems from April made PN the first competitor to QR in the state’s export coal market. Czech Republic: Private freight operator OKD Doprava has bought ...
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NewsBaku metro expansion study
AZERBAIJAN: A consortium headed by Systra and including Mott MacDonald's Praha office and Saman of Korea has been selected to draw up plans for the expansion of the Baku metro by a further 60 km with 50 stations. A study will be undertaken to identify the needs of public ...
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NewsCambodian rail concession signed
CAMBODIA: The government and a joint venture led by Toll Group signed a 30-year concession agreement covering Royal Cambodian Railways on June 12. The metre gauge rail network is to be operated by a joint venture in which the Australian group has a 55% stake, with the ...
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NewsHigh-performance diesels start to enter service
CHINA: Following the successful completion of cold weather trials, the first HXn3 diesel locos are entering service with Chinese Railways.
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NewsTrans-Asian Railway Network Agreement comes into force
ASIA: A ceremony in Bangkok on June 11 marked the entry into force of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network. Drawn up under the auspices of the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific, the agreement aims to facilitate a co-ordinated regional approach to ...
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NewsMontréal may electrify
CANADA: Agence Métropolitaine de Transport and Hydro-Québec agreed on May 5 to invite proposals for a study to determine the feasibility of electrifying four of Montréal’s commuter rail routes totalling 250 km. Only one line, the Deux-Montagnes, is now operated by electric traction. Converting the Dorion, Blainville and Delson routes ...
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NewsBlackpool tram funding confirmed
UK: Transport Minister Sadiq Khan confirmed the award of £68·3m of government and £33·4m of local council funding for an upgrade of the Blackpool tramway on June 10. Work to provide a modern commuter service on the traditional tramway will include replacing 8 km of track, accessibility improvements, tram priority ...
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NewsMacau LRT project launched
CHINA: Detailed planning is getting underway for the first phase of an automated light metro in the Macau. The Special Administrative Region’s Transport Infrastructure Office (GIT) hopes to invite tenders for civil works and rolling stock later this year. Officially known as Macau LRT, the fully-automated line ...