All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2018 – Page 3
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - August 2018
Austria: On June 29 ÖBB placed a €188m firm order for 19 six-car Talent 3 EMUs for use in Tirol from 2020, and six for use on cross-border services to Italy from 2021. This is the second order to be placed under a 2016 framework contract for up to 300 ...
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NewsStadler applies to build St Petersburg tram factory
RUSSIA: Stadler has applied to the St Petersburg authorities to build a tram assembly plant in the city. The Swiss company has proposed an offset contract with the municipality under which the manufacturer would pay to build the factory in return for the city guaranteeing to buy a set ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
CRRC Qishuyan has delivered a batch of DF8B diesel locomotives ordered by aluminium company Alpart for use in Jamaica. On August 4 Eurosib launched a weekly Moscow –Novosibirsk container service for home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin. Rail Cargo Group is providing custom logistics services for Circus Roncalli's 2018 tour of ...
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NewsGet plugged in to the latest in electrification
POWERLINES: ‘InnoTrans is the highlight for our industry and a unique opportunity to meet customers and business partners in person in an incomparable surrounding’, says Gerhard Ehringer, CEO of railway and urban rail electrification system supplier Powerlines. At InnoTrans 2018 the company will be presenting its entire portfolio, which runs ...
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NewsBanja Luka – Doboj upgrade
BOSNIA: AŽD Praha has completed installation of ESA 44-BH electronic interlockings at six stations on ŽRS’s Banja Luka – Doboj line. The €19·1m contract involved the installation of a DOZ-1 remote control system, upgrading 11 level crossings and the supply of telecoms equipment including GSM-R onboard units. The project ...
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NewsWorld rail market - August 2018
Asia: On June 29 Bombardier signed a €245m contract to provide 20 years of rail system maintenance services for an undisclosed customer in Southeast Asia. Australia: Metro Trains Sydney has awarded Alstom a 15-year contract to maintain the 22 six-car Metropolis automated trainsets, Urbalis 400 CBTC and point machines ...
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NewsFRA awards $204m of PTC implementation grants
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration announced the award of grants totalling $204m to support 28 Positive Train Control deployment projects in 15 states on August 24. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 provided $250m for PTC implementation. FRA invited applications in May and the selection process was completed in just ...
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Metro Report InternationalKC Streetcar sets ridership record
USA: The KC Streetcar recorded its highest monthly ridership to date in July, when 262 593 passenger-journeys were taken. Ridership is higher on Saturdays than on weekdays, with the respective figures averaging 14 085 and 7 909 in July. The average ridership on Sundays was 6 453. The highest ...
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NewsSolaris signs Cluj-Napoca trolleybus contract
ROMANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a 115m złoty framework contract to supply up to 50 articulated trolleybuses to Cluj-Napoca. The Polish manufacturer is to supply its Trollino 18 vehicles in batches every six months. The trolleybuses will have a driveline supplied by Škoda, a 250 kW traction ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi expands Newton Aycliffe plant
UK: Local Member of Parliament Phil Wilson officially opened an additional building at Hitachi Rail Europe’s rolling stock plant in Newton Aycliffe on August 23. Hitachi said the £5m Aspire building took its total investment in the County Durham site to more than £100m. The company has created 730 permanent ...
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NewsFV-Dosto dining car unveiled
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways unveiled the first dining car for its new FV-Dosto double-deck EMUs in Zürich on August 21. The upper deck dining saloon presents what SBB describes as a bright, modern ambience with excellent views. SBB believes that on train dining is ‘a trump card’ which gives ...
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Rail Business UKLewisham disruption report recommends incident management improvements
UK: An ‘action plan’ to revise procedures when trains are stranded between stations for extended periods was announced by Southeastern and Network Rail on August 23, following the publication of an independent report into an incident on March 2 when nine trains became stranded during bad weather and passengers evacuated ...
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NewsPlasser looks to smarter maintenance of track machines
PLASSER & THEURER: The Austrian infrastructure maintenance machine specialist will look to the broader needs of infrastructure managers and contractors at InnoTrans 2018, with two machines on display in the outdoor area. The EM100VT recording car features an inertial track geometry measurement system combined with a novel optical fixed-point procedure ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
On August 23 German weekly business magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported that the EU regulatory review of the proposed Siemens-Alstom merger would not be completed in November as planned, but would run to January 2019. On August 16 Russian wagon leasing company Brunswick Rail and former Chairman & CEO Paul J Ostling ...
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Rail Business UKPublic sector can bid for Scottish franchises
UK: A public sector body would be able to bid for future Scottish passenger franchises should it wish to do so, Scottish government Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure & Connectivity Michael Matheson confirmed on August 23. Publicly-owned ferry and port operator David MacBrayne Ltd has confirmed its interest in exploring ...
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NewsHong Kong high speed line opening date confirmed
CHINA: Passenger services on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high speed line will begin on September 23, the Special Administrative Region government confirmed following the signing of two operating agreements on August 23. ‘High speed rail will open a new page in rail ...
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NewsSeven bids for 378-car Mumbai metro contract
INDIA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority announced on August 21 that it had received seven bids for the supply of rolling stock for metro lines 2A and 7: Hyundai RotemBombardierCRRCBEMLAlstomCAFA consortium of Titagarh Wagons and TitagarhFirema The winning bidder will supply 63 six-car sets equipped with air-conditioning, regenerative braking, ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation opens Mannheim laboratory
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation officially opened a €1m signalling and train control development and testing laboratory in Mannheim on August 23. The 1 140 m2 facility has approximately 40 staff. ‘The laboratory for vehicle control and signalling technology that we are officially inaugurating here today in Mannheim offers all possibilities to ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
On August 20 GWR put into service the first of the 22 five-car and 14 nine-car Hitachi AT300 Class 802 electro-diesel trainsets ordered through Eversholt Rail in July 2015 and August 2016 for use on services from London to Devon and Cornwall. 'These new trains will, with an improved timetable, ...
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NewsSpeno highlights move into milling
SPENO: Swiss infrastructure specialist Speno is targeting milling techniques for future growth because of the increasing recognition in the industry that track maintenance should be preventative rather than reactive. Infrastructure managers are increasingly looking for a milling tool capable of cuts of typically 0·2 mm to 0·4 mm metal removal. ...