World Railway News.... 12th November 2012

The Railway Chronicle is pleased to bring the latest news from the following trusted sources.....


International Railway Journal

CROSSRAIL, which is building a £14.8bn, 118km east-west rail link across London, has awarded a contract worth around £50m to a joint venture of Siemens and Invensys Rail ..

AFTER achieving efficiency savings across it operations and revamping its internal loan policy, Russian Railways (RZD) has added Roubles 64bn ($US 2.04bn) to its 2012 investment programme which now totals Roubles 492.2bn.

THE Scottish government is to develop plans for a new 225km/h railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow which could reduce journey times between Scotland's two largest cities to less than 30 minutes within 12 years....

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TEL AVIV Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA) issued an invitation to bid on November 8 for a contract to design, supply, commission, and maintain a fleet of 90 LRVs for the city's light rail network, with options for 30 additional vehicles.



www.progressiverailroading.com US Railroad News

Public transportation systems reaching out to veterans, APTA says

Nebraska Central opens new six-span bridge

A need for more crude oil-carrying tank cars drove rail-car demand in 3Q, EPA says

Cleveland transit agency begins gathering rider data for project planning purposes

Miami-Dade County authorizes contract to replace rail-car fleet

Pennsylvania provides more than $18 million for 24 freight-rail projects

Amtrak, New Jersey Transit offer expanded rail service

CSX, Florida officials break ground for intermodal terminal






www.railway-technology.com Updates

Hyundai has received approval from the Brazilian Government to submit a bid for the proposed BRL33bn ($16.5bn) high-speed railway project that would link Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas.

MetroRail has received the consent of the Miami-Dade County Commission for its $313m design-build deal with Italian rail manufacturer AnsaldoBreda.

Amtrak is planning to reopen three tunnels that provide access to and from Penn Station New York (PSNY) today, nearly two weeks after they were flooded and severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy.




Additional sources.....

Shedmaster Railway News
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Railway Engineering News

How to plan timetables the Swiss Way...........


World Heritage & Railway News
Read about Velocipede Day on the NYMR...and some Railway romance, fun, and mischief at the NRM's Station Stories blog.....