All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2020 – Page 2
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Organisations
Attiko Metro SA
This company is responsible for construction of Lines 2 and 3 of the Athens metro (see Statheres Sygkoinonies, STASY) opened from 2000, and for the planned Line 4. It also manages the Thessaloniki Metro project, currently under construction for opening in 2023. Address191-193 Messogion Avenue11525 AthensGreecePhone+30 210 679 2399Fax+30 210 ...
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Société du Grand Paris (SGP)
Network of orbital metro lines and other projects under construction. See Paris network map and Paris region network map. This government agency is co-ordinating infrastructure works required as part of the Grand Paris project, including the four orbital automated Grand Paris Express metro lines totalling 200 route-km and serving 68 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCalgary orders 15 S200 light rail vehicles
CANADA: Siemens Mobility announced a further contract to provide 15 S200 light rail vehicles to Calgary Transit on February 25. They will be built at Siemen’s Sacramento facility to replace CTrain’s U2 LRVs which have operated since the 1980s. The order is in addition to the 63 ...
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Rail Business UKSPL Powerlines UK opens head office
UK: Electrification design and installation contractor SPL Powerlines UK formally opened its headquarters in Coatbridge to the east of Glasgow on February 20. The complex has 1 000 m2 of office space and work halls, with room for future growth. Around 50 employees have moved into the ...
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NewsHessische Landesbahn retains Wetterau West-Ost contract
GERMANY: Following a European tender, Rhein-Main transport authority RMV has awarded incumbent Hessische Landesbahn the next contract to operate Wetterau West-Ost passenger services in the area north of Frankfurt. The contract running for 10 years from December 11 2022 covers services RB46 Gießen – Gelnhausen, RB47 Wölfersheim-Södel ...
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Metro Report InternationalLund tramway gets revised launch date
SWEDEN: Lund’s SKr890m tram Line 1 will open for revenue service on December 13, regional transport authority Skånetrafiken has announced. According to Skånetrafiken, the original opening date of September 2019 was pushed back owing to a delay in the completion of the depot. The 5·5 km route ...
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NewsMalaysia’s rail sector to exhibit at InnoTrans for the first time
INNOTRANS: The Malaysian rail industry will be represented on a combined stand for the first time at InnoTrans 2020. The stand in Hall 11.2 will feature 10 companies. ‘Over recent years, developments and growth in the Malaysian rail sector have certainly exceeded expectations’, explains Badrul Hisham Hilaly, ...
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Wuhu Urban Rail Transit
Opened 2021; two-line monorail network serving 35 stations. Work on a straddle-beam monorail between Baoshun Rd south via Jiuziguangchang to Baimashan began in 2016. Line 1 opened on November 3 2021 (30·4 km, 25 stations), using a fleet of 28 six-car monorail sets. A second line began construction in 2018 ...
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Shaoxing Metro
Opened 2021, China’s 43rd metro. Two metro lines with 39 stations. See Hangzhou & Shaoxing network map. The northwest section of Shaoxing’s first metro line opened between Guniangqiao and China Textile City on June 28 2021 (20·3 km, 10 stations). On April 29 2022 Line 1 was extended across the ...
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NewsRolling motorway reaps reward from lorry transit restrictions as row looms with EU
AUSTRIA: Introduction of further restrictions on specific cargoes and certain categories of lorry on the A12 Inn Valley motorway between Langkampfen near Wörgl and Ampass near Innsbruck from January 1 2020 has led to a 32% increase in rolling motorway traffic on the Brenner corridor, reports Austrian ...
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Bengbu Metro
Single monorail line under construction of planned six-line network. Construction of Line 2 began in 2019, to run from Changnan Bus Station to Huaiyuan Old River Bay (32·7 km, 24 stations). Work on Line 1 is planned to start in 2021, running from East Xuzhuang to East Fengyang (37·4 km, ...
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Rail Business UKSignalling equipment on stilts helps storm-proof main line
UK: Network Rail’s decision to mount signalling equipment on 3 m high stilts following previous flood damage meant the West Coast Main Line at Caldew Junction just north of Carlisle was able to reopen within 24 h of flooding during Storm Ciara on February 9, compared to ...
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NewsIndian wagon concept presented by Russian defence supplier
INDIA: Russian armoured vehicle and rolling stock manufacturer Uralvagonzavod highlighted its railway products at a defence sector show for the first time during the DefExpo 2020 event in Lucknow. UVZ showed a concept for a platform wagon with 27 tonne axleload 1 676 mm gauge bogies which ...
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Rail Business UK‘Trusted, bold and innovative’ companies sought for East West Rail
UK: Project promoter East West Railway Co has published a Prior Information Notice seeking specialist companies to participate in the development of the planned Oxford – Cambridge rail corridor. A market engagement event is to be held in Milton Keynes on March 5. ‘Our mission is to ...
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NewsTransContainer drops Dobrá intermodal gateway
SLOVAKIA: Russian intermodal operator TransContainer has decided to close its Slovakian subsidiary and end its lease on the Dobrá intermodal terminal five years early.
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA seeks open-gangway Subway cars to renew A Division fleet
R262 Rendering USA: New York MTA announced on February 24 plans to design and purchase up to 1 500 Subway cars with an open-gangway configuration for its A Division of numbered lines. The five-car R262 sets would replace 1 139 R62 and R62A cars in operation ...
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NewsATO tested on JR West’s Osaka Loop Line
JAPAN: West Japan Railway has successfully tested automated train operation on a section of the Osaka Loop Line, as a precursor to introducing ATO on its busiest routes in the Osaka region.
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Rail Business UKNorthern franchise termination was the only option, says Transport for the North
Industry sources have expressed some unease at the decision to terminate Arriva’s franchise rather than agree to its proposals for stabilisation. But termination was the only available option, Transport for the North Strategic Rail Director David Hoggarth tells Rail Business UK’s Tony Miles.
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Metro Report InternationalDublin automated metro operations consultant appointed
IRELAND: SNC-Lavalin has been selected to act as Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s operations adviser for the MetroLink project to build an automated metro line running north–south across Dublin. The contract scope includes the development of an operational vision and strategy, reviewing and critiquing the design of the rolling ...