All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2020 – Page 5
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Rail Business UKORR closes signalling market study owing to Covid-19
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has closed the formal study of the UK signalling market which it had launched in January to explore whether there were any competition issues affecting the supply chain, and to determine if any action were needed. ‘Given the impact of ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong gives go-ahead for Tung Chung Line Extension detailed design
CHINA: The government of Hong Kong has given MTR Corp the go-ahead to proceed with detailed planning and design for the proposed Tung Chung Line Extension on the northern side of Lantau island.
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NewsEU funding to support Madrid – Lisboa link
EUROPE: More EU funding has been allocated to enhancing rail links between Portugal and Spain. The EU co-financing is part of a €1·4bn package of European Green Deal projects in seven EU states that was announced by the Commissioner for Cohesion & Reforms Elisa Ferreira in mid-March. ...
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Rail Business UKACoRP becomes the Community Rail Network
UK: The Association of Community Rail Partnerships was rebranded as the Community Rail Network on April 6. The organisation worked with agency David Carroll & Co to develop the ‘new, inclusive identity’ which it plans to use to raise its profile as part of the community and ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART reduces services and redeploys staff to capital projects as ridership drops to 7%
USA: The San Francisco Bay Area’s BART metro is to withdraw alternate trains to reduce its weekday service from 15 min to 30 min headways from April 8 until further notice. The operator said ridership data showed that social distancing would remain possible on all trains, while ...
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NewsFirst electric train reaches Tel Aviv Savidor
ISRAEL: Israel Railways operated its first electric test train to Tel Aviv’s Hashalom and Savidor stations on April 5, following energisation of the 25 kV 50 Hz overhead line equipment on the core cross-city Ayalon Corridor.
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Metro Report InternationalNSW tenders Sydney Metro West tunnelling
AUSTRALIA: Tendering for the construction of the 24 km Sydney Metro West driverless metro line between the city centre and Parramata was formally launched by New South Wales Transport Minister on Andrew Constance on April 7.
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Rail Business UKBombardier Transportation UK to restart production with revised working practices
UK: Bombardier Transportation UK is to restart rolling stock production at its Derby factory and heavy maintenance at its Ilford site on April 14, with component overhaul at Crewe to follow the next day. The company had announced a temporary pause in operations on March 25 while ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban Transport Group details Covid-19 challenges
UK: A briefing document setting out the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on public transport authorities has been published by the Urban Transport Group, which represents transport bodies in London, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region. ...
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NewsOmniTRAX launches Rail-Ready Sites programme
USA: OmniTRAX has launched a Rail-Ready Sites programme on the Winchester & Western Railroad in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The programme initially covers with 10 locations, which have been selected suitable for developing rail-served manufacturing, food processing, recycling and distribution facilities. ‘Together with our community partners, we ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Network Rail has announced a move to immediate payments for its suppliers to provide firms with a boost to their cashflow during the coronavirus crisis. This means payment could be up to seven days quicker for SMEs and up to 28 days quicker for other suppliers. ‘Our ...
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NewsJR Central and Hitachi unveil latest maglev prototype
JAPAN: The latest design of prototype Series L0 maglev vehicles for the Chūō Shinkansen line has been unveiled by JR Central at Hitachi’s Kasado works in Kudamatsu. The older L0 prototype has seven cars, with one end car and an intermediate car to be replaced by the ...
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NewsTwo goals for Greenbrier in the Covid-19 crisis
GREENBRIER: Wagon manufacturer The Greenbrier Companies has two primary goals during the coronavirus pandemic, Chairman & CEO William A Furman said when presenting its Q2 results on April 7. These are ‘protecting the safety and health of employees and preserving the economic well-being of our enterprise in ...
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NewsCovid-19 could push more Asia – Europe freight to rail
INTERNATIONAL: ‘I believe that the impact of Covid-19 will push many shippers to rethink their supply chains, and that could well see a lot more Asia-Europe air and ocean freight traffic moving permanently to the rail freight option’, said Philip Stephenson, Chairman of Davies Turner, after the ...
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NewsALLRAIL calls for action to save new passenger train operators
EUROPE: The coronavirus pandemic is ‘annihilating’ the business cases of many independent passenger operators, and without urgent action the first bankruptcies could be seen this month, the ALLRAIL association of new entrants to the rail market has warned. On April 9 ALLRAIL said the ‘understandable’ decision to ...
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NewsLineas brands locomotive in tribute to people fighting the coronavirus pandemic
BELGIUM: Freight operator Lineas has unveiled a Bombardier Transportation Traxx locomotive which has been branded to honour people working to fight the coronavirus pandemic. ‘This is our way of saying thank you to the many brave people who are at the forefront in ...
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Rail Business UKAutomated vegetation monitoring technology deployed in train cabs
UK: Transport for Wales has worked with technology company One Big Circle Ltd to fit trains with ‘smart’ cameras designed to automatically record, analyse and report lineside vegetation risks. The Automated Intelligent Video Review system is a lightweight train-borne device that sits inside the cab windscreen and ...
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Metro Report InternationalIntelligently-controlled ventilation for Barcelona metro
SPAIN: Engineering and technology group SENER and Barcelona metro operator FMB have launched the RESPIRA project to install ‘intelligently controlled’ ventilation systems to improve passenger comfort at stations.
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Cyient has entered into a ‘long term strategic engagement’ with Hitachi Rail which will see it develop and operate sites in Hyderabad and Bangalore in India and Pennsylvania in the USA to provide engineering services such as application logic and hardware design, software configuration, verification and validation ...
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NewsFederal Railroad Administration publishes research reports
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has published a number of technical reports and research results. The topics covered are: Wireless Digital Train Line for Passenger Trains; Validating a 70-Ton Higher Speed Freight Truck Design: Phase II; Impact Test Data Analysis for Load Environment Characterization of Tank ...