All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2017
All articles published this month.
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NewsNewag signs Łódź EMU contract
POLAND: Łódź suburban operator Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna signed a contract on February 28 for Newag to supply 14 three-car Impuls 2 electric multiple-units for 236·8m złoty, and maintain them for 12 years at a cost of 1·476 złoty/train-km. Stadler supplied ŁKA’s current fleet of 20 two-car Flirt3 EMUs and had ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransdev signs driverless car agreement with Renault-Nissan
INTERNATIONAL: Transdev and the Renault-Nissan Alliance signed a research agreement on February 27 to jointly develop a mobility services system for self-driving road vehicles. The transport operator and vehicle manufacturer will explore the development of ‘mobility services’ using fleets of electric driverless road vehicles for traditional public transport and ...
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NewsDeadlines extended as Caltrain seeks to save electrification programme
USA: San Francisco to San Jose commuter operator Caltrain announced on February 27 that it had reached agreement with contractors Balfour Beatty and Stadler to extend the contractual deadlines for start of work on the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project.Caltrain had been expected to issue ‘Notice to Proceed’ ...
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NewsNo holes in the plan as Swiss cheese reaches China by rail
INTERNATIONAL: Raclette cheese, fondue cheese, milk chocolate and prepared milk have been delivered in what operator Far East Land Bridge said was the first ever shipment of Swiss dairy products to China by rail. The goods travelled by rail from Duisburg in Germany to Chongqing in China via the Trans-Siberian ...
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NewsLong-distance operating contract tender cancelled
SLOVAKIA: The Ministry of Transport & Construction has formally cancelled the tendering of a €10m contract to operate subsidised long-distance passenger services between Bratislava and Banská Bystrica via Šurany and Levice. As a result, all passenger services on the 230 km route will continue to be operated by state-owned ZSSK ...
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Metro Report InternationalSmart card testing simulator to be launched
SMART CARD: Later this year Austrian company Arsenal Testhouse is to launch a software-based simulator which will enable the functionality of smart cards and other payment systems to be tested to see whether a new product would be likely to pass formal validation against technical standards. While full verification would ...
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NewsKTZ expects traffic growth in 2017
KAZAKHSTAN: A business development plan for 2017-21 has been approved by the board of national railway KTZ. Net income in 2017 is expected to reach 29bn tenge and operating profit 127bn tenge, up from 28bn and 90bn tenge respectively in 2016. Traffic is expected to be 188·7 billion tonne-km in ...
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NewsCaltrain cancels Parsons PTC contract
USA: San Francisco to San Jose commuter operator Caltrain has terminated Parsons Transportation Group’s contract to supply Positive Train Control for the route. In late 2011 the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board which owns and operates Caltrain selected Parsons for a contract to design and install a $138m ...
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News‘Modernisation, movement and beauty’ of Algeria’s future inter-city trainsets
ALGERIA: National railway SNTF and Alstom have revealed the final design for the 17 Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel multiple-units which are under construction in France for use on inter-city services between Alger, Oran, Annaba, Constantine and Béchar from January 2018. The SNTF units will be similar to the Coradia Polyvalent units ...
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NewsBlue Dolphin enters revenue service
CHINA: The first CRH400AF China Standard EMU prototype developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang was officially put into revenue service on the Beijing – Guangzhou high speed line on February 25, the company has confirmed to Railway Gazette. Code-named Blue Dolphin, the eight-car trainset had successfully completed more than 600 000 ...
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NewsBerlin orders more Flexity trams
GERMANY: Berlin transport authority BVG has exercised the final option in its framework contract for Flexity Berlin trams, supplier Bombardier Transportation announced on February 27. The order for 21 trams is valued at €71m. The 100% low-floor seven-section bidirectional trams will be 40 m long and will be equipped ...
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NewsSaudi Railway Co launches first passenger services
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railway Co began operating its first regular passenger service between Riyadh and Al-Qassim on February 26, using one of its CAF-built diesel trainsets which can operate at up to 200 km/h. Until April 1 the service will run five days a week, leaving the terminus close to ...
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NewsTramwaje Warszawskie reach Nowodwory
POLAND: The latest expansion of the Warszawa tram network opened to passengers on February 27, with the commissioning of a 1·5 km northern extension to Nowodwory. Built by a ZUE-Strabag consortium under a 31·6m złoty contract, the extension runs from Tarchomin Kościelny and has an intermediate stop at Štefánika. ...
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NewsCelebrating excellence at the 19th Rail Business Awards
UK: Transport for London was announced as Rail Business of the Year and Great Western Railway Managing Director Mark Hopwood was named Industry Leader of the Year at the 19th Rail Business Awards. Hosted by Railway Gazette at London’s Hilton hotel on Park Lane on February 23, the event bought ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond City Crossing opens in Manchester
UK: The final phase of Manchester Metrolink’s Second City Crossing opened on February 26. The new route runs from a rebuilt St Peter’s Square stop along Cross Street to Exchange Square and Victoria. Transport for Greater Manchester said that the opening of the Second City Crossing was the final ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
On February 24 Catalan regional operator FGC signed an agreement transferring to Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF a 3·6 km single-track section of its 1 000 mm gauge network. This is to form part of a new southern rail connection to the Port of Barcelona and will be rebuilt to accommodate ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2017
Chile: Metro de Santiago has ordered another four driverless trainsets from CAF, as an add-on to a €160m contract signed in 2013 to supply and maintain 37 five-car trainsets for lines 3 and 6. China: The first of 11 four-car driverless Innovia APM 300 trainsets being supplied by Bombardier ...
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NewsBelgrano locos on test
ARGENTINA: The first two diesel locomotives supplied by CRRC of China successfully completed their first day of testing on the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network on February 22, the Ministry of Transport has announced. State-owned freight operator Trenes Argentinos Cargas undertook testing between San José and Dean Funes in ...
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Metro Report InternationalDenver inaugurates tangential R Line
USA: Denver RTD’s light rail R Line was officially inaugurated on February 24 with a ceremony at Iliff station, where the City of Aurora operates a 600-space multi-storey park and ride facility. Following the opening, free travel was provided for the rest of the day, with trains running every 15 ...
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NewsERTMS with satellite positioning trial completed
ITALY: A final test train ran from Cagliari to Decimomannu in Sardinia on February 24 as part of the ERSAT EAV project to integrate ERTMS with Galileo satellite positioning and public telecoms networks to provide a low-cost train control option for regional and low-traffic rail routes. Technology partner Ansaldo STS ...