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Articles in August, 2008 issue of International Railway Journal

• High-speed rail will give heathrow access to all areas: Arup director Mark Bostock talks to Keith Barrow about how improved rail links to London's heathrow Airport could boost rail's market share and provide a catalyst for the construction of high-speed l
  by Keith Barrow
• Rendezvous
• Sofia plans extensive metro expansion: extension of Sofia's first metro line is underway, and there are big plans for more lines
  by Krasimir Krastanov
• Swimo takes to the rails: a new design of LRV from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan, could offer considerable savings in energy and infrastructure costs
• Arhus aims to pioneer Danish tram-train: Denmark's second-largest city is planning the country's first tram-train project. Danish correspondent Denis Bowers examines how Arhus plans to marry existing lines with new light rail sections through the city cen
  by Denis Bowers
• Putting the brakes on squat growth: rail squats have long been a tricky problem to resolve, but as Peter Badcock reports from Europoint's wheel-rail interface seminar, improved analysis is starting to explain and, more importantly, offer solutions to this
  by Peter Badcock
• Giving dirty ballast the cold shoulder: the best method of maintaining ballast has been debated for decades, but shoulder ballast cleaning is now gaining wider acceptance, as Joe Ashley, marketing manager with Loram, United States, explains
  by Joe Ashley
• Making better use of your ballast: many railways have huge amounts of surplus ballast on their linesides, and a new machine developed by Plasser & Theurer finally allows it to be used, saving money and speeding track maintenance. Wolfgang Nemetz, of A
  by Wolfgang Nemetz
• Railpool dives into the European leasing market: two German banks have joined forces to set up a new European locomotive and passenger train leasing company called Railpool
  by David Briginshaw
• Pepy sets himself a tough challenge at SNCF: Guillaume Pepy, who took over earlier this year as president and CEO of French National Railways , has launched an ambitious five-year plan called Destination 2012 to increase turnover by 50% and double SNCF's
  by David Bringinshaw
• Europe struggles to deliver the First Railway Package: the European Commission says nearly all EU countries are failing to correctly implement the First Railway Package. Keith Barrow examines the EC's criticisms and considers what must now be done to ens
  by Keith Barrow
• Trelleborg Industrial, Britain, has won a second contract to supply CSR Zhuzhou with metalastik suspension components for a new batch of 12 SS5 locomotives destined for Iran
• Zeta-Tech is not supplying positive train control systems on 68 locomotives for Alaska Railroad
• Miami-Dade Transit has ordered a new fare collection system from Cubic, United States, at a cost of $US 45 million
• Dimetronic, Britain, has won a 25 million [euro] contract to provide European Rail Traffic Management System signalling
• Renfe has contracted a consortium of Bombardier and Talgo to maintain its 45 AVE S-130 high-speed trains until 2022
• Transnet has awarded RailComm, United States, a contract to supply a yard automation system for Ermelo Yard in Mpumalanga Province
• Vossloh has completed the sale of its Vossloh Infrastructure Services to Eurovia, a subsidiary of Vinci Group
• Primefuels Kenya and Mirambo Holdings Limited are to invest in Rift Valley Railways
• VTG, Germany, has bought a 50% stake in Chinese logistics company
• Union Switch & Signal, United States, has won two contracts in China
• China Railway Group has won three contracts worth Yuan 2.95 billion
• Wabtec is to refurbish 308 emu cars at a cost of 26 million [pounds sterling] for leasing company HSBC
• Vale is buying 836 wagons from Amsted-Maxion
• Progress Rail Services is also to import and re-gauge 40 to 50 diesel locomotives for lease to other railways on a variety of arrangements
• Caterpillar, United States, has bought Brazilian engine, traction motor, and generator supplier MGE
• Latin American Logistics has bought 50 EMD SD40 diesel locomotives, which will be rebuilt and regauged for operation next year
• GE Transportation is winning orders for diesel locomotives it intends to produce in Brazil
• Queensland Rail is to invest almost $A 200 million in new locomotives and wagons for its intermodal business
• United Group has won $A 100 million worth of contracts recently
• Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia has ordered 10 GE Cv43aci locomotives from United Group, Australia, with an option for a further 30
• Nortel is to provide GSM-R communication systems for two new lines in Algeria
• Toronto Transit Commission has cancelled its request for proposals for the purchase of 204 low-floor LRVs
• Commuter rail operator SuperVia has unveiled plans to introduce Automatic Train Protection across its network
• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive has exercised an option to buy an additional 28 light rail vehicles from a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe
• Suburban services have started operating through the 8.5km tunnel between Atocha and Chamartin stations
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded Cubic, United States, contracts worth $US 68 million
• CAF, Spain, has been awarded a 123 million [euro] contract by Izban, a joint venture of Turkish State Railways and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, to supply 33 three-car suburban emus
• Ireland's Railway Procurement Agency has awarded Alstom a five-year contract to maintain 18 new LRVs on order for the Luas Green Line
• Test operation has begun on the 14.3km section of metro Line 3 from Development Zone to Jiuli
• Control of the Tramlink light rail network passed to Transport for London on June 27
• The United States Senate 2009 transport budget has allocated $US 18 million toward the 17.7km extension of the Blue light rail line from Ninth Street to the Interstate 485 highway
• A feasibility study into the development of a $US 1 billion commuter rail network in the Colombian capital has shown the plan is economically feasible
• Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation says most tenders for the construction of the city's first two metro lines will be awarded by the end of the year
• City Pass, the consortium building Jerusalem's first light rail line, celebrated the completion of the Calatrava Bridge on June 25
• Following the success of the Perth Mandurah suburban line which opened last December, Western Australian Premier Mr Alan Carpenter has announced plans to further expand the city's rail network
• Paris to upgrade Ile de France commuter network
• CAF secures double train order in Sao Paulo
• Siemens delivers Edmonton LRVs
• Mexico City Line 12 deal
• Moscow to construct second ring line
• SBB splits Zurich S-Bahn train order
• Beijing inaugurates Olympic links
• Bertolotti's new bogie drop
• Eltra becomes Eltrasistemi
• Get rid of those weeds!
• Atos Avantixmetro mobile ticketinq lands at Heathrow
• RVR breaches contract
• Russian Railways is experimenting with gas turbines on a twin-unit locomotive
• Bombardier and Knorr-Bremse sign framework agreement
• Europe accelerates ERTMS deployment
• The Zambian government is to study an extension of the Mchinji-Chipata Railway, which will provide the first rail link with Malawi
• Russia's largest private freight operator, Globaltrans, approved the creation of a Ukranian subsidiary last month
• Construction of the Turkish section of the Kars-Tibilisi-Baku railway was due to start in late July
• Mr Yuthana Thapcharoen is the new governor of State Railway
• Russian Railways bought 7700 freight wagons in the first half of the year
• State Railway of Thailand completed a successful test run on the 3.5km line linking Nong Khai, Thailand, to Vientiane, Laos
• Eurostar says passenger numbers on its London—Paris/Brussels services rose by 28% in the first half of the year, compared with 2007
• A new railway linking Brazil and Paraguay is being proposed, mainly for agricultural traffic
• Hitachi submitted its tender for Britain's Intercity Express Programme at the end of June, shortly after changing its bid's name to Agility Trains, which is formed of Barclays Private Equity and John Laing Projects and Developments, Britain, as well as th
• Pacific National quits Tasmania
• ERS to launch China—Europe trains
• Another good year for OBB
• The privatisation of MAV Cargo could generate only Forints 60 billion rather than the Forints 102 billion originally predicted, according to local reports
• German Rail is to cut C[O.sub.2] emissions by 20% by 2020
• Electrification of the 103km line between Tours and Vierzon was inaugurated in July
• Poyry, Finland, has been awarded a 7.5 million [euro] contract for detailed design of the 8km tunnel part of the Ring Rail Link to Helsinki-Vantaa airport
• DSB and First Rail Holdings have decided to make a joint bid for the Jutland passenger franchise
• A new company called Western Railways has taken over 500km of lines in western Colombia between Buenaventura and La Felisa
• Alstom's new-generation AGV high-speed train will complete its four-month test programme at the Velim Rail Test Centre in the Czech Republic this month

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