All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2013 – Page 6
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NewsOregon unveils Talgo trainset
USA: The first of two 13-car Talgo America trainsets bought by the state of Oregon was unveiled at a ceremony in Eugene on July 26. Oregon's two Series 8 trainsets will join five existing Talgo trainsets operated by Amtrak on the Cascades corridor between Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver in ...
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NewsBratislava orders more Škoda Transportation trams
SLOVAKIA: Bratislava transport authority DPB placed a €36·8m firm order for 15 Škoda Transportation Type 29T trams on July 31. This is an option on a €39m contract for an initial 15 Type 30T cars which was signed on July 18. The Type 29T will be a unidirectional version of ...
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NewsTrams on test in Samara
RUSSIA: The first six of eight BKM-62103 trams being supplied to Samara by Belarusian manufacturer Belkommunmash are now on test in the city. Each tram is required to run for at least 100 km before being accepted for service. The 1 524 mm gauge single-section 40% low-floor cars are expected ...
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NewsFeature articles in the August 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Learning to live with competition News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Derailment triggered by loose fishplate UIC approves standardisation strategy DB must separate, says report What price safety? Suppliers need an open market China & Southeast Asia Squaring the triangle Two ...
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NewsPRASA fleet renewal black economic empowerment partners announced
SOUTH AFRICA: Transport Minister Dipuo Peters named the broad-based black economic empowerment partners selected to participate in Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's 20-year commuter rolling stock renewal programme on August 1. The B-BBEE organisations will hold a stake of 30% in the Gibela Rail Transportation consortium of Alstom and ...
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NewsLease deal funds hybrid shunting locomotive trial
GERMANY: A project to demonstrate the performance and long-term operating costs of diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives in daily service was launched by Deutsche Bahn, Alstom, DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing and the Land of Bayern on August 1. Alstom's Stendal plant is to build five H3 three-axle shunting locomotives for DAL, which ...
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NewsCharlotte starts work on Blue Line extension
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 18 for the extension of Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line. The 15 km extension will link Center City with the University of North Carolina campus via North Davidson, adding 11 stops and almost doubling the length of the Blue Line when it opens ...
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NewsMercosur to fund Uruguay rail upgrade
URUGUAY: The Mercosur trading block of South American countries is to make US$83·5m of ‘structural convergence’ funding available to improve freight transport between Uruguay and Argentina, under an agreement signed in Montevideo on July 11. This will go towards a US$127·3m project to upgrade railway infrastructure between Piedra Sola and ...
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NewsMoreton Bay Rail Link construction contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Queensland's Department of Transport & Main Roads awarded Thiess Contractors a A$650m contract to build the Moreton Bay Rail Link on August 1. The 12·6 km double-track electrified suburban line will connect the growing Moreton Bay region with the greater Brisbane rail network at Petrie. Six stations are to ...
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NewsPrototype commuter EMU car on test in Tokyo
JAPAN: Japan Transport Engineering Co and Tokyo commuter operator Tokyu Corp have begun testing a prototype Sustina lightweight stainless steel electric multiple-unit car. Developed for both domestic and export markets, the vehicle is undergoing trials in revenue service as part of a Series 5050 EMU on the Toyoko Line. Sustina ...