Rail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
12 May 2012,
05:00:00
Russian Railways is encouraging
eligible staff to join the Young Professionals programme, a joint initiative
with Deutsche Bahn. The aim of the scheme is to encourage young managers
and professionals from the two companies to learn from each other through
internships, joint training sessions and round table discussions. Employees with
at least two years experience, fluent English and a university level education
are invited to apply. Following criticism over its handling of passengers left
stranded after last year’s Great East Japan Earthquake, JR East took the
opportunity to test its revised emergency procedures during an earthquake
simulation drill held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Around 130
‘passengers’ were led onto platforms where they were given food and water. The
operator has identified parts of its stations that can be used as temporary
shelters and plans to stockpile food, blankets and first aid kits. Construction
is underway on a specialist railway academy with a focus on technical
skills at Madiun in Java. The first 60 students, who will all be under the age
of 23, are expected to start in 2014. Indonesia has seen a dramatic rise in
passenger train use over the last few years, and the National Train
Transportation Plan predicts a considerable increase in staffing needs across
the sector by 2030.
Alstom selected to double capacity on Lille metro
11 May 2012,
17:09:00
FRANCE: Alstom has been named as preferred
bidder for a €250m contract to modernise metro Line 1 in Lille and supply a
fleet of 27 Metropolis rubber-tyred trains. Alstom says the project will double
capacity, increase operational flexibility, cut maintenance costs and reduce
energy consumption by 20%. The new trains to be built in Valenciennes are being
designed to carry up to 545 passengers. They will be double the length of the
existing fleet, with wide gangways between cars. They will offer a 'warm, bright
environment with larger windows', and be equipped with electronic passenger
information displays and multimedia screens, as well as CCTV transmitting
real-time images to the control centre. Alstom will also supply Urbalis
signalling to replace the current train control technology, which dates from the
opening of the line in 1983. Announcing the deal on May 11, Alstom said it
expects to sign the contract in June. The new systems will come into service
progressively from 2015, and the project is scheduled for completion in
2017.
Brescia high speed line construction begins
11 May 2012,
11:59:00
ITALY: Construction of the next section of
the 140 km Milano - Verona high speed line was officially launched on May 7. The
ceremony was attended by Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure &
Transport Corrado Passera, Lombardia region President Roberto Formigoni and FS
Chief Executive Mauro Moretti. The Cepav Due consortium is to build 39·6 km of
high speed route between Treviglio and Brescia, an 11·7 km link to the
conventional line and 6·9 km of dedicated line alongside the existing route into
Brescia's main station. The total cost of the section is put at €2bn, with
completion planned for April 2016. The initial 27 km of the Milano - Verona high
speed route as far as Treviglio was completed in July 2007. The remaining
section from Brescia to Verona is currently being planned.
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Bombardier Wins Order for TRAXX Locomotives for Cross-border Traffic in Scandinavia
May 11, 2012 — Berlin
Transportation
Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has won an order from Bure for seven BOMBARDIER TRAXX F140 AC locomotives. The locomotives are designed for freight transport in Sweden and Norway, with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2012. The contract is valued at approximately 24 million euro ($31 million US).
Bombardier’s TRAXX F140 AC locomotives represent the state-of-the-art in electric rail freight transportation in the Nordic region. They are part of a family of locomotives comprising single- and multi-system electric and diesel vehicles. A common feature of all TRAXX locomotives is their modular construction.
Bure has purchased these locomotives to lease them to train operator RushRail AB. In April, RushRail won a multi-year transportation contract for Trätåg AB. Trätåg is a logistics company, owned by Stora Enso and Korsnäs. Its purpose is to handle rail transportation of forest products, timber, pulpwood and biofuel. RushRail will, in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner, transport timber and other forest products by rail from Stora Enso and Korsnäs’s timber terminals to their production sites around central Sweden. The contract is one of the largest of its kind in Sweden.
Peter Ammann, Vice President Sales & Marketing of Bombardier Transportation’s Locomotives Unit, said: “We are proud that Bure as a new customer and RushRail as the operator have chosen our TRAXX locomotives to serve this significant rail transport undertaking.”
“Rush Rail’s selection of the TRAXX locomotive for their operation enhances Bombardier Transportation's position as the prime supplier of locomotives for the highly competitive and entirely deregulated Swedish commercial market of freight operation, where reliability and efficiency are paramount,” said Klas Wåhlberg, Chief Country Representative, Bombardier Transportation Sweden.
“At Bure, we are pleased to be able to offer highly competitive freight transportation services with TRAXX locomotives together with RushRail. We look forward to working together with RushRail and Bombardier on this long-term investment,” said Henrik Blomquist, Vice President of Bure.
“We at RushRail are excited to have gained the trust of Trätåg and Bure and we believe that this – together with the TRAXX locomotives – can be a solid basis for our future expansion,” said Jan Lindqvist, CEO and co-founder of RushRail.
Production of the locomotives will take place at Bombardier’s Kassel plant in Germany. The carbodies will be produced at Bombardier’s Wroclaw, Poland site, bogies at its Siegen, Germany site , while the Propulsion and Controls equipment will be manufactured at its Mannheim and Hennigsdorf sites, also in Germany.
The locomotives will be powered by the renowned BOMBARDIER MITRAC traction converters offering unmatched reliability. The related control system is the sophisticated MITRAC offering safe and energy efficient traction power for sustainable mobility. MITRAC equipment has been selected for well over 3,000 locomotives all around the world.
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