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December 18, 2013

International & UK Railway News Wednesday 18th December 2013

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International Railway Journal

Trax Locomotives ordered by NS to replace V250s..

TRENITALIA signed a €139.6m contract with Pesa Bydgoszcz on December 12 for 40 ATR 220 Atribo regional dmus, which will be delivered from December 2014 onwards.

THREE consortia have submitted bids to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, for the $C 536m ($US 505m) PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.

THE European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee (Tran) voted on December 17 to adopt a series of amendments on the six legislative proposals forming the Fourth Railway Package.

THE first of 11 Citadis 402 low-floor LRVs for Dubai's Al Sufouh Tramway arrived in the United Arab Emirates through the port of Jebel Ali last week..


www.progressiverailroading.com US news


Container volume climbed at Southern California ports, lagged at Virginia port in November

  • Schumer to introduce legislation to extend transit commuter tax break
  • BNSF tabs Carter to head merged department; Pacific Imperial Railroad selects Patterson as CCO
  • Washington state port awards rail project contract to RailWorks
  • Mathis reelected as San Diego MTS chair
  • Crossing projects on tap in Ohio; grade separation set in California
  • Amtrak to add Wolverine Service trains for holidays
  • Rail supplier news from Thales, Ansaldo STS and TUV Rheinland (Dec. 18)
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    California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO reflects on 2013 milestones, discusses 2014 agenda


    Rail Outlook 2014: Railroads believe burgeoning crude oil demand and mounting passenger ridership will be foundation for 2014 business growth


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    EU establishes new public-private partnership to enhance rail transport
    The European Commission has established a new public-private partnership, called SHIFT²RAIL, to invest around €1bn in research and innovation to enhance rail transport and freight in Europe. 

           
    Network Rail awards £1.2bn framework contracts to four suppliers
    Network Rail has awarded framework contracts worth £1.2bn to VolkerFitzpatrick, Costain, BAM Nuttall and Geoffrey Osborne for works on Anglia, Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes in the south of England. 

           
    RailComm selects ThingWorx platform to support industrial internet applications
    Freight and transit rail solutions provider RailComm has selected ThingWorx application platform to support its machine-to-machine (M2M) and industrial internet applications. 

            
    Alstom unveils life-sized model of Greater Avignon's Citadis Compact tram
    French transport and energy infrastructure group Alstom has unveiled a life-sized model of Citadis Compact tram for Greater Avignon.


     
     
     
     

    This video shows how illustrator Thibaud Herem went about drawing the Roots of London poster in celebration for it's 150 year. (TfL on YouTube)

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