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Mexico City Metro Viaduct Collapse Kills 24
Mexico City Metro Viaduct Collapse Kills 24 Written by Oliver Cuenca, News and Features Writer, International Railway Journal
Rescue workers try to pull out survivors of the rail overpass collapse in Mexico City. (Ricardo Mariacca Facebook)
On May 3, at 10:22 p.m., a viaduct support underneath a moving Mexico City Metro train collapsed, causing the train to crash onto a busy street underneath. The death toll was at least 23, and more than 70 were injured.
The wreck occurred near the Olivos Station on Line 12, the newest on the Mexico City Metro, which is operated by STC (Sistema de Transporte Colectivo). Two cars of the seven-car CAF FE-10 transit partially fell onto a busy main road. Some of those killed or injured were in vehicles underneath the viaduct.
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Hitachi Rail Wins WMATA 8000-Series Contract
Pictured is an artist’s rendering of the new Hitachi Rail 8000-series trains for WMATA.
The contract could be worth $2.2 billion if all options are exercised.
Hitachi Rail Washington has been awarded a contract by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to design and build an initial order of 256 8000-series rapid transit cars. If all the options in the contract are exercised, a total of 800 cars will be supplied to WMATA worth up to $2.2 billion.
WMATA selected Hitachi Rail as the preferred bidder for the contract on Sept. 30, 2020. The acquisition of the 8000-series trains will be funded using new dedicated revenue streams established by the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
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The short-lived Virgin Trains USA rebranding was reversed by Brightline.
Virgin Enterprises, Britain, has launched legal proceedings against U.S. private passenger rail operator Brightline to recoup $ 251.3 million it says it is owed after Brightline pulled out of a 20-year deal to use the Virgin brand.
Brightline rebranded as Virgin Trains USA as part of a 20-year licensing agreement signed in November 2018, which also saw the operator rename its main station as Virgin MiamiCentral. The partnership was short-lived, with Brightline serving notice of its intention to withdraw from the agreement in April 2020, shortly after it halted its Miami and West Palm Beach service in March due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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IRJ: 60 Years of Railway Progress and Counting Written by Kevin Smith, Editor-in-Chief, International Railway Journal
In 1964, IRJ co-founder Robert G. Lewis was among the first westerners to experience the Japanese Shinkansen. He marveled at the technology.
This year, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp. celebrates 60 years of International Railway Journal, the world’s first truly global business-to-business publication for the railway industry.
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IRJ was launched in October 1960, with regular monthly circulation beginning in January 1961. An advertisement in the inaugural edition endorsed IRJ as an international selling opportunity for railway suppliers. “In
International Railway Journal, your advertising message can reach the growing worldwide market for railway products economically and efficiently in one magazine. IRJ is a separate international publication, not an international edition of a domesti
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