International & UK Railway News Monday 29th September 2014

..Total Railway News




A selection of news stories featuring infrastructure developments and improvements....
Kazakh gets a loan from the EBRD, Alstom fancies bidding on India rail projects ...
Qatar concentrates on improving railway resilience...
InnoTrans2014 was the best yet, apparently..
How many crude oil trains are passing through New York?
A cheaper high speed rail path for California?
A large investment programme unveiled for Thailand.... but a consultant isn't so sure about a similar development for Manila....
And how to book a SailRail trip from the UK to Ireland, courtesy Mark Smith, aka "the man in seat 61."


Click on the links...









Headlines
UK
Burglar who hid in tree by tracks for 17 hours causing 780 trains to be cancelled is jailed.(London Evening Standard)


Experts question Stoke-on-Trent's bid for HS2 station.(Stoke Sentinel)


New rail service will benefit train passengers.(Lancashire Evening Post)





New £100 fines for nuisance parkers at railway stations.(ITV News)


Reader's letter: Cattle class on the Manchester train (Nottingham Evening Post)


Paddington rail disaster: 'Her last words to me were goodbye, Daddy’.(The Telegraph)


International
Germany
DB awards contracts for ICE overhaul.(Global Rail News)


India
Alstom keen on bidding for rail projects under PPP mode.(The Financial Express)


Kazakhstan
EBRD lends 30 billion tenge to Kazakh railways.(EBRD)


Philippians
'Bullet train' connecting NAIA, Clark 'too expensive', says Japanese consultant.(Interaksyon)


Qatar
Qatar Rail unveils safety and security programme.(MENA RAIL POST)


Russia




Trains of Russian railways. Lastochka (Russian Railways on YouTube)
Electric train ES1, developed by Siemens, is by no coincidence named after a small migratory bird -- it is just as fast, agile and beautiful!


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USA
Viewpoints: Here’s a better high-speed rail plan that California can afford.(The Sacramento Bee)


www.progressiverailroading.com.

API recommends crude-by-rail practices; Quarterman resigns as PHMSA administrator

DC Streetcar set to begin pre-revenue operations

Frac sand: CN begins to serve another Wisconsin plant; Claim Post touts Manitoba reserves

Super early bird deadline for Secure Rail registration ends tomorrow

Maine, New Hampshire DOTs reach construction cost agreement for Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

Sound Transit breaks ground on Angle Lake light-rail station

CTA notes drop in trespassing reports

Cleveland port gains transformer move, garners high performance honors

Rail supplier news from Alstom and CH2M HILL (Sept. 29)

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InnoTrans2014


InnoTrans 2014 touts "major success" (Railway Age)


Other Railway Press
Thinking of travelling across the sea (from the UK) to Ireland?
Then Mark Smith's video tutorial on how to go about buying a SailRail ticket will be useful....
Video tutorial: Buying a London-Dublin SailRail ticket (man in seat 61 on YouTube)




How to buy a SailRail ticket from London ro any station in Britain to Dublin, at http://www.seat61.com/Ireland


London to Dublin the civilised way, by train & ferry (man in seat 61 on YouTube)




For information & to buy tickets online see http://www.seat61.com/Ireland.htm

A video guide to the journey from London Euston to Dublin, taking a train from London to Holyhead and the Irish Ferries ship 'Ulysses' from Holyhead to Dublin.

London depart 09:10 (08:15 Sundays), Holyhead arrive 12:50, sail 14:20, Dublin arrive 17:25.

London to Dublin costs £38 in advance, £43 on the day or when the £38 fares have sold out. Any day, any date, the price with either be £38 or £43, one or the other.
(Prices at the then time of travel)
That covers the train AND the ferry all on one ticket for one price.

SailRail fares are available from any British station to Dublin or any Irish station, and it's zonally priced, so Canterbury, Brighton, Norwich or Dover to Dublin is also £38 or £43.(N.B always check for the latest prices)
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SmartRail World


US$90 billion Thai infrastructure investment programme confirmed.

Speaking at a recent SmartRail Asia press conference, Dr. Jamroon Tungkijpaisal, Chairman of State Railway of Thailand Electrified Train (SRTET) announced expansion and upgrading plans for the Airport Rail Link network as part of the Thai government's US$90 billion infrastructure investment programme.  This eight-year infrastructure development plan includes two high-speed dual track railway lines at 741 billion baht and the construction of six metre-gauge standard dual track railway routes covering a total distance of 887 kilometres at the cost of over 127 billion baht.

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