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- Eastern Railway plans to invest $US 6 million in 2005
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Safety must take priority
by David Briginshaw - Lotschberg breakthrough
- Bosnia & Herzegovina Railways is to implement European Union railway directives
- Ex-minister arrested in scandal
- Uganda Railways Corporation says its northern railway line will re-open shortly
- New York MTA forced to cut budget plan
- Systra, France, in association with Ingerop, France, and Ingema, Morocco, has started a five-year assistance programme
- El Cerrejon Mine Railway has ordered 80 hopper coal wagons from FreightCar America
- Acela Express problems revealed
- Rendezvous
- GE develops hybrid loco
- FRA adopts new safety measures
- Bahrain and Qatar have expressed interest in a German-led project to connect Gulf states with a high-speed maglev line
- The Netherlands Transport Ministry is to support a three-year trial shuttle service
- Amsterdam north-south line costs increase
- The Dirham 12.5 billion monorail that will run between Dubai international airport and Jebel Ali
- Tram-train approval trials
- Bombardier and NedTrain Consulting have entered into an agreement to develop and distribute ATB-EG specific transmission modules and stand-alone systems for use on vehicles that access the Dutch railway network
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Lima metro extension set to open in 2008: after a 10-year delay, Lima's partially-completed metro is set to be extended into the city centre. Further development could follow
by Andrew Roden - Queensland invests in rail
- Australian Rail Track Corporation will increase investment on the Hunter Valley network in New South Wales from $A 153 million to $A 270 million
- Amtrak proposes reform plan
- Pakistan Railways will take delivery of 150 high-capacity freight wagons this month from China Dongang Electric Corporation
- The first of a new design of 100%-low-floor, five-section LRV has been delivered by Koncar, Croatia, to Zagreb Tramways which operates a 2000km metre-gauge network
- More than 60 organisations have expressed interest in providing mobile phone and new technology services on Underground stations from mid-2008
- Train operator One's fleet of 110 intercity passenger coaches will be refurbished by Bombardier at a cost of 20 million [pounds sterling]
- Triniti Commercial Enterprises, Britain, and Berrington, United States, will supply rails worth $US 14.5 million to the Trans-Karakum railway, which is under construction
- UITP Congress opens in Rome on June 5: the UITP's 56th World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition takes place at the Fiera di Roma, in Rome, Italy, from June 5 to 9, and more than 300 exhibitors will be at the show
- Railfreight booms in North America
- Three consortia pre-qualify
- Spoornet is to spend Rand 8 billion on locomotives and rolling stock
- The Skylink automated peoplemover operated by Innovia vehicles from Bombardier was inaugurated at Dallas/Fort Worth international airport in Texas on May 4
- Three levels of governmentlocal, provincial, and federalhave signed a memorandum of understanding to share the cost of building the O-Train light rail system
- Canadian National Railway has awarded a $US 5 million contract to Wabtec to supply more than 500 end-of-train devices
- Freight wagon leasing company TTX has ordered 1950 intermodal well wagons from Greenbrier
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Six Sigma cuts West Coast Main Line bill: a management technique popular in manufacturing proved its value on Britain's West Coast Route Modernisation project and could improve the quality of rail infrastructure and save costs elsewhere
by Vinay Mudholkar - EC hands out ERTMS cash
- Aliadiere to succeed Roumeguere
- India's lower house of parliament has approved Rs 460 billion in grants to Indian Railways
- Moroccan National Railways is installing fibre optic communications
- London Underground sets records
- A 3.5km branch line from the Hong Kong metro to the Disneyland resort on Lantau Island is believed to be the world's first rail line dedicated to a theme park
- Yarra Trams opens operations centre
- The Indonesian government expects to open bidding later this month for a new railway connecting Manggarai station in South Jakarta
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The world's steepest metro line is being extended: in 2008, Lausanne will become the first city in Switzerland to have an automatic rubber-tyred metro line. The project is also unusual because of the very steep gradients on the line
by David Briginshaw - The president of Iran, Mr Mohammed Katami, inaugurated the $US 405 million, 800km line from Mashhad in the northeast to Bafq on May 3
- IRJ appoints news editor
- Mr Rudolf Scheibler is the new deputy managing director of SBB Cargo Italia
- Competition from air and bus is being blamed by Toll NZ for cuts to its Auckland-Wellington Overlander service
- LA shuns federal funding for LRT
- Strathclyde Passenger Transport has awarded a contract to Bombardier to replace Glasgow Underground's centralised traffic control centre with EBI Screen CTC technology
- Siemens is supplying a series of new technologies to BHP Billiton to optimise its iron-ore freight operations at Port Hedland, Western Australia
- Shipping and transport group Grindrod has acquired a 50% stake in Sheltham Locomotive & Rail Services for an undisclosed amount
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Making the case for light rail in Britain: the benefits of light rail are being questioned in Britain, but a new study argues that the case for investment has never been stronger
by Jonathan Bray - 107 die in Japanese train crash
- Brazil Railways to be reformed
- The congested station at Birmingham New Street is set to be redeveloped in a project expected to cost 350 million [pounds sterling]
- SNCF orders more AGC trains
- Relco Locomotives has completed its locomotive service and rebuild facility in Iowa
- Cairo extends metro line 2
- Rotterdam Transport is developing a new Tram Plus line by upgrading Line 1 of the existing light rail network to Schiedam and extending it by about 4km to Vlaardingen
- Czech Railways is to spend 45 [euro] million on new passenger coaches
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How New York averted near collapse: the New York subway, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 27 2004, reached a state of near collapse by the early 1980s. A massive rehabilitation project has returned it to a state of good repair. The danger
by Michael Lombardi - Website directory
- Alaskan link gains support
- Israel opens lines to Jerusalem and Ashkelon
- Bombardier has completed the first of 90 push-pull coaches and four Traxx locomotives for Connex subsidiary NOB
- China's Railway Ministry is to assist Kazakhstan Railways in a feasibility study
- Germany gets smart with RFID
- The North Carolina Board of Transportation has awarded $US 40 million for Charlotte's planned light rail system.
- Docklands gets more trains
- Indian Railways is inviting bids to supply 5000 solid-forged wheels for emu motor and trailer coaches
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Istanbul plans major rail network expansion: the Turkish city of Istanbul already has an eclectic mix of rail transit lines totalling 119km. A further 68km are under construction which will knit the existing lines into a network
by David Briginshaw - SNCF and DB sign two alliances
- India submits PPP proposals
- China will start construction of a 1390km railway across the Ulan Buh desert in the Inner Mongolia region this year
- Japan launches HS projects
- A new 176km line linking the present northwest railhead at Chingola to Solwezi is planned at a cost of $US 75 million
- Buenos Aires seeks funds for new metro lines
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