All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2018
All articles published this month.
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NewsFeature articles in the February 2018 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Reaping the benefits of C-DAS News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
On January 30 the House of Commons voted 295 to 12 to approve the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill, giving approval in principle to Phase 2A of the High Speed 2 project that would see the railway extended by 58 km from Fradley ...
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NewsBKM trams ordered for Volgograd
RUSSIA: Sole bidder Avtotekhkom was awarded a 257·5m rouble contract on January 29 to supply 10 Belkommunmash trams to Volgograd. Deliveries are due before April 10 and VEB-Leasing is providing financial backing. The 37% low-floor BKM-802 trams will be 15·5 m long and 2 500 mm wide. Fitted with ...
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NewsElectric buses ordered for Den Haag
NETHERLANDS: Den Haag transport operator HTM signed a contract on January 23 with VDL Bus & Coach for the supply of five Citeas SLF-120 Electric buses with options for three more. VDL will also supply the charging infrastructure and will be responsible for installation and project management. The batteries ...
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NewsMoving assembly line improves locomotive manufacturing efficiency
BRAZIL: This month GE Transportation’s factory at Contagem expects to roll-out the first locomotive to completed using a newly-commissioned mixed-model moving assembly line. This is GE Transportation’s first moving production line, and insiders believe it may be one of the first in the locomotive sector. The plant mainly builds ...
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NewsGrowing CN plans C$3·2bn capital spend in 2018
CANADA: ‘CN’s growth continues to outpace the economy’, said Canadian National President & Chief Executive Officer Luc Jobin, reporting the company’s 2017 results on January 23. Thanks to a strong fourth quarter, which saw a 156% increase in net income compared to the same quarter in 2016, CN recorded an ...
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Metro Report InternationalSardinia transport funding approved
ITALY: Sardinia regional government approved the allocation of €117·6m from EU funds for four public transport projects on January 23. The proposals must now be approved by the country’s Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport. The largest investment would be €60·1m to build a light rail line in Cagliari from ...
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NewsInter-city EMU procurement approved
DENMARK: Proposals to order a fleet of 150 electric multiple-units have been approved by the Danish parliament, Transport Minister Ole Birk Olesen announced on February 1. These would replace DSB’s troubled AnsaldoBreda IC4 DMUs which are all due to be phased out from 2024 and the older ABB-built IC3 units ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
CZ Loko has completed its acquisition of rolling stock maintenance and repair company Letohradské Strojírny, which has 40 staff and two workshops. CZ Loko had held a 77% stake since 2014. The former LS site at Letohrad will now concentrate on maintenance, while Žamberk will remain as the centre of ...
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Low emission hand dryer designed for train toilets
DRYER: A hand dryer which has been specifically designed for train toilets and meets the latest standards for electrical performance while reducing energy consumption has been developed by Sanitaryware Supplies Co’s bespoke design service, working with TBM Rail and Stream Hygiene. According to SSC Managing Director Andy Dukelow, this is ...
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NewsHaramain High Speed Rail opening date in jeopardy
SAUDI ARABIA: The planned launch in March of commercial services on the Haramain high speed line between Makkah and Madinah is in doubt following further delays in completing three of the line’s five stations. Announcing on January 30 that he would be visiting Saudi Arabia in the near future to ...
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NewsAcid tank wagon offers 'radically improved performance'
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has delivered the first of 30 tank wagons of a new design developed to carry to carry highly corrosive concentrated nitric acid for fertiliser producer Uralchem. The Type 15-6901 wagons designed by UWC’s All-Union Research & Development Centre for Transportation Technology have a tank volume of ...
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Metro Report InternationalTracklaying starts on Manchester’s Trafford Park tram extension
UK: Tracklaying on the Trafford Park extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network began on February 1 at Parkway Circle. Civil works on the 5·5 km mostly segregated route with six stops began in late 2016 and is being undertaken by the MPact Thales consortium of Laing O’Rourke, ...
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NewsIndian budget trebles railway investment
INDIA: A major increase in Indian Railways’ capital expenditure to Rs1 485bn in the 2018-19 financial year was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as part of the national budget unveiled on February 1. This is almost three times the Rs540m allocated for capital works in 2013-14. Jaitley said improvements ...
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NewsHS2 station design and development partners announced
UK: The design and development partners selected to undertake detailed design for the ‘landmark’ Birmingham Curzon Street, Birmingham Interchange and Old Oak Common stations and the rebuilding of London Euston station were announced by High Speed 2 project promoter HS2 Ltd on February 2. They are: Birmingham Curzon Street: WSP ...
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NewsTest running begins on St Petersburg fast tram route
RUSSIA: Test running on the fast tram route being developed in St Petersburg began on January 31. Stadler Minsk has so far delivered nine trams of the 23 that it is supplying under a contract signed in 2016. These are currently being kept in a provisional depot at Khasanskaya ...
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NewsRussian Railways orders EMUs
RUSSIA: Transmahsholding subsidiary Demikhovsky Engineering Plant has signed a 5bn rouble contract to supply 22 four-car Class EP3D electric multiple-units to Russian Railways from February. Four of the 25 kV 50 Hz units are to be allocated to Privolzhskaya Railway’s for use in Volgograd, and 18 to Severo-Kavkazskaya Railway for ...
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NewsNew line to Nitra proposed
SLOVAKIA: The Ministry of Transport and infrastructure manager ŽSR are studying the feasibility of building what would be the country’s first significant new rail line in more than three decades. The proposed 19·6 km link between Horné Krškany and Trnovec nad Váhom would considerably reduce the distance from Nitra to ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
ČD Cargo is seeking to award a framework contract for the supply of up to 55 locomotives suitable for international operation, enabling it to replace many of its older locos. The framework would cover up to 50 multi-system electric locos plus five diesels, with initial firm orders for 10 electric ...