All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2022 – Page 7
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Rail Business UKFirstGroup CEO appointed
UK: Graham Sutherland has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of FirstGroup with effect from May 16. He succeeds Matthew Gregory, who stepped down last year following pressure from FirstGroup’s largest shareholder, New York-based hedge fund Coast Capital. Interim Executive Chairman David Martin will resume the ...
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NewsJakarta – Bandung high speed railway tracklaying underway
INDONESIA: Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi attended a ceremony at Tegaluar depot on April 20 to mark the installation of the first rails for the KCJB high speed line which will link Jakarta with Bandung. Sumadi said the line being built by Indonesian-Chinese design-build-operate concessionaire ...
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Rail Business UKSPEED principles aim to build station quicker and cheaper
UK: Spencer Group is using the Department for Transport and Network Rail’s Swift, Pragmatic & Efficient Enhancement Delivery principles in the construction of a £26·5m station which will provide access to the White Rose office park, shopping centre and bus interchange in south Leeds. The two-platform ...
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Metro Report InternationalMitre supports Washington Metro safety development programme
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is working with specialist not for profit organisation Mitre to strengthen its safety management systems. Over the course of the three-year contract Mitre will assess Metro’s safety culture, develop a plan to improve data analytics, and deploy a confidential voluntary ...
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In depthPortugal: Algarve electrification gets up to speed
Award of the second main contract for the 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of IP’s east-west Algarve Line should see the wires stretching from one end of the country to the other by the end of 2024, explains Andre Pires.
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NewsWar and cost increases delay Dutch electrification scheme
NETHERLANDS: ProRail has cancelled a tender for electrification of the Maaslijn between Nijmegen and Roermond, saying the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the increasing cost of materials and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain had forced it to reconsider its approach to upgrading ...
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NewsSwedish snow clearance contract extended
SWEDEN: Transport infrastructure manager Trafikverket has exercised an option to extend Railcare’s contract for snow removal on the rail network for a further three years to April 30 2025. Under the SKr40m/year agreement Railcare provides a number of machines and personnel that are strategically deployed across ...
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Rail Business UKSustainable Rail Strategy Prototype consultation opens
UK: RSSB has opened a consultation on the Sustainable Rail Strategy Prototype, an initial version of the ‘comprehensive environment plan that will establish rail as the backbone of a cleaner future transport system’, which the government announced in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. SRS aims to ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail commits to facilitating competition in the signalling market
UK: Network Rail has responded to the recommendations in the Office of Rail & Road’s study into ways of increasing the number of suppliers in the signalling market in order to reduce costs and improve performance, efficiency and innovation. The study, published by ORR last November, ...
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NewsPlasser emphasises services and customer support at IAF
GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer’s presence at the IAF infrastructure construction and maintenance trade fair on May 31-June 2 will be encapsulated by the theme ‘future track technology — NOW’. Among the developments being highlighted in Münster by the Austrian track machine specialist will be the addition of Mauritius as its 110th export market.
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NewsElectric loco refurbishment programme completed
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has completed a five-year programme to refurbish its fleet of 119 Re460 electric locomotives. The 230 km/h multi-purpose locos rated at 6·1 MW were supplied by SLM and ABB in 1992-96. They are currently used to haul EW IV single-deck and IC2000 ...
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Rail Business UKFleet-wide RFID tagging to locate wheel flats
UK: The use of RFID tags to identify individual vehicles with wheel flats is being rolled out across East Midlands Railway’s fleet after a trial found it saved hours of staff time. Around 50 Class 153, 156, 158 and 222 vehicles were equipped with RFID tags ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express Line 17 viaduct contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of NGE Génie Civil, NGE Bâtiment, NGE Fondations, Cimolai and Guintoli Grands Projets has been awarded a €327·9m contract to build a 5·5 km elevated section of Grand Paris Express automated metro Line 17 between Gonesse and Tremblay-en-France, to the north of Paris. ...
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In depthUSA: Pueblo test centre comes under new management
With management of the vast TTC railway centre in Pueblo, Colorado, transferring from TTCI to ENSCO this year, future director of operations Ron Lang spoke to railway companies to dispel speculation about what the change means for the industry.
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Rail Business UKRefurbished Pendolino returns to service with more seats and an updated interior
UK: Avanti West Coast has returned to service the first of its 56 Pendolino trainsets to be modernised in a £117m refurbishment programme.
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NewsKyrgyz president launches construction of railway to Kara-Keche
KYRGYZSTAN: President Sadyr Japarov has officially launched construction of a 186 km railway from the current railhead at Balykchy to Kara-Keche, saying the first major rail project since independence is of great importance to the country. Burying a time capsule to mark ...
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NewsÖresundståg terminates SJ operating contract
SWEDEN: Regional authorities in the south of the country have awarded a two-year emergency contract for Transdev to operate Öresundståg services from December 10, having agreed to terminate an eight-year contract with SJ after just two years.
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Rail Business UKCamp Hill line stations contract awarded
UK: Transport for West Midlands has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to build Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell stations as part of the £61m project to reintroduce passenger services on the Camp Hill line in the south of Birmingham. Site works are scheduled to begin in November for completion ...