All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2017 – Page 5
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NewsAtkins awarded £29m Norwich – Lowestoft resignalling contract
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has awarded Atkins a £29m contract to resignal the Norwich – Great Yarmouth – Lowestoft route by spring 2019. The project covering 42 route-km will include the deployment of Alstom ElectroLogIXS digital interlockings to replace mechanical systems, and the upgrading of six level crossings. The ...
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NewsSweco to plan Stockholm Central station modernisation
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has appointed Sweco to provide planning, design and support services for the modernisation of Stockholm Central station. The aim is to adapt the country’s busiest station and its environment to meet future needs and improve accessibility. Announcing the contract on August 14, Sweco said the size, location and ...
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NewsHigh speed rail promoter Texas Central selects planning and construction contractors
USA: Privately-financed high speed line project promoter Texas Central has appointed Fluor Enterprises and The Lane Construction Corp to refine the construction planning, scheduling and cost estimates for the project, and to support procurement. It is envisaged that the two contractors would also design and build the project following financial ...
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NewsSolaris wins Cluj-Napoca electric bus order
ROMANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply up to 30 electric buses to Cluj-Napoca, the company announced on August 11. Deliveries would take place over the next three years, with the base order of 10 buses due to be completed within nine months. Solaris will supply its Urbino ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier to supply Bangkok monorail vehicles
THAILAND: Bombardier Transportation announced on August 14 that it is to supply driverless rolling stock and signalling for two monorail lines being developed in Bangkok. Northern Bangkok Monorail Co has signed a contract for 42 four-car trainsets for the 34·5 km Pink Line linking Khai Rai and Minburi. Eastern ...
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NewsAurizon to quit intermodal freight
AUSTRALIA: Aurizon Holdings Ltd has announced its intention to withdraw from the intermodal market, with the closure or sale of its activities in the sector. The decision announced on August 14 followed a 12-month review of options including retention, divestment, joint ventures or the closure of activities that it felt ...
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NewsLatest electric buses presented in Kraków
POLAND: MPK Kraków unveiled 20 electric buses delivered by Solaris Bus & Coach on August 9. In October 2016 Solaris signed a contract to supply 17 Urbino 12 and three Urbino 18 articulated buses. The low-floor vehicles are air-conditioned, and equipped with a cash and card ticket machine and ...
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NewsPenn Station co-ordination review
USA: Amtrak announced on August 9 that it had commissioned an independent review of the way in which the three railroads serving New York’s Penn Station work together. The objective is to improve the ‘design, functionality, communications and co-ordination’ of the passenger facilities. While Amtrak is the station owner, commuter ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuangzhou metro maintenance vehicle rolled out
CHINA: Baoji CRRC Times Engineering Machinery Co has rolled out a track maintenance vehicle for use on the Guangzhou metro. The vehicle uses ultrasonic technology to detect rail flaws, and features an air-conditioned interior.
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NewsMagnitogorsk tram leasing agreement signed
RUSSIA: Magnitogorsk city transport operator Maggortrans signed a hire purchase contract for covering the supply of 15 trams on August 9. Roscosmos subsidiary United Missile & Space Corp was the sole bidder in the tender to supply 16·4 m long unidirectional partly low-floor trams. Roscosmos owns tram manufacturer UKVZ. ...
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NewsElectric buses ordered for Haifa
ISRAEL: BYD is to supply 17 battery buses to Haifa. To be operated by Egged, the 12 m long vehicles form part of the city’s 400m shekel programme to reduce air pollution. Each bus will have capacity for 68 passengers including 31 seated. The batteries will be ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The Russian government has allocated 5·1bn roubles to buy three new train ferries for the route from Ust-Luga to Baltiysk in Kaliningrad. They will be 200 m long with a capacity of up to 66 wagons. In March it was announced that Russian Railways would take a 25% stake in ...
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NewsSpecialist doors supplied for Doncaster maintenance depot
UK: Jewers Doors has installed five of its latest Swift SEW automated sliding bifolding doors at the £80m depot in Doncaster where Hitachi Rail Europe will maintain Virgin Trains East Coast Class 800/801 and TransPennine Express Class 802 AT300 trainsets. ‘As well as securing the building, the practical issues of ...
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NewsBangkok Blue Line extension opens
THAILAND: On August 11 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attended the opening of a 1·2 km extension of Bangkok’s MRT Blue Line from Bang Sue to Tao Poon. Revenue services were expected to start the following day. The extension takes the metro line to 21 km and 19 stations, and provides ...
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NewsFinland sets out plans for passenger rail tendering
FINLAND: The government’s plans to open the domestic passenger market to competition and bring the country into line with the EU’s Fourth Railway Package were set out by Transport & Communications Minister Anne Berner on August 9. The model which has been chosen is similar to that adopted by Norway, ...
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NewsTehran metro extended to Imam Khomeini International Airport
IRAN: The southwestern branch of Tehran Metro Line 1 from Shahed to Namayeshgah-e Shahr-e Aftab was rebranded as Line 8 when an extension to Imam Khomeini International Airport opened on August 7. This is the second metro link to the capital’s airports, with Line 4 already serving ...
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NewsTrenitalia drops South Eastern bid to focus on West Coast Partnership
UK: The Trenitalia UK subsidiary of Italian’s national railway group has dropped its bid for the South Eastern passenger franchise to focus on the West Coast Partnership competition, the company confirmed on August 10. The company said it had ‘regretfully’ taken the decision to pull of the South Eastern competion ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Rostec and Russian Railways have agreed to form a working group to implement a long-term strategy for the development and supply of modern designs of wagons and associated maintenance facilities The Connect alliance of 10 equipment and staff providers led by A-Plant, L Lynch, P Flannery Plant Hire and Fortel ...
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NewsDSB to sell Uppland business to Transdev
SWEDEN: Denmark’s state passenger operator announced on August 10 that its DSB Sverige subsidiary has agreed to sell the DSB Uppland business to Transdev Sverige. DSB Uppland operates Upptåget local passenger services between Upplands Väsby, Arlanda, Uppsala and Gävleon behalf of Upplands Lokaltrafik under a 10½ year contract which began ...
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NewsAlameda Corridor East grade separation trench opens
USA: A 2·3 km long, 9 m deep and 20 m wide cutting built at cost of $313m as part of a grade separation project designed to ease traffic congestion in the San Gabriel Valley east of downtown Los Angeles was officially opened by the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority on ...