All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2018 – Page 6
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NewsHeavy freight locomotive delivered
AZERBAIJAN: National railway ADY has taken delivery of the first of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A twin-section 25 kV AC heavy freight locomotives ordered for use on the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars corridor. The EKZ joint venture of Alstom (75%) and Transmashholding (25%), which is based at Astana in Kazakhstan, ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Virgin Trains has completed the roll-out of Avocet hand-held ticketing issuing machines supplied by The Ticket Keeper. These will be able to issue digital tickets to a mobile device, reducing paper usage. ‘Avocet is giving us flexibility‘, said Nick Dodd, Director of digital projects at Virgin Trains. ‘Our people can ...
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NewsModi lays metro foundation stones in Mumbai and Pune
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones for three metro projects in the state of Maharashtra on December 18. Two of the projects are in Mumbai. Line 5 will run in the northeast of the city, linking Thane with Kalyan via Bdiwandi. Line 9 will serve the north ...
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NewsState aid for road to rail freight shift approved
GERMANY: A German state aid programme designed to promote a shift of freight from road to rail has been given the go-ahead by the European Commission. A total of €350m is being made available in 2018-23 to cover up to 45% of the track access charges paid by freight operators, ...
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Metro Report InternationalTravelMaster selects Rambus to supply South Yorkshire ticketing system
UK: South Yorkshire transport ticketing organisation TravelMaster is to deploy the Rambus Ticketing suite to enable train, tram and bus passengers to purchase smart ticketing products online. The five-year agreement will see Rambus provide its HOPS back office, web retail and smart ticket collector app technology for the secure delivery ...
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NewsCentral PPK orders Metrowagonmash DMUs
RUSSIA: Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash a contract to supply 23 newly designed RA-3 diesel multiple-units, to be financed by Sberbank Leasing. The agreement was signed on December 5. An initial 17 two-car DMUs are scheduled to be delivered between August and November ...
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Rail Business UKRENFE joins MTR’s West Coast Partnership bid team
UK: MTR Corp announced on December 20 that Spanish national operator RENFE had joined its bid for the West Coast Partnership franchise. The Department for Transport invited three shortlisted bidders to tender for WCP in March this year. The contract will cover operation of inter-city services on the West Coast ...
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NewsSBB orders Seagulls
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded Stadler a SFr65m contract to supply seven four-car electric multiple-units for use on the Bern – La Chaux-de-Fonds route, where services are to be transferred from BLS to the national operator in December 2020. The EMUs from Stadler’s Flirt family are to be branded ...
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Rail Business UKFreightliner awarded Mendip Rail contract
UK: The Mendip Rail joint venture of aggregate and cement producers Hanson Aggregates and Aggregate Industries has awarded Freightliner a long-term contract to haul an expected eight million tonnes of aggregate a year from quarries in Somerset to terminals in London and the southeast of England. The current contract is ...
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NewsBeacon Rail buys Colas fleet
EUROPE: Beacon Rail Leasing has acquired 67 diesel locomotives from Colas Rail, which will continue to operate them in the UK and France. ‘Acquiring this portfolio of diesel locomotives is in line with our strategy, growth ambitions and our continued commitment to being the leader in this segment of the ...
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NewsCosta Rica commuter DMU order
COSTA RICA: National railway company Incofer has named CRRC Qingdao Sifang as the winner of a contract to supply eight two-car diesel multiple-units for use on commuter services in San José. The contract is valued at US$32·7m, and the supplier will also maintain the trains for three years. Deliveries are ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis regional smart ticketing contract awarded
FRANCE: Paris regional transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités has selected a consortium of payment technology company Worldline and digital platform supplier Conduent to implement its Smart Navigo ticketing programme. The authority aims to begin rolling out new ticketing products from 2019, gradually replacing paper tickets with contactless technology. It will become ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
SCI Rail Holdings subsidiary A Stucki Co has acquired Savage Services Corp’s locomotive fuelling business Savage Fueling Corp, which operates at more than 60 sites in 25 US states. It will be branded Velocity Rail Solutions, with operations continuing unchanged under the existing management team. Luminator Technology Group and ...
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Rail Business UKNon-PVC wrap for Welsh DMUs
LIVERY: Two Class 175 and two Class 143 diesel multiple-units operated by KeolisAmey on the Wales & Borders franchise have become the first trainsets to be wrapped with non-PVC Envision Print Wrap LX480mC wrap supplied by 3M and Aura Graphics. 3M Scotchgard 8993 glossy overlaminate and anti-graffiti wrap 8588G provide ...
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NewsWagon noise reduction scheme approved
ITALY: A scheme designed to encourage wagon owners to fit low-noise composite brake blocks to older wagons has been approved by European Commission under EU State aid rules. Open to all European Economic Area owners and operators of wagons on the Italian network, the scheme will make €20m available to ...
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NewsCo-ordination and co-operation are key to rail freight growth
EUROPE: Strategies to enhance the competitiveness of rail freight were the main focus of discussions at the Rail Freight Day on December 6, which took place in Wien under the auspices of the Austrian presidency of the Council of the EU. Various speakers reflected on progress since the adoption of ...
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NewsIndiana funds crossing safety improvements
USA: Indiana Department of Transportation is has announced more than $121m of one-off funding under its Local Trax programme to support 12 level crossing safety improvement projects including grade separation and crossing closures. ‘Local Trax funding is targeted toward the highest priority rail crossings where accidents have been frequent, chronic ...
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NewsNew Karlovac – Oštarije alignment planned
CROATIA: The European Union’s Cohesion Fund is to cover the majority of the cost of planning and designing a new double-track alignment which would replace the 50 km Karlovac – Oštarije section of the Zagreb – Rijeka route. The new alignment would run several kilometres east of the existing route. ...
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NewsAmtrak orders long-distance Chargers
USA: National passenger operator Amtrak has ordered 75 SC-44 Charger locomotives from Siemens Mobility to start the renewal of its long-distance motive power fleet. Under the $744m contract announced on December 21, the locomotives are to be assembled at the Siemens plant in Sacramento, for delivery between mid-2021 and the ...
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NewsBattery shunter delivered
ITALY: Colmar Technik has supplied a SL160E battery shunter for use at Villa Poma. The 31 tonne Colmar SL160E shunter replaces an old Atlas HDL73. It can haul up to 3 200 tonnes, has zero emissions at the point of use, is quiet in operation and has lower operating and ...