All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2014 – Page 2
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NewsŠkoda tram enters service in Konya
TURKEY: The first of 60 Škoda Transportation 28T trams ordered by Konya has entered passenger service. Škoda Transportation Chief Executive Josef Bernard said: ‘In less than a year after signing the contract we have managed to develop, produce and deliver the first tram to the Turkish market. The vehicle ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Ramon Malla considers the progress of automation and shares some insights from the UITP’s Observatory of Automated Metros News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news Zhengzhou Mainland China gains its 18th metro Paris STIF’s 2014 ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2014
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has approved R$7·4bn in metro and rail investment for 2017 as part of a wider R$16·2bn transport infrastructure investment plan. Moscow metro’s Brateyevo depot on Line 2 opened on January 15. The metro is to spend 16·8bn roubles on depot modernisation, including sites ...
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NewsKoleje Mazowieckie orders Pesa locos and double-deck coaches
POLAND: Mazowieckie voivodship regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has selected Pesa to supply two 3 kV DC electric locomotives, 20 double-deck intermediate coaches and two double-deck driving cars. These are said to be the first double-deck cars to be produced in Poland, and will supplement the fleet of 11 ...
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NewsFoxtrot tram for Moscow unveiled
RUSSIA: Pesa revealed its first tram for Moscow on February 21. The new 1 524 mm gauge low-floor tram is branded Foxtrot, and will be delivered to the Russian capital next month. Moscow ordered 120 trams from Pesa in co-operation with Uraltransmash in June 2013, with deliveries to take ...
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NewsFirst electric train runs in Adelaide
AUSTRALIA: The first electric train in Adelaide ran on February 23, marking the completion of electrification between Adelaide main line station and the newly opened southern terminus at Seaford. The 1 600 mm gauge line, electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, was hitherto known as the Noarlunga Line, but ...
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NewsGovernment consults on privatisation options
PORTUGAL: Responses are due by March 7 under stakeholder consultation being undertaken by the government on options for involving the private sector in the operation of public transport services currently provided by state-owned companies Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa. This is being undertaken in line with the terms of a ...
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NewsPesa to supply Dart trains to PKP IC
POLAND: PKP Intercity has selected Pesa to supply 20 new long-distance electric multiple-units. The cost of 1·3bn złoty, includes 15 years of servicing from delivery by the end of October 2015. The trains are from Pesa’s Dart family of long-distance EMUs, and will have a maximum speed of 160 ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2014
Australia: Aurizon has awarded Leighton Contractors an A$100m contract to build a train maintenance and stabling facility at Hexham in the Hunter Valley by March 2015. Austria: ÖBB has awarded the ATF consortium of Implenia and Swietelsky the €623m Lot 2.1 contract to build the 13 km central section ...
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NewsPoints inspection enhanced
FRANCE: SNCF and RFF have launched Vigirail, a three-year programme to improve the inspection and maintenance of switches and crossings. Vigirail has a budget of €410m, of which €300m is earmarked to increase the rate of pointwork renewals from 300 to 500 per year. According to the two parties, the ...
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NewsPostgraduate programme on risk and safety
INTERNATIONAL: Following a successful pilot programme running since September 2013, Zhijiang University in Hangzhou, China, is formally launching this month a postgraduate programme in safety and risk management in partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the UK universities of Birmingham and York. The partnership can be traced back to ...
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NewsMetrolink PTC goes into operation
USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority became the first US commuter rail operator to begin using Positive Train Control in revenue service on February 17. Metrolink has started operating with PTC on selected trains using the BNSF tracks between Los Angeles and Riverside. On February 20, Metrolink demonstrated the technology ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2014
Africa: Ccecc is to supply four more CSR Qishuyan SDD20 diesel locos to Tazara under a US$12·45m contract signed in December. Tazara says six delivered last year are performing satisfactorily after ‘teething challenges’. Algeria: Faiveley and Compin have been selected for a €75m contract for the refurbishment of 202 ...
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NewsSimplon tunnel safety contract signed
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded a contract to Rhomberg Bahntechnik to install, test and commission safety equipment in the two single-track bores of the 20 km Simplon tunnel between Brig and Iselle in Italy. The SFr7·1m contract covers the installation of illuminated handrails, alarm equipment, emergency signage and lighting ...
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NewsSouth Heart terminal to support Bakken oil industry
USA: Watco Terminal & Port Services and Great Northern Project Development are to build a multi-purpose freight terminal and wagon maintenance workshop 8 km west of South Heart, North Dakota, to support the Bakken shale oil and gas industry. Work on the South Heart Rail Terminal is scheduled to begin ...
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NewsEnergy meters support traction electricity supply contract
POLAND: Having become the first Polish operator to equip its fleet with energy meters, Mazowieckie voivodship's regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has awarded PKP Energetyka a 47m z?oty contract for the supply of traction electricity. Four bids were received for the contract, which runs for one year from April. A ...
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NewsDB’s London – Frankfurt plan in doubt again
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has cast further doubt on the introduction of direct high speed services between Germany and London, citing authorisation delays to its fleet of Class 407 Velaro D high speed trainsets now being delivered by Siemens. At a press launch on February 18 marking the introduction of the ...
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NewsDouble-tracking progress in southern Java
INDONESIA: Japan Transportation Consultants has been awarded a US$15m contract by the Directorate-General of Railways to supervise the double-tracking of 76 km of the southern trans-Java main line. The award of the marks a further stage of work to enhance capacity and reduce journey times on the main line between ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
UK passenger operator Southern has introduced Recite cloud-based customisation on its website, enabling visually impaired or dyslexic passengers to use text to speech options, and change colour and contrast settings easily. Tenmat has developed reinforced phenolic composite wear parts including wagon bearing bushes and suspension damper plungers which ...