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November 07, 2013

International & UK Railway News Thursday 7th November 2013


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International Railway Journal

DENVER Regional Transportation District (RTD) has selected a consortium led by Graham Contracting, Canada for a $US 343m design-and-build contract to construct the city's North Metro commuter line..

HARSCO Rail's Australian subsidiary has shipped a new Mark VI production/switch tamper and ballast regulator unit to the port of Launceston, Tasmania, for use by Tasrail on the island's 1067mm-gauge network..

THE TramWave catenary-free electrification system developed by Ansaldo STS is to be deployed in China for the first time after the Italian company concluded a €26m contract with CNR Equipment Engineering..


www.progressiverailroading.com US News

  • Strong energy and intermodal markets help CSX overcome weak coal sectors, CFO Eliasson says
  • Amtrak appoints Sokol as CFO
  • Army Corps of Engineers to begin environmental assessment for proposed South Carolina intermodal facility
  • APTA, European rail association sign MOU
  • NTSB closes more safety requirements for WMATA
  • Groundbreaking to be held next week for Southern California grade separation
  • Quite zone opens in Texas; crossing upgrades advance in Ohio and Washington
  • Rail supplier news from Harsco, Cubic, L.B. Foster, The Andersons, J.L. Patterson, GEI Consultants and New York Air Brake (Nov. 7)
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    US Department of Transportation

    BTS Releases August North American Freight Numbers:Three of Five Modes Carried More U.S. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012 
     
    Three of the five transportation modes carried more U.S.-NAFTA trade in August 2013 than in August 2012 as the value of overall U.S. trade with its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, rose 2.0 percent from year to year, according to the August NAFTA freight data released today by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.            
     
    BTS, a part of the Department’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that pipelines showed the most year-to-year growth at 18.2 percent. The increase in the value of freight carried by pipelines reflects the rise in prices for oil and other petroleum products, the primary commodity transported by pipelines. 
     
    Truck, which carries three-fifths of U.S.-NAFTA trade and is the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners, rose 0.7 percent while rail rose 3.0 percent. Vessel declined 2.6 percent and air 2.4 percent. 
     
    Trucks carried 59.9 percent of the $96.5 billion of U.S.-NAFTA trade in August 2013 accounting for $30.3 billion of exports and $27.5 billion of imports. Trucks were followed by rail at 15.6 percent, vessels at 8.5 percent, pipeline at 7.4 percent and air at 3.7 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 82.9 percent of the total NAFTA freight flows. 
     
    U.S.-Canada trade by pipeline, of which 90 percent was imported, increased the most of any mode from August 2012 to August 2013, growing 20.6 percent. U.S.-Canada pipeline trade comprises 96 percent of total U.S.-NAFTA pipeline trade. Freight moved by rail between the U.S. and Canada decreased by 1.4 percent. 
     
    U.S.-Mexico trade by rail increased the most of any mode from August 2012 to August 2013, growing 10.1 percent. Freight moved by pipeline between the U.S. and Mexico decreased by 17.5 percent. However, U.S.-Mexico pipeline trade only comprises 4 percent of total U.S. NAFTA pipeline trade. 
     
    See BTS Transborder Data Release for summary tables, state rankings and additional data. See North American Transborder Freight Data  on the BTS website for additional data for surface modes since 1995 and all modes since 2004.   
     
     
     
     
    MTR unveils first Express Rail Link high-speed train in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong's metro operator MTR has unveiled the first of nine new aerodynamic high-speed trains, as part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
           
    Midland Metro light rail extension's first tracks laid
    The Midland Metro light rail system's first tracks have been laid, as part of its extension at Colmore Gate, Bull Street in Birmingham.
           
    Cubic and Southern Railway to upgrade ITSO capabilities for London Network
    Cubic Transportation Systems has partnered with Southern Railway to provide modernised ITSO smart ticket acceptance capabilities on the network's 90 stations outside London.
            
    Marubeni and Toshiba contracted for Bangkok rail construction project
    Ch. Karnchang Public Company Limited (CK) has contracted Marubeni and Toshiba to deliver rail systems and maintenance service for the new 23km passenger mass transit railway, called The Purple Line, in Bangkok, Thailand.  

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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