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- Stabler moves into her “dream job” at TTCI
- Glory campaign puts Korail on the green track
- Australians clash over the true value of rail
- Crossrail looks to the future
- Railways should build new, not just patch up the old
- Newly-formed Veolia Transdev plans IPO
- The changing shape of major stations
- CSR international strategy targets the Middle East
- Gounon sees light at the end of the Channel Tunnel
- Collaborative approach is key to reviving European wagonload
- Gotthard freight route must adapt to European standards
- East Coast rebuilds a battered franchise
- Alpha Trains adapts to tough market conditions
- The case for electro-diesels
- Rail nurses a post-World Cup hangover
- UIC fosters greater spirit of global cooperation
- Technology is key to improving efficiency
- Safety still top priority for maintenance
- UIC strives to cut rail’s carbon impact
- DB Schenker Rail restores the balance
- Railfreight back on track by 2015
- Public transport - a solution for a changed world
- SNCF faces new challenges
- Rail is ready for the low-carbon challenge
- SCI forecasts solid growth
- Stadler pursues international ambitions
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- DB launches strategy to double turnover by 2020
- Can decentralisation pull Britain’s railways into line?
- Irish Rail study calls for higher speeds and electrification
- Harrison vs Green: the proxy battle for Canadian Pacific
- Electric locomotive market primed for growth
- LRV approvals cause consternation in Munich
- DB sees better prospects for European wagonload
- Wenzhou crash report blames design flaws and poor management
- The red gold rush
- Dutch government fuses concessions to stem HSA crisis
- Selling Freight One: what does it mean for Russia?
- Can the recast deliver a more complete package?
- Shockwaves spread out from Wenzhou
- Swaziland: another way to Richards Bay?
- Freight wagon business moves east
- McNulty exposes the huge cost of Britain’s railways
- JR East determined to resume services on all lines
- €7 billion multiple unit market set for rapid growth
- Yakunin vows to break down walls to aid RZD growth
- Global rail traffic makes a rapid recovery
- Beijing High Speed Congress breaks records
- Freight operators hail Iberia’s new gateway to Europe
- DB and Eurostar line up for race to Britain
- The rise of Chinese railway diplomacy
- Ministers aim to end French-German row
- QR National IPO seeks to defy stagnant markets
- Securing the future of European railfreight
- OSE feels the heat in Greek meltdown
- Can social operators plug the gaps in the British network?
- Vision 2020: A new dawn for India’s railways?
- Eurostar urged to improve following Christmas failures
- Eurostar and Eurotunnel face heat over Christmas failures
- Switzerland sets out 2030 vision
- Buffett bets on BNSF in $US 34 billion buyout
- EU on slow line to liberalisation
- Kunz urges US to build high-speed network
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- DB faces tough challenges to achieve its 2020 goals
- ERTMS continues to arouse passions and stimulate debate
- Tea Party Republicans wage war on US public transport
- Managers need to get to grips with new technology
- Australia’s “unlimited opportunities” excite operators
- Railways need to get the best out of new technology
- Politicians must listen to reasonable demands
- High-speed rail is a money-making venture
- After Wenzhou, a new sense of realism dawns in China
- Will new regulator group aid Europe’s private operators?
- Brazil: a privatisation model that works
- Britain must end its railway profligacy
- Take up the PTx2 challenge
- Rip-off Britain deserves its title
- Celebrating half a century of railway publishing
- Strong traffic growth is forecast, but railways must do more
- High speed offers huge rewards but poses many challenges
- Are operators making the best use of technology?
- French farce or tragedy?
- Rail must seize its opportunity to grow
- World railway market focus moves east
- Rail’s resurgence gathers pace across the world
- Brussels debate highlights major rift between railways
- Maintaining momentum in leaner times
- Rail heads into a competition paradox
- Yet more ERTMS challenges ahead
- The heavy price of failure
- Are railways coming in from the cold?
- Rail must build on Copenhagen success
- A massive vote of confidence in rail
- Is Sweden leading another transport revolution?
- Recession highlights the strong performers
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- Feve to merge with Renfe and Adif
- Partnership aims to improve regenerative braking
- Groundbreaking marks start of Wendlingen - Ulm construction
- Syntus in financial trouble?
- Hyderabad metro to be run by Keolis
- Berlin S-Bahn train fleet restoration makes progress
- Ukraine railfreight falls in first quarter
- New York East Side Access project delayed again
- SNCB Logistics edges closer to profit
- Mumbai Metro seeks consultant for Line 3
- MOU signed for UAE intermodal terminal
- Balfour Beatty preferred bidder for Midland Metro extension
- Ansaldo STS wins Pilbara S&T contract
- LA Expo light rail line opens for business
- Uzbekistan Railways to order bi-mode Talgos?
- Irish Rail purchases Mermec’s asset management system
- SPT appoints technical advisor for Glasgow Subway upgrade
- Multi-user Pilbara heavy-rail line under study
- Livery chosen for Etihad Rail locomotive fleet
- MotivePower clinches Australian locomotive order
- Suzhou opens first metro line
- High-speed rail competition starts in Italy
- Prorail plans Leeuwarden- Groningen upgrade
- KiwiRail to relaunch Overlander service
- Knorr-Bremse to supply braking systems for E6 Shinkansen trains
- Globaltrans buys freight division of Russian iron-ore producer
- Tata Steel’s SilentTrack installed at London station
- Trenitalia invites bids for 130 multiple units
- Driver training starts on Warsaw airport rail link
- GE launches new ERTMS equipment range
- ETCS Level 3 makes a virtual debut in Sweden
- Renfe Mercancías forecasts strong freight growth
- CargoServ gains operating license
- Now or never for ERTMS in Europe, says Lochman
- Amadeus to supply new SNCF agency booking system
- Network Rail secures HS1 management contract extension
- Melbourne suburban rail reaches South Morang
- Bombardier preferred supplier for Bart fleet of the future
- US DOT invites proposals for 130 Amtrak coaches
- Czech-Bavarian pact to improve cross-border links
- South Africa launches Rand 123bn tender for commuter trains
- Zambia earmarks funds for Tazara
- CP announces strong first-quarter results ahead of proxy battle
- KiwiRail to close flood-damaged line
- Mott MacDonald to design Bergen LRT extension
- ARA pushes HSR as remedy to Australian air congestion
- Testing starts on Belgium's Diabolo line
- Montpellier opens two light rail lines
- SNCF increases its stake in Keolis
- Record first quarter results for CSX
- CSR to supply high-speed trains for Hong Kong ERL
- Eurostar hails strong start to 2012
- Germany - Poland link to be upgraded
- MTR awards Hong Kong track and signalling contracts
- SBB issues tender for 29 high-speed trains
- Macedonia awards Corridor 10 upgrade contract
- Georgian Railway plans IPO next month
- DSB to retain electric locomotive fleet
- Traxx operators caught in Dutch-German ETCS dispute
- Mechan takes train jacks to new heights
- Cincinnati selects CAF USA as preferred LRV supplier
- Globaltrans reports strong 2011 results
- CSR Zhuzhou wins KL Ampang Line train contract
- Federal funding boost for Vancouver Island railway
- CAF clinches Latvian multiple-unit order
- PKP IC puts Vectron through its paces
- France approves route for TGV SEA extensions
- Richard Bowker quits Etihad Rail
- Transnet to invest $US 25.9bn in rail by 2019
- Alstom wins Amsterdam metro CBTC contract
- Rail.One to supply turnout sleepers for German HS line
- LA Metro Gold Line constructor granted notice to proceed
- Harsco wins international orders
- Atkins secures preliminary design contract for Britain’s HS2
- CSR Zhuzhou to supply Wuxi Metro Line 1 trains
- BLS Cargo returns to pre-recession performance
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- GySEV to order Stadler emus
- Blackpool reopens tramway after Ł101m upgrade
- Europorte secures Belgian certification
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- New coaches inaugurated as Pakistan steps up repairs
- CNR’s first Rio emu enters service
- Services cease on northern Jutland railway after bridge accident
- NTV to launch Italian high-speed services on April 28
- SBB profits leap 13.5% in 2011
- Portugal abandons high-speed rail project
- DB's new 2020 strategy aims to double turnover
- Three British franchises attract 13 prospective bidders
- SNCF to launch six-point travel guarantee
- Green to launch counterattack in battle for CP
- Network Rail selects four ETCS development partners
- Knorr-Bremse reports strong growth in 2011
- Network Rail awards Great Western electrification contract
- CN to acquire 161 locomotives
- Miami - Orlando service planned for 2014
- Frankfurt – Marseille high-speed service launched
- India’s new railway minister rolls back fare increases
- Atkins wins design contract for Mälaren line upgrade
- Eurocarex demonstrates high-speed railfreight
- Audit uncovers Yuan 491m fraud on Beijing - Shanghai HS project
- EIB to finance Paris light rail expansion
- SNCF inaugurates rebuilt Paris St Lazare station
- Stadler rolls-out first Kiss double-decker for BLS
- Sydney North West Rail Link moves forward
- ALL to sell Argentine concessions
- German freight operators to merge
- India’s railway minister quits over fares row
- Siemens presents new lightweight bogie
- Chinese funding boost for Tazara
- Dutch government fines NS and Prorail
- Ukraine receives first two new Hyundai Rotem emus
- Indian Railways to boost spending and investment
- New concourse at London’s Kings Cross Station complete
- Toll Group to quit Cambodian concession?
- Systra secures contract for Santiago metro
- Alstom wins Singapore trackwork contract
- HKX appoints Veolia to operate its new German open-access service
- Betuweroute railfreight traffic increases 30% in 2011
- Russian Railways reconstructs Moscow’s main stations
- Thales to install CBTC on Sin Bundang metro
- KTMB’s new emus enter service
- KiwiRail boosts revenue, but profit drops
- SBB Cargo commissions first hybrid shunting locomotive
- CSR Zhuzhou lowest bidder for Ankara metro cars
- Zimbabwe forecasts improving prospects for railfreight
- Britain seeks to reduce rail industry costs
- Bumper year for MTR
- Spuhler buys back 20% share of Stadler
- Booming international business drives up CAF profits
- SBB to trial Starbucks stores on inter-city trains
- GE to establish locomotive service centre in Indonesia
- Chilean passenger traffic reaches record high
- First RZD Desiro emu shipped to Russia
- Koreans to start test running with HEMU-400X high-speed train
- Rail renewals will lift severe speed restrictions in Kenya
- Investigations underway into fatal Polish train crash
- Arson attacks delay French ski trains
- First Belgian conventional line equipped with ETCS
- Mexican railfreight volumes reach record levels
- Miskolc LRV tender finally concluded
- KiwiRail invests in coal capacity
- BHP Billiton orders Downer EDI diesel locomotives
- Athens metro extension contract signed
- Renfe results defy economic downturn
- Go-ahead for Seattle First Hill Streetcar
- More Siemens emus for British franchises
- Japan to finance Uzbek electrification project
- SuperVia to order 60 more emus from CNR Changchun
- Crossrail issues rolling stock and depot tender
- London Mayor pledges to introduce driverless underground service
- Unife and CER outline new vision for ERA
- First City Elefant emu for UZ on test at Velim
- Groundbreaking kicks off Smart construction
- Satellite train control project launched in Romania
- Argentina - Uruguay service cut back
- Austerity poses "real struggle" for ÖBB, warns Kern
- Stadler hands over first Leo Express emu
- FGC and EuskoTren to team up on international projects
- Irish rail review calls for higher speeds and electrification
- Rio Tinto revives plans for driverless heavy-haul trains
- Tenders launched for Plzen - Rokycany line
- NS unveils refurbished IC trains
- $US 535m Lusail LRT project contract awarded
- Brazil to invest $US 1.7bn in rail projects this year
- European freight and passenger traffic increases
- Dubai RTA awards Euros 120m LRT maintenance contract
- Ankara awards two metro extension contracts
- US House to extend PTC deadline?
- Doha metro bidding to start in April
- Progress Rail to close EMD loco plant
- Irish Rail selects Kapsch to supply Dublin area GSM-R
- CAF preferred bidder for Midland Metro LRVs
- Putin opens high-tech freight wagon plant in Tikhvin
- Singapore invests $US 482m to increase metro capacity
- Siemens hands over first Lastochka emu to RZD
- Danish Signalling Programme contracts signed
- Basle orders 60 Bombardier Flexity LRVs
- Florida's SunRail project breaks ground
- EBRD to fund Serbian Corridor 10 upgrade
- Good year for SNCF as revenues rise 7.2%
- Dijon celebrates arrival of first LRV
- Record year for CSX
- Ansaldo STS signalling for UAE's first railway
- GE Transportation reports profit surge for 2011
- CP to invest $C 1.2bn this year
- DB restructures long-distance services
- Croatia’s first ERTMS line begins operations
- Network Rail announces signalling framework agreements
- RFF announces preferred bidder for Nîmes-Montpelier bypass
- New South Africa - Swaziland rail link to go ahead
- Adif awards Albacete - Alicante signalling contract
- British government approves London - Birmingham high-speed line
- Transnet extends diesel locomotive order
- Saudi N-S Railway stations contract signed
- Brazil "needs $US 82.4bn" for rail projects
- FTA approves LA Crenshaw Boulevard LRT
- Direct Rail Services confirms Vossloh EuroLight order
- Contract awarded for Argentine potash line
- Jonathan Chalon takes over as publisher of IRJ
- Pesa wins first German contract
- Hungarian ETCS contract awarded
- Sreedharan hands over to Singh at Delhi Metro
- UITP and Singapore LTA to set up transport training centre
- Bombardier to build more electric trains for British operator
- China to cut railway investment while India looks to boost it
- Ansaldo STS to signal French high-speed line
- Adif selects Foster joint venture to design Ourense HS station
- Essen to have Flexity Classic trams
- Queensland rail link opens one month early
- Qingdao metro cars to have Alstom traction equipment
- RFF awards contract to upgrade Valence rail link
- Scottish rail civil engineering contracts awarded
- Bidders invited to pre-qualify for three British franchises
- RZD orders more Sapsan high-speed trains from Siemens
- Nottingham light rail expansion contract awarded
- Thales wins Săo Paulo CBTC contract
- Rail could benefit from European transport and energy roadmaps
- French government presents new rail strategy
- NTV unveils Italo trains
- CAF Oaris begins mainline testing
- Huge light rail network planned for southern Moscow
- More Flirts destined for Helsinki
- France opens HS line amid huge timetable shake-up
- Bart Silicon Valley contract awarded
- Report calls for measures to boost Channel Tunnel usage
- Săo Paulo Metro reveals modernised trains
- Northern Sydney Freight Corridor upgrade approved
- Veolia to exit transport market
- MI09 trains enter service on Paris RER
- Bombardier to deliver ETCS L2 in Norway
- CAF wins Bucharest metro order
- Rhine-Rhône TGV stations open
- British government steps up rail funding to help stimulate economy
- Spain looks to new funding models for rail projects
- Stuttgart 21 survives crucial referendum
- Škoda wins Miskolc LRV tender
- Alstom unveils new Amsterdam metro train
- QR National announces structural reforms
- Leighton and Swietelsky launch track maintenance JV
- Stadler secures order for 700th Flirt emu
- UGL and GE launch new narrow-gauge PowerHaul at AusRail
- Australian rail industry launches TrackSafe Foundation
- DesertXpress alignment approved
- Wenzhou accident report blames ‘poor management'
- Bids invited for Singapore - Malaysia metro study
- Siemens confirms first Avenio LRV order
- East Coast tenders maintenance management system
- AMT reveals 2020 vision for Montreal transit
- Bombardier wins Munich airport contract
- Alstom/TMH sign St Petersburg light rail agreement
- Quebec City - Windsor HS study released
- SNCF expands France – Italy HS service
- Chinese high-speed trains return to service
- Irish government postpones Dublin rail projects
- EC to probe restructuring of Bulgarian State Railways
- Sweden’s Skĺnetrafiken buys more Alstom emus
- China’s MOR denies plea for Yuan 800bn government bail-out
- DB Arriva acquires Grand Central
- Spanish consortium wins Istanbul signalling contract
- Automated services begin on Paris Line 1
- Kallas wants greater interoperability on Europe’s HS networks
- Siemens weathering economic storm as work begins on new Eurostar
- Final London Bridge contracts awarded
- Invensys wins Reading signalling contract
- Algiers metro finally opens
- Russia’s richest man buys Freight One stake
- Seoul adds another line to its huge metro
- The Hague to order Siemens Avenio LRVs
- Contract awarded for Los Teques metro Line 2
- Final offers in for Montpellier by-pass high-speed PPP project
- Spanish-Saudi consortium wins Saudi high-speed contract
- Etihad awards first civil and track work contract
- Basle chooses Bombardier LRV
- Adif and Alcatel-Lucent agree R&D partnership
- CSR to open new Chinese manufacturing plant
- Pakistan government releases funds for troubled railway
- First section of Bangalore metro opens
- Dutch win Britain’s shortest passenger franchise
- SNCF reports strong growth in all sectors
- Middle East rail market set for 13% annual growth
- Manchester Metrolink nets Ł500m EIB loan
- Velez-Malaga LRT to shut after just five years
- Eurotunnel signs GSM-R cooperation deal with RFF
- ÖBB to install ETCS Level 2 on Vienna – Breclav line
- Qatar Railways delays first tender
- Go-ahead for Saudi Landbridge project
- Chinese rail traffic growth continues
- Veolia Transdev/Trenitalia JV set for December launch
- Coleraine - Londonderry upgrade brought forward
- CAF enters Australasia with Auckland emu order
- Michigan secures future of Chicago - Detroit services
- SNC Lavalin acquires Interfleet Technology
- Trafikverket and Railcare develop snow-clearing machine
- ETCS testing begins in Poland
- CD takes on ÖBB's unwanted Railjets
- Tata Steel opens upgraded rail plant
- Moroccan king launches high-speed project
- Shanghai Shentong Metro cites human error as cause of train collision
- New suburban line proposed for Amsterdam
- France and Italy agree funding split for Lyon – Turin project
- First subway cars leave Toronto for Lagos
- Siemens to launch new infrastructure and cities business unit
- RFF pushes ahead with southern Paris high-speed study
- India to set up high-speed rail authority
- CAF clinches Bucharest metro deal
- UITP appoints new secretary general
- Sao Paulo awards metro Line 5 CBTC contract
- Alstom to supply dmus to Ottawa
- Tata Steel wins French high-speed rail contract
- Ansaldo STS wins metro contracts in three cities
- UGL secures orders worth $A 88m
- CER appoints new executive director
- Siemens to install ETCS on Swiss rail network
- Sarkozy inaugurates Rhine - Rhone high-speed line
- Bombardier unveils Flexity 2 in Blackpool
- Siemens nets 40-year RZD maintenance contract
- DB Networks introduces new Network Fund
- China loans Tazara $US 40m
- More Movias for Delhi Metro
- Longest railway tunnel in Bavaria holed through
- Irish Rail plans track upgrades to cut journey times
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BRAZIL'S Federal Transport Infrastructure Department has allocated a budget of Reais 1.85bn for various rail projects around the country this year, according a report by Business News Americas.
The budget includes Reais 70m for the 9km Lima - Camacari line in Bahia state, and Reais 60m for the 20km Maracaju - Cascavel line in Mato Grosso. |
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- Georgian Railway IPO price range announced
- NSW’s RailCorp is to split in two
- Deadline extended for Kuala Lumpur metro train tender
- Train weighing system installed to protect Bangladesh bridge
- Saudi Railways Organisation withdraws new CAF trains
- Swiss and Italian intermodal operators sign MOU
- Lille selects Alstom for Euros 250m Line 1 upgrade
- Bure Equity invests in Swedish railfreight operator
- Stadler rolls-out first dmu for Arriva Netherlands
- Feve to merge with Renfe and Adif
- Partnership aims to improve regenerative braking
- Groundbreaking marks start of Wendlingen - Ulm construction
- Syntus in financial trouble?
- Hyderabad metro to be run by Keolis
- Berlin S-Bahn train fleet restoration makes progress
- Ukraine railfreight falls in first quarter
- New York East Side Access project delayed again
- SNCB Logistics edges closer to profit
- Mumbai Metro seeks consultant for Line 3
- MOU signed for UAE intermodal terminal
- Balfour Beatty preferred bidder for Midland Metro extension
- Ansaldo STS wins Pilbara S&T contract
- LA Expo light rail line opens for business
- Uzbekistan Railways to order bi-mode Talgos?
- Irish Rail purchases Mermec’s asset management system
- SPT appoints technical advisor for Glasgow Subway upgrade
- Multi-user Pilbara heavy-rail line under study
- Livery chosen for Etihad Rail locomotive fleet
- MotivePower clinches Australian locomotive order
- Suzhou opens first metro line
- High-speed rail competition starts in Italy
- Prorail plans Leeuwarden- Groningen upgrade
- KiwiRail to relaunch Overlander service
- Knorr-Bremse to supply braking systems for E6 Shinkansen trains
- Globaltrans buys freight division of Russian iron-ore producer
- Tata Steel’s SilentTrack installed at London station
- Trenitalia invites bids for 130 multiple units
- Driver training starts on Warsaw airport rail link
- GE launches new ERTMS equipment range
- ETCS Level 3 makes a virtual debut in Sweden
- Renfe Mercancías forecasts strong freight growth
- CargoServ gains operating license
- Now or never for ERTMS in Europe, says Lochman
- Amadeus to supply new SNCF agency booking system
- Network Rail secures HS1 management contract extension
- Melbourne suburban rail reaches South Morang
- Bombardier preferred supplier for Bart fleet of the future
- US DOT invites proposals for 130 Amtrak coaches
- Czech-Bavarian pact to improve cross-border links
- South Africa launches Rand 123bn tender for commuter trains
- Zambia earmarks funds for Tazara
- CP announces strong first-quarter results ahead of proxy battle
- KiwiRail to close flood-damaged line
- Mott MacDonald to design Bergen LRT extension
- ARA pushes HSR as remedy to Australian air congestion
- Testing starts on Belgium's Diabolo line
- Montpellier opens two light rail lines
- SNCF increases its stake in Keolis
- Record first quarter results for CSX
- CSR to supply high-speed trains for Hong Kong ERL
- Eurostar hails strong start to 2012
- Germany - Poland link to be upgraded
- MTR awards Hong Kong track and signalling contracts
- SBB issues tender for 29 high-speed trains
- Macedonia awards Corridor 10 upgrade contract
- Georgian Railway plans IPO next month
- DSB to retain electric locomotive fleet
- Traxx operators caught in Dutch-German ETCS dispute
- Mechan takes train jacks to new heights
- Cincinnati selects CAF USA as preferred LRV supplier
- Globaltrans reports strong 2011 results
- CSR Zhuzhou wins KL Ampang Line train contract
- Federal funding boost for Vancouver Island railway
- CAF clinches Latvian multiple-unit order
- PKP IC puts Vectron through its paces
- France approves route for TGV SEA extensions
- Richard Bowker quits Etihad Rail
- Transnet to invest $US 25.9bn in rail by 2019
- Alstom wins Amsterdam metro CBTC contract
- Rail.One to supply turnout sleepers for German HS line
- LA Metro Gold Line constructor granted notice to proceed
- Harsco wins international orders
- Atkins secures preliminary design contract for Britain’s HS2
- CSR Zhuzhou to supply Wuxi Metro Line 1 trains
- BLS Cargo returns to pre-recession performance
- Auckland commuter extension completed
- GySEV to order Stadler emus
- Blackpool reopens tramway after Ł101m upgrade
- Europorte secures Belgian certification
- DB orders 42 emus for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Alstom wins SNCF TGV order and drops legal action against Eurostar
- New coaches inaugurated as Pakistan steps up repairs
- CNR’s first Rio emu enters service
- Services cease on northern Jutland railway after bridge accident
- NTV to launch Italian high-speed services on April 28
- SBB profits leap 13.5% in 2011
- Portugal abandons high-speed rail project
- DB's new 2020 strategy aims to double turnover
- Three British franchises attract 13 prospective bidders
- SNCF to launch six-point travel guarantee
- Green to launch counterattack in battle for CP
- Network Rail selects four ETCS development partners
- Knorr-Bremse reports strong growth in 2011
- Network Rail awards Great Western electrification contract
- CN to acquire 161 locomotives
- Miami - Orlando service planned for 2014
- Frankfurt – Marseille high-speed service launched
- India’s new railway minister rolls back fare increases
- Atkins wins design contract for Mälaren line upgrade
- Eurocarex demonstrates high-speed railfreight
- Audit uncovers Yuan 491m fraud on Beijing - Shanghai HS project
- EIB to finance Paris light rail expansion
- SNCF inaugurates rebuilt Paris St Lazare station
- Stadler rolls-out first Kiss double-decker for BLS
- Sydney North West Rail Link moves forward
- ALL to sell Argentine concessions
- German freight operators to merge
- India’s railway minister quits over fares row
- Siemens presents new lightweight bogie
- Chinese funding boost for Tazara
- Dutch government fines NS and Prorail
- Ukraine receives first two new Hyundai Rotem emus
- Indian Railways to boost spending and investment
- New concourse at London’s Kings Cross Station complete
- Toll Group to quit Cambodian concession?
- Systra secures contract for Santiago metro
- Alstom wins Singapore trackwork contract
- HKX appoints Veolia to operate its new German open-access service
- Betuweroute railfreight traffic increases 30% in 2011
- Russian Railways reconstructs Moscow’s main stations
- Thales to install CBTC on Sin Bundang metro
- KTMB’s new emus enter service
- KiwiRail boosts revenue, but profit drops
- SBB Cargo commissions first hybrid shunting locomotive
- CSR Zhuzhou lowest bidder for Ankara metro cars
- Zimbabwe forecasts improving prospects for railfreight
- Britain seeks to reduce rail industry costs
- Bumper year for MTR
- Spuhler buys back 20% share of Stadler
- Booming international business drives up CAF profits
- SBB to trial Starbucks stores on inter-city trains
- GE to establish locomotive service centre in Indonesia
- Chilean passenger traffic reaches record high
- First RZD Desiro emu shipped to Russia
- Koreans to start test running with HEMU-400X high-speed train
- Rail renewals will lift severe speed restrictions in Kenya
- Investigations underway into fatal Polish train crash
- Arson attacks delay French ski trains
- First Belgian conventional line equipped with ETCS
- Mexican railfreight volumes reach record levels
- Miskolc LRV tender finally concluded
- KiwiRail invests in coal capacity
- BHP Billiton orders Downer EDI diesel locomotives
- Athens metro extension contract signed
- Renfe results defy economic downturn
- Go-ahead for Seattle First Hill Streetcar
- More Siemens emus for British franchises
- Japan to finance Uzbek electrification project
- SuperVia to order 60 more emus from CNR Changchun
- Crossrail issues rolling stock and depot tender
- London Mayor pledges to introduce driverless underground service
- Unife and CER outline new vision for ERA
- First City Elefant emu for UZ on test at Velim
- Groundbreaking kicks off Smart construction
- Satellite train control project launched in Romania
- Argentina - Uruguay service cut back
- Austerity poses "real struggle" for ÖBB, warns Kern
- Stadler hands over first Leo Express emu
- FGC and EuskoTren to team up on international projects
- Irish rail review calls for higher speeds and electrification
- Rio Tinto revives plans for driverless heavy-haul trains
- Tenders launched for Plzen - Rokycany line
- NS unveils refurbished IC trains
- $US 535m Lusail LRT project contract awarded
- Brazil to invest $US 1.7bn in rail projects this year
- European freight and passenger traffic increases
- Dubai RTA awards Euros 120m LRT maintenance contract
- Ankara awards two metro extension contracts
- US House to extend PTC deadline?
- Doha metro bidding to start in April
- Progress Rail to close EMD loco plant
- Irish Rail selects Kapsch to supply Dublin area GSM-R
- CAF preferred bidder for Midland Metro LRVs
- Putin opens high-tech freight wagon plant in Tikhvin
- Singapore invests $US 482m to increase metro capacity
- Siemens hands over first Lastochka emu to RZD
- Danish Signalling Programme contracts signed
- Basle orders 60 Bombardier Flexity LRVs
- Florida's SunRail project breaks ground
- EBRD to fund Serbian Corridor 10 upgrade
- Good year for SNCF as revenues rise 7.2%
- Dijon celebrates arrival of first LRV
- Record year for CSX
- Ansaldo STS signalling for UAE's first railway
- GE Transportation reports profit surge for 2011
- CP to invest $C 1.2bn this year
- DB restructures long-distance services
- Croatia’s first ERTMS line begins operations
- Network Rail announces signalling framework agreements
- RFF announces preferred bidder for Nîmes-Montpelier bypass
- New South Africa - Swaziland rail link to go ahead
- Adif awards Albacete - Alicante signalling contract
- British government approves London - Birmingham high-speed line
- Transnet extends diesel locomotive order
- Saudi N-S Railway stations contract signed
- Brazil "needs $US 82.4bn" for rail projects
- FTA approves LA Crenshaw Boulevard LRT
- Direct Rail Services confirms Vossloh EuroLight order
- Contract awarded for Argentine potash line
- Jonathan Chalon takes over as publisher of IRJ
- Pesa wins first German contract
- Hungarian ETCS contract awarded
- Sreedharan hands over to Singh at Delhi Metro
- UITP and Singapore LTA to set up transport training centre
- Bombardier to build more electric trains for British operator
- China to cut railway investment while India looks to boost it
- Ansaldo STS to signal French high-speed line
- Adif selects Foster joint venture to design Ourense HS station
- Essen to have Flexity Classic trams
- Queensland rail link opens one month early
- Qingdao metro cars to have Alstom traction equipment
- RFF awards contract to upgrade Valence rail link
- Scottish rail civil engineering contracts awarded
- Bidders invited to pre-qualify for three British franchises
- RZD orders more Sapsan high-speed trains from Siemens
- Nottingham light rail expansion contract awarded
- Thales wins Săo Paulo CBTC contract
- Rail could benefit from European transport and energy roadmaps
- French government presents new rail strategy
- NTV unveils Italo trains
- CAF Oaris begins mainline testing
- Huge light rail network planned for southern Moscow
- More Flirts destined for Helsinki
- France opens HS line amid huge timetable shake-up
- Bart Silicon Valley contract awarded
- Report calls for measures to boost Channel Tunnel usage
- Săo Paulo Metro reveals modernised trains
- Northern Sydney Freight Corridor upgrade approved
- Veolia to exit transport market
- MI09 trains enter service on Paris RER
- Bombardier to deliver ETCS L2 in Norway
- CAF wins Bucharest metro order
- Rhine-Rhône TGV stations open
- British government steps up rail funding to help stimulate economy
- Spain looks to new funding models for rail projects
- Stuttgart 21 survives crucial referendum
- Škoda wins Miskolc LRV tender
- Alstom unveils new Amsterdam metro train
- QR National announces structural reforms
- Leighton and Swietelsky launch track maintenance JV
- Stadler secures order for 700th Flirt emu
- UGL and GE launch new narrow-gauge PowerHaul at AusRail
- Australian rail industry launches TrackSafe Foundation
- DesertXpress alignment approved
- Wenzhou accident report blames ‘poor management'
- Bids invited for Singapore - Malaysia metro study
- Siemens confirms first Avenio LRV order
- East Coast tenders maintenance management system
- AMT reveals 2020 vision for Montreal transit
- Bombardier wins Munich airport contract
- Alstom/TMH sign St Petersburg light rail agreement
- Quebec City - Windsor HS study released
- SNCF expands France – Italy HS service
- Chinese high-speed trains return to service
- Irish government postpones Dublin rail projects
- EC to probe restructuring of Bulgarian State Railways
- Sweden’s Skĺnetrafiken buys more Alstom emus
- China’s MOR denies plea for Yuan 800bn government bail-out
- DB Arriva acquires Grand Central
- Spanish consortium wins Istanbul signalling contract
- Automated services begin on Paris Line 1
- Kallas wants greater interoperability on Europe’s HS networks
- Siemens weathering economic storm as work begins on new Eurostar
- Final London Bridge contracts awarded
- Invensys wins Reading signalling contract
- Algiers metro finally opens
- Russia’s richest man buys Freight One stake
- Seoul adds another line to its huge metro
- The Hague to order Siemens Avenio LRVs
- Contract awarded for Los Teques metro Line 2
- Final offers in for Montpellier by-pass high-speed PPP project
- Spanish-Saudi consortium wins Saudi high-speed contract
- Etihad awards first civil and track work contract
- Basle chooses Bombardier LRV
- Adif and Alcatel-Lucent agree R&D partnership
- CSR to open new Chinese manufacturing plant
- Pakistan government releases funds for troubled railway
- First section of Bangalore metro opens
- Dutch win Britain’s shortest passenger franchise
- SNCF reports strong growth in all sectors
- Middle East rail market set for 13% annual growth
- Manchester Metrolink nets Ł500m EIB loan
- Velez-Malaga LRT to shut after just five years
- Eurotunnel signs GSM-R cooperation deal with RFF
- ÖBB to install ETCS Level 2 on Vienna – Breclav line
- Qatar Railways delays first tender
- Go-ahead for Saudi Landbridge project
- Chinese rail traffic growth continues
- Veolia Transdev/Trenitalia JV set for December launch
- Coleraine - Londonderry upgrade brought forward
- CAF enters Australasia with Auckland emu order
- Michigan secures future of Chicago - Detroit services
- SNC Lavalin acquires Interfleet Technology
- Trafikverket and Railcare develop snow-clearing machine
- ETCS testing begins in Poland
- CD takes on ÖBB's unwanted Railjets
- Tata Steel opens upgraded rail plant
- Moroccan king launches high-speed project
- Shanghai Shentong Metro cites human error as cause of train collision
- New suburban line proposed for Amsterdam
- France and Italy agree funding split for Lyon – Turin project
- First subway cars leave Toronto for Lagos
- Siemens to launch new infrastructure and cities business unit
- RFF pushes ahead with southern Paris high-speed study
- India to set up high-speed rail authority
- CAF clinches Bucharest metro deal
- UITP appoints new secretary general
- Sao Paulo awards metro Line 5 CBTC contract
- Alstom to supply dmus to Ottawa
- Tata Steel wins French high-speed rail contract
- Ansaldo STS wins metro contracts in three cities
- UGL secures orders worth $A 88m
- CER appoints new executive director
- Siemens to install ETCS on Swiss rail network
- Sarkozy inaugurates Rhine - Rhone high-speed line
- Bombardier unveils Flexity 2 in Blackpool
- Siemens nets 40-year RZD maintenance contract
- DB Networks introduces new Network Fund
- China loans Tazara $US 40m
- More Movias for Delhi Metro
- Longest railway tunnel in Bavaria holed through
- Irish Rail plans track upgrades to cut journey times
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