All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2013 – Page 2
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NewsNational Express wins German operating contract
GERMANY: The Rhein-Ruhr, Westfalen-Lippe and Rheinland transport authorities have jointly selected a consortium of National Express Rail GmbH and IntEgro Verkehr to operate two passenger services from the December 2015 timetable change. The decision was announced on February 6, with signing subject to a 10-day regulatory standstill period. The services ...
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NewsGE to support Russian locomotive modernisation
RUSSIA: A memorandum of understanding agreeing to 'explore the possibility of forming a strategic relationship' to modernise diesel-electric locomotives was announced by GE Transportation, Locorail and Yakutia Railways on February 1. GE Transportation's Erie and Grove City plants in the USA would supply a minimum of 20 FDL engine kits ...
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NewsCN to invest C$1·9bn in 2013
CANADA: Canadian National announced a 2013 capital investment programme worth C$1·9bn on February 5, an increase on the C$1·8bn spent during 2012. More than C$1bn is allocated for infrastructure works, with projects including siding extensions in northern British Columbia, Alberta and northern Ontario, double tracking in Saskatchewan and adding signals ...
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NewsLondon Overground train lengthening approved
UK: A £320m programme of rolling stock procurement and infrastructure works to extend London Overground's 57 Class 378 electric multiple-units from four to five cars was approved by the Transport for London board on February 6. TfL is negotiating with Class 378 Capitalstar EMU manufacturer Bombardier Transportation and QW Leasing ...
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NewsNingtian Intercity Rail Line trains ordered
CHINA: Nanjing Metro has awarded Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport a contract to supply trainsets for the Ningtian Intercity Rail Line, a route first proposed as metro Line 11. The 45·2 km line will run from Lihue to Pukou, with six underground stations and 11 stations on the 34·1 km ...
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NewsWoolwich Crossrail station box completed
UK: The box for the future Crossrail station at Woolwich has been completed by Berkeley Homes. It is to be handed over to Crossrail Ltd in early March, ready for the arrival of Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines Sophia and Mary which are digging the Plumstead - North Woolwich section ...
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NewsMetre-gauge multiple-units for Bangladesh
BANGLADESH: The first of 20 diesel-electric multiple-units which CNR Tangshan is building for Bangladesh Railways under a US$58·3m contract signed in August 2011 has been completed. Based on CNR’s EMU technology but equipped with underfloor powerpacks, the three-car DMUs will have a capacity of 300 passengers and a top speed ...
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NewsStadler trains ordered for WestfalenBahn services
GERMANY: Leasing company Alpha Trains has awarded Stadler Pankow contracts worth €250m for the supply of 28 Flirt and Kiss electric multiple-units for use on services which WestfalenBahn is to operate on behalf of Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG from December 2015. The 15 four-car Flirt EMUs will be used on ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2013
The Saudi government has approved 60bn riyals for the construction of a metro network in Makkah. This is intended to supplement the existing Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah line, which carries Hajj pilgrims. AENA Aeropuertos Españoles has awarded Bombardier a €41m contract to operate and maintain the 2 km Innovia ...
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NewsWheel rolling machine
CHINA: German press manufacturer Schuler has developed a new design of wheel rolling machine for forging monobloc wheelsets. This forms a key element in a forging line currently being shipped to a Chinese manufacturer. With no mandrel, the wheel is turned using dynamic servo motors which transfer the torque from ...
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NewsFirst commercial application of Idrha+ rail treatment
CHINA: A thermal rail hardening process developed by Siemens Metals Technologies and Centro Sviluppo Materiali is to be brought into commercial use for the first time at the Baotou Iron & Steel rail mill in Inner Mongolia. The Injector Dual-Phase Rail Hardening process produces rails with improved contact fatigue and ...
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NewsAdditional Russian Talgo agreement signed
RUSSIA: An agreement on the services which the All-Russian Railway Research Institute will provide to assist Patentes Talgo with the development of rolling stock suitable for use in Russia was signed in Madrid on February 7. This builds on a January 2012 agreement between the partners. VNIIZhT is to provide ...
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NewsFive Star Electric awarded New York subway contracts
USA: MTA New York City Transit has awarded the Five Star Electric subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corp two signalling modernisation contracts in Queens with a total value of $225·5m. One contract covers the 71st Street-Continental Avenue and Union Turnpike interlockings, the second covers the Roosevelt Avenue interlocking. The scope ...
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NewsBelgrano Railway returns to state control
ARGENTINA: By means of a ministerial resolution published on February 5, the federal government has formally terminated the contract held by a consortium of businesses and trade unions to operate freight services on the metre-gauge Belgrano network. The consortium had been operating freight trains on an ‘emergency’ basis under the ...
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NewsA machine for all seasons
USA: To meet the winter maintenance and summer roadbed re-profiling requirements of two US railways, Harsco Rail has introduced an updated version of its Spreader-Ditcher, a versatile machine originally designed in the 1960s which can be used to spread ballast, cut trackside ditches and as a snow plough. It is ...
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NewsMetrolink expansion takes trams to Droylsden
UK: Revenue-earning tram services began over a 6·3 km extension of Manchester's growing light rail network on February 11. Running east from the main line station at Piccadilly in the city centre to Droylsden, the extension serves seven intermediate stops, of which two are close to the Etihad Stadium, home ...
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NewsTorino metro extension contract awarded
ITALY: The city of Torino's infrastructure company Infratrasporti.To has awarded the Transfirm GEIE consortium of Siemens France and Technimont a €17·1m contract to provide control systems for a 1·9 km extension of the VAL automated metro Line 1. The extension will run in bored tunnel from Lingotto to Italia '61 ...
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NewsMoscow orders UKVZ trams
RUSSIA: The City of Moscow awarded Ust-Katav Car Plant a 1·1bn rouble contract to supply 67 trams on January 29. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by October 1. The single-car trams will be 16 m long with space for 125 passengers. They will be 35% low-floor, to provide access ...
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NewsBangkok Red Line phase two contracts signed
THAILAND: Two contracts for construction of the Bang Sue - Rangsit second phase of Bangkok's Red Line suburban railway project have been awarded by State Railway of Thailand, and a third contract covering railway systems and rolling stock is planned. Infrastructure contractor Italian-Thai Development signed a 21·24bn baht contract on ...
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NewsLabrador Trough iron ore railway study suspended
CANADA: Canadian National announced on February 12 that it was suspending work to examine the feasibility of building an 800 km railway to link iron ore deposits in the Labrador Trough area of northern Québec and Labrador with the port of Sept-Îles. The study was initiated in August 2012 by ...
