All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2017 – Page 3
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NewsEU backs Croatian electrification project
CROATIA: Plans to modernise and electrify the 24·2 km Zaprešić - Zabok line northwest of Zagreb have been backed by the JASPERS technical assistance partnership, which is managed by the European Investment Bank and co-sponsored by the European Commission and European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The Ministry of ...
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NewsHedgehog to capture regenerative braking energy to power buses
ENERGY: Later this year Dutch company Hedgehog Applications is to undertake a pilot project in Apeldoorn which will use a large battery to store energy regenerated by braking electric trains and use it to recharge electric buses and cars. The project with four electric buses is to be undertaken ...
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NewsOrdsall Chord bridge move brings 'flowing ribbon' link closer
UK: What is claimed to be the first network arch bridge on a UK rail project was swung into place by Network Rail and its construction alliance partners Skanska and BAM Nuttall in Salford on February 21. This required the use of what Skanska said was the UK’s largest crawler ...
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NewsElbe-Altmark operating contract awarded
GERMANY: The transport authorities of Sachsen-Anhalt and Brandenburg have jointly awarded Hanseatische Eisenbahn a contract to operate Elbe-Altmark local passenger services for four years from December 2018. The Enon subsidiary currently operates services in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but this is its first contract in Sachsen-Anhalt. The contract awarded following ...
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NewsBo-Bo-Bo locomotives shipped to Myanmar
MYANMAR: CRRC Dalian has shipped a further pair of locomotives to Myanma Railways, and has now supplied the national railway with more than 50 locomotives ordered in five batches. The metre-gauge Type CKD7B design is customised for local conditions in Myanmar. The 100 km/h locomotives have three two-axle bogies, with ...
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NewsMore X’Trapolis EMUs for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has signed a €100m contract for Alstom to supply a further nine six-car X’Trapolis 1·5 kV DC electric multiple-units for Melbourne's 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. Announcing the order on February 21, Alstom said production was expected to begin at its Ballarat plant later ...
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NewsMore X’Trapolis EMUs for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has signed a €100m contract for Alstom to supply a further nine six-car X’Trapolis 1·5 kV DC electric multiple-units for Melbourne's 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. Announcing the order on February 21, Alstom said production was expected to begin at its Ballarat plant later ...
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NewsFreight railway orders DMUs for passenger service revival
GERMANY: Local freight railway Bentheimer Eisenbahn has awarded Alstom a contract to supply five Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units as part of the project to reinstate passenger services on the 30 km Bad Bentheim – Nordhorn – Neuenhaus line in Niedersachsen. Passenger services on the route were replaced by railway-operated ...
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NewsBrewery takes delivery of battery shunter
GERMANY: The Warsteiner brewery in Nordrhein-Westfalen has taken delivery of a TeleTrac RW60AEM battery-powered shunting vehicle supplied by Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik. The 34 tonne vehicle has the capability of hauling up to 12 wagons at the brewery’s container terminal. As well as lowering noise and emissions, the use of ...
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Metro Report InternationalMilwaukee Streetcar operator sought
USA: The City of Milwaukee has issued a request for proposals for the operation and maintenance contract for the future downtown streetcar line. The deadline for submissions is April 4, with the selection of a preferred bidder expected on April 18. The contract would cover 15 to 18 months ...
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NewsNew locos planned as Mercitalia targets European corridors
ITALY: ‘Radical changes’ to the rail freight and logistics market were unveiled on February 20, when FS Italiane launched its restructured Mercitalia freight business in Milano. Transport Minister Graziano Delrio said major investment by FS was a ‘driving force’ for the country’s growth, with up to €1·5bn to be spent ...
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NewsSiemens forms UK Mobility Digitalisation unit
UK: Siemens Rail Automation announced a restructuring of its signalling and train control activities on February 20, with the formation of a Mobility Digitalisation unit. This aims to bring together products from across Siemens’ businesses, other industries and modes to support the creation of a ‘fully integrated, information-led’ transport network. ...
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NewsStation work starts at Global Gateway Shinagawa
JAPAN: East Japan Railway and the Urban Renaissance Agency marked the start of construction of a new station on the Yamanote Line with a Shinto-style ceremony in Tokyo on February 10. The station will be located between the current Shinagawa and Tamachi stations and will serve the Yamanote Loop Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalTel Aviv Red Line tunnelling begins
ISRAEL: Transport Minister Israel Katz attended a ceremony on February 19 to mark the start of tunnel boring on the Red Line in Tel Aviv, which included the launch of TBM Golda, named after former prime minister Golda Meir. The TBM made by CREG is the first of eight that ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
TX Logistik has created a department to offer short-notice spot transport, initially focusing on the block train market. The company said container ships are becoming larger and have to be handled at short notice, while a period of low water in the River Rhine had also created demand for rail ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2017
Bulgaria: NKZI has awarded contracts for construction of bridges over the Septemvri - Plovdiv line to Strabag (7·8m leva) Gigastroy (3·2m leva) and Porr (4·1m leva). Canada: London Trackwork is to supply trackwork including turnouts and crossovers for the first phase of Edmonton's Valley Line light rail project. ...
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NewsPlans to increase capacity at Warszawa Zachodnia unveiled
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has unveiled the design concept for an extensive modernisation of Warszawa Zachodnia station planned for 2019-21. The designs have been developed by Idom and Glebowski Studio, and aim to improve capacity to handle a predicted doubling of usage to 60 000 passengers per day by ...
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NewsDB Regio places first order for Siemens Mireo
GERMANY: DB Regio has become the first customer for Siemens’ Mireo electric multiple-unit design, placing a firm order for 24 trainsets as well as 15 Desiro HC units. The conclusion of the rolling stock contracts follows the formal award by the Land of Baden-Württemberg of agreements for DB Regio to ...
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NewsLight rail plans progress in Wiesbaden
GERMANY: The municipality of Wiesbaden has approved €3·4m of preliminary planning work for the city’s first tram route. The Land of Hessen is providing €465 000. When complete, the Citybahn light rail line would link Wiesbaden to the existing metre gauge tram network in the neighbouring city of Mainz ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail project scope revised
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Transport & Infrastructure Minister Andrew Constance announced the preferred route for the revised Parramatta light rail project on February 17. The first phase is now expected to link Westmead with Carlingford via central Parramatta and Camellia, replacing the existing single-line ...