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November 01, 2012

World Railway News....... 1st November 2012

International Railway Journal

THE managing director of Siemens Rail, Britain, Mr Steve Scrimshaw, says he is confident that Siemens and its consortium partner will achieve closure by late December .....

THE board of Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) has approved several measures intended to improve the performance of the company, which has suffered huge losses in the wake of the global economic crisis.

AUSTRALIAN federal government think tank Infrastructure Australia (IA) has released a discussion paper which identifies more than $A 100bn ($US 104bn) of government-owned transport assets that could be sold to the private sector.

MALYASIA's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) has awarded two contracts worth a total of Ringgits 1.18bn ($US 387m) for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line in Kuala Lumpur.


www.progressiverailroading.com US Railroad News



Hurricane aftermath: Passenger-rail, subway service reopening gradually; USDOT provides $13 million in 'quick-release' emergency funds
Freight railroads make post-storm strides in the Northeast

Seattle secures funds for streetcar extension's design phase

MBTA reports September ridership increase

Kansas City streetcar plan receives FTA's environmental OK

Rose to succeed Sramek as Operation Lifesaver's president

Army Corps of Engineers signs off on harbor deepening at Georgia port

Ohio utilities commission advances safety upgrades at 10 crossings


www.railway-technology.com Updates....

New South Wales to develop eight new railway stations for North West Rail Link The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has unveiled plans for eight new railway stations along Sydney's A$8bn ($7.96bn) North West Rail Link (NWRL). 
      
Sound Transit awards Northgate Link contract to Jacobs - CH2M HILL JV
The US state of Washington's regional transit authority, Sound Transit, has awarded a seven-year $75.5m construction management contract to a joint venture (JV) between Jacobs Engineering and CH2M HILL for the $2.1bn, 4.3-mile Northgate Link light rail extension in Seattle, US. 
      
Bombardier starts construction of new bogie centre in Germany
Canadian rail car manufacturer Bombardier has started construction of its new Bogie Technical Centre in Siegen, Germany. 
      
Network Rail reports progress on Loughor Viaduct project
Network Rail has issued an update on its £48m project to replace Loughor Viaduct and upgrade rail infrastructure between Swansea and Gowerton in the UK. 


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Railway Engineering News
Redesigned signalling power supply cuts copper costs (railwaygazette.com)


World Heritage & Railway News....
Keeping up with the past in the present..for the future.

Includes Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's reopening of full line.....

From Radio Winchcombe 107.1
a live programme to celebrate the re-opening of the full 12 mile line on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Nick Mundy in the studio and Phill Bird out and about on the GWR. Following the 'Chicken Curve' landslip-repair the full line opened today – once again connecting Cheltenham Race Course and Laverton (just south of Broadway), for the first time since the late 1970s. Phill’s live at Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham and racing the train by car! See www.gwsr.com for the amended timetable for the remainder of 2012. If you wait for the ‘programme to load’ then it should be possible to navigate the playback. What a day - choo choo ! Picture: of Foremarke Hall and the 4-car DMU passing at Winchcombe at 14.26 30/10/12.


 

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