All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2018 – Page 5
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NewsNYSW selects ARINC RailwayNet technology
USA: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway has selected Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Railway Net service to support the roll-out of Positive Train Control. NYSW operates a network of more than 600 route-km in the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, carrying commodities including lumber, construction materials, chemicals, food ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse acquires rights to Federal-Mogul technology
INDUSTRY: Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems announced on August 20 that it had acquired Federal-Mogul’s ‘know-how and intellectual property rights’ for the development and production of friction materials for rolling stock and industrial applications. In turn, Federal-Mogul will receive a licence from Knorr-Bremse allowing it to continue to supply its customers ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore data analysis contract awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a consortium of Siemens and ST Engineering Electronics an S$18·8m contract to develop a rail enterprise asset management system. The core functions are expected to be operational by mid-2020 on the Downtown Line, with the other lines due to be added in phases. ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
CSX Corp has announced a new eastern and western management structure intended to decentralise operational and support functions. ‘This is a proven model that pushes decision making closer to the day-to-day field operations and eliminates bureaucracy and long-standing silos within our business’, said President & CEO James ...
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NewsRail approved cable glands at InnoTrans 2018
CMP: Cable gland, cleat and accessory specialist CMP will be showcasing its range of rail-specific products, which have been supplied for high-profile projects including London’s Crossrail and metro lines in Dubai and Doha. TruSeal is the company’s new range of polymer cable glands to suit a variety of industrial applications. ...
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NewsOptic fibre cable troughing launched
TROUGHING: Groundworks and civil engineering product supplier Scott Parnell has expanded its Arcosystem range with the launch of Arcosizesero glass-reinforced plastic elevated troughing which is designed for the easy installation of lightweight optic fibre cables. The 6 m long pieces can be slid into position without the need for loose ...
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Rail Business UKAccessibility advisers help improve Flirt UK trains
UK: Greater Anglia recently took a wheelchair-using passenger, a blind person and a visually impaired person plus his guide dog to Stadler’s factory at Bussnang in Switzerland to test prototype ramps for the future Flirt UK multiple-unit fleet. During a previous visit, the group had suggested a number of ...
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NewsDouble-deck EMU order approved
HUNGARY: The government has given the go-ahead for MÁV-Start to exercise an option for Stadler to supply a further eight Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units. The HF39bn order approved on August 13 is to be funded from EU sources. It is to be placed under a framework agreement signed by the ...
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NewsÖBB signs 700-coach framework agreement
AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways and Siemens Mobility have signed a five-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 700 coaches with a potential total value of €1·5bn, with an option to extend the agreement beyond 2023. ÖBB has placed an initial firm order for eight nine-car rakes to replace ...
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NewsNext Firenze tram route to open in November
ITALY: Opening of Firenze tram line T2 is now expected in November, after the President of the design-build-operate concessionaire confirmed that work would not be completed at the end of August as planned. Tram di Firenze President Fabrizio Bartaloni confirmed that work is expected to be completed ...
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NewsSolaris wins Berlin electric bus order
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has ordered 15 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses. The 12 m long vehicles are due to arrive in 2019, when they will join the five already in operation. The buses will have axles with integrated traction motors and Solaris High Energy batteries with a ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Central Japan Railway subsidiary Nippon Sharyo is to close its US rolling stock plant in Rochelle, Illinois, at the end of August. The plant opened in July 2012 to serve the North American market, but ran into problems with Buy America requirements for components, the failure of a subsupplier and ...
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NewsGet connected with Era-Contact
ERA-CONTACT: The latest features of Era-Contact’s Ethernet coupler will be presented at InnoTrans 2018. Era-Contact has worked with Frankfurt transport operator VGF to test the provision of a 1 000 MBit/sec ethernet connection between vehicles using the device which can be retrofitted without having to convert, modify or replace the ...
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NewsItalian local railways awarded funding
ITALY: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has announced the allocation of government funding with a total value of €338m towards signalling and safety system upgrading projects on local lines which are not part of national railway holding company FS Group. RecipientRoute/locationAmount, €m Ferrovie della CalabriaCalabria74·9 ATACRoma – ...
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Metro Report InternationalItalian urban transport funding allocated
ITALY: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has allocated a total of €1·4bn to urban transport projects throughout the country. Roma is the largest recipient, with a total of €425·5m. The larger part of this, €291·1m, would be spent on upgrading metro lines A and B, including the power ...
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NewsExpert team to review MTR Corp project management
CHINA: Following the discovery of problems with construction methods and documentation on the Shatin – Central Link project, Hong Kong’s Transport & Housing Bureau has appointed three retired senior government officers to review MTR Corp’s project management system and recommend additional management and monitoring measures. The expert adviser team team ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
On August 3 the Secretary of State for Transport approved a Transport & Works Act Order granting legal powers for the construction of a dive-under at Werrington Junction north of Peterborough. This would link the line to Stamford with the GN/GE Joint Line route, removing the need for slow-moving freight ...
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News3D printing demonstration at InnoTrans 2018
STRATASYS: A Fortus 450mc Production 3D printer will be running live on the Stratasys stand, demonstrating how the use of additive manufacturing to produce high-performance replacement parts on demand can accelerate product development cycles and overcome the limitations of traditional manufacturing for low-volume production. The Fortus 450mc uses robust engineering-grade ...
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Metro Report InternationalSolaris develops remote bus monitoring system
SOLARIS: Solaris Bus & Coach has developed a remote diagnostics system for its electric buses. A pilot of eSConnect, which can be retrofitted, is to be carried out. The platform would collect real-time data on vehicle locations, battery charge status, the distance covered by a bus over a set ...
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NewsDB deploys heat protection film in heatwave
GERMANY: In response to the ongoing heatwave, DB Regio is applying heat protection film to the windows of Type DBuz non-air-conditioned double-deck coaches used on the Frankenbahn route between Stuttgart and Würzburg. It is hoped that this will reduce the onboard temperatures by 4°C. Passengers on the Frankenbahn, Stuttgart ...