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THE 9.4km twin-bore Katzenberg tunnel on the line between Freiburg im Breisgau and Basle was formally inaugurated on December 4 with an ICE-T emu and a freight train passing the through the tunnel and arriving simultaneously at the southern portals.
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Announcement.
David Prout to be Director General taking charge of the delivery of HS2.
The government’s commitment to delivering a new national high speed rail network has been underlined by the appointment of a new Director General to oversee the crucial project.
David Prout, currently a Director General at the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), will join the Department for Transport (DfT) in the New Year in a newly-created post taking charge of the delivery of HS2.
HS2 is a national high speed rail network linking London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, the East Midlands, with each other and cities beyond it, to drive regional growth, improve connectivity and create extra space and capacity on our railways and roads.
In his current role, David Prout has been at DCLG since 2009, with responsibility for localism, and additional responsibility as deputy for Sir Bob Kerslake given the latter’s role as Head of the Civil Service.
Philip Rutnam, DfT Permanent Secretary, said:
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Alstom will supply 70 regional trains to Trenitalia.
Further to a call for tender, Alstom has been awarded an order from the Italian public railway operator, Trenitalia, to supply 70 new regional trains. These Alstom Coradia Meridian trains will support the strengthening and modernising of Trenitalia’s regional services throughout Italy. This contract is worth about €440 million. Deliveries are expected to begin slightly over one year after the signing of the contract.
This award is a tranche of a €3 billion total investment forecast by Trenitalia for regional transport, after €1.5 billion already invested in 2009.
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David Prout, currently a Director General at the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), will join the Department for Transport (DfT) in the New Year in a newly-created post taking charge of the delivery of HS2.
HS2 is a national high speed rail network linking London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, the East Midlands, with each other and cities beyond it, to drive regional growth, improve connectivity and create extra space and capacity on our railways and roads.
In his current role, David Prout has been at DCLG since 2009, with responsibility for localism, and additional responsibility as deputy for Sir Bob Kerslake given the latter’s role as Head of the Civil Service.
Philip Rutnam, DfT Permanent Secretary, said:
HS2 is a hugely important programme for the future of the UK. I am very pleased that David Prout will be taking charge at such an exciting time. He will be leading a team which is already hard at work delivering this project, as well as liaising closely with HS2 Ltd, as we work together to introduce the legislation into Parliament on time next year that will make HS2 a reality.David Prout said:
Making HS2 a reality is absolutely crucial to our country’s future prosperity and I am very pleased to have been asked to take leadership of this much-needed programme at this time. I look forward to helping to take the project through Parliament and continuing to demonstrate the very real need for more capacity for people and freight on our railways, which will help make Britain a more prosperous and less congested country.
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Alstom will supply 70 regional trains to Trenitalia.
Further to a call for tender, Alstom has been awarded an order from the Italian public railway operator, Trenitalia, to supply 70 new regional trains. These Alstom Coradia Meridian trains will support the strengthening and modernising of Trenitalia’s regional services throughout Italy. This contract is worth about €440 million. Deliveries are expected to begin slightly over one year after the signing of the contract.
This award is a tranche of a €3 billion total investment forecast by Trenitalia for regional transport, after €1.5 billion already invested in 2009.
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