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April 03, 2012

World Railway News 3rd April 2012

From International Railway Journal

Pakistan steps up passenger rail repairs
Pakistan's federal minister for railways inaugurated 14 new coaches added to the Karachi-Lahore Karakoram Express service at Karachi Cantonment station on March 30. These are part of new fleet of 55 coaches recently imported by CNR Changchun, China, the first tranche of an overall order placed in 2011 by Pakistan Railways (PR) for 202 Chinese-built coaches.


From www.railway-technology.com
Logica Australia to manage Queensland Rail's ICT platform
Logica Australia has won a A$33m ($34.5m) five-year contract from Queensland Rail (QR) to manage its newly-established ICT infrastructure platform.       
                   
Network Rail gets planning consent for London Bridge redevelopment
Network Rail has received formal planning consent for the £500m redevelopment of London Bridge station in the UK.       
                   
Deutsche Bahn orders 16 TWINDEXX trains from Bombardier
Deutsche Bahn has ordered 16 TWINDEXX Vario multiple units from Bombardier Transportation for $208m, which will be deployed on the Kiel-Hamburg and Flensburg-Hamburg railway lines in northern Germany.       
                   
Kapsch delivers communication technology to Spanish high-speed line
Kapsch CarrierCom has implemented a new train security and communication solution on 87km of high-speed rail line in the north-west of Spain.       

www.progressiverailroading.com reports....
CN, CSXT craft steel-wheel interchange in Chicago

Standard & Poor's: Transportation's 'unpredictable' funding could have 'severe consequences' for economy, safety

ASLRRA names three 2012 Marketing Award winners

California commission provides $271 million for rail, highway projects

UP's coal train loadings lagged in March

VTA continues elevator, escalator upgrades

WMATA launches campaign to combat sexual harassment of riders

April 3: Updates from Unitrac, EMCOR Group, Cubic Transportation, Progress Rail and STV

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