THE first of 73 three-car Bombardier Movia C951 driverless metro trains for Singapore's Downtown Line was unloaded today at the port of Jurong, two weeks ahead of schedule.
HARSCO has secured three contracts worth a total of $US 85m to supply and service track maintenance equipment.
THE Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a design, build, finance, operate and maintain public-private partnership contract for the initial phase of the region's light rail project.
ITALY's Appulo Lucane Railway (FAL) has taken delivery of the first of 17 950mm-gauge dmus from Stadler, which will be used on regional services in the Bari area.
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BNSF
Take Action - Now is the time to bring good jobs, better air quality, and less traffic to Southern California.
Have you heard about SCIG?
We need your help connecting Southern California to good jobs, less traffic and cleaner air! BNSF has proposed what will be the greenest intermodal rail facility in the United States - the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG), which will move freight onto rail close to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, shortening the current truck trip from 24 to 4 miles.
On September 27th, the Port of Los Angeles issued an updated Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) that confirmed SCIG will result in an overall improvement in air quality, health risk and traffic in both the immediate neighborhoods around the site and throughout the region. Additionally, the project would create thousands of jobs and generate millions in state and local tax revenue.
What can you do?
- If you live in Southern California, plan to attend the public hearing on October 18, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. at Banning's Landing Community Center in Wilmington
- If you live outside Southern California, or can't attend the hearing, submit a comment in support of SCIG to the Port of Los Angeles before November 9, 2012 at ceqacomments@portla.org
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Harsco wins rail contracts in UK, Italy and India Harsco Rail group has secured contracts worth a total of $85m in the UK, Italy and India to provide maintenance services, deliver rolling stock and rail equipment.
Hitachi opens European rail research centre in UK
Hitachi has opened a European rail research centre (ERCC) to support the expansion of its rail systems business in the UK.
Balfour Beatty wins second phase electrification contract in UK
Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has secured a £50m contract from Network Rail in the UK to undertake electrification and signalling works under Phase 2 of the North West Triangle scheme.
H-J-H Final Design Partners wins Sound Transit' East Link extension contract
H-J-H Final Design Partners (H-J-H), a joint venture (JV) of HNTB, Jacobs Engineering Group and Hatch Mott MacDonald, has secured an $88m contract from Sound Transit in the US to provide the final design for its East Link light rail extension in greater Seattle, Washington, US.
Siemens
Joint press release from Siemens and SWM/MVG
Siemens presents the first carbody for Munich's new metro trains
Berlin / Munich, Germany, 2012-Oct-08
In a ceremony in its Vienna plant, the Siemens Rail Systems Division has presented to the Munich City Utilities (SWM) the first painted carbody of the new metro trains ordered for the Munich transit company MVG. It is the end section of the first of 21 C2 type six-car permanently coupled trains, which the SWM/MVG ordered from Siemens at the end of 2010. This was the largest order for rolling stock in the history of the Munich Underground. The investment totals about 185 million euros. At the same time, SWM/MVG took out two options on a further 23 metro trains, for a total of 276 cars, which can be transformed into firm orders until 2016 and 2020, respectively. This would increase the total investment to around 550 million euros. The new trains are being built in the Siemens plants in Vienna, Austria, and in Munich-Allach, Germany. From the seventh train onward, final assembly will take place in Munich.
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