All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 994
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NewsRace to the coal
AFRICA: Word reaches us that Pittsburgh-based Railroad Development Corp has reached agreement to sell its stake in Central East African Railway, which operates the 1 067 mm gauge railway linking Malawi with the port of Nacala in northern Mozambique. CEAR took over the Malawi rail network in 1999, but did ...
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Railjet on test
AUSTRIA: Testing has begun of the first Railjet push-pull trainsets to be delivered to Austrian Federal Railways (RG 11.07 p713). ÖBB placed a €245m order for an intial 23 trains with Siemens in February 2006, excercising a €571m option for a further 44 in September 2007. The first two ...
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People in the News - September 2008
Sadakazu Tanigaki has been appointed Japanese Minster for Land, Infrastructure & Transport. Shri Shreni has become General Manager of the North Eastern Railway division at Indian Railways. Mark Rosenker has been named Vice-Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board by US President George W Bush. He will serve a two-year ...
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Dieter - September 2008
CHINA: Guangzhou metro is trialling a free umbrella hire service at seven of its stations. Passengers pay a deposit of 20 yuan to borrow an umbrella, and the money is refunded if the umbrella is returned within 15 days.
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Editor appointed
Jane Pearce has joined the Railway Gazette group with effect from August 26, as Editor of our quarterly urban public transport magazine Metro Report International. She will also act as assistant news editor for the Urban Rail section of Railway Gazette International. Previously Key Account Manager for Platform ...
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NewsSBB to buy 32 FLIRT trains
SWITZERLAND: The board of Swiss Federal Railways has exercised options with Stadler for a further 32 FLIRT trainsets, to be used on services in Vaud, Ticino and Basel from 2010. The SFr418·6m order includes 19 FLIRT units for RER Vaudois services from Lausanne, and two trainsets for Regio S-Bahn ...
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NewsNTV targets 20% market share by 2015
'Congratulations on your initiative!' Endorsing the public launch of Europe's first private-sector high speed train operator at a press conference in Roma on July 15, newly-appointed European Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani welcomed the arrival on the scene of Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. 'We cannot but be happy with the development ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2008
Benin: Rites has placed an order with India’s Golden Rock workshop for the refurbishment of three metre-gauge diesel locos for use in Benin. They will be shipped in October. Bosnia: BHZJK has awarded Croatian firm TZV Gredelj a €4·1m contract to modernise three ex-DB Class 212 diesel-hydraulic locomotives and one ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market August 2008
Algeria: Railway agency Anesrif has awarded Nortel a contract to supply GSM -R equipment on the Tabia – Mecheria and Bordj Bou – Arreridj M’Sila routes currently under construction (RG 4.07 p205). Argentina: TBA has taken delivery of an 08-16 split-head levelling and lining tamper as well as a PBR ...
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NewsContracts August 2008
France: Finnish technology group Teleste has won a €1m extension to a previous contract to supply SNCF with CCTV equipment. India: Under a €4m contract Bombardier is to supply traffic management and passenger information systems covering 53 km of Central Railway’s suburban network in Mumbai (p496). Nigeria: German firm ...
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NewsDB to develop Qatar rail plan
QATAR: National development agency Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Bahn for the planning of a rail network. The German national railway will prepare concepts for passenger and freight transport, and undertake a feasibility study for a fast rail link to ...
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NewsAsia's missing links discussed
ASIA: The Singapore - Kunming Rail Link was on the agenda of the 10th ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Co-operation ministerial meeting, which was held in Singapore and concluded on August 29. Around 550 km of new line is planned under the SKRL project, completing a 7 000 km metre-gauge ...
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NewsBursa orders Bombardier light rail cars
TURKEY: Bombardier Transportation has won a €94m order to supply 30 Flexity Swift high-floor light rail vehicles to Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. The contract announced on August 29 includes the supply of spare parts, and Bombardier said an option for up to 28 additional vehicles is 'foreseen'. The bidirectional air-conditioned ...
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NewsSNCF takes up the TER 2030 challenge
FRANCE: Setting an ambitious target of quadrupling local passenger traffic, SNCF has brought stakeholders together to examine the future of its regional networks.
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NewsJamaica rail revival plan completed
JAMAICA: A report detailing plans for reviving the disused national rail network has been finalised, Transport & Works Minister Michael Henry announced last week. ‘As soon as I have the response of the Ministry of Finance, it will be going to cabinet for them to accept my ...
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NewsDubai Palm monorail trains handed over
UAE: Four three-car trains for the Palm monorail in Dubai were handed over to developer Nakheel in a ceremony at Hitachi's Kasado plant in Tokuyama on August 21. Construction of the 5·45 km straddle monorail was completed last month, and members of Nakheel's operations and maintenance team are now ...
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NewsCalifornia high speed vote to go ahead
USA: On August 26 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill adding financial protections to the High-Speed Train Bond Act which will Californians will vote on in the November 4 ballot. Replacing Proposition 1 on the ballot, Proposition 1A requires a peer-reviewed financial plan before the $9·95bn of bond money ...