All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2016 – Page 8
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NewsCroatian double-tracking contract signed
CROATIA: A contract for the modernisation and double-tracking of the 38·2 km Dugo Selo – Križevci section of the route from Zagreb to the border with Hungary was signed by HŽ Infrastruktura and a consortium of DIV, Dalekovod and Zagreb Montaža on April 29. The EU is to ...
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NewsSJ awarded Mälardalen operating contract
SWEDEN: The Mälardalstrafik joint venture of local authorities has awarded incumbent SJ a contract to operate subsidised passenger services for four years from December 2016. The contract announced on April 28 covers four routes west and southwest of the capital: Svealandsbanan: Örebro – Eskilstuna – Stockholm (– Uppsala);Nyköpingsbanan: Norrköping – ...
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NewsBLS Cargo takes delivery of Vectron locomotives
SWITZERLAND: BLS Cargo took delivery of the first two of 15 Siemens Vectron MS locomotives in Spiez on April 29. Designated Class Re475, they will be subject to ‘intensive’ testing over the coming weeks to obtain certification for use in Switzerland, Germany and Austria ahead of the formal handover to ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2016
Austria: Nacco has supplied Rail Cargo with 26 Tadns wagons with stainless steel bodies and light bogies. Brazil: Rumo ALL has awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to modernise and maintain for 15 years the braking systems on 8 500 sugar cane wagons. Czech Republic: XTR Logistic has purchased 11 ...