All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2021 – Page 8
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NewsSerbia to order 200 km/h double-deck EMUs
SERBIA: Stadler has been named as sole bidder for a contract to supply three 200 km/h double-deck electric multiple-units to national passenger operator Srbija Voz for use on the modernised Beograd – Novi Sad route. The tender launched by the Ministry of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure ...
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NewsNomad Tech receives funding to develop Portuguese STM
PORTUGAL: Grants from the national government and the European Regional Development Fund have been agreed to allow further development of a Specific Transmission Module to support the adoption of ETCS in Portugal.
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Rail Business UKGB Railfreight manages steelworks internal traffic
UK: GB Railfreight has begun providing all internal rail operations for steel reinforcement and long product manufacturer Celsa Steel UK.
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Rail Business UKTrain operators improve website accessibility
UK: Reviews undertaken by the Office of Rail & Road and disability charity the Shaw Trust have lead to train and station operators improving the accessibility and provision of information on their websites. ORR’s requirements include providing information on assisted travel, and working towards achieving Website ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector
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NewsÖBB orders ŽOS Trnava hopper wagons
AUSTRIA: ÖBB’s engineering vehicles subsidiary Rail Equipment has awarded ŽOS Trnava a contract to supply 90 Type Faccns four-axle ballast hopper wagons. ‘After a long selection process and many technical consultations, we were named the winner of the tender with a total ...
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Metro Report InternationalInterurban tramway upgrade begins
CZECH REPUBLIC: Work has begun on a major project to modernise the infrastructure on the 10 km interurban light railway linking the towns of Most and Litvínov with a large petrochemical complex in Ústí nad Labem region, close to the German border. Intended to reduce journey ...
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Metro Report International‘Big Circle’ expands as Moscow opens another segment of Line 11
RUSSIA: A further section of Moscow Metro’s Bolshaya Koltsevaya ‘Big Circle’ Line 11 to the west of the city centre was formally opened by the capital’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin on April 1. Running for 4·6 km from Mnevniki to a junction with ...
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Rail Business UKAlstom awarded £25m Class 458 upgrading contract
UK: Leasing company Porterbrook has awarded Alstom a contract to upgrade the Class 458 electric multiple-units operated by South Western Railway ahead of their redeployment on medium and long distance services from the south coast. The £25m contract announced on April 6 covers an initial 28 ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork underway on Cagliari tram extension
ITALY: Work has started on a long-planned extension of Cagliari’s 950 mm gauge tramway to link the existing terminus at Piazza Repubblica with the main railway station.
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In depthMünchen – Zürich: an island no longer
Electrification of a 155 km section of the München – Zürich corridor and the rerouting of inter-city trains to bypass the island in Lindau has reduced journey times between the two cities to 4 h, with hopes of further cuts to come, reports Toma Bačić.
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NewsNight train to connect Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin and Praha
EUROPE: Plans to launch a Praha – Dresden – Berlin – Amsterdam – Brussels night train services have been unveiled by established Czech independent operator RegioJet and newly-formed Dutch overnight train co-operative European Sleeper. Applications for paths are to be submitted shortly, with the aim of ...
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NewsWorksite safety in spotlight after fatal collision
TAIWAN: Investigations have started into the management of engineering work following a fatal collision on Taiwan Railway Administration’s East Coast line north of Hualien on the morning of April 2.
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Rail Business UK‘Unacceptable’ failure to meet train accessibility deadlines
UK: The House of Commons Transport Committee has said that the failure of several operators to meet previous targets to make trains fully accessible is unacceptable, and it has asked the Department for Transport to set out the sanctions that will apply if companies fail to ...
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NewsIntelligent train control R&D lab opens
CHINA: A Railway Intelligent Train Control Laboratory has been opened by CASCO and Shaanxi Railway & Logistics Industry Group, with the aim of creating a ‘domestic first-class and international leading’ research facility based on co-operation between government, industry and academia. Based in the Xi-Xian New Area, ...
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Rail Business UKUsing QR codes to provide bespoke real-time journey information
UK: Passenger entertainment and contact technology company Whoosh is working with train operators to test a Real-Time Journey Dashboard designed to enhance the provision of bespoke live information throughout a rail journey. Passengers scan a unique at-seat QR code to access the dashboard which provides service, ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuangzhou Metro trials high speed running on Line 18
CHINA: Guangzhou Metro and CRRC Zhuzhou have been undertaking test running at speeds of up to 176 km/h on Line 18, which has been designed and built for 160 km/h operation. The 60∙4 km line from Xiancun to Wanqingsha is scheduled to open this year, with ...