All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2015 – Page 5
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NewsDB Netz buys SBB’s Rail Control System
GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz has licensed the Rail Control System train control and dispatching package developed by Swiss Federal Railways, and plans to deploy it across the German network from 2019. Introduced by SBB in 2009, RCS is also used by BLS and SOB. Belgium’s Infrabel was the first ...
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NewsBelozerov joins RZD as Yakunin stands down
Oleg Belozerov was formally appointed as President & CEO of Russian Railways by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on August 20. Formerly First Deputy Minister of Transport, he succeeeds Vladimir Yakunin, who had announced two days earlier that he planned to enter politics.
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NewsOslo metro depot commissioned
NORWAY: Metro infrastructure owner Sporveien Oslo has commissioned all four sheds at the Avløs depot on Line 2, marking the end of the 10-year Kolsåsbane project. This also included infrastructure upgrades on the line linking the city centre with Kolsås in the western suburbs. The previously disused ...
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NewsPassenger security app launched
INDIA: An app designed to improve the security of passengers on Eastern Railway's suburban services has been launched by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu during a visit to the railway’s headquarters The Railway Mobile Instant Tracking Response & Assistance app can be used to alert the nearest Railway Protection ...
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NewsSydney Metro TBM breaks cover
AUSTRALIA: Tunnel boring machines typically arrive ‘face first’ at a breakthrough sites, but TBMs Maria and Isabelle which are being used on the Sydney Metro Northwest project passed through a future ventilation and emergency access shaft at Cheltenham with the top 3 m of their cutter heads above ground. ...
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NewsBeth Caruso to lead AREMA
Elizabeth S Caruso has been appointed as Executive Director & CEO of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association with effect from September 1. She succeeds Larry Etherton, who has been serving as Interim Executive Director since the retirement of Charles H Emely in 2014. Caruso joined AREMA in 1999 ...
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NewsFirst train arrives at Rotterdam World Gateway
NETHERLANDS: The first commercial freight train arrived at the Rotterdam World Gateway container storage and transhipment terminal on August 25. RWG said this was a milestone in start-up of ‘the most advanced and most automated container terminal in the world’, which opened in October 2014 and began 24/7 operation ...
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NewsMetro trains on test in Montréal
CANADA: Montréal metro operator STM announced on August 25 that two Azur trainsets will begin daytime test running on the network. A prototype trainset without interior fittings arrived in April 2014 and has been used for night time testing on the network over the past 15 months, following trials ...
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NewsFreight line passenger revival
GERMANY: Local freight railway Bentheimer Eisenbahn has called tenders for a contract to provide planning and engineering services for the reintroduction of passenger services on the 30 km Bad Bentheim – Neuenhaus line in Niedersachsen. Passenger trains on the route were replaced by railway-operated bus services in 1974. The ...
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NewsWork starts on Zeebrugge yard
BELGIUM: A groundbreaking ceremony on August 25 marked the start of construction of a new Zwankendamme marshalling yard to serve the Port of Zeebrugge. The yard will increase freight capacity, and also reduce the number of shunting movements required. The yard will be located on a greenfield site to the ...
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NewsSprinter Lighttrain upgrade contract awarded
NETHERLANDS: The consortium of Bombardier and Siemens which supplied NS Reizigers’ fleet of 131 Sprinter Lighttrain electric multiple-units has been awarded a contract to install toilets and fit slide-out steps to improve accessibility by mid-2021. The modifications were not foreseen when first orders for the EMUs were placed in 2005, ...
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NewsGermany studies feasibility of a national clockface timetable
GERMANY: A detailed study of the feasibility of introducing of a national clock-face timetable based a 30 min and 60 min cycle of long distance trains with optimised connections has been published. The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Transport from the IGES Institut and TU Braunschweig, with ...
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NewsLighter tank wagon for oil products
ARGENTINA: Military equipment manufacturer Fabricaciones Militares has unveiled a new 1 676 mm gauge tank wagon designed for the transport of crude oil and other heavy hydrocarbons. The self-supporting tank means that the wagon does not require a frame, offering a saving of up to 3 tonnes in tare weight ...
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NewsCut-off construction contract signed
CROATIA: Contracts for the construction of a 12·2 km cut-off linking Gradec on the Zagreb – Križevci – Hungary line with Sveti Ivan Žabno on the Križevci – Bjelovar branch were signed by infrastructure manager HŽ Infra, Comsa and HF Wiebe on August 26. Work is scheduled to start in ...
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NewsDanny Broad
Danny Broad will take over as CEO of the Australasian Railway Association from October 1. He replaces Bryan Nye who stepped down in April.
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NewsTabriz metro opens
IRAN: The first phase of Tabriz metro Line 1 opened for trial passenger services on August 28, with free travel offered for an initial three months. The 7 km route runs northwest from El Goli to Ostad Shahryar with four intermediate stations, including three in a tunnel excavated using ...
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NewsMoscow Metro receives diagnostic train
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has taken delivery of a diagnostic train from Tvema. The Sinergiya-2 train is the next model of the first-generation Sinergiya train that is already in service on the metro. Sinergiya-2 uses infrared sensors, thermal imaging and laser measurement, as well as high-resolution recording, to detect rail ...
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NewsMurray Basin gauge conversion to begin next year
AUSTRALIA: Civil works are expected to begin in the second half of 2016 to convert the freight lines linking Geelong with the Murray Basin from 1 600 mm gauge to 1 435 mm gauge under a A$416m programme being led by the Victoria state government. The Murray Basin Rail Project ...
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NewsGdańsk inaugurates tram extension
POLAND: An extension of the Gdańsk tram network was inaugurated on August 26, when Mayor Paweł Adamowicz received the safety certificate enabling the line to carry passengers. Revenue services will begin on August 31; this is a month earlier than originally planned, to be ready for the start of the ...
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NewsCapital Partners invests in short line group Regional Rail
USA: Private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has acquired a stake in short line group Regional Rail. The existing management team will ‘retain significant ownership’ and continue to lead the company. Regional Rail was formed in April 2007 and has since acquired the East Penn, Middletown & New Jersey ...