All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2014 – Page 5
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NewsStéphane Rambaud-Measson
Stéphane Rambaud-Measson has been appointed Group Executive Vice-President at Faiveley Transport.
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NewsToronto orders 10 more Rockets
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has ordered 10 more six-car Rocket metro trainsets from Bombardier Transportation. The C$160m contract is an option on orders in 2006 and 2010 that total 420 cars. These are being built at Bombardier’s Thunder Bay factory, and the first entered service on the Yonge-University Line ...
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NewsAlger tramway extends east
ALGERIA: Minister of Transport Amar Ghoul opened a 4·2 km extension of the Alger tram line on April 16. The new section runs east from Bordj El Kiffan to Café Chergui with six stops. Seven additional trams have been put into service on the extended line, which operates at 7 ...
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NewsSingapore awards five metro contracts
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority announced on April 21 that it had awarded S$1·15bn worth of contracts covering stations and signalling on the Thomson and Eastern Region lines. Construction of three stations on the Thomson Line is due to begin in the second quarter of 2014 for completion by 2021. ...
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NewsLED tram energy saving specified
AUSTRIA: Bombardier has upgraded a Flexity tram in Innsbruck with LED external and interior lighting. ‘The lifespan of LED lamps is 100 times longer than conventional lamps’, according to Martin Baltes, Managing Director, of city transport operator IVB. The fleet of 32 Flexity trams ‘could save up to €5 ...
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NewsHokkaido Shinkansen trainsets ordered
JAPAN: JR Hokkaido confirmed on April 16 that it had ordered four 320 km/h trainsets from Hitachi and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to operate its share of services on the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Designated Series H5, the trains are based on the Series E5 sets which JR East operates on the Tohoku ...
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NewsState Railway of Thailand plans southern track renewal programme
THAILAND: A 6bn baht programme of track renewals and earthworks enhancement is due to begin next month, according to State Railway of Thailand Governor Prapat Chongsanguan. The work is focused on the 1 200 km main line running south from Bangkok, with the aim of raising line speeds and improving ...
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NewsTehran extends metro Line 3
IRAN: A 12 km extension of Tehran metro Line 3 opened on April 22 between Azadegan in the southwest and Vali-e Asr in the city centre. It was built at a cost of €580m. Four intermediate stations are now open, with five more to open later. Interchange is provided ...
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NewsDalian metro train unveiled
CHINA: CNR Dalian unveiled the first train for Dalian metro Line 2 on April 21. It is part of an order placed by MTR Corp in October 2012 for 20 cars for Line 1 and 18 for Line 2. The six-car Type B trainset is 120 m long, 2 ...
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NewsALL agrees to merger
BRAZIL: On April 15 América Latina Logística SA announced that its board had accepted a proposal to combine its activities with those of Rumo Logística Operadora Multimodal SA, a subsidiary of energy and logistics group Cosan. The proposal made by Rumo on February 24 values ALL at R$6·96bn, equivalent to ...
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NewsWorld Bank approves Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor loan
INDIA: On April 22 the World Bank agreed in principle to provide a US$1·1bn loan for the US$1·65bn second phase of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. The agreement to fund the construction of 393 km of double track line between Mughal Sarai and Bhaupur is expected to be signed in ...
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NewsRegioJet plans to expand in Slovakia
SLOVAKIA: Czech open access passenger operator RegioJet has announced plans to enter the non-subsidised long-distance rail market in Slovakia, with an application for train paths for four daily return inter-city services on the Bratislava – Žilina – Košice route from the December 14 2014 timetable change. Services would connect with ...
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NewsCSR fleet enters service on San Martín route
ARGENTINA: President Cristina Fernández joined Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo at Sáenz Peña station on April 23 to mark the entry into service of the new fleet supplied by CSR of China for the San Martín commuter route in Buenos Aires. Fernández said that the new fleet ...
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NewsMP&ES announces natural gas locomotive
USA: Following two years of technology evaluation, Motive Power & Equipment Solutions has announced plans to launch the Greenville MP1500, a low-emissions genset locomotive which would be fuelled by a combination of natural gas and diesel. MP&ES is working with technology partner OptiFuel Systems to develop the 1 500 hp ...
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NewsCanada announces tank wagon safety changes
CANADA: On April 23 Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt announced the federal government’s response to the initial recommendations arising from Transportation Safety Board of Canada's ongoing investigation into the July 2013 Lac-Mégantic derailment. With immediate effect, Transport Canada will: ban DOT-111 tank cars which do not have continuous bottom ...
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NewsRecord coach production at RCF Kapurthala
INDIA: Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala has announced that it achieved its highest ever production of 1 701 coaches of 23 types during the year to March 31 2014, ahead of the plant’s design capacity of 1 500 coaches/year. To ‘bring world class railway technology to the common man’, 121 LHB ...
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NewsADIF awards Pajares signalling contract
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a consortium of Thales and Siemens Rail Automation a €54m contract to supply signalling and train control systems for the 50 km La Robla – Pola de Lena line under construction between León and Oriedo, which includes the 25 km Pajares base tunnel. The ...
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NewsKaohsiung light rail tracklaying begins
TAIWAN: Tracklaying started on the Kaohsiung light rail project on April 24. Construction had begun in June 2013, and test running on the first section is scheduled to begin in September. Revenue services are expected to start in June 2015. The 22·1 km, 36-stop circular route is being built ...
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NewsLos Angeles selects Regional Connector contractor
USA: Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected the Regional Connector Constructors joint venture of Traylor Bros and Skanska, with lead designers Hatch Mott MacDonald and URS, as preferred bidder for a $927m design-build contract for the Regional Connector light rail extension. The 3 km underground route would extend ...
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NewsFreightliner announces London Gateway services
UK: Freightliner Ltd announced on April 17 that is to launch daily services from London Gateway to six destinations in the UK. During May shipping lines Hamburg Süd and Hapag-Lloyd are due to transfer their UK calls to the new container port on the Thames, including services to the east ...