All Railway Gazette International articles in April 2023 – Page 4
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Metro Report InternationalLatest Lisboa orbital metro link contract let
PORTUGAL: A €70m contract was awarded on April 13 to build a 1·9 km link connecting Lisboa’s Green and Yellow metro lines to create a loop through the city centre.
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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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NewsRussian Railways orders suburban EMUs
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky plant has been awarded a contract to supply Russian Railways with 42 suburban electric multiple-units totalling 220 cars by the end of 2023. The order includes four to eight-car EP2D 3kV DC EMUs, and four to 10-car EP3D 25 kV 50 Hz units. ...
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Rail Business UKLong Marston hosts Network Rail major incident training exercise
UK: Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre has hosted a Network Rail major incident training exercise which replicated an collision between a train and a road vehicle. During two separate weeks in March, more than 300 people took part in the National ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens wins Cross Island Line CBTC contract
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a €310m contract to Siemens Mobility to provide its CBTC signalling system and full-height platform screen doors on the Cross Island Line. Construction of CRL1, the first phase of Singapore’s eighth fully underground metro line, started in January 2023. Siemens ...
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SponsoredCPK – an ambitious Polish mobility project in the heart of Europe
By 2028 the new airport in the centre of Central and Eastern Europe is expected to have a capacity of 40 million passengers per year. Mikołaj Wild, President of Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, is to talk about the progress of CPK, new contracts and innovative concepts undertaken with international partners at the Passenger Terminal Expo.
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EventsCaspian International Transport, Transit and Logistics Exhibition
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NewsTobu Railway launches Spacia X EMU fleet
JAPAN: Tobu Railway unveiled the first of 24 aluminium-bodied Series N100 EMUs on April 15, branding its new fleet as ‘Spacia X’.
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SponsoredThe 12th International Heavy Haul Association Conference
Are you involved in heavy haul railway operations, engineering, maintenance, or technology? If so, mark your calendars for the 12th International Heavy Haul Association Conference (12th IHHA Conference 2023) hosted by the International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from 27 – 31 August 2023.
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In depthInterview: Rail Cargo Austria adapts to a challenging environment
Ongoing disruption to global supply chains and the war in Ukraine have impacted on Rail Cargo Group in recent months, but the ÖBB freight operator sees emerging opportunities in southeast Europe, as Chief Executive Officer Clemens Först explains to Toma Bačić.
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Metro Report InternationalMelbourne suburban contract extended as tunnel tracklaying completed
AUSTRALIA: Tracklaying in Melbourne’s cross-city Metro Tunnel has been completed.
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Rail Business UKCost increases kill Isle of Grain passenger service proposal
UK: Plans to reintroduce a passenger service on the freight-only Isle of Grain branch on the Hoo Peninsula have been put on hold, with Medway Council citing ‘high inflation, significantly increased construction costs and pressures on public spending’. In 2019 Housing Infrastructure Fund support for upgrading ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin tram network ups the voltage
GERMANY: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe has completed conversion of the traction power supply on its entire 196 route-km tram network from 600 V DC to 750 V DC.
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NewsAosta line electrification contract awarded
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded a design and build contract for electrification of the 66 km Ivrea – Aosta line. The work is to be undertaken by a consortium of Impresa Luigi Notari, SIFEL, Costruzioni Linee Ferroviarie and Rete Costruzioni Ferroviarie. The €79m project is ...
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Metro Report InternationalFlexity tram enters service in Duisburg
GERMANY: The first of 47 Flexity Classic trams which Alstom is supplying to Duisburg entered passenger service on Route 903 on April 13. ‘Sustainable public transport in the city requires modern and comfortable vehicles’, said Mayor Sören Link. ‘With the new trams, we want to persuade ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse to supply braking systems for Dawonsys EMUs
SOUTH KOREA: Rolling stock manufacturer Dawonsys has awarded Knorr-Bremse a firm order to supply electropneumatic braking systems for 208 electric multiple-unit cars. In December 2018 Korail awarded Dawonsys a contract to supply 150 EMU-150 cars to replace the ageing loco-hauled Mugunghwa fleet used on long-distance stopping ...
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Rail Business UKDevizes station would need to be part of wider rail plan
UK: The construction of a Devizes Gateway station at Lydeway is unlikely to represent value for money as a standalone project, but it could be viable as part of a wider rail improvement programme, a study has concluded. The feasibility study undertaken by Wiltshire Council, Devizes ...