All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2016 – Page 7
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NewsTreadmaster illuminating the Way
AUSTRALIA: The 450 electric multiple-unit cars which Bombardier is supplying to Queensland under the New Generation Rollingstock PPP contract will be the first rail application for a photo-luminescent material which has been developed by UK company Treadmaster Flooring to highlight evacuation routes in the event of a main power failure. ...
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NewsFlexible conduit for critical cable connections
FLEXICON: Flexible conduit for electrical and data cables will be displayed on Flexicon’s stand. The patented Flexicon Ultra has all-round teeth to provide the tensile strength up to 70 kg along with high levels of anti-vibration and shock protection. It is easily installed using a simple push and twist ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
Rail Cargo Group is to provide logistics services for the 40th anniversary tour of Circus Roncalli, including support within Germany for the first time. The circus travels on 50 two-axle flat wagons formed into a 700 m block train, with the complex loading procedures taking 15 h across two days. ...
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NewsTesting begins on Treviglio – Brescia high speed line
ITALY: Testing has started on the Treviglio – Brescia high speed line using a Frecciarossa 1000 trainset running at 330 km/h. An operating speed of 300 km/h is envisaged when revenue service begins in December. The 39·6 km route, which is connected to an 11·7 km bypass of Brescia ...
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NewsIzmir receives first tram
TURKEY: The first of 38 trams that Eurotem is supplying for the two lines under construction in Izmir has arrived in the city. It will be on public display until September 4. The five-section low-floor tram is 32·2 m long and 2 650 mm wide with capacity for 285 ...
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NewsBiasca intervention centre completed
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has completed its second maintenance and intervention centre for the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which was presented by SBB CEO Andreas Meyer earlier this month. The two Erhaltungs- und Interventionszentrum have been built at Erstfeld, to the north of the base tunnel in canton Uri, and Biasca, ...
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NewsCrossrail infrastructure maintenance depot contract awarded
UK: A joint venture of Alstom Transport (UK), TSO and Costain has been awarded a £26m contract to build a depot at Plumstead which will house track and infrastructure maintenance equipment for the Crossrail tunnels below London. Scheduled to be fully operational in August 2018, the depot will have ...
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NewsKharkiv metro reaches 30 stations
UKRAINE: President Petro Poroshenko officially opened Kharkiv metro’s 30th station, and the first with disabled access, on August 19. When revenue service begins in the coming days, Peremoha will become the new northern terminus of Line 3, also known as the Oleksiivska Line. The 400 m extension of Line ...
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NewsCRRC hands over Transnet diesel locomotives
SOUTH AFRICA: The first two of 232 Class 45 diesel locomotives have been handed over to Transnet by CRRC Vice-President Sun Yongcai during a ceremony in Durban. In March 2014 Transnet awarded CNR Dalian a US$900m contract to supply the locomotives as part of wider order for a total of ...
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NewsLütze launches compact relays
SWITCHES: Lütze Transportation has added four relay modules to its Microcompact series, suitable for safety-critical on-board circuits operating at 24, 36, 72 or 110 V DC. Just 17·5 mm wide to fit in restricted spaces, the relays have up to four sets of positively-driven contacts. The relays are designed ...
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NewsOleo to launch coupler range
OLEO: The Sentry range of rail couplers is to be launched by Oleo International at InnoTrans 2016. Entering the coupler market is a logical next step for the UK-based firm, according to Engineering Director Peter Lee. ‘We’ve spent many years manufacturing buffers and deformation tubes for rail, which we have ...
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NewsEmergency batteries for Tokyo Metro trains
JAPAN: Nippon Sharyo Series 1000 trainsets operating on Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line have been fitted with Toshiba onboard emergency batteries so that they can reach the next station under their own power in the event of a traction supply failure. Toshiba says the SCiB lithium-ion battery is well-suited to emergency ...
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NewsSBB decides not to bid for operating contract
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways and its RegionAlps subsidiary have decided not to bid to run regional services between Iselle and Domodossola. They consider that the annual payment of €360 000 proposed by the Piemonte region to cover the cost of extending services from Domodossola to Visp, Sierre and Sion ...
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NewsNew Den Haag Centraal RandstadRail platforms open
NETHERLANDS: A new set of RandstadRail Line E platforms opened at Den Haag Centraal station on August 22, after nearly two years of construction. The platforms sit above the main station and bus station, from which they are accessible by a covered walkway. Line E trains have to climb ...
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NewsBetter data to build better gangways
HÜBNER: To ensure its train gangways meet customers’ requirements, Hübner has developed a track geometry recording system which provides real-world data which can be used by its design engineers. At InnoTrans 2016 Hübner will be highlighting the latest step in the development process, a simulator which uses this real-world data ...
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NewsSwiss railways to improve maintenance efficiency
SWITZERLAND: The government is to provide SFr13·2bn to cover maintenance and renewals on the national network under the 2017-20 performance contract with Swiss Federal Railways and other operators, although this must still be ratified by parliament. The railways pledged in August to improve maintenance efficiency, with fewer overnight possessions ...
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NewsStadler wins Stockholm Roslagsbanan EMU order
SWEDEN: Stockholm County Council’s Traffic Committee announced on August 23 that it had selected Stadler to supply 22 three-car electric multiple-units for use on the 891 mm gauge Roslagsbanan network to the northeast of Stockholm. The SKr2bn contract includes options for a further 45 sets. Stadler beat bids from ...
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NewsBAM to rebuild Driebergen-Zeist station
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has awarded BAM a €90m contract to remodel Driebergen-Zeist station on the Utrecht – Arnhem line. A major element of the project will be the construction of an underpass to replace a level crossing which forms a bottleneck on the N225 road. The replacement station will ...
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NewsLondon Underground to take JNP maintenance in-house
UK: Transport for London is to take the management of maintenance on London Underground’s Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines in-house when the current contract with Amey ends in late 2017, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on August 24. The contract with Amey is a legacy of the former ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur LRT3 civil works to begin in 2017
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Najib Razak officially launched the Kuala Lumpur LRT3 metro construction project on August 24 at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam. The mostly elevated 37·7 km LRT3 line would connect the Bandar Utama and Johan Setia districts in the west of the city. One of the 26 ...