All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2016
All articles published this month.
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NewsTrain interior celebrates nature and culture
FRANCE: To promote the architectural and natural heritage of the region they serve, SNCF is decorating the interiors of five trainsets deployed on Line N of the Transilien suburban network, running from Paris Montparnasse to Mantes-la-Jolie, Dreux and Rambouillet. The programme being undertaken in conjunction with CMN, the government ...
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NewsInnovia Metro 300 enters service in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 Innovia Metro 300 driverless light metro trainsets ordered by Kuala Lumpur transport agency Prasarana to increase capacity on the Kelana Jaya Line has entered service, supplier Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma announced on December 29. The four-car aluminium bodied trainsets have wide walk-through ...
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NewsNS selects Trimble real-time diagnostic system
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS is to deploy Trimble’s R2M real-time remote diagnostics monitoring software. This will aggregate and process rolling stock diagnostic data from a range of on-train and lineside sources to provide an overview of fleet status including current faults as well as precursors to possible failures. Fleet ...
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing monorail extension opens
CHINA: A 10 km extension of Chongqing monorail Line 3 north from Bijin to Jurenba opened on December 28. This takes Line 3 to a total of 66·5 km with 45 stations. Construction of the extension had begun in January 2013. Five of the six stations on the extension are ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau light metro HVAC contract awarded
CHINA: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has awarded HollySys subsidiary Concord a US$17·2m contract for the supply of HVAC and electrical equipment for the rolling stock that will be used to operate the light metro under construction in Macau. MHI is supplying 158 Crystal Mover rubber-tyred cars, ordered in ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market December 2016
Argentina: Trenes Argentinos Cargas has taken delivery of 200 spine wagons to move containers on the San Martín network. Another 100 wagons have been supplied for the Urquiza network under the contract with China Machinery Engineering Corp (RG 9.16 p7). The government has awarded military equipment manufacturer Fabricaciones Militares ...
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NewsGBRf orders wagons for biomass contract
UK: Wagon manufacturer Astra and leasing company Nacco are to supply GB Railfreight with 50 high-capacity hopper wagons to support a biomass haulage contract awarded by Lynemouth Power Ltd. The purpose-built wagons are scheduled to enter service from October 1 2017. GBRf plans to run 27 trains per week between ...
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NewsÖBB orders Talent 3 multiple-units
AUSTRIA: National railway ÖBB has ordered an initial build of 21 Talent 3 multiple-units from Bombardier Transportation under a framework agreement signed on December 27 which covers the supply of up to 300 trainsets for regional and suburban services. The company had been selected in September as preferred bidder for ...
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NewsKyiv Fokstrot tram deliveries completed
UKRAINE: Pesa has completed deliveries of its Fokstrot trams to Kyiv, with the last four arriving in the capital on December 19. Earlier this year tram operator Kyivpastrans selected Pesa to supply 10 low-floor trams for €11·5m. Four are currently in regular service on the fast tram routes on ...
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NewsWorld rail market December 2016
Germany: Nomad Digital is to supply wi-fi for 30 Alstom Coradia Continental EMUs that Hessische Landesbahn ordered in December 2015. UK: London Midland has awarded ESG Rail contracts to install CCTV cameras supplied by DTI on Class 350 and Class 323 EMUs. USA: MTA New York City Transit ...
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NewsShanghai – Kunming high speed line completed
CHINA: Ceremonies were held at the new Kunming Nan station on December 28 to mark the opening for revenue service of the Guiyang – Kunming Passenger-Dedicated Line. The link is the final stage in the 2 252 km Shanghai – Kunming corridor, one of the four east-west and four north-south ...
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NewsMultimodal terminal at the locus of rail freight
AUSTRIA: Speaking at an event to mark the opening of the Wien Süd Freight Centre, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation & Technology Jörg Leichtfried said on December 5 that ‘I want to move as much traffic off the roads and on to rail as soon as possible’. Forecasting that the ...
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NewsConstruction starts on China – Laos railway
LAOS: Ceremonies were held in the northern city of Luang Prabang on December 25 to mark the launch of construction of the 414·3 km rail link from the Chinese border to Vientiane. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith formally turned the first sod and struck a gong to mark the start ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market December 2016
Belarus: Tines and Unibep have signed an MoU with the city of Vitebsk for the modernisation of 20 km of tram tracks in 2017-20. Belgium: Infrabel has completed a €21m project to deploy a Traffic Management System supplied by CSC, brought into use overnight on November 11. Identical to ...
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Metro Report InternationalNice tram Line 2 power supply contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of Alstom and Colas Rail has been awarded an €11m contract to supply power supply equipment for Line 2 of the Nice tramway, which will use Alstom’s SRS ground-based static charging technology. The firm order includes seven electrical substations, 10 lighting power stations and two intake ...
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NewsAlstom slab track approved for testing
GERMANY: Federal railway authority EBA has approved Alstom’s NBT concrete slab track for operational testing. To obtain the German approval, Alstom worked with notified body TÜV Rheinland InterTraffic and Technische Universität München’s Department of Civil, Geo & Environmental Engineering. Alstom co-developed NBT for use on mixed-traffic main line railways with ...
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NewsNetwork Rail plans Bolton station expansion
UK: As part of the electrification and modernisation of the Manchester – Preston corridor, a fifth platform is to be opened at Bolton next year, Network Rail has announced.A series of enhancements to Bolton station are being taken forward by NR and the local council, which is co-ordinating construction of ...
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Metro Report InternationalHefei opens metro Line 1
CHINA: The first two phases of Hefei's north-south metro Line 1 were formally opened for revenue service on December 26. From the following day, services are due to operate between 06.30 and 21.30 each day. The capital of Anhui province currently has around 3·5 million inhabitants, with much recent development ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
InterRail of Switzerland is expected to launch a service carrying containers by rail between China and the UK in January, aiming to compete with air freight for higher-value consignments such as automotive parts and electronic goods. DB Cargo UK would provide haulage from Calais to Barking, according to CEO Hans-Georg ...
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NewsShiki-Shima luxury cruise train on test
JAPAN: East Japan Railway is testing a luxury cruise train ahead of its planned launch on May 1. Known as the Train Suite Shiki-Shima (Island of Four Seasons), and bearing the designation Series E001, the 10-car set has an observation car at each end offering passengers unobstructed panoramic views. Three ...