Shedmaster Railway News
Includes news from startribune.com - NEW YORK - Amtrak says ridership has increased in the first six months of fiscal year 2013, with ridership in March setting a record as the single best month ever in Amtrak's history.
railwaygazette.com - UAE: The first two of seven SD70ACS locomotives which Electro-Motive Diesel is supplying for the initial phase of the national rail network have been unloaded at Mussafah Port in Abu Dhabi,
World Heritage & Railway News
From the gwsr.com - It's ten years since HRH The Princess Royal opened Cheltenham Racecourse station to a blaze of publicity.......
Take a shed tour on the NYMR....(nymr.co.uk)
Railway Engineering News
From railwaygazette.com - KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has ordered a 10-car Type ED9E electric multiple-unit from Transmashholding's Demikhovsky Engineering Plant subsidiary. Delivery is planned for July.
International Railway Journal
LÄNSIMETRO, the company founded by the cities of Helsinki and Espoo to build the Western metro, a 13.9km line with seven new stations..
PREQUALIFICATION bids are invited by Quito Metro by May 27 for phase 2 of a $US 1.5bn project to build the first metro line in the Ecuadorian capital..
ISRAEL's national transport, infrastructure and roads safety minister Mr Yisarel Katz has sharply criticised new finance minister Mr Yair Lapid's plans to cut the infrastructure budget, particularly that allocated to rail...
CHINA's former railway minister Mr Liu Zhijun, who was dismissed from the post in February 2011 for what was described at the time as "serious disciplinary violations," has been charged with bribery and abuse of power, according to a report from the Xinhua News Agency.
www.progressiverailroading.com US News
US HSR
High speed rail is in the news again! This time in the President's budget - $47 billion! This is the kind of numbers we need to be investing in HSR across America. China is investing well over $400 billion!! We have a lot of catching up to do.
California Governor Jerry Brown is heading to China for a HSR trade mission, and to ride the new fast trains. Also in California, the Transbay Tower - on top of the new San Fran high speed rail station - now has a face. Designed by Cesar Pelli, the new tower will top out over 1,000 feet, and be the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
Also in the news is the Heritage Foundation in a hypocrisy bust, practicing exactly the opposite of what they preach to everyone else. There's also big news of a new survey that shows a majority of Republicans support action on climate change, and renewable energy! It appears its only some Republican members of Congress acting on their own as they fight to block solutions and high speed rail. The majority of their constituents want it built. Meanwhile, Amtrak continues breaking ridership records again, which has been happening now for nearly a decade! See stories below...
Also in the news is the Heritage Foundation in a hypocrisy bust, practicing exactly the opposite of what they preach to everyone else. There's also big news of a new survey that shows a majority of Republicans support action on climate change, and renewable energy! It appears its only some Republican members of Congress acting on their own as they fight to block solutions and high speed rail. The majority of their constituents want it built. Meanwhile, Amtrak continues breaking ridership records again, which has been happening now for nearly a decade! See stories below...
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In This Issue:
www.railway-technology.com Updates.. PHX Sky Train opens at Phoenix airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, US, has opened the $1.58bn automated, inter-terminal train system, PHX Sky Train. CRM-Vossloh JV wins high-speed line rail grinding contract in China CRM-Vossloh Track Maintenance, a joint venture between China's CRM and Vossloh Rail Services, has won a contract to carry out high-speed grinding (HSG) services on the 1,300km Beijing - Shanghai high-speed line. EIB provides loan for central section of Warsaw metro in Poland The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a loan of PLN1bn (€238m) to support the construction of the 6.7km central section of a new metro line in the Polish capital of Warsaw. PCM Group acquires German rail equipment firm Rail.One India-based conglomerate PCM Group of Industries has acquired German concrete sleeper and ballastless track technology supplier Rail.One for €36m. |
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