Railways of Iraq
News and information about railroads in Iraq, plus other odds and ends
News from Railway Gazette International- Contracts February 2010 Tue 9th February 2010Australia: UGL has won a A$225m contract to supply digital radio communications covering RailCorp's 1455 km electrified network in New South Wales and 675 train cabs. Huawei will supply GSM-R equipment. Europe: Eurotunnel has chosen Corys TESS to supply two Channel Tunnel shuttle locomotive driving simulators to replace ones dating from 1993. France: Th […]
- San Francisco Central Subway gets go-ahead Tue 9th February 2010USA: The Federal Transit Administration has approved the start of final design for the Central Subway light rail project in San Francisco. The 2·7 km, $1·6bn Muni Metro extension will branch off the existing Third Street line at Fourth Street and run underground to Chinatown. San Francisco MTA intends to bore the tunnels well beyond the final station in pr […]
- Mumbai Monorail on test Tue 9th February 2010INDIA: Chief Minister of Maharashtra state Ashok Chavan celebrated Republic Day on January 26 by flagging off a test run of the first Mumbai Monorail car. 'It is a proud moment for all of us at Scomi', said Suhaimi Yaacob, Country President of the Malaysian firm which is supplying 15 four-car trainsets.The elevated line is being developed by a cons […]
- Contracts February 2010 Tue 9th February 2010