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News from Railway Gazette International- New board elected at Canadian Pacific as President and Chairman stand down Thu 17th May 2012CANADA: Just hours before its annual shareholder meeting, Canadian Pacific Railway announced on May 17 that President & CEO Fred Green was standing down with immediate effect, after 34 years with the company, and would not be standing for re-election. Chairman John Cleghorn expressed his thanks to Green for ‘his dedicated years of service’. The company s […]
- Rotherham tram-tram project funding confirmed Thu 17th May 2012UK: Funding for a £58m tram-train pilot scheme which will use the Supertram light rail network and a freight line to link Sheffield and Rotherham was confirmed by Transport Minister Norman Baker on May 17. The project includes the acquisition of seven tram-train vehicles, a 400 m connection between Supertram and the Network Rail line, and 750 V DC electrific […]
- Bombardier and Carillion launch signalling joint venture Thu 17th May 2012UK: Bombardier Transportation and Carillion have formally launched Infrasig as a joint venture offering conventional and ETCS signalling services in the UK market. The joint venture is one of a number of suppliers awarded framework agreements as part of infrastructure manager Network Rail's ETCS development programme. Infrasig's work on the develop […]
- New board elected at Canadian Pacific as President and Chairman stand down Thu 17th May 2012