All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2018 – Page 8
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NewsMetafrax orders methanol tank wagons
RUSSIA: Metafrax has awarded United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash plant a contract to supply a further 100 Type 15-6880 methanol tank wagons by May, saying the decision was taken following the good operating performance of a previous batch. The chemical producer currently has more than 400 1-T and Tpr tank wagons. ...
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NewsDouble-tracking funded
SWITZERLAND: The federal government approved a SFr23·3m financing agreement on December 14 which will enable Swiss Federal Railways to go ahead with double-tracking the 800 m Goldach – Rorschach Stadt section of the St Gallen – St Margrethen route. Construction permits have already been obtained, and work is expected to ...
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NewsAGV demonstrator car arrives in Doncaster
UK: An intermediate car from Alstom’s Pégase AGV demonstrator arrived at the National College for High Speed Rail campus in Doncaster in early December, having been transported more than 1 000 km from the supplier's La Rochelle factory in France. Built in 2007, the car previously formed part of Alstom’s ...
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NewsWorld rail market - December 2018
Afghanistan: The Afghanistan Railway Authority and Afghan National Insurance Co have signed a memorandum of understanding for fire, health, vehicle, railway equipment, third party and cargo insurance services. Finland: Helsinki transport operator HKL is to deploy Teleste’s S-Aware situational awareness platform to support decision making when to complex or ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - December 2018
Canada: The City of Québec and transport authority RTC have awarded Systra Canada a seven-year C$12·5m contract to undertake engineering design for a proposed 23 km tram line. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada is to provide legal services under a separate five-year contract worth C$375 000. Chile: Metro de Santiago ...
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Rail Business UKImproved passenger information
UK: West Midlands Trains is to equip 50 Siemens Class 350 Desiro EMUs with real-time passenger information systems developed by KeTech and Axion, which will include 22 inch screens. Deployment is planned between May 2019 and May 2020. ‘This new system will be a great improvement on what our customers ...
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NewsSeoul starts work on regional express network
SOUTH KOREA: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the northwestern arm of Seoul’s planned three-line Great Train Express network were held at the Kintex exhibition centre in Goyang on December 27. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport, the GTX network is intended to link outlying suburbs in the north and ...
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NewsChengde – Shenyang heads next tranche of PDL openings
CHINA: National operator China Railway Corp has launched passenger services on four more new lines, following on from the five routes that opened on December 25-26 and taking the total length of new line inaugurated this month to more than 2 500 route-km. December 29 saw the start of operation ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrants awarded for transit-oriented development planning
USA: The Federal Transit Administration announced on December 18 that it is to award a total of $16·6m to 20 organisations under its Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning. Three of the grants are for projects in Florida. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is receiving $1·2m to plan for TOD ...
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Data & Analysis
Urban rail infrastructure opened in 2018
New lines and extensions to metro, light rail and commuter rail networks. Map, operator and news links.
