All Railway Gazette International articles in December 2020 – Page 9
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NewsFirst Iran to Afghanistan freight train
AFGHANISTAN: A trial freight train delivered more than 400 tonnes of cement from Iran to Rosnak in Herat province on December 2, ahead of the ceremonial inauguration of the newly completed railway which is scheduled for this month. A passenger train also carried Iranian railway officials to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKraków tram line PPP contract awarded
POLAND: A consortium of PPP Solutions Polska and Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt was the lowest bidder for a 1·126bn złoty pilot public-private partnership contract to finance, design, build and maintain a section of tramway in Kraków. The project is one of several in different sectors ...
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NewsWagons go to Infinity as CAI looks beyond rail
USA: Container leasing company CAI International has reached an agreement to sell its remaining railway wagons to Global Atlantic Financial Group’s rail, road and aviation asset leasing business Infinity Transportation for $228·7m. ‘Exiting the rail business allows us to execute our strategy of maximising shareholder returns ...
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NewsHydrogen fuel cell rail milling machine unveiled
AUSTRIA: Linsinger has unveiled what it says is the first hydrogen fuel cell powered rail milling train, its MG11 H2 which is expected to be available by mid-2021. The company said the machine — developed by its R&D department in a multi-year programme — represented an important ...
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Metro Report InternationalTeleste to supply Docklands Light Railway onboard systems
UK: Finnish company Teleste is to supply passenger information, public address and CCTV systems as well as ultra-wide TFT display screens for the 43 five-car automated light metro trains which CAF is building for use on London’s Docklands Light Railway. Teleste will also supply software for the ...
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NewsCSX to acquire Pan Am Railways
USA: CSX Corp has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pan Am Railways, which operates North America’s largest regional railway in the New England region. Headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts, Pan Am owns and operates a 1 900 km network and has a partial interest in the ...
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NewsGardner named Amtrak President in leadership restructuring
USA: Stephen Gardner has been appointed President of Amtrak with effect from December 1, reporting to the national passenger operator’s CEO Bill Flynn.
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Rail Business UKNorthern runs its final Pacer
UK: Following a temporary reprieve to provide additional capacity during the pandemic, Northern has operated its final passenger service with a Pacer diesel multiple-unit. Northern’s final Pacer service ran on November 27, when unit 142 004, coupled to 150 225, left Kirkby at 15.36 and arrived ...
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NewsIndustry leaders look towards a monumental year for rail
INTERNATIONAL: Railway Gazette Events will be hosting a series of online presentations and discussions on December 7 - 11 which will address some of the most pressing issues in the global railway industry. SmartRail Week will focus on a different topic each day, focusing the conversations ...
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NewsAalborg airport rail link ready to open
DENMARK: The rail link to Aalborg Lufthavn will open with the timetable change on December 13, infrastructure manager Banedanmark has confirmed.
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Rail Business UKTrains for Wales under construction
UK: Construction of the future South Wales Metro train fleet is underway, with Transport for Wales reporting that Stadler has made significant progress with the 36 three-car Class 398 Citylink tram-trains ordered in 2018 for use on services from Cardiff to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. ...
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NewsERA seminar examines human factors in rail automation
EUROPE: Recognising that humans cannot be wholly removed from what it terms ‘the socio-technical system’ of railway operation, the European Union Agency for Railways is hosting a virtual seminar on December 2-3 to examine human and organisational factors in railway automation.
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector
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NewsHead end power to keep refrigerated goods cool
EUROPE: Two Wascosa wagons which use electrical power from the locomotive to power refrigerated containers are being tested by Green Cargo and Schenker on the North Rail Express service linking Oslo and Narvik via Sweden. The wagons are connected to the locomotive using a head-end power cable ...
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Rail Business UKBusiest station saw 7·3 million fewer passengers in 2019-20
UK: Falls in the number of people using stations during the 2019-20 financial year can be partly explained by the coronavirus pandemic, the Office of Rail & Road said when its published its annual estimates of station usage on December 1. The statistics cover April 2019 to ...
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NewsAlstom-Bombardier deal to complete in January
INTERNATIONAL: Alstom and Bombardier announced on December 1 that they had received ‘all necessary regulatory approvals’ required to complete the sale of Bombardier Transportation to Alstom.
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NewsTMH International to maintain Go-Ahead’s Bayern multiple-units
GERMANY: Go-Ahead Deutschland has selected the TMH International subsidiary of Transmashholding to maintain two fleets of electric multiple-units that it will operate in southern Bayern and Baden-Württemberg from December 2021.
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Metro Report InternationalXuzhou enters the ‘multi-line’ era as metro Line 2 opens
CHINA: The second metro line in Xuzhou was formally opened for revenue service on November 28, with a ceremony at City Administration Centre station which will be the future interchange between lines 2 and 6.
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NewsScandinavian iron ore haulage contract awarded
EUROPE: Mining company Kaunis Iron has awarded Railcare a long-term contract to transport iron ore from the terminal at Pitkäjärvi in Sweden to the Norwegian port of Narvik. The SKr740m contract announced on December 1 runs for 10 years from November 16 2021, ...