World Railway News 10th September 2012

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Virginia Railway Express appoints Allen CEO

Canadian government, railroads form research lab at Alberta university

CSX will face strong utility coal headwinds into 2013, Sterne Agee says

KCS crafts security training program for front-line workers

Amtrak removes old Niantic River Bridge from service

Former San Diego Trolley leader Langley Powell dies

APTA elects officers, new board members

Ohio utilities commission advances two crossing projects


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Alstom to deliver eight Coradia Nordic regional trains to Sweden's Östgötatrafiken
Alstom has won a €50m order from the Swedish Public Transport Authority Östgötatrafiken to deliver eight additional Coradia Nordic regional trains.       
                   
ThyssenKrupp Elevator to install escalators on Hong Kong's West Kowloon TerminusThyssenKrupp Elevator has won a contract to supply equipment for the West Kowloon Terminus project in Hong Kong, China, part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL).       
                   
Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom consortium wins ETCS contract
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has awarded a €93m contract to a consortium of Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom to equip European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 signalling on the line running from Ebensfeld via Erfurt to Halle and Leipzig.       
                   
China approves 25 urban rail projects
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved plans to invest CNY800bn ($127bn) to build 25 urban rail projects across the country, as well as a further five projects in Shanghai, worth more than CNY16.79bn ($2.6bn).       



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MPs take evidence on west coast mainline rail franchise.

The Transport Select Committee questions Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group and Tim O'Toole CBE of FirstGroup over the Government's decision to award the west coast mainline rail franchise to FirstGroup.