Europe – Page 143
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NewsFPK orders updated double-deck dining cars
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Tver plant is to produce a pilot batch of 50 double-deck dining cars for Federal Passenger Co. The Type 61-4525 restaurant cars are intended to complement the Type 61-4523 and 61-4524 double-deck coaches used by the national long-distance passenger operator. TMH’s first double-deck restaurant ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram bogie on test
POLAND: Stadler has begun dynamic test of its TINA tram bogie, which is designed to improve ride quality while reducing noise and wear of the moving parts. The bogie is being tested in Kraków on a Tango tram which was built for research purposes. This is ...
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NewsBasque links funded under Atlantic Corridor programme
SPAIN: The national government has announced a €414m package of rail investment for 2022 in the three provinces that make up the Basque region.
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NewsLändchesbahn operating contract secures service increases
The Rhein-Main transport authority has awarded Hessische Landesbahn a contract to continue operating service RB21 from Wiesbaden to Niedernhausen and Limburg.
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In depthEurope: Harmonising rail capacity strategies
Development of a single European railway area is being hampered by nationally led approaches to the development of route utilisation strategies. Now a pan-European programme is underway to harmonise the planning and management of network capacity.
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NewsCAF acquires test bed EMU for hydrogen conversion
SPAIN: CAF has acquired a three-car Class 463 Civia electric multiple-unit from RENFE for conversion to a hydrogen fuel-cell demonstrator under the FCH2Rail research project.
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NewsCoradia Stream EMUs to work Frankfurt – Kassel inter-regional service
GERMANY: Following a European tender, regional authorities RMV and NVV have selected incumbent DB Regio for the next contract to operate Main-Weser passenger service RE30 between Frankfurt, Gießen, Marburg and Kassel. The contract will run for 14 years from December 15 2024. The current timetable with ...
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NewsPoland – Germany passenger revival agreed
EUROPE: Local transport authorities in Lubuskie voivodship and the Land of Brandenburg have agreed to reinstate passenger services on the railway between Zielona Góra in Poland and Guben, which is split by the Germany-Poland border.
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin tram extension opens
GERMANY: A 2·7 km extension of the Berlin tram network from Karl-Ziegler-Straße to Schöneweide S-Bahn station with five stops opened on October 31. Construction began in May 2020 and cost €40m, with Strabag as main contractor. The extension forms the second stage of the Adlershof – ...
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NewsAustria increases 2022-27 investment as KlimaTicket launched
AUSTRIA: An €18·2bn investment framework for Austrian Federal Railways covering 2022-27 was approved by the council of ministers on November 3. Taking climate change mitigation targets into account, it is a modification of an earlier plan covering 2021-26 which envisaged a slightly lower spend of €17·5bn. ...
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NewsWomen in rail agreement comes into force
EUROPE: A binding deal aimed at promoting the employment of more women in the rail sector came into force on November 5, when it was formally signed by the Community of European Railway & Infrastructure Companies representing employers and the European Transport Workers’ Federation representing staff. ...
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Metro Report InternationalOstrava tram on test
CZECH REPUBLIC: City transport operator DP Ostrava has begun dynamic testing of the first of 35 Škoda Transportation ForCity Smart 39T trams which are being supplied under a KC1·7bn contract. Formal handover is scheduled for early next year. The contract for the 35 trams was signed at ...
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NewsDeveloping Poland’s next generation of railway engineers
A Class ED250 Pendolino waits to leave Kraków with a through EIP service to Warszawa, Gdansk and Gdynia. POLAND: Alstom and Politechnika Warszawska’s Faculty of Automotive & Construction Machinery Engineering have signed an agreement to co-operate in the education of future railway engineers. The project involves ...
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NewsLidar sensors improve traffic flow at busy level crossing
LEVEL CROSSING: Silicon Valley-based lidar technology company Cepton and Lithuanian system integrator Belam are working together on obstacle detection systems for level crossings. After testing various types of sensor, Belam concluded that Cepton’s Helius Smart lidar was the most reliable, eliminating false ...
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Metro Report InternationalKrasnoyarsk tram deliveries underway
RUSSIA: PK TS’s Neva Electric Transport Works in St Petersburg has begun delivering 19 Type 71-911EM Lionet four-axle single-section low-floor trams ordered by the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The order is being funded from a 2·4bn rouble federal Cleaner Air programme grant awarded to the city ...
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NewsILSA signs 30-year maintenance deal
SPAIN: High speed open access operator ILSA has agreed a 30-year train maintenance contract with Hitachi Rail. The full service deal worth €737m runs from 2022, when ILSA plans to commence operations on the Madrid – Barcelona route, until 2052. The company’s fleet of ETR1000 trainsets, ...
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NewsAkiem invests to drive down French locomotive maintenance costs
FRANCE: ‘We are constantly seeing that the French rolling stock maintenance market is far less dynamic and competitive than elsewhere in Europe’, said Akiem CEO Fabien Rochefort when the leasing company confirmed plans to build a €10m locomotive workshop at Ostricourt in Hauts-de-France. To be located ...
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Metro Report InternationalPlzeň confirms ForCity tram order
CZECH REPUBLIC: Plzeň municipal transport operator PMDP has awarded Škoda Transportation a firm contract to supply a further 10 ForCity Smart X34 trams, designated Type 40T by the manufacturer. Valued at KC55m per vehicle, the order signed in October represents the first series build to be ...
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NewsFerrovienord orders 50 more double-deck EMUs
ITALY: Lombardia regional operator Ferrovienord has signed a €451·9m firm order for Hitachi Rail to supply 40 five-car and 10 four-car Caravaggio double-deck regional electric multiple-units. Equipped for 3 kV DC operation, the 160 km/h EMUs are to be delivered from Hitachi Rail’s factories in Reggio ...
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NewsICE1 fleet to get traction converter upgrade
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded ABB a contract to supply Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor traction converters for the refurbishment of a further 76 ICE1 high speed train power cars. The IBGTs will replacing existing power electronics from the 1990s, extending the vehicles’ operating lives for at ...