All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2010
All articles published this month.
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NewsBilbao rebuilding plan
SPAIN: The Ministry of Development has unveiled plans to rebuild Bilbao Abando station for high speed services, placing tracks underground in order to free up 85000 m2 of land for redevelopment in the city centre. There would be eight 1435 mm gauge tracks on the lowest level of the ...
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NewsVesuvio Est high speed station approved
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI announced on January 22 that it had selected the Italian-Belgian group Phlippe Samyn & Partners to design and build the proposed Vesuvio Est high speed station on the Napoli - Salerno route. To be financed entirely with European funding, the new station is expected to ...
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NewsStuttgart orders 20 Stadler LRVs
GERMANY: Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG signed a €77m order for 20 Tango light rail vehicles with Stadler Pankow on January 26. Deliveries will begin in 2012.Comparable to the operator’s existing fleet of DT8 LRVs, delivered since 1985 by various suppliers, the two-section high-floor Tango cars will be 38·6 m long and ...
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NewsReform gets more cash
THAILAND: At the end of December, the cabinet approved plans for restructuring State Railway of Thailand. It also authorised a further 50bn baht of funding, over and above the 100bn baht for double-tracking, locomotive acquisitions and signalling upgrades which had been approved by the Council of Economic Ministers the previous ...
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NewsWork starts on Stuttgart 21
GERMANY. Federal Transport Minister Dr Peter Ramsauer and Deutsche Bahn Chairman Dr Rüdiger Grube officiated at an event on February 2 launching the huge Stuttgart 21 project. Together with Baden-Württemburg Ministerpräsident Günther Oettinger, Mayor of Stuttgart Dr Wolfgang Schuster and Director of the Verband Region Stuttgart Jeannette Wopperer, they ...
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NewsTrains running in Yamal
RUSSIA: Gazprom has announced the launch of regular rail operations on the 525 km Obskaya - Bovanenkovo line on the Yamal Peninsula, providing cost-effective and year-round access to one of the largest untapped gas reserves in the country. Work is underway on the final 47 km from Bovanenkovo to Karskaya, ...
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NewsMexico City improvement plan
MEXICO: Federal District government leader Marcelo Ebrard launched a 10-point Prevention Maintenance Programme on January 14, designed to improve security and upgrade the Mexico City metro network using funds generated by a one peso fare increase. Measures include X-ray machines and metal detectors in 30 stations, more security staff and ...
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NewsTargeted adverts to support free train wi-fi
WI-FI: 'Transport operators want to attract more people to use train and bus services, and offering free wi-fi during a journey is compelling proposition', according to Dave Palmer of Icomera, which has launched a service offering train operators a path for switching from paid to advertising-supported onboard wi-fi services. MoovManage ...
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NewsMoscow airport rail passengers take off
RUSSIA: Business class seating will be introduced on the shuttle trains to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport this month, under an improvement programme which has seen traffic at airport rail link operator Aeroexpress grow by 4% to 6·8 million passenger-journeys over the past year, despite a 6% drop in airport passengers and ...
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NewsOpen access operators complain to Europe
POLAND: On February 2, the Federation of Independent Rail Operators ZNPK announced it had filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that the Polish authorities are infringing the spirit of EU legislation by giving preferential treatment to incumbent freight operator PKP Cargo. ZNPK officials believe that the revised structure ...
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NewsSena Line trains return to Moatize
MOZAMBIQUE: The first train in more than two decades reached Moatize in the Tete province of western Mozambique on January 30. The train was received by members of the provincial and district governments and a large crowd of local residents. Moatize District Administrator Adelino Andissene said that the rehabilitated Sena ...
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NewsKassel places Flexity tram order
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation announced an order to supply Kassel transport authority KVG with a further 18 Flexity Classic trams in consortium with electrical equipment partner Vossloh Kiepe on February 3. Bombardier's share of the €45m contract is worth €30m, and there is an option for a further six vehicles. The ...
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NewsLahore - Karachi line resignalling contract
PAKISTAN: Bombardier Transportation has been awarded what it describes as the 'first modern signalling contract in Pakistan' in a consortium with China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (RG 11.09 p20). Bombardier's Interflo 200 system will be installed on the 328 km double-track Bin Qasim - Mirpur Mathelo route as the ...
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NewsTilting trains for Sardinia
ITALY: The Sardinia region has awarded its first rolling stock order, with CAF of Spain to supply up to eight diesel multiple-units equipped with the SIBI tilt system. Worth €58m according to the region, the contract covers the supply of five units and maintenance for a period of five ...
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NewsKøbenhavn metro operating contract renewed
DENMARK: A €180m contract for the operation and maintenance of the København metro has been awarded to incumbent Ansaldo STS by metro owner Ørestadsselskabet. The Italian firm submitted the lowest bid to beat Arriva, Centour, Keolis, Serco-NedRailways and DB's S-Bahn Hamburg to the contract, which runs for five years with ...
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NewsTyne & Wear contract signing triggers government funds
UK: Transport Minister Sadiq Khan confirmed a £580m funding package for the Tyne & Wear Metro on February 3, the day after DB Regio Tyne & Wear Ltd signed a contract to operate the network on behalf of regional transport authority Nexus from April 1. Government funding was conditional on ...
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NewsFirst class commute
SWITZERLAND: A first class area with 20 leather seats, reading lights and power sockets is included in the 14 low-floor ABe4/8 'Diamant' EMUs which Stadler is supplying to BDWM Transport. They will operate on the metre-gauge Bremgarten - Dietikon line, which forms Zürich S-Bahn route S17. There are also ...
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NewsSBB to split freight business
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways is to hive off its international freight operation as an independent business. Announcing the move on February 4, SBB said that it will continue to operate domestic wagonload services, which will be 'further standardised' and tailored more for its customers with 'a full product portfolio'. The ...
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NewsFirst GE locomotives arrive in Nigeria
NIGERIA: The first five of 25 GE Transportation diesel locomotives have been delivered to Nigerian Railway Corp, the supplier announced on February 5. The rest will arrive in the second half of the year. The order for the C25 EMPD locomotives to haul both freight and passenger trains was placed ...
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NewsCrossing removed
AUSTRALIA: On January 11 Metro Trains Melbourne services began calling at the new Nunawading station which has been relocated as part of the A$140m Springvale Road Separation project to eliminate one of the busiest level crossings in Melbourne. The track has been lowered 8 m and a road bridge built ...