All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2022 – Page 2
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In depth
Infrastructure: Connected workers inspect catenary
A novel workflow tool has been trialled by Network Rail on the East Coast Main Line in northeast England to combine the benefits of monitoring overhead lines using drones with the elimination of paper-based processes at the worksite.
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Metro Report International
Utsunomiya light rail expansion planned as opening rescheduled
JAPAN: Plans are being drawn up to extend the future Utsunomiya light rail line through the urban area on the west side of the JR East station and Tohoku Main Line.
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News
Rhein-Ruhr operating contract and electrification
Source: WF203/CC BY-SA 4.0 GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR has announced its intention to direct award local authority owned Regiobahn a contract to operate new passenger service RE47 between Remscheid-Lennep, Solingen and Düsseldorf. The contract is to run for six years from the December 2022 timetable ...
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Foxboro commuter rail pilot to start in September
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is to launch a one-year pilot of a weekday commuter rail service between Boston’s South station and Foxboro station in the town of Foxborough on September 12. There will be 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday trains via the Fairmount and ...
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Budapest bridge reconstruction completed
HUNGARY: The third track on the 500 m bridge over the River Danube on the Southern Rail Link in Budapest has been commissioned for regular operation. This strategic section of line carries 90% of traffic between the eastern and western regions of the country, including three ...
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Sponsored
Kai Mentel (HÜBNER Group): “Short delivery routes are essential for security of supply and the carbon footprint”
The HÜBNER Group has company sites all over the world. In an interview, Kai Mentel, Senior Vice President Mobility Rail, explains the advantages for the company’s supply security and carbon footprint.
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Metro Report International
Genova metro expansion
ITALY: Genova municipality has approved plans for a 3 km western branch of the metro with four stations. This is to branch off the existing line at Dinegro and run west to Fiumara with three intermediate stations, including an interchange with the rail network at Sampierdarena. The ...
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News
Fire fighting and rescue wagon rolled out
TURKEY: A fire-fighting and rescue wagon has been rolled out by Türkiye Raylı Sistem Araçları in Eskişehir. It has a platform with an equipment module and water tank containers which can be used to fight lineside forest fires or tackle fires on trains carrying petroleum products, ...
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First students complete Inland Rail Skills Academy Foundation Course
AUSTRALIA: The first students has successfully completed the Inland Rail Skills Academy Foundation Course in Boggabilla, New South Wales. This covered construction skills, literacy, numeracy, financial and digital literacy and career preparation skills. The students can now apply for positions with contractors such as Freight Connect, ...
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Eurostar confirms end of Disneyland service
EUROPE: Eurostar has confirmed that it will not be running the direct service between London and Marne-la-Vallée, the station for Disneyland Paris, from June 5 2023. The operator said ’whilst we continue to recover financially from the pandemic, and monitor developments in the proposed EU Entry/Exit ...
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Ukraine-UK transport partnership to support rebuilding of war damaged infrastructure
UKRAINE: The UK and Ukraine have signed an agreement to share engineering expertise for the rebuilding of rail, road, port and air transport infrastructure damaged by the Russian invasion. Further details have also been given of a £10m package of British support for Ukrainian Railways, which ...
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Timișoara – Arad route modernisation contracts
ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR has selected a joint venture of Webuild and Salcef to modernise two sections of the Caransebeș - Timișoara – Arad line. The first contract is worth €448m and covers rehabilitation and double-tracking of the 56 km between Arad and the Ronat Triaj ...
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Metro Report International
Nizhny Tagil boosts its tram fleet
RUSSIA: Two single-section low-floor 71-415R trams built by UTM with retro styling have been delivered to Nizhny Tagil, and on August 16 Sverdlovsk oblast allocated a further 830m roubles for the acquisition of further vehicles. The next deliveries are likely to be ...
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Rail Business UK
Network Rail needs to change depot plant asset management
UK: Consultancy Frazer-Nash has undertaken a review of Network Rail’s depot plant asset management systems on behalf of the the Office of Rail & Road, looking at whether effective systems are in place to ensure that depot plant is maintained, renewed and upgraded. Frazer-Nash concluded that ...
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Dutch EMU contract preferred bidder selected
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has selected CAF as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 60 electric multiple-units. The base order would cover 30 four-car single-deck EMUs and 30 six-car double-deck units, with options to order additional units including for cross-border traffic. The 160 km/h ...
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Metro Report International
Local production included in Cairo metro train order
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has formally awarded a joint venture of Hyundai Rotem and National Egyptian Railway Industries Co a US$563·2m contract to supply 40 trainsets totalling 320 cars to increase capacity on Cairo metro lines 2 and 3. The trains are to be delivered ...
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Metro Report International
New York MTA launches combined commuter rail app
USA: New York MTA has launched the TrainTime one-stop journey planning, ticket purchasing and real-time train location app for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad commuter rail passengers. This was developed in-house by MTA, and replaces the eTix app and the previously separate TrainTime apps ...
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Hydrogen fuel cell trains enter regular commercial service
GERMANY: Regular commercial operation of series-built Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell multiple-units was officially launched by Eisenbahnen & Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser on August 24. Alstom has now delivered five of the 14 iLint units which were ordered by Land transport authority LNVG in 2017, and the ...