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August 21, 2013

International & UK Railway News Wednesday 21st August 2013



International Railway Journal

A CANADIAN group is negotiating with the state of Maine in the hope of acquiring the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway (MM&A) which filed for bankruptcy on August 7 following the derailment and explosion at Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on July 6.

CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, China, has unveiled the first of 95 Class 20E dual-voltage electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), South Africa, which were ordered last October from the CSR E-loco Supply consortium..

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) recorded a net loss of €76m in the first half of this year compared with a profit of €147m in the first half of 2012.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) subsidiary London Tramlink has exercised an option for four additional Variobahn low-floor LRVs from Stadler Pankow


www.progressiverailroading.com US News


Alaska Railroad marks 90 years of rail service in the nation's largest state

High-speed rail makes incremental progress on Chicago-St. Louis route

  • Washington DOT begins work to prevent landslides on Amtrak Cascades route
  • Florida DOT provides $2.5 million for Miami logistics center
  • Baltimore port to begin handling Mazda vehicles in September
  • MBTA reaches $10 million in sales for mobile ticket app
  • CSX, NS among Dividend Channel's top 25 'socially responsible' stocks
  • Ohio utilities commission turns 100
  • WMATA to open parking garage at Dunn Loring Station
  • Rail supplier news from Nordco, Tutor Perini, ABB, Sasser, and Stacy and Witbeck (Aug. 21)




  • www.railway-technology.com Updates..


    Hollysys to deliver signalling system to Lanxin high-speed rail line in China
    Hollysys Automation Technologies (Hollysys) has secured a RMB118.37m ($19.2m) contract to supply its ground-based high-speed rail signalling system to the Xinjiang section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang (Lanxin) high-speed rail line in China. 

           
    Northampton station upgrade begins in the UK
    The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) has started the £20m revamp of Northampton Railway Station in the UK. 

           
    BNSF to invest $125m to improve rail capacity in Washington, US
    BNSF Railway (BNSF) is planning to invest $125m in the US state of Washington during 2013 for railway maintenance, capacity improvements and expansion projects. 

           
    UK's HS2 project cost could rise to £80bn
    The construction costs of the UK's proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project could increase to over £80bn, almost double the current estimated cost of £42.6bn, according to a report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).



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