All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2018 – Page 2
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NewsVossloh acquires Australian sleeper manufacturer
AUSTRALIA: Vossloh Australia signed a contract for the acquisition of concrete sleeper manufacturer Austrak from Laing O'Rourke on August 3. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2018, subject to regulatory approval, with Austrak becoming part of the Tie Technologies business unit within Vossloh’s Core Components division. The deal ...
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NewsGATX announces long-term wagon order
USA: Leasing company GATX Corp has entered into an agreement to purchase 7 650 wagons from American Railcar Industries over five years from April 2019. The order announced on August 1 covers a mix of tank and other types of wagon, and there is an option for up to 4 ...
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NewsValle d’Aosta operating contract awarded
ITALY: The Valle d’Aosta Autonomous Region has selected incumbent Trenitalia as the winner of the next contract to operate its regional passenger services between Aosta, Ivrea and Torino. Trenitalia said it beat second-ranked Arriva to win the contract, which was awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous offer. ...
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NewsCaustic soda wagons on stream
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash plant has supplied leasing company GATX Rail Vostok with 20 tank wagons suitable for transporting caustic soda and other chemicals. The Type 15-6900 wagons have high axleload bogies and a tank volume of 54·5 m³, giving a capacity 5 tonnes higher than older designs and ...
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NewsSafety tracking technologies
CPC TRACKING: Among a range of monitoring and tracking technologies being promoted at InnoTrans by Danish firm CPC Tracking is a safety support package for use while infrastructure works are underway on or around an operational railway. The cloud-based system provides project managers and safety officers with a complete overview ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Indian Railways’ Golden Rock workshop has manufactured a batch of 40 Type BLL high-capacity container wagons for Container Corp of India which are fitted with RFID tags for tracking. DB Cargo UK has launched a recruitment drive seeking train drivers, engineers and ground staff, including people for the new role ...
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NewsPesa to supply more DMUs to Trenitalia
ITALY: National passenger operator Trenitalia has exercised an option to buy 14 ATR220 three-car diesel multiple-units from Polish supplier Pesa for 200m złoty. Deliveries are due in September 2019. The order is part of a framework contract signed in December 2013 for a base order of 40 ATR220 DMUs, with ...
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NewsThai government approves 323 km railway project
THAILAND: Funding of 85·3bn baht for the construction of a 323 km railway from Den Chai in northern Thailand to Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong on the border with Laos was approved by the government on July 31. Three construction contracts are to be let, with work expected to begin ...
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NewsKim Jong Un inspects North Korean tram and trolleybus
NORTH KOREA: Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Un has inspected what the official news agency described as a locally-made tram and trolleybus. The three-section tram with AC traction motors was made at the Bus Repair Factory, the news agency said. It is stabled at Mangyongdae ...
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NewsBolzano tram agreement signed
ITALY: Bolzano Mayor Renzo Caramaschi and Trentino-Alto Adige President Arno Kompatscher signed an agreement on August 2 to study the feasibility of developing a tram line in Bolzano. The 7 km route would serve 17 stops between Sigmundskron southwest of the city centre and the railway station. Services would ...
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NewsUS policymakers seek to restrict procurement from Chinese suppliers
USA: In the clearest sign yet that US policymakers are seeking to clamp down on Chinese involvement in the transport sector, the Senate on July 31 formally adopted measures which would see a one-year ban on any procurement from Chinese state-owned companies using Federal Transit Administration funding. The ban is ...
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Rail Business UKKnorr-Bremse to sell UK rail services businesses
UK: Knorr-Bremse has signed an agreement to sell its Knorr-Bremse RailServices (UK) Ltd rolling stock maintenance and overhaul businesses and consultancy and project management company Kiepe Electric Ltd (UK) to Mutares. The transaction is expected to close by autumn 2018. The sale announced on August 6 will be the first ...
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Metro Report InternationalUSA seeks restrictions on Chinese suppliers
USA: The Senate has formally adopted measures which would see a one-year ban on any procurement from Chinese state-owned companies using Federal Transit Administration funding. The ban is part of an amendment to a much larger package, which in turn forms part of the annual Transportation Appropriations for the ...
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NewsFrankfurt S-Bahn tunnel resignalling completed
GERMANY: A three-year €100m project to resignal the heavily-used S-Bahn tunnel under central Frankfurt was completed when the new electric interlocking was brought into use on August 6. The 6 km tunnel between the Hauptbahnhof, Lokalbahnhof and Mühlberg stations is used by eight S-Bahn Rhein-Main routes and carries up to ...
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NewsVossloh locomotives on show at InnoTrans 2018
VOSSLOH LOCOMOTIVES: An ‘advanced’ version of the Type DE18 four-axle diesel locomotive and an example of the three-axle Type G6 locomotive will be displayed by Vossloh Locomotives on the outdoor tracks at InnoTrans 2018. Vossloh expects to obtain approval during 2019 for the DE18 to use the KVB and TVM ...
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NewsTransmashholding and LocoTech-Service stakes pooled
RUSSIA: The shareholders of rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding and maintenance services company LocoTech-Service pooled their ownership interests on August 2. Transmashholding and LokoTech-Service will remain legally independent companies, but a gradual integration of the two operations is planned. Alstom previously owned 33% in Transmashholding and now has a 20% stake ...
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NewsSolaris electric buses enter service in Kristiansand
NORWAY: Solaris has delivered five Urbino 12 electric buses to Kristiansand. Operator Boreal Buss is using the vehicles on route 10. Solaris signed a €3m contract with Boreal Buss last year. The 12 m long buses are fitted with two 125 kW traction motors powered by 145 kWh Solaris ...
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Metro Report InternationalBogotá metro project kicks off
COLOMBIA: Metro de Bogotá began the process of prequalifying bidders to build and operate the capital’s first metro line on August 6, when it signed funding agreements with three international lenders. Interested bidders must submit applications to prequalify by the end of 2018, and Metro de Bogotá expects to ...
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Rail Business UKArtificial intelligence to analyse rolling stock data
UK: Leasing company Porterbrook has announced a partnership with data science and cloud architecture consultancy Elastacloud, saying the two companies had identified ‘at least 30’ key performance indicators across the rolling stock sector that might be improved through AI. ‘Our industry produces large volumes of data that we all too ...
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NewsHigh-capacity container wagons ordered for Poland – Russia route
EUROPE: United Wagon Co has won an international tender to supply Polish company Laude Smart Intermodal with 200 flat wagons for transporting heavyweight containers on the 1 520 mm gauge corridor between Russia and Poland. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by the end of Q2 2019. ...