International Railway News Digest.... 12th March 2012

INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL HEADLINES.....

Russian Railways reconstructs Moscow’s main stations MORE than Roubles 7bn ($US 240.3m) is to be invested this year by Russian Railways (RZD) to modernise stations in the Moscow area. Of this, Roubles 4.3bn will be spent on Moscow's main stations.

Thales to install CBTC on Sin Bundang metro HYUNDAI Rotem has awarded Thales a contract to supply communications-based train control CBTC on the 12km extension of the Sin Bundang metro line from Jeongia to Gwanggyo, near Seoul. KTMB’s new emus enter service MALAYAN Railways (KTMB) launched the first four of 38 new six-car emus into service on March 8. The trains, which are being built by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, have capacity for 1200 passengers, which is double that of the current three-car fleet. CSR Zhuzhou lowest bidder for Ankara metro cars CSR subsidiary, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company, has reportedly submitted the lowest priced bid to supply trains for the Ankara metro following a tender on March 5. Zimbabwe forecasts improving prospects for railfreight NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it expects to move six million tonnes of freight this year, a substantial increase on the 3.8 million tonnes carried in 2011. Britain seeks to reduce rail industry costs BRITAIN will seek to reduce the cost of operating its railway network by up to £3.5bn per year by the end of the decade under plans unveiled yesterday by the transport secretary Mrs Justine Greening. The command paper, entitled Reforming our Railways: Putting the Customer First is the government's response to the Sir Roy McNulty's Rail Value for Money study published last year, which identified inefficiencies of £2.5-3.5bn.     From www.railway-technology.com   Wabtec to provide components for Amtrak passenger cars          .        Carillion wins Thameslink upgrade project in UK              Eurotunnel to install mobile phone network on Channel Tunnel                   Thales wins signalling contract for Sin Bundang Line extension in South Korea From www.progressiverailroading.com APTA: Annual ridership topped 10 billion for sixth consecutive year FTA commits $900 million to BART Silicon Valley Berryessa project Ratner Steel to build plant at NS-served Indiana port County court dismisses lawsuit against Sound Transit’s East Link light-rail project KCS crafts logo to commemorate 125th anniversary CATS to hold hearing on proposed fare increase New York DOT schedules public meeting to review CSXT crossing closures Rhode Island port elevates standing among North American auto importers, Gov. Chafee says