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February 03, 2012

www.railwaygazette.com News Updates... 3rd February 2012

Latest Industry News

03 February 2012

Train driver distraction study awarded funding


USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a grant worth $250000 to commuter rail operator Veolia Transportation to fund a study into the causes of train driver... more
 
02 February 2012

Putin opens factory to produce a wagon every 24 min


RUSSIA: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin officially launched production of wagons at the Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant in Leningrad oblast on January 30. Industrial investment... more
 
02 February 2012

CAF named preferred bidder to supply new Midland Metro trams

The CAF Urbos 3 trams for Midland Metro will be similar to cars supplied to Beograd in Serbia.

UK: Having received bids submitted from 'all over the world, not just Europe', on February 2 West Midlands transport authority Centro named CAF as preferred bidder to supply new... more
 
02 February 2012

Thales to upgrade Turkish high speed line to ETCS Level 2


TURKEY: National railway TCDD has awarded Thales a €20m contract to install ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R communications on the existing 251 km high speed section of the Ankara -... more
 
02 February 2012

Systra to take over SNCF and RATP engineering businesses


FRANCE: Engineering consultancy Systra, which is owned jointly by main line operator SNCF and urban operator RATP, is to take over the engineering businesses of its two... more

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