International Railway Journal - November 2006 - (Page 6) NovWR4&6 17/10/06 15:37 Page 6 News News In Brief NR In £2 Billion Signalling Spend of experts will be established continued from page 4 European Commission The to set clear terms for the has authorised government role of the private sector in aid aimed at growing the rail expansion. Prasad ruled volume of intermodal traffic out privatisation or handing car ried by rail. The total over parts of the railway to budget of the Rail the private sector. Environmental Benefit International Procurement Programme is £60 million. Cross-channel passenger The Office of Rail operator Eurostar recorded its Regulation ORR says that best ever punctuality figures British track authority at the end of September. In Network Rail continues to the week ending October 1, make good progress with N Of the total cost, £500 million ETWORK Rail, Britain, is more than 98% of trains managing the network, but will be spent in the southwest, to spend almost £2 billion ar rived on time. that resolution of £400 million in South Wales, on six major signalling schemes European regulators have infrastr ucture problems has £350 million in the West Mid- over the next five to eight granted clearance to a joint not been uniform across the lands, £250 million in the East years one of the biggest venture between steel countr y. Midlands, £250 million in the investment plans it has ever company Arcelor and southeast, and £200 million in announced. Luxembourg National Canada Scotland. Five framework contracts Railways CFL . The venture, Canadian Pacific has The signalling systems will be wor th a total of £318 million for called CFL Cargo, will take announced the appointment of designed in-house by Network the first three years of the pro- over transport of goods Mr Michael R Lambert as Rail, and the framework con- gramme have been awarded to cur rently handled by CFL executive vice-president and tracts are expected to save up to Westinghouse Rail Systems, subsidiaries in Luxembourg, chief financial officer. 28% on unit costs. Siemens, and Alstom. Germany, and Denmark. Norwegian Investment Rises China New Zealand Constr uction of a $US 512 A further NKr 1.6 billion has I Toll Rail is to continue NVESTMENT in Norwegian million hub station at Wuhan been allocated for Norwegian operating the Wellington- rail infrastructure is set to star ted at the end of Railways, though the final settle- Auckland Overlander rise by 50% in 2007, with track September. The station will ment remains under discussion. passenger service. It will only authority Jernbaneverket re- have 20 tracks and 11 The Norwegian ministry of r un three days a week, but ceiving NKr 5.47 billion $US platforms, and is designed to transpor t and communications is means that the North Island 835 million . handle 31 million passengers prepared to invest NKr 450 mil- tr unk route is not now open to Freight Conflict a year. lion to encourage more freight passenger competition. China expects to record a to switch to rail. This includes Must Be Solved Poland 25% rise in the number of rail NKr 80 million to increase route M ORE than 30 European passengers by 2010, to a total capacity. The Nordland line will The European Investment railfreight bosses met in of 1.5 billion. Railfreight is bank is lending 50 million to get NKr 115 million to improve September to discuss ways of also expected to rise almost signalling a measure which has buy new regional rolling stock growing freight and dealing 30% to 3.5 billion tonnes. long been sought. for Mazovian Railways in with the challenges posed by central-easter n Poland. Ten New Chairmen interoperability and the intro- Denmark four-car emus, and 11 three- duction of a pan-European The CEO of Danish State car double-deck push-pull For UIC Forums single wagonload system. Railways DSB , Mr Keld trains will be ordered. T HE International Union The managers agreed to Sengeløv, has died, aged 53. of Railways UIC has clearly define the infrastruc- United States Sengeløv joined DSB in 1997 appointed new chairmen to two ture requirements to handle as deputy managing director BNSF and CSX are to create a of its forums. Europe's growing transport and took over from Mr Henrik new high-volume intermodal M r Ferdinand Schmidt, needs, and to launch an in-depth Hassenkam as CEO. Mr cor ridor linking California, managing director of Austrian study on two pilot corridors: Søren Eriksen has been Atlanta, and the southeast Federal Railways' ÖBB freight from Sweden to Italy, and the appointed acting CEO. region. Capacity arm Rail Cargo Austria is the Benelux countries to Italy. The enhancements will take place new Chairman of UIC Freight study will be conducted by France to allow an initial two For um. He succeeds Dr Klaus McKinsey & Co. Freight operator Railion intermodal trains each way Kremper, CEO Of Railion The general director of the Nederland has applied to the per day between the west Deutschland, who is stepping Inter national Union of Railways French authorities for safety coast and the southeast down after three years in the UIC , Mr Luc Aliadière, said: cer tification. If granted, it United States. role. Technical progress such as means that the company Mr Andrew McNaughton, telematic applications and Euro- Vietnam would be able to run trains chief engineer of Network Rail, pean Rail Traffic Management through Belgium and into V ietnam is seeking private Britain, has been appointed System will help to increase France independently, investment to improve president of the UIC infrastruc- capacity and enhance punctual- potentially allowing faster onboard services and upgrade ture forum. He was previously ity. However, he warned: jour ney times. infrastr ucture. Vietnam vice-chairman of the forum, and These achievements will re- Railway Corporation is succeeds Mr Mauro Moretti, main void unless the conflict India planning to restructure the who has stood down to focus on between passenger and freight Railways Minister Mr Lalu industr y to allow more his new role as chairman of ser vices is not solved on all rail Prasad says that a committee investment. 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