International Railway Journal
MARYLAND Transit Administration has selected Alstom in a $US 150m contract to overhaul Baltimore's fleet of 53 LRVs which serve the city's 48.3km, three line network.
EUROSTAR has appointed management and IT consultancy Cereza, France, to supply a new operations management system for its transport plan and rolling stock utilisation strategy.
BAVARIAN Railway (BEG) has issued a tender for contracts to operate regional passenger train services on the Allgäu diesel network which encompasses several non-electrified lines in western Bavaria.
NS Financial Services, the leasing subsidiary of Netherlands Railways (NS), has officially cancelled its contract for 16 V250 high-speed trains from AnsaldoBreda, following the lead of Belgian National Railways (SNCB) which cancelled its contract for three of the trains on May 31.
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Clapham Junction, the busiest train station in the UK, is set to cut energy use by 35% with the introduction of Open Technology's new lighting technology, the LiGO control system.
The new system is intended to provide the exact light levels required across the station, matching lighting use to train timetables, passenger presence, daylight levels and other factors.
The city of Tours in France has opened the first line of its tramway network, which will be served by Alstom Citadis trams.
Construction of the 15km, 29-station north-south tramway line, which connects Vaucanson in the northeast with Lycée Jean Monet in the south-western suburb of Joué-les-Tours, started in 2010 and is expected to have cost more than €400m.
The new line is expected to serve 54,900 passengers a day and will use 21 new Alstom Citadis trams, which are 43m long and capable of accommodating 280 passengers.
A 1.8km section of the new line between Tours train station and Place Choiseul is equipped with Alstom's APS system to avoid the need for overhead wires.
The UK government will make a £2.85m investment to trial smart card technology in a bid to improve rail travel throughout the south-east of England by 2015.
The pilot trial is the first key move for the UK Department for Transport's £45m south east flexible ticketing project, which has been rolled out to promote seamless and convenient travel across the region.
British train operating company c2c, which functions between Fenchurch Street, Shoeburyness and the Essex coast, will improve ticketing systems at all of its stations outside of London.
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Knorr-Bremse South Africa well positioned for long-term transportation projects
Knorr Bremse are to take over Railcare after a roller coaster few weeks. Railcare will now be known as Knorr Bremse Rail Services.
Shedmaster Railway News
Turkish steelmaker orders wheel production line - Railway Gazette
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World Heritage & Railway News
DCRT Scoops Major Award | The UK's Only Main Line Heritage Railway
Lindsay Tanner calls for more focus on rail transport to avoid congestion - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Railway Engineering News
Maglev testing extended - Railway Gazette
Competition concerns spark traction energy price changes - Railway Gazette
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