All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2018 – Page 5
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NewsTransitio orders double-deck EMUs
SWEDEN: Local authority owned rolling stock procurement body AB Transitio has signed a firm order for eight Stadler double-deck electric multiple-units for use on Upptåget services from the end of 2019. The firm order announced by Stadler on February 14 has been placed as an option on a 2016 contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Oklahoma City streetcar arrives
USA: The first of seven trams for Oklahoma City arrived on February 13 from Brookville Equipment Co’s factory in Pennsylvania. Haulage by road was provided by Silk Road Transport. Brookville is supplying seven low-floor trams for the project, with the remaining six to be delivered at a rate of ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to provide predictive maintenance for Atlanta Streetcar
USA: Siemens has been selected as the long-term service provider for the Atlanta Streetcar. The partnership will see Siemens providing technical support and materials for all preventative and corrective maintenance of the four Avanto vehicles that it supplied for the route. Siemens will use its Railigent platform to analyse ...
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NewsLyon – Torino base tunnel contracts awarded
EUROPE: Franco-Italian base tunnel promoter Tunnel Euralpin Lyon-Turin has awarded three project management contracts totalling €90m to oversee civil engineering work on the French side of the border, accounting for around 80% of the 57·5 km tunnel. Announcing the contract awards on February 1, TELT Managing Director Mario Virano said ...
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UK railway news round-up
Following modernisation work to be undertaken by contractor Cleary, Belfast Central station is to be renamed Lanyon Place with effect from September. ‘This work will provide a new modern, more welcoming frontage to replace the current “blast wall”, enhancements to the ticketing area, improved retail/café offerings and the provision of ...
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NewsEP Cargo orders Traxx locos
GERMANY: Czech open access freight operator EP Cargo has ordered two Bombardier Transportation Traxx AC3 15 kV 16·7 Hz electric locomotives, with the first scheduled to be delivered in late March. The locomotives are to be used by EP Cargo Deutschland to haul fly ash and gypsum to Stralsund from ...
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NewsWarszawa Główna reopening contractor selected
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has selected Trakcja PRKiI’s 99m złoty bid for a design and build contract to reopen Warszawa Główna station. The terminus was originally opened in 1945 on the site of a former former freight facility. It is located 1 km west of a previous Warszawa Główna, ...
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NewsMelbourne opens elevated rail alignment
AUSTRALIA: Revenue services began operating on a new elevated alignment through the Melbourne suburb of Noble Park on February 15, when the Victoria state government’s Level Crossing Removal Authority commissioned the first section of viaduct on the Cranbourne-Pakenham line. A 2·7 km section of the city’s busiest suburban line through ...
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NewsSpinetta report urges SNCF to prepare for competition
FRANCE: The national railway must refocus on ‘the areas where it has greatest relevance’: transporting large numbers of passengers within urban areas, and providing high speed connectivity between France’s principal cities. This mission statement is at the heart of a landmark report handed to Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on February ...
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NewsFinal Singapore metro lines transferred to new concession model
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority announced on February 14 that it had concluded discussions with SBS Transit for implementation of the government’s New Rail Financing Framework model on the North East Line and the Sengkang and Punggol peoplemovers. This completes the 10-year transition of the island’s entire rail network to the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
The 1520 Group, which includes 38 Russian companies active in railway design and construction projects, has obtained regulatory approval for the purchase of a 50% stake in bridge contractor FSK Mostootryad-47 for an undisclosed price. Bombardier Transportation has awarded DHL Supply Chain a three-year contract to operate the on-site logistics ...
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Bombardier Transportation delivered 'superior financial performance' in 2017
BOMBARDIER: 'Bombardier closed out the second full year of its five-year turnaround plan with very strong performance', said Bombardier Inc President & CEO Alain Bellemare on February 15, when presenting the group’s annual results for 2017. ‘Because of this solid performance, we begin 2018 with great momentum’, he said. ‘Our ...
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NewsStadler plans Georgian rolling stock plant
GEORGIA: Stadler has signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of a rolling stock manufacturing joint venture in Tbilisi. The Swiss company plans to work with a local partner which is currently responsible for maintenance of the Tbilisi metro and is financing and building a workshop for the maintenance ...
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NewsVossloh classes Transportation division as 'discontinued operations'
VOSSLOH: Citing advanced discussions for the sale of the Locomotives business unit in Kiel, the executive board of Vossloh AG decided on February 16 to present the last remaining business unit of the Transportation division as ‘discontinued operations’ from December 31 2017. An impairment loss on the carrying amount was ...
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NewsGebze driverless metro tender progresses
TURKEY: Kocaeli Municipality announced on February 1 that 15 consortia had prequalified for a contract to build a driverless metro line linking Gebze and Darıca. Seven of these will now move on to the next phase. Construction is planned to start by mid-2018 on the 15·7 km ...
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NewsPesa signs Gdańsk tram contract
POLAND: The city of Gdańsk and tram operator GAiT signed a contract with sole bidder Pesa on February 15 for the supply of 15 bidirectional Jazz Duo trams, with options for 15 more. The 138·4m złoty contract includes maintenance and staff training, and is 85% co-financed by the EU. ...
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NewsUnited Wagon delivers wagons to Guinea
GUINEA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinSpetsMash plant has shipped the first of 114 hopper wagons ordered by aluminium producer Rusal following an international tender. The wagons will be used to transport bauxite from the Dian-Dian deposit in the Boké region. The 1 435 mm gauge hopper wagon designed by UWC’s All-Union ...
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NewsSoftware aims to improve KCS fleet utilisation
USA: Kansas City Southern has awarded planning and scheduling tool specialist Biarri Rail a contract to supply its Boss MP Loco cloud-based software to improve locomotive utilisation. ‘We engaged Biarri Rail to perform a proof-of-concept using Boss MP Loco and this clearly demonstrated that we could use the software package ...
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NewsTesting begins on second Izmir tram line
TURKEY: Test running has started on the Konak tram line in Izmir. The 12·9 km route was due to open late last year, but has been delayed. Services will operate with a fleet of 21 five-section low-floor trams supplied by the Eurotem joint venture of Hyundai Rotem and Tüvasaş. ...
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NewsNetwork Rail commissions cloud-based digital archive
UK: Network Rail has appointed Preservica to create a cloud-based digital archive to preserve and provide secure access to operational information and digital assets. This will include business information generated since 2002, and digitised heritage content including organisational, corporate and operational records such as annual company reports, ...