HoC Transport Committee
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Grimond Room
Meeting started at 10.01am. Ended at 11am
Rail Franchising
Witnesses i. Rt Hon Simon Burns MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport
International Railway Journal
CANADIAN Pacific Railway (CP) has reported a 53% jump in first-quarter net income to $C 217m ($US 213m) and a 51% improvement in earnings per share which was ahead of predictions by Wall Street analysts.
THE US Department of Transportation has made $US 474m available for the fifth round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (Tiger) grant programme.
SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF has reported a 19.1% drop in net profit to €22.2m for the first quarter of 2013.
www.progressiverailroading.com US News
www.railway-technology.com Updates
New South Wales to invest in rail maintenance facilities The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has announced a plan to invest $60m to set up eight maintenance 'centres of excellence' for the state's rail network.
Skanska wins Vestfold line contract in Norway
Skanska Norway, a division of Swedish construction firm Skanska, has secured a NOK1.34bn ($226m) contract from Norwegian national rail administration Jernbaneverket (JVB) to build a 9km railway line between Farriseidet, Larvik and Telemark in Norway.
TriMet to use Maxwell ultracapacitors for light rail energy-saving system
American Maglev Technology (AMT) has selected Maxwell Technologies' ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system that AMT is installing on light rail vehicles operated by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet) in Portland, Oregon, US.
Staffordshire Alliance starts first stage work on Stafford Area Improvement Programme
The Staffordshire Alliance, comprising Atkins, Laing O'Rourke, Network Rail and VolkerRail, has started the first phase of work on a £250m project to enhance passenger capacity on the Stafford section of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) in the UK.
Shedmaster Railway News
tfl.gov.uk reports that Transport for London (TfL) and the British Transport Police (BTP) have worked in partnership to successfully jail a fraudulent Oyster card user for six months, following a BTP investigation.
networkrail.co.uk explains that knowing how important it is to reduce the impact of the construction work, the new Birmingham New Street station is being delivered in two phases with most of the work taking place behind the scenes.
World Heritage & Railway News
News from the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland, GWSR, East Lancs, NYMR and West Somerset Railways....
Railway Engineering News
railwaygazette.com reports from the UAE: The first two of seven SD70ACS locomotives which Electro-Motive Diesel is supplying for the initial phase of the national rail network have been unloaded at Mussafah Port in Abu Dhabi for Etihad Rail....
And according to The Telegraph (UK) "Rail franchising is not broken, it just needs an injection of new thinking"
The Railway Chronicle is pleased to introduce RAIL Magazine.
RAIL is a quarterly publication of the Community Transportation Association of America. In its pages we chronicle the resurgence and revitalization of passenger rail in all its forms across North America. We focus on how communities of all sizes build innovative, cost-efficient and successful rail operations to better mobilize people. The stories of these vital rail systems are told not only in the kind of equipment they operate or the stations that they build, but the equally important elements of community partnerships, intermodalism, land-use and development and investment strategies.
RAIL 32: Celebrating Passenger Rail Throughout Canada
Our 32nd edition of RAIL profiles passenger rail across
Canada, our first edition of exclusively Canadian content since our 5th edition.
With features spanning Montreal to Vancouver, we examine Alberta's light-rail
systems, the nation's commuter rail providers, the ongoing political battle to
improve rail transit in Toronto, and the idea pairing of rail stations and
hockey arenas.
We would like to thank Rich Sampson and his colleagues at Community Transport Associationfor facilitating this link.
We look forward to reading of developments in the Americas, as communities appreciate the value of rail transport..both for now, and the future.
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