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May 10, 2013

International & UK Railway News Friday 10th May 2013




 
 
 
 
MACANDREWS, a subsidiary of shipping group CMA-CGM this week launched a new refrigerated railfreight service linking Bilbao with Murcia in the southeast of Spain.
 
MR Geraldo Alckmin, governor of the state of São Paulo announced on May 9 that the project to build an Airport Express link between Luz station in central São Paulo and Guarulhos International Airport has been cancelled due lack of interest from the private sector.
 
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has asked the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) to clarify its position on plans being developed by the municipality of The Hague for a new open-access passenger service between The Hague and Brussels, which would compete with NS and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) services.
 
FOLLOWING hot on the heels of a request for qualification (RFQ) to build a new diesel locomotive plant at Marhowra in Bihar province, India's Ministry of Railways has issued an RFQ for an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, also situated in Bihar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • AAR: U.S. carloads, intermodal loads climbed last week
  • Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council endorses Bottineau light-rail option
  • Norfolk Southern on track to capitalize on a gradually improving economy, Moorman says
  • Massachusetts commuter-rail operator improves on-time performance
  • Iowa Pacific lands more capital to bolster more track in the Permian Basin
  • Seattle port promotes Beckett to deputy CEO
  • CHS, Aurora Cooperative to build BNSF-served grain loading facility in Nebraska
  • Rail supplier updates from Parsons Brinckerhoff, The Andersons, Kawasaki, SYSTRA and UNITRAC (May 10)

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    California High-Speed Rail Authority extends contract with Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff, the professional services division of Balfour Beatty, has secured a $120m contract from California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) in the US to provide programme management services. 
          
    Alstom installs Zonegreen's planning software for Nola rail depot in Italy
    Alstom has installed Zonegreen's cloud-based planning software at its Nola rail depot in Italy. 
          
    Atkins to design new rail station in Carlsberg city district, Denmark
    Design, engineering and project management consultant Atkins has won a contract to design a new railway station in the Carlsberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. 
          
    Victoria government to invest $520m on rail network
    The Victoria government in Australia has allocated over A$520m ($529m) in its 2013-14 budget to improve safety, reliability and capacity on the state's public transport network.
     
     
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    Features news via railwaygazette.com: DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Grontmij a €1·1m contract to identify sections of the København - Odense route where speeds could be raised to 200 km/h, with the aim of giving an end-to-end journey time of 1 h.
     
     
     
     
     
    Before Easter, Reading Station was a major building site...

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