How ironic that a lorry bearing the legend "We Fit", didn't ,when it came to an overhead railway bridge!
Railway resilience continues to challenge the engineers. Taunton-Castle Cary line is undergoing flood defence reinforcement...And the Keymer Junction in Sussex has been replaced...
UITP takes a close look at "The Ascent of Cities".. and asks..."How are city authorities going to cope with such rapid growth? How must public transport be adapted, adopted or integrated to city planning to make sure growing numbers don’t make cities grind to a halt, leading to social unrest and economic stagnation?"
And an article that shows that the Shinkansen has made a small country even smaller...
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Headlines
UK
Signalling problems at Slough cause rail delays.(BBC News)
Lorry hits railway bridge in North Walsham.(BBC News)
Halfords 'We Fit' lorry gets stuck under bridge.(BBC News)
Work on Bermuda Park railway station in Nuneaton starts.(BBC News)
Taunton-Castle Cary railway line closed for flood work.(BBC News)
Dale Haslam's train blog: New rail boss has offered few words of comfort to passengers.(The Bolton News)
Tube workers to stage 48-hour strike next week.(The Guardian)
Route of HS2 through East Midlands could change.(Derby Telegraph)
Network Rail
PICTURES: Crucial railway junction replaced over weekend
Network Rail Pictures
Network Rail engineers have successfully replaced a crucial railway junction in Sussex over the first of four weekends of improvement work to the railway between London and Brighton.
Keymer Junction, near Wivelsfield, is where lines from Eastbourne and Lewes meet those running from Brighton to London. It’s the first time it has been renewed in almost 40 years and will provide more reliable journeys and a more comfortable ride for the growing number of passengers on the line.
It’s the first full weekend of four where major work is taking place on the route and buses are replacing trains between Three Bridges and Brighton / Lewes.
Steve Knight, area director for Network Rail, said: “Replacing an entire junction is a big job in itself, but it is just part of the work we are doing on the Brighton Main Line this autumn.
“We are also improving drainage through a tunnel, replacing another junction near Haywards Heath, and we are improving signalling near Balcombe. All of these upgrades will mean a better, more reliable railway.
“The scale of the work means we have had to use buses to replace trains and Southern and Thameslink staff have been doing a great job of helping people travel between London and Brighton while we are doing the work.”
Work will continue to take place on the main line on the weekends of October 11, 12; October 18, 19 and November 15 and 16.
It’s the first full weekend of four where major work is taking place on the route and buses are replacing trains between Three Bridges and Brighton / Lewes.
Steve Knight, area director for Network Rail, said: “Replacing an entire junction is a big job in itself, but it is just part of the work we are doing on the Brighton Main Line this autumn.
“We are also improving drainage through a tunnel, replacing another junction near Haywards Heath, and we are improving signalling near Balcombe. All of these upgrades will mean a better, more reliable railway.
“The scale of the work means we have had to use buses to replace trains and Southern and Thameslink staff have been doing a great job of helping people travel between London and Brighton while we are doing the work.”
Work will continue to take place on the main line on the weekends of October 11, 12; October 18, 19 and November 15 and 16.
Message from: The Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre
Well folks the requests to reserve shares is gathering pace now, we are receiving lots of requests now, so please get your request in now before we go public, we want Fred's genuine fans and people who are interested in preservation to have first Dibs ( pun intended ) the minimum is £250 but if you invest £500 or more you should qualify for 30% tax relief, yes that is not a miss print i did say 30% tax relief under the EIS scheme, so you get a third of your investment back almost immediately, as well as people investing £250 or £500 even we are also looking for investments of £5000 and upwards, so dont settle for the banks silly rates of 1% to 2% ( which is taxable ) we envisage being able to offer around 3% in dividends for investments up to £5k and 5% for investments over £5k, remember though these interest rates will be TAX FREE. Get in now before the big investors do.
So please to email us now at freddibnahtours@live.com to reserve your shares, as once they are gone they are gone. (Leon Pownsey)
International
Canada
Canadian National Railway: Dividend Stock Analysis.(Seeking Alpha)
Canadian Pacific - Too Much Momentum For Me, Even As Earnings Are Expected To Double Again.(Seeking Alpha)
Crude-by-rail shipments to drive Canadian Pacific’s revenue growth, COO says • 4:44 PM Carl Surran, SA News Editor
- About a third of Canadian Pacific Railway's (NYSE:CP) targeted revenue growth over the next four years will be driven by crude-by-rail shipments, as the railroad focuses on improving its oil-loading terminals and track in western Canada, COO Keith Creel tells WSJ.
- The transport of heavy crude from Alberta will soon account for ~60% of all of CP's oil revenues, with light crude from the Bakken region in Saskatchewan and North Dakota accounting for the balance, Creel says; Bakken-sourced oil currently accounts for ~60% of CP’s oil revenue.
- CP’s bet on crude-by-rail underscores the growing interdependence between the oil and rail industries as North American oil and gas production booms; the amount of crude moving by rail in Canada has quadrupled since 2012 and is expected to continue to surge.
Canadian National cargo train derails in Saskatchewan, catches fire • 4:58 PM
Carl Surran, SA News Editor
- A freight train operated by Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) derailed in Saskatchewan earlier today, setting two cars carrying petroleum distillate on fire but apparently resulting in no injuries.
- The 100-car train was carrying a mix of dangerous and non-dangerous goods when it derailed near the hamlet of Clair; 26 cars derailed, with two cars of hydrochloric acid and two of caustic soda reportedly intact.
China
China Gives New Pledge on Lao Rail Project.(Radio Free Asia)
Japan
What 50 Years of Bullet Trains Have Done for Japan.(The Atlantic)
Kuwait
Kuwait – Japan to support Kuwait Railway Development.(MENA RAIL POST)
USA
www.progressiverailroading.com.
Caltrain cleared to advance design-build plans for electrification
BNSF Logistics recognized for Intermodal 101 course by human capital firm
University of Missouri professor researching vegetation management
BART develops game for public to comment on agency's future plans
Wisconsin DOT, transportation development association mark Freight Rail Week
BLET adopts resolution supporting two-man crews
Rail supplier news from Rock Hill, Rail Service & Logistics, Rail Tie Solutions, AXION and Sasser Family Holdings (Oct. 7)
SmartRail World
Editor's Preview: SmartRail USA (Oct. 29-30, Charlotte, North Carolina)
How do you fit 75+ speakers, 40+ exhibitors, 18+ hours of Congress & Seminar Content, 400+ attendees across two packed days into 500 words? With great difficulty is the answer! But with SmartRail USA Congress and Expo taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina in just 23 days our Editor, Luke Upton gives it a try…
The SmartRail Congress & Expo might be a new name for some but is a continuation of a three year track record of smaller events in the USA. With the industry changing, departments overlapping and technology evolving a show was needed to bring the various aspects of IT, Telecoms, Operations, Fare Collection, Passenger Engagement and more into one handy show. And this is it! SmartRail USA combines a Strategic Congress, Technical Seminars and Expo to deliver a 360° view of our industry.
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Other Railway Press
www.railway-technology.com
Germany's Dekra buys rail testing institute Plurel
German vehicle inspection company Dekra's rail division has acquired all shares in Plurel, formerly known as DeltaRail, in Utrecht, Netherlands.
European Commission seeks partners for rail research initiative
The European Commission has announced a call for expressions of interest seeking partners for the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking initiative.
Alstom receives second contract from Turkish Railways
French train manufacturer Alstom has signed a €2.5m contract with the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) for the maintenance of its five CAF high-speed trains.
Bombardier contracted to maintain NJ Transit's River Line light rail system
Rail manufacturer Bombardier Transportation has been contracted by New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) in the US to deliver operations and maintenance services for its River Line light rail system.
UITP - Advancing Public Transport.
October focus: The ascent of cities
Over 2.5 million people cross the famous white stripes of the world’s most crowded intersection – Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing - every day. Meanwhile in Bangladesh, traffic stands still for more than seven hours a day in the capital Dhaka. More than half a million cars use the stretch of road from Windsor to Quebec, King's Highway 401, daily, while 200 million city dwellers, headed home to China’s provinces for New Year were left stranded at train stations and roads after heavy snowfall in January this year.
We’re in the grip of a population explosion, and nowhere is it more evident than in cities.
Cities cover only 2% of the world’s surface, and yet they are home to approximately 54% of the earth’s population. In 1960 that figure was 34%, according to the WHO. By 2050, it’s set to be 70%.
Planning for growth to avoid unrest, stagnation
Most of the world’s fastest growing cities can be found in the developing world. 560 million people currently live in urban areas in China (and only 1% breathe air that is considered safe by the European Union), while about 70% of Indians live in rural areas - though about 10 million people move to cities each year. There are now over 50 Indian cities home to at least one million people, according to Allianz. Africa’s fastest growing city, Bamako, is located in one of the world’s poorest country’s, Mali, which comes 182nd in the UN’s human development ranking of 188 countries.Growing urbanisation is already causing major disruption
How are city authorities going to cope with such rapid growth? How must public transport be adapted, adopted or integrated to city planning to make sure growing numbers don’t make cities grind to a halt, leading to social unrest and economic stagnation?This month across our online media we’ll be concentrating on cities that are currently undergoing rapid population growth. We’ll be tackling the stories from an urban mobility-focussed perspective, and we’ll be including a running series of articles by young people from fast-growing cities all around the world.
Good Practices for Tendering of Conventional Rail Services
Targeted at organising authorities and organised by UITP and ASSTRA with the support of GTT and Arriva, this workshop will provide the elements for a discussion platform between public transport operators and authorities on how to support operator initiative and potentially attract private investment capital.
Save the date: 21-22 October 2014 - Turin, Italy
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European Commission seeks associated members to join Shift2Rail - Railway Gazette
Launch of the Shift2Rail Call for Associated Members(Shift2Rail)
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