Europe – Page 100
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva orders 500 metro cars for delivery in 2024-25
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro has extended Transmashholding’s contract to supply Moskva-2020 trainsets, with a further 500 cars to be delivered in 2024-25. This takes the total orders placed to more than 1 800 cars since 2020, and the metro expects to take delivery of 300 Moskva-2020 cars ...
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In depthTrack Technology: Modular elements could offer cheaper and more flexible slab trackform
Field trials are expected to start near Marseille in the coming months of a lower-cost modular slab trackform developed by Systra and construction group Stradal as a potential replacement for conventional ballasted track. Technical consultant Jean-Claude Zabée explains the concept to Nick Kingsley.
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NewsFleet renewal and ridership doubling planned in Lithuanian passenger rail contract
LITHUANIA: Procurement of electric trains and service enhancements which aim to more than double ridership are included in a long-term operating agreement signed by the Ministry of Transport & Communications and the national railway’s passenger division LTG Link. The public service obligation operating agreement running for ...
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News‘The future is ours’, Rail Ambassadors tell Dutch minister
NETHERLANDS: A delegation of young rail ambassadors has presented a report to Environment & Water Management Secretary Vivianne Heijnen outlining their experience of being part of the EU’s European Year of Youth.
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NewsBrno area route modernisation underway
CZECH REPUBLIC: Subterra, OHLA ŽS and EŽ Praha have begun work to complete double tracking and 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the Brno – Zastávka u Brna line. The first 8·5 km from Brno-Horní Heršpice to Střelice was completed in September 2021. Work is now ...
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NewsDB to investigate sale of Schenker logistics business
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s supervisory board has tasked the management board with examining a potential sale of up to 100% of its DB Schenker land, air and sea freight forwarding business. Announcing the decision on December 15, DB said Schenker had made a significant contribution to the ...
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NewsVR orders more night train rolling stock
FINLAND: National operator VR has selected Škoda Transtech to supply nine sleeping cars and eight car-carrying vans to enter service from the end of 2025.
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In depthTrack Maintenance: Alleviating suffering on the metre gauge
Following severe wheel-rail interaction problems on Swiss metre-gauge networks, the RailPlus association has launched a technical study to investigate and address the issue, as Technical Manager Markus Barth explains to Reinhard Christeller.
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NewsArriva wins Zutphen – Hengelo – Oldenzaal operating contract
NETHERLANDS: Arriva has won the next contract to operate passenger trains on the Zutphen – Hengelo – Oldenzaal line and local bus services in Twente. Incumbent operator Keolis had also bid for the Twente-ZHO contract awarded by Overijssel province with Gelderland participating in the rail element. The ...
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NewsŽSSK orders more RegioPanter EMUs
SLOVAKIA: National operator ŽSSK has ordered a further five four-car RegioPanter electric multiple-units from a consortium of Škoda Group and ŽOS Trnava.
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NewsRobel MMS provides a safe environment for DB Netz track maintenance
GERMANY: Infrastructure operator DB Netz has taken delivery of the country’s first Robel-built Mobile Maintenance System for use on specialist track maintenance work. Branded by DB Netz as FIZ (Fahrbahninstandhaltungszug), the three-vehicle MMS is formed of a traction and supply unit with crew accommodation, toilet facilities ...
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NewsMarguerite enters service on Mont-Blanc mountain railway
FRANCE: The last of the four metre-gauge electric multiple-units supplied by Stadler to re-equip the Tramway du Mont-Blanc mountain railway entered service on December 21.
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NewsRemove technical barriers to cut journey times across European borders, urges ERA
EUROPE: Many cross-border rail routes function like a patchwork of different national systems, and there is an opportunity to reduce journey times by solving technical and operational issues, according to a report from the European Union Agency for Railways. The Cross-border Rail Transport Potential Report looks ...
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NewsMobile mapping system certified by Deutsche Bahn
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has approved the use of Trimble’s MX9 mobile mapping system for surveying track, clearances and infrastructure. The MX9 hardware can be mounted on a vehicle to rapidly capture panoramic and multi-angle laser scans and images at speed up to 100 km/h, avoiding the ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless ticketing to be rolled out in Venezia
ITALY: Venezia transport operator AVM has awarded a contract for the deployment of an EMV contactless payment system covering its network of 149 water buses, speedboats, motorboats and ferries, more than 150 wharfs, 540 buses, 20 guided buses and a peoplemover, which carry up to 120 ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis ticket machines to be replaced
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded the Easier subsidiary of Bolloré Group a six-year contract to supply and maintain customised ticket vending machines across its urban rail network. Replacement of the 2 400 ticket machines at RER and metro stations is set to begin in ...
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NewsPrototype battery multiple-units ordered as suburban EMUs unveiled
CROATIA: HŽPP has awarded Končar KEV a contract to supply two prototype battery-only and battery-electric multiple-units.
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NewsVenezia Marco Polo link let as RFI pushes ahead with airport rail connections
Italy: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded a €428m contract to construct a rail line to Venezia’s Marco Polo Airport, while it called tenders for rail links to Brindisi Salento Airport and Bergamo’s Orio al Serio airport.
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NewsRail replacement buses added to scheduling software tool
DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB is planning rail replacement services in København using IVU.rail resourcing and scheduling software. This enables DSB’s planners to view rail and substitute bus services as one integrated timetable and automate several manual tasks. ‘The fact that we can now plan rail ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler presents mock-up of tram-trains for German and Austrian operators
EUROPE: A mock-up of the Citylink tram-trains that Stadler is to supply to operators in Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Neckar-Alb, Oberösterreich and Salzburg was unveiled at the Betriebshof West depot in Karlsruhe on December 13. The mock-up is 22 m long, with a fully equipped interior. A consortium ...