World Railway News Update........ 25th April 2012

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BART recommends Bombardier for railcar contract
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Agency in San Francisco, US, has recommended Bombardier as the recipient of a $2.5bn contract to build 775 new railcars.       
                   
MBTA extends commuter rail line to Wickford stationThe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has opened Wickford Junction commuter rail station in Rhode Island, US.       
                   
Cubic wins rail ticketing equipment maintenance contract in AustraliaCubic Transportation Systems, a unit of US-based Cubic, has won a $65m three-year contract from Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp) to maintain ticketing equipment and provide related services for passenger rail operations in Sydney, Australia.       
                   
Masabi and MBTA to launch first smartphone rail ticketing system in the USUK-based developer of mobile ticketing technology Masabi and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) have partnered to launch the US's first smartphone rail ticketing system in Boston, towards the end of 2012.       



www.progressiverailroading.com US railroad news.......

NS set four financial records, equaled another in Q1

BART recommends Bombardier to build rail 'Fleet of the Future'

Grand Central Terminal upgrades will slash energy consumption, MTA says

UP advances trackwork in Idaho and Colorado, acknowledges 'UP Day' in Illinois

ARCI: Rail-car orders ratcheted down, deliveries ratcheted up in Q1

Analysts to discuss Class I first-quarter earnings at May 1 webcast

LACMTA prepares for Expo Line's launch on Saturday

STB: U.S. Class I workforce enlarged in March

MBTA, Masabi to offer smartphone rail-ticket system



International Railway Journal Headlines......

CargoServ gains operating license AUSTRIA's rail regulator has granted open-access operator CargoServ an operating license for the Austrian mainline network.

Amadeus to supply new SNCF agency booking system FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has appointed Amadeus to deliver a new indirect distribution system for travel agents. Now or never for ERTMS in Europe, says Lochman IRJ at UIC ERTMS World Conference, Stockholm: THE executive director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), Mr Libor Lochman, called today for the acceleration of the implementation of ERTMS in Europe, warning "If we go ahead with ERTMS we have to go ahead now, otherwise we should forget it."   Network Rail secures HS1 management contract extension BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail has extended its contract to operate and maintain the line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, with HS1, the owner of Britain's only high-speed line.