NSH Group to present innovations in wheelset machining and maintenance
INNOTRANS: Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt, Hegenscheidt-MFT, Simmons and Standray will highlight their co-ordinated capabilities for wheelset maintenance, with the wheelset measurement and diagnosis system ARGUS, the U2000-150 underfloor wheelset re-profiling machine and Hegenscheidt’s Total Wheelset Management software tool.
Polish approval for wheel detector
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has approved the use of Alstom’s ELS-96 rail-mounted wheel detector for axle counters.
HŽPP orders DMUs
CROATIA: National passenger operator HŽPP has placed a firm order for a further seven Končar diesel multiple-units.
First Jakarta – Bandung high speed train unveiled
INDONESIA: The first of 11 CR400AF Fuxing trainsets for the KCJB high speed line which will connect Jakarta and Bandung has been rolled out by Chinese manufacture CRRC Qingdao Sifang.
Czech Republic electrification conversion advances
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽ has converted the overhead electrification on the 43 km Nedakonice – Říkovice section of the Břeclav – Přerov main line from 3 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz.
Limerick to Foynes railway reopening plan
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has invited expressions of interest in rehabilitation works for the reopening of the line from Limerick to Foynes on the Shannon estuary.
High Speed 1 renewals concerns raised
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has expressed concern over how high speed rail infrastructure concessionaire HS1 Ltd is managing asset renewals.
