All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2021 – Page 5
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NewsSilva Logistic System ready to launch
POLAND: Kronospan group company Silva Logistic System has obtained a licence to operate its own rail freight services, and staff training is underway with a view to running its first trains this month. Silva LS has obtained more than 38m złoty of EU co-funding to support ...
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NewsVR FleetCare selects software for growth in a competitive market
FINLAND: The national railway group’s rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare is to standardise on the Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise software platform, which will be implemented by Infor’s local partner Midport Scandinavia. It will be rolled out to 1 000 users, replacing a legacy system with ...
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Rail Business UKFunding competition to support passenger experience and decarbonisation innovation
UK: The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have opened the 2021 First of a Kind competition, offering a share of £9m of funding to support the development of ‘pioneering technology and exceptional ideas’ on three themes. These are: increasing passenger confidence by providing assurance ...
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Metro Report InternationalSupercapacitors and sensors on latest generation of Moscow trams
RUSSIA: Moscow has taken delivery of the first four of the latest generation of PK TS Vityaz-M trams, ordered under a 30-year contract which covers the supply and maintenance of 74 three-section and 40 single-section vehicles. Features include supercapacitors which are expected to reduce traction power ...
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Rail Business UKPassenger Experience and Economics, Policy & Operations rail research centres planned
UK: The UK Rail Research & Innovation Network has called on academic institutions to express interest in establishing two centres of excellence. The Inclusive Passenger Experience centre would focus on topics such as inclusive design, digital connectivity, future passenger preferences, and demand and performance metrics. The ...
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NewsEuroDual electro-diesel locos delivered
GERMANY: The Retrack freight operating subsidiary of VTG Rail Logistics has taken delivery of two Stadler EuroDual electro-diesel locomotives, ordered under a long-term leasing contract for up to four locomotives which it signed with European Loc Pool last year. The EuroDual locos are rated at 2·8 ...
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NewsSerbia calls tenders for 200 km/h EMUs
SERBIA: The Ministry of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure has called tenders for the supply of three 200 km/h electric trainsets for use on the Beograd - Novi Sad - Subotica route. The trainsets are required to be around 100 m long with a minimum of 300 ...
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Metro Report InternationalChennai Blue Line extended north
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail’s 9·1 km Blue Line extension was opened by Prime Minister Narenda Modi on February 14. Running north from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar, the extension serves the districts between the coast and Southern Railway’s North Line. The Rs37·7bn project was authorised in 2016 ...
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Rail Business UKEgis makes acquisition in ‘strategic and developing’ UK rail sector
UK: French engineering group Egis says it has realised its ambition of becoming a key player in the UK rail and infrastructure market, following the acquisition of a majority shareholding in CPMS TOPCO and its operational arm Collaborative Project Management Services Ltd. Egis has been involved ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomatic Track Machine Oscillator rail grinder tested on Wien tramway
AUSTRIA: The capital’s transport operator Wiener Linien is testing an Automatic Track Machine Oscillator tramway rail grinder, which was developed by Plasser & Theurer in collaboration with industry partners, university academics and infrastructure operators as part of the Shift2Rail research programme. ATMO is the result of ...
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Metro Report InternationalGetting Ready2Ride in Pittsburgh
USA: Pittsburgh transport agency Port Authority of Allegheny County and ticketing technology companies Masabi and Transit have launched the three-month pilot phase of the Ready2Ride mobile ticketing system, ahead of the full launch later this year. More than 600 Masabi Justride validation devices have been installed ...
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NewsRailpool to acquire maintenance company Ajax Loktechnik
GERMANY: Leasing company Railpool is to take over Hamburg-based locomotive maintenance company Ajax Loktechnik with effect from March 1. Railpool said Ajax Loktechnik would bring expertise in flexible mobile servicing and heavy maintenance, as well as a second workshop in the important freight hub of Hamburg. ...
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Rail Business UKHigh speed line contractor to deploy social distancing helmets
UK: High Speed 2 central area civil works contractor EKFB has awarded PLINX a contract to supply 1 500 helmet-mounted devices designed to help maintain social distancing at work sites during the coronavirus pandemic. The devices use wireless technology to monitor how close workers are to ...
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Metro Report InternationalMauritius light rail Phase 2A contract awarded
MAURITIUS: India’s L&T Construction has been awarded a contract to build Phase 2A of the Mauritius Metro Express. This will extend the light rail line by 3·4 km from Rose Hill Central to Quatre Bornes Central Station and Trianon, serving the densely populated areas of Ebene ...
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NewsSteepest rack railway launches modernisation programme
SWITZERLAND: The world’s steepest rack railway is to introduce new rolling stock and modernise its stations to enable an increase in services. Pilatus Bahnen has ordered eight passenger railcars and a freight vehicle for its 800 mm gauge line, which uses the Locher rack system to ...
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Rail Business UKLockdown opening for Bow Street station
UK: Trains began calling at the new Bow Street station near Aberystwyth on February 14, without ceremony because of travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The station was funded by the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport’s New Stations Fund, having intially been identified in ...
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Rail Business UKCambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project planned
UK: Network Rail has set out details of the Cambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project, and is to undertake public consultation during March on proposals for the modernisation of seven level crossings. The C3R programme covers 200 track-km in an area between Meldreth and Elsenham in ...
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Metro Report InternationalCommuter line to metro conversion contracts awarded
AUSTRALIA: Contracts have been awarded for the upgrading of 13 km of Sydney’s T3 Bankstown Line commuter route between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro standards as part of the Metro City & Southwest project. John Holland and Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction have been awarded an A$227m ...