All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2018 – Page 7
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Konkola Copper Mines has commissioned a rail weighbridge at its Nchanga Plant at Chingola, which Zambia Railways Acting Regional Manager, Intermine, Emmanuel Mwango, said would eliminate double handling of cargo for weighing. ‘KCM has spent about US$95 000 on this investment, and I am pleased to mention that the use ...
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NewsEBRD funding for Macedonian railway project
MACEDONIA: An agreement providing a further €68·6m of European Union co-financing for the second phase of a planned rail link between Macedonia and Bulgaria was signed in Skopje on December 14. The latest grant will be used to co-finance the construction of the 34 km Beljakovce – Kriva Palanka section ...
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NewsChinese coaches to re-equip Yangon – Mandalay expresses
MYANMAR: The national parliament in Naypyitaw has approved government plans to purchase new rolling stock for Myanma Railways’ principal Yangon – Mandalay services using funding from China. The Ministry of Transport & Communications intends to procure 14 standard and 14 first class vehicles for the route, which carries more than ...
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NewsTacuarembó - Rivera reopens as track renewals completed
URUGUAY: Passenger services returned to AFE’s northern route between Tacuarembó and the Brazilian border at Rivera were reinstated on December 19 following an 18-year hiatus. Passenger services on this route had operated intermittently for a number of years after 1993 but were withdrawn with effect from December 13 2000. Two ...
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing opens Line 5 extension
CHINA: A 2·5 km extension of Chongqing metro line 5 from Dalongshan to Dashiba was opened for revenue service on December 24, adding a single station to the route. The extension comes just under a year after the inauguration of the first section of Line 5 between Expo Garden Centre ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - December 2018
Azerbaijan: ŽOS Zvolen has completed work on the first two of five ČKD-built CME3 Co-Co diesel-electric locos which are being refurbished for ADY with the complete renewal of all equipment except bodyshells to extend their service life by 15 years. Canada: Montréal metro operator STM has ordered a further ...
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NewsAccessible narrow gauge coach
RUSSIA: Kambarka Engineering Works has launched the 750 mm gauge VP750-DITS accessible coach. The design is intended to be suitable for railways of between 600 and 1 000 mm gauge. The vehicle has two wheelchair spaces with support panels, securing belts and horizontal handrails, and carries ramps which can be ...
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NewsGreen Cargo and SSAB reach five-year agreement
SWEDEN: Following a 1½ year procurement process, high strength steel steelmaker SSAB has awarded Green Cargo a contract to move around 3 million tonnes/year of ingots and finished products between its plants in Luleå, Borlänge and Oxelösund, and to provide shunting services at the Borlänge and Oxelösund ...
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NewsNS orders 88 Sprinter EMUs
NETHERLANDS: A €400m firm order for CAF to supply a further 50 three-car and 38 four-car Civity electric multiple-units was announced by national passenger operator NS on December 27. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2020. The latest order builds on a 2014 contract covering 68 three-car and 50 four-car ...
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NewsParis commuter EMUs ordered
FRANCE: SNCF has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €330m firm order to supply a further 42 seven-car and five eight-car train Francilien suburban electric multiple-units. The contract announced on December 21 has been placed on behalf of Greater Paris public transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités, which is funding the order. The latest ...
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NewsParis commuter EMUs ordered
FRANCE: SNCF has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €330m firm order to supply a further 42 seven-car and five eight-car train Francilien suburban electric multiple-units. The contract announced on December 21 has been placed on behalf of Greater Paris public transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités, which is funding the order. The latest ...
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Metro Report InternationalContractor appointed to build London Overground extension to Barking Riverside
UK: Transport for London has awarded a joint venture of Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure and VolkerFitzpatrick a contract to build an extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line which will enable London Overground services to serve the Barking Riverside development area. The contract announced ...
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NewsTransNamib and Botswana Railways sign container terminal MoU
NAMIBIA: National railway TransNamib and its Botswana counterpart Botswana Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a container terminal at Gobabis. Located around 110 km west of Namibia’s border with Botswana, Gobabis is the terminus of a 1 067 mm gauge line from the port of ...
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Metro Report InternationalContractor selected to modernise Chicago Red and Purple lines
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has selected a joint venture of Walsh Construction Co, Fluor and Stantec Consulting Services as preferred bidder for Phase One of a project to modernise the Red and Purple metro lines. The $2·1bn project aims to expand capacity on the busiest metro line in Chicago. ...
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NewsFive new lines open in two days
CHINA: Revenue services began on two more high speed lines on December 25, with another inaugurated the following day, along with two new mixed-traffic railways. First to open on December 25 was the 293 km Harbin – Mudanjiang Intercity Railway, running southeast from the capital of Heilongjiang province to a ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingdao opens coastal metro Line 13
CHINA: An isolated regional metro line was opened in the eastern port city of Qingdao on December 26. Designated Line 13, but originally known as R3, the Jiaonan line is currently not connected to the rest of the city’s metro network. Starting from Jinggangshan Lu in the Huangdao port district ...
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Rail Business UKEviFile speeds Great Western electrification data capture
DATA CAPTURE: Contractor Balfour Beatty has been using a secure data collection platform from Leeds-based EviFile as part of its work to install 25 kV 50 Hz electrification between Bristol and Cardiff. The contractor deployed a customised version of eviFile’s digital progressive assurance methodology to replace a paper-based approach. This ...
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NewsSolaris to supply electric buses to private operator in München
GERMANY: Solaris is to supply three Urbino 12 electric buses to private bus operator Josef Ettenhuber for services in München. The buses will be built to a new design. The 240 kWh Solaris High Energy batteries will be charged via a plug-in connection, and the buses will be fitted ...
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NewsVisakhapatnam metro ready to start
INDIA: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the planned 42·5 km Visakhapatnam Metro Rail network in Andhra Pradesh are expected to take place in February, following a decision to accelerate the project. Speaking at a meeting with the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Regional Development Authority on December 26, the Principal Secretary from the Ministry of ...
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NewsXi’an opens second north-south metro line
CHINA: The new Line 4 of the Xi’an metro was formally opened at 10.00 on December 26. Running entirely underground for 35·2 km, the north-south line connects the city’s high speed rail hub at Xi’an Bei (North Square) with Hangtian Xincheng via the main station close to the old city ...