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December 23, 2011 | Signalling

Ansaldo STS to signal French high-speed line

A Euros 46.7m contact has been awarded by Ineo and Inexia to Ansaldo STS to installing signalling equipment on the Sud Europ Atlantique (SEA) high-speed line under construction between Tours and Bordeaux.

December 22, 2011 | High-speed

Adif selects Foster joint venture to design Ourense HS station

SPAIN's infrastructure manager, Adif has chosen a joint venture of Foster & Partners, Britain, GOC Engineering Services, Britain, and Spanish architects Cabanelas Castelo, to design a new high-speed station at Ourense on the new line which will connect Madrid with northwest Spain.

December 20, 2011 | High-speed

RFF awards contract to upgrade Valence rail link

FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) has awarded a Euros 80m contract to a consortium led by Alstom to upgrade the so-called Alpine Arc South line. Preliminary studies for the scheme started last month, while work on the nine-month project is expected to start in January 2013.

December 19, 2011 | Rolling stock

RZD orders more Sapsan high-speed trains from Siemens

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has awarded a Euros 600m contract to Siemens to supply a second batch of eight 10-car Sapsan high-speed trains and to maintain them for 30 years. Delivery of the Velaro Rus trains, which will be built in Krefeld, Germany, will start in January 2014 and enable RZD to expand services on the Moscow - St Petersburg line where most of the existing trains operate.

December 16, 2011 | Financial

Dutch government fuses concessions to stem HSA crisis

After many months of uncertainty, the Dutch government has revealed how it intends to rescue the High Speed Alliance from bankruptcy. Quintus Vosman explains how high-speed services will be merged into the conventional network, and examines the structure of the new 10-year core network concession, which starts in 2015.

December 14, 2011 | Rolling stock

NTV unveils Italo trains

ITALIAN open-access high-speed operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV) launched its new trains and services to the Italian and global media on December 13 at the new purpose-built maintenance depot in Nola, north west of Naples. NTV chairman Mr Luca Cordero di Montezemolo opened the event with a message from the Italian President welcoming the creation of the new company and the fact that it has created 2000 jobs, mostly in the economically depressed south of Italy.

December 14, 2011 | High-speed

South Africa sets up HS committee

SOUTH Africa's Department of Transport has established a steering committee to oversee the development of the country's four proposed high-speed lines, together with an investor unit which will market the public-private partnership (PPP) projects.

December 14, 2011 | Rolling stock

CAF Oaris begins mainline testing

Dynamic testing of CAF's prototype Oaris high-speed emu has begun on the Madrid - Seville high-speed line. The four-car train was outshopped from CAF's Beasain plant in August and initially moved to Toledo for static testing.

December 11, 2011 | High-speed

France opens HS line amid huge timetable shake-up

TODAY marks the start of commercial services on France's latest high-speed line - TGV Rhin-Rhône - and a major reorganisation of services in which 85% of trains have been rescheduled.

December 1, 2011 | High-speed