All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2011 – Page 3
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NewsLinz inaugurates Leonding tram extension
AUSTRIA: Celebrations were held on August 13 to mark the opening of a 5·3 km extension of Linz’s 900 mm gauge tram network. Under construction since 2009 at a cost of €140m, the line running southwest to Leonding is the first to be built outside the city boundary and ...
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NewsPoznan fast tram extension contract
POLAND: A contract to extend Poznan's Poznanski Szybki Tramwaj express tram line by 2 km and two stops south to a new terminus at the current platform 7 of Poznan Glówny station been awarded to ZUE. EU sources are meeting half of the 77m zloty cost of the project, ...
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NewsCSR awarded Nanjing metro train contract
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen signed its largest order in recent years on July 27, a 3·13bn yuan contract to supply a total of 402 metro cars for Nanjing Lines 3 and 10 ready for when the city hosts the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Line 3 will get 46 six-car Type ...
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NewsKwun Tong Line extension project launched
CHINA: A pig roast and 'energetic hip-hop dancing' by youth groups accompanied the groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong MTR's Kwun Tong Line extension on July 25. Scheduled to open in 2015, the 2·6 km extension will run in tunnel from Yau Ma Tei to serve two new stations at Ho ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2011
Argentina: On June 27 CNR finalised a US$320m contract to supply 20 locomotives and 220 long-distance coaches from July 2012; it is CNR’s largest passenger train export order. Australia: Victoria’s state government has placed a A$210m order for an extra seven Alstom X’Trapolis six-car EMUs for use on ...
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NewsRZD launches Moscow - Beijing tourist train
RUSSIA: The Russian Railways Tour corporate and private travel services joint venture of RZD's Federal Passenger Company and Intourist launched an inaugural tourist train from Moscow to Beijing on August 15. Designed for holidaymakers rather than people making an end to end journey, the trip takes 14 days and includes ...
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NewsRio commuter operator seeks capacity increase
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro commuter operator SuperVia has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling with Interflo automatic train protection for a R$2·4bn upgrade of its 225 km network. According to Bombardier, this will be the first implementation of ERTMS in South America. SuperVia is ...
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NewsStadler wins London Tramlink tram order
UK: Stadler Rail has won a contract to supply six Variobahn trams to increase capacity on the Tramlink light rail system in south London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced on August 18. The first of the new trams is scheduled to be delivered 'this winter' and all will enter ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS awarded Berlin - Rostock signalling contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded Ansaldo STS a €13·8m contract to design, supply, install and commission ETCS Level 2 on the Berlin - Rostock route which connects the port of Rostock with TEN-T corridors to southern Italy. Announcing the contract on August 18, Ansaldo STS said it was the company's ...
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NewsJR East plans consultancy launch
JAPAN: East Japan Railway intends to set up an international consultancy business by the end of the year, according to Masaki Ogata, Vice-Chairman for Overseas Affairs. Speaking to local press, Ogata said that JR East is ‘setting its sights on the world’ by launching a consultancy that he hoped would ...
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NewsTransitAmerica selected to operate Caltrain services
USA: TransitAmerica Services Inc has been selected to operate Caltrain commuter services in California under a contract which is set to be formally approved by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board on September 1. The five-year deal announced on August 18 will be worth $62·5m in the 2013 financial ...
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NewsGranite crosses the Urals
RUSSIA: An 8·8 MW three-section pre-production version of the 2ES10 Granite electric locomotive developed by the Ural Locomotives joint venture of Sinara and Siemens hauled a 9 000 tonne train from Yekaterinburg to Balezino during trial runs on August 4. 'This is a landmark event', said Russian Railways President Vladimir ...
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NewsCatalan school of railway engineering
SPAIN: Catalan regional operator FGC is ‘committed to creating a world of railway engineering specialists’ by updating the syllabus for a Masters course in Railway Traction Power Systems which it helps to co-ordinate with several local institutions. On July 1, Joaquim Olivé, Director of the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya, met ...
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NewsMTU tests Stage IIIB diesel engine
EUROPE: A year of in-service testing has begun with DB Schenker locomotive No 225 008-2 which has been fitted with a MTU Series 4000 engine as part of the EU-backed Clean European Rail-Diesel research project. MTU says the 1·8 MW 12V4000R84 design is the first engine for rail traction to ...
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NewsThe Tide comes in
USA: The Tide light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, opened on August 19. More than 46 000 people took advantage of free rides during the first two days, far more than anticipated, and so the planned three days of free travel was extended until August 28. The 11·8 km line ...
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NewsEstonian freight operator orders Chinese shunting locomotives
ESTONIA: Freight operator EVR Cargo has announced a €30·2m contract for a consortium of China National Corp for Overseas Economic Co-operation and a CNR subsidiary to supply 16 diesel shunting locomotives. The 1 520 mm gauge DF7G-E locomotives will be built at CNR's Beijing February 7 works, with the first ...
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NewsJerusalem light rail Red Line opens
ISRAEL: The Jerusalem light rail Red Line opened for trial services on August 19, with 40 000 passengers carried on the first day. Travel is free until September 1 because of problems with ticketing equipment. ‘This is a happy day for Jerusalem and its residents’, said Mayor ...
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NewsBombardier opens Singapore regional office
SINGAPORE: Bombardier Transportation announced the expansion of its presence in Singapore on August 22, with the opening of a regional office for the Services division. Providing after-sales service and support for customers in Asia, the office is headed by Nick King, Regional Head of Services at Bombardier Transportation. He said ...
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NewsOpening of Ankara - Konya fast line completes strategic link
TURKEY: Passenger services on Turkey's second 250 km/h line began on August 24, the day after the Ankara - Konya route was inaugurated by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Built at a cost of YTL1bn, the north-south line completes a strategic link in the rail network. Taking the direct 306 ...
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