World Railway News. 8th May 2012

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California high-speed rail project moves aheadThe California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has approved environmental impact studies for a 65km initial section of rail line to be built from Merced to Fresno.       
                   
Iran and Tajikistan plan 392km rail line
Iran and Tajikistan are planning to build a 392km railway line linking Afghanistan, China and Kyrgyzstan.       
                   
Network Rail completes Loughborough station renovation in UK
Network Rail has completed the £8m renovation of Loughborough railway station in Leicestershire, UK, ahead of the 2012 London Olympics Games.       
                   
Nine bidders rival for Transnet electric-locomotive order in South Africa
South African government-owned rail operator Transnet has confirmed that it has received bids from nine firms for the purchase of 95 electric locomotives.       

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WMATA registers performance improvements in first quarter

CN, KCS make top management changes

Shift away from coal as power plant feedstock is in play, Fitch Ratings says

IDOT unveils new multi-modal transportation program

Iowa Holdings teams up with Rail Logistics to better manage refrigerated car fleet

STB proposes new demurrage liability rule

OneRail Coalition to brief congressional staffers on rail industry's infrastructure investment

May 8: Updates from Ansaldo, Osmose and Norgren

International Railway Journal

MOU signed for UAE intermodal terminal ETIHAD Rail chairman HE Nasser Al Sowaidi and HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of DP World, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an intermodal rail terminal at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates.

Ansaldo STS wins Pilbara S&T contract ANSALDO STS Australia has been awarded a $A 151m ($US 154.7m) turnkey contract to provide signalling and telecommunications systems for the Roy Hill Iron Ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. LA Expo light rail line opens for business LOS Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Expo light-rail line officially opened to the public on April 28.