All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2018 – Page 8
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NewsVDL delivers electric buses to ’s-Hertogenbosch
NETHERLANDS: VDL Bus & Coach has delivered nine Citea SLF-120 Electric buses to Arriva for operation on routes 8 and 9 in ’s-Hertogenbosch. The manufacturer has also supplied a fast charger, which is located at the terminus and allows the buses’ batteries to be charged via a roof-mounted pantograph. ...
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NewsStadler to double capacity of bogie centre
HUNGARY: Stadler is to invest €30m to double the capacity of its centre of competence for bogie refurbishment in Szolnok from 250 to 500 bogies per year. The investment announced on March 29 is to be undertaken in two phases. The first phase of construction will get underway in April ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
A 15 000-strong workforce completed more than 400 Network Rail projects over the Easter period from March 30 to April 2. Major schemes included the closure of Manchester Victoria to allow track to be replaced and to lower track under Cheetham Hill Road bridge as part of Manchester to Stalybridge ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply rolling stock for Orange County Streetcar project
USA: Orange County Transportation Authority has approved a $51·5m framework contract for Siemens to supply up to 18 S70 vehicles for the OC Streetcar project. The bidirectional vehicles would be 26·8 m long with capacity for 180 passengers including 70 seated. The base order for eight vehicles and ...
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NewsSolaris wins Gdynia battery trolleybus contract
POLAND: Solaris is to supply 30 battery trolleybuses to Gdynia. The contract announced on April 4 is worth 95m złoty and includes the supply of traction batteries to retrofit already operational trolleybuses.. Deliveries are due to take place between September and early 2019 of 16 Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses ...
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NewsSpanish rail spend up 25%
SPAIN: On April 3 Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna presented his department’s budget for 2018, including rail spending of €4∙3bn which represents 48∙3% of total investment. According to ministry, the rail total is up 25∙6% on the year before. During 2018, the Ministry of Development is planning to spend ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Panamá City metro Line 2 train shipped
PANAMA: Alstom shipped the first train for Panamá City metro Line 2 from its Santa Perpètua de Mogoda factory near Barcelona on March 28. Due to open next year, the 21 km Line 2 is being built by the Línea 2 consortium of FCC and Odebrecht. Alstom is supplying ...
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NewsAccessibility upgrade for VIA Rail long-distance fleet
CANADA: National passenger operator VIA Rail has awarded Bombardier Transportation a C$54m contract to upgrade 17 coaches used on long-distance services to bring them into line with current and planned accessibility standards. The stainless steel bodied coaches dating from the 1950s will be equipped with two wheelchair lifts, two accessible ...
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NewsKremenchuk trolleybuses presented
UKRAINE: Bogdan Motors unveiled five articulated trolleybuses for Kremenchuk at its Lutsk factory on March 26. The manufacturer is supplying five articulated 100% low-floor trolleybuses of its T901.17 model, as well as 35 T701.17 vehicles, which are 12 m long. Both models have asynchronous traction drives. The order ...
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NewsPolish national GSM-R contract awarded
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Nokia and its partners SPC, Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko a five-year turnkey contract to deploy a national GSM-R network. Nokia was the lowest bidder, offering 2·6bn złoty for the basic infrastructure and a further 200m złoty for optional equipment and seven years of ...
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NewsBrescia tram agreement signed
ITALY: Transport authority Brescia Mobilità and state railway FS Italiane signed an agreement on March 29 for the construction of two tram lines in Brescia. The municipality is to request funding from the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport by the end of the year. One line would run from ...
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NewsAlstom awarded Belgrano Norte signalling contract
ARGENTINA: Alstom has been awarded a €16m contract to undertake resignalling works at Ciudad Universitaria, Aristóbulo del Valle, Munro, Boulogne Sur Mer and Grand Bourg stations on the metre gauge Belgrano Norte suburban line in Buenos Aires. The contract has been awarded as part of a €87m modernisation of 22 ...
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NewsEuropean Commission clears Škoda Transportation acquisition
CZECH REPUBLIC: The European Commission announced on April 3 that PPF Group’s proposed acquisition of sole control of Škoda Transportation and related companies had been approved under the EU Merger Regulation. Following an examination under the simplified merger review procedure, the Commission concluded that the transaction would raise no competition ...
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NewsPartners sought as SBB Cargo cuts back wagonload
SWITZERLAND: Discussions with investors and potential business partners are on the summer agenda for SBB Cargo Schweiz as it targets a return to break-even by 2020. Having achieved positive results in 2013, 2014 and 2016, SBB Cargo Schweiz ended 2017 with an operating loss of SFr37m as wagonload volumes fell ...
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NewsAlstom awarded two DMU contracts
GERMANY: Alstom announced two orders to supply a total of 25 Coradia Lint regional diesel multiple-units from its Salzgitter factory on March 29. DB Regio Bayern has placed a €93m order for eight Coradia Lint 41 DMUs with 125 seats and 12 of the longer Coradia Lint 54 units with ...
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NewsBEML delivers first train for Kolkata’s East-West Line
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp took delivery of the first train for the East-West Line on March 31 from BEML’s factory in Bangalore. KMRC originally awarded CAF the rolling stock contract in 2009, but the Spanish manufacturer pulled out of the project in 2014. In September 2015 BEML emerged ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless peoplemover opens in Shanghai
CHINA: Shanghai’s Pujiang Line automated peoplemover opened to passengers on March 31. The 6·6 km elevated route runs from the southern terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to Huizhenlu in Pujiang, serving six stations. The line is expected to carry 73 000 passengers a day, with services running ...
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NewsRhätische Bahn replaces ticket machines
SWITZERLAND: Scheidt & Bachmann is supplying Rhätische Bahn with 97 replacement ticket vending machines offering similar functionality to those used by Swiss Federal Railways. Passengers can select German, French, Italian and English language options. The TVMs can provide bank notes as well as coins in change for cash payments, and ...
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Metro Report InternationalTicket vending machines for Santiago
CHILE: SICE and software partner GMV are supplying a total of 80 standard and 150 compact customised ticket vending machines for Santiago metro Line 6 which opened last November and the future Line 3 which is scheduled to open at the end of this year. The TVMs are being used ...
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NewsLebanon railway revival discussed
LEBANON: Long-standing proposals to rehabilitate the out-of-use railway which once ran 80 km along the coast from Beirut to Tripoli were discussed at a meeting of the EuroMed Transport Rail project in Beirut on March 22. An action plan is to be presented at a conference to be held in ...