In brief Algeria
The Algerian Railway Agency (Anserif) has awarded Estel, a joint venture of Algerian National Railways (SNTF) and Siemens, a contract to supply ERTMS equipment for the new 108km line between Ajelfa and Laghouat.
Australia
More Alstom emus for Östgötatrafiken: Swedish regional public transport authority Östgötatrafiken has awarded Alstom a É50m contract to supply eight additional X61 Coradia Nordic 15kV ac emus under a framework agreement signed in 2008. Östgötatrafiken already operates five of the 160km/h four-car sets, which were delivered in 2010 for use on Norrköping - Linköping - Mjölby - Tranås/Motola regional services. Alstom will deliver the additional trains in early 2015, taking the total number of Coradia Nordic regional and suburban emus sold in Sweden to 244. Photo: Keith Fender
CD reports loss in first half of 2012 C
ZECH Railways (CD) made a Koruna 494m ($US 24.4m) loss in the first half of this year, which was up on the Koruna 109m loss reported in the first half of 2011. This was despite revenues increasing by around Koruna 1bn to Koruna 18.9bn following strong performance at its CD Telematica division. Ebitda remained roughly the same at Koruna 2.9bn. CFO Mr Michal Nebesky cites higher energy and fuel prices, the weaker Koruna, and increased interest costs for the loss, but said he remained
N an effort to boost its financial performance, KiwiRail has announced plans to cut $NZ 200m ($US 161.5m) from expenses between 2013 and 2015.
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The railway has set an Ebitda target of $NZ 64.6m in 2013, and could cut 170-220 full time jobs in its network division to reduce staff costs by $NZ 18m. The railway will also defer indefinitely a planned $NZ 30m-a-year track renewal programme beyond 2015.
The cost-reduction strategy follows comments from
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optimistic for the second half of the year.
Despite the overall loss, CD’s passenger sector reported a 4% increase in its operating profit to Koruna 860m before tax and write offs, however, this fell to a Koruna 259m loss when these factors were taken into account. CD Cargo’s profit fell to Koruna 46m from Koruna 54m in the first half of 2011 following a fall in demand for industrial and construction output and coal and iron-ore. However, transport of cars, cereals and food products did increase.
KiwiRail to cut expenses by $NZ 200m
minister for state-owned enterprises, Mr Tony Ryall, who cast doubt over whether KiwiRail would be able to generate sufficient revenues to fund its share of a planned $NZ 4.5bn investment aimed at turning the railway into a profitable enterprise. KiwiRail has struggled to achieve profitability in the wake of the global economic slowdown and the Christchurch earthquake, which dampened inter-island freight demand. The government has only committed $NZ 750m towards the total cost of the plan.
Ansaldo STS Australia has secured a $A 55.6m ($US 58m) contract under its 2010 framework agreement with Rio Tinto to deliver signalling, communications and transmissions systems for heavy-haul Rail Capacity Enhancement project 353 in the Pilbara region. The new system will extend from the Emu siding to the port at Cape Lambert and will enable Rio Tinto to increase its annual network capacity to 353 million tonnes of iron-ore in 2015.
Denmark
Danish State Railways (DSB) reported a deficit of É16.8m in the first half of 2012, which was up on a deficit of É9.3m in the same period in 2011 despite ridership increasing by 4% to 89.6 million. DSB CEO Mr Jesper Lok cites high compensation payments of É24.6m as the reason for the increase.
Germany
German Rail (DB) has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom a É93m contract to equip 230km of the under construction high-speed line from Halle and Leipzig to Ebensfeld via Erfurt with ERTMS Level 2. Siemens will supply 13 Simis D type electronic interlocking and Trainguard 200, its automatic train protection system for ETCS Level 2 while Kapsch
will supply GSM-R. Grammer Railway Interior has secured an order from DB for 46,000 new seats. Grammer says this is the largest single seat order placed by DB and is part of the project to modernise more than 770 of its 1500 inter-city coaches. Grammer will provide 33 different seat versions for first class coaches and 41 for
standard and will deliver the seats over a three-year period.
Norway
Jernbaneverket has agreed a 10-year framework agreement with Thales to deliver new interlocking systems. The first three projects worth É33m are for the Sandnes - Stavanger line, Ganddal freight terminal, and Høvik station. Thales will also provide services support for an additional 25 years under the terms of the agreement.
Poland
Upper Silesian regional operator Koleje Slaskie has announced that it will purchase six 160km/h emus from Pesa for É52.7m which will be delivered by the end of 2013. Koleje Slaskie plans to lease the vehicles for three years before a complete purchase.
Russia
Proftrans, a subsidiary of Brunswick Rail, has taken delivery of 200 gondola wagons from Stakhanov Railway Car Building Works, boosting its fleet size by 15%.
Switzerland
Siemens has won a contract from the metre-gauge Matterhorn Gotthard Railway (MGB) to renew signalling and train control equipment as part of an upgrade of the 154km network. Nine Simis IS electronic interlockings will be installed, along with eight LCM 200 level crossings, and the Ilitis integrated operational control system between Münster and Mörel, east of Brig, and on the Oberalp Pass between Andermatt and Disentis. Commissioning is scheduled for autumn 2014.
United States
CAF’s United States subsidiary has selected Vossloh Kiepe to supply traction equipment for 39 new LRVs, with an option for an additional 75, on order from Metro Houston for its extended light rail network. The traction equipment will be built into the roof of the three- section vehicles. Delivery is scheduled for August 2013. IRJ
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