International & UK Railway News Tuesday 5th March 2013

 

Asia Pacific Heritage & Tourist Rail Organization (APHTRO)

 

Booking for APHTRO conference 2013 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia has been opened.
Everyone with an interest in heritage railways and museums will be warmly welcomed.

Hope you come and enjoy our conference and superb North Borneo Railway steam train.

Please visit our website http://www.aphtro.org/ for details.

(From Kyoichi Oda)



International Railway Journal

AFTER 10 years of construction, the first metro line in the Italian city of Brescia was inaugurated on March 2 by the president of the region of Lombardy Mr Roberto Maroni.

CHINA's Export – Import Bank has signed a $US 278.2m loan agreement with the Sri Lankan government to finance the 115km extension of Sri Lanka Railways' Colombo – Galle – Matara line..

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded a contract worth around €11m to Soitec and a consortium of Philips and French partner Step to install LED lighting at stations across the city's metro and RER networks.



www.progressiverailroading.com US News

Operation Lifesaver: Rail trespass deaths, injuries on the rise

USDOT awards nearly $200 million to PANYNJ for Sandy cleanup

South Carolina Ports Authority launches inland port project

California High-Speed Rail Authority appoints Fong as CFO

Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain stations to be upgraded

Norfolk Southern marks Ohio River bridge centennial anniversary

Florida East Coast names Westerman VP and corporate controller

MTA completes blasting for 72nd Street Station project

www.railway-technology.com Updates

Work to improve accessibility and safety at Metro Vancouver's Main Street-Science World Station in Canada has begun.

Thales Canada's transportation solutions business division has secured an order to deliver advanced signalling systems for the new Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) project over a period of ten years.

KazElectroPrivod (KEP), a joint venture (JV) between Alstom and Kazakhstani partner Kamkor, has won a €90m contract from Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) to deliver 10,000 point machines
KEP will start delivery of the point machines, which allow trains to change tracks, later in 2013.


Shedmaster Railway News
railwaygazette.com - SIEMENS: 'Fiscal 2012 was a good year but not a completely satisfactory year for us', President & CEO Peter Löscher told the Siemens AG annual general meeting on January 23.


World Heritage & Railway News

west-somerset-railway.co.uk - Experience the feeling of working steam locomotives as you join the team on the footplate , shovel coal into the firebox, blow the whistle, open the regulator and feel the power. Details of courses available.....


Railway Engineering News

Caring for Cities with Latest Transit System Technologies  (European Rail Awards website.)