World Railway News.... 22nd June 2012

International Railway Journal

THALES has signed a €2.1m contract with Grand Port Maritime du Harve (GPMH) for the turnkey installation of a Pivos computer-based interlocking system to serve lines at the Port 2000 terminal.

HUNGARIAN freight operator Floyd took delivery on June 18 of the first of three former British Rail class 56 diesel locomotives, which will help support the operator's growing business in Hungary and further afield.

ALGIERS marked a milestone in the development of its urban rail network on June 15 with the opening of the western extension of the city's light rail line from Les Bananiers to Lycée and Les Fusilles..

AFTER 13 years of delay, Metrofor launched limited trial services on the first section of Fortaleza's Metro South Line on June 15. Services are now running between 09.00 and 15.00 on the Pajuçara – Parangaba stretch..

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Progressive Railroading to present free fuel management webcast on June 29

Congressional leaders appear closer to agreement on transportation bill

Virginia allocates $11.4 billion for transportation improvements

Rail shippers' fuel surcharge-fixing suits now a class action case; Class Is claim case is 'unfounded'

AAR on week No. 24: Carloads continued to fall, intermodal volume continued to rise in U.S.

Canadian Pacific to serve Wisconsin frac sand mine; Union Pacific to upgrade Nebraska line

BNSF honors 98 shippers' haz-mat safety efforts

APTA promotes national 'Dump the Pump Day'

Rail supplier updates from EMD, Kelso, Columbus Steel, Raymond James, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Gulf Intermodal and IMC Cos. (June 22)




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Siemens ICx- next generation high-speed train for DB

Siemens ICx is a next generation high-speed train, designed for the German national railway company, Deutsche Bahn. It is a part of Deutsche Bahn's (DB) programme to replace its current rolling stock on Intercity routes throughout the country. The existing fleet being used along these routes are approaching their expiry, despite being refurbished in the past.
Siemens Mobility won the bid for designing and manufacturing the rolling stock, instead of Alstom. ICx rolling stock from Siemens will replace the EuroCity rolling stock first and then the Intercity-Express rolling stock (by the end of 2025). Siemens Mobility has subcontracted Bombardier Transportation for the project.



China's CRH380A High Speed Train....

CRH380A is high speed rolling stock which was developed by the China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR). It is one among the four train models designed to be operated at speeds of 380kmph on the newly built Chinese high speed lines.
It is being manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock. The train was put into regular operation on the Shanghai-Nanjing high speed railway line and Shanghai-Hangzhou high speed railway line from October 2010. It was put into daily service along the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway in December 2010.

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