All Railway Gazette International articles in February 2022 – Page 6
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NewsTanzania orders Chinese wagons for standard gauge network
TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has ordered 1 430 wagons from CRRC International for use on the country’s embryonic 1 435 mm gauge network. The US$127·2m contract was signed by TRC Director General Masanja Kadogosa and CRRC International’s Assistant General Manager Tang Yunpeng on February 8, at ...
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In depthResearch: Towards a low-carbon slab track
The inclusion of recycled plastic and other materials in precast and continuous in-situ concrete track slabs would help to reduce the environmental impact of track construction and could also deliver improved dynamic performance.
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Metro Report InternationalTokyo Metro extensions approved
JAPAN: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism has given Tokyo Metro the go-ahead to develop two proposed extensions to the capital’s metro network. The first would be an extension of the Yurakucho Line to serve areas at the northern end of Tokyo Bay that ...
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Rail Business UKAECOM to design Sunderland station entrance
UK: AECOM has been tasked with designing a replacement southern entrance to Sunderland station. The consultancy will work with BAM Nuttall, Network Rail, Nexus, Grand Central, Northern and Sunderland City Council on the project, which is part of a wider £26m redevelopment. ...
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NewsPortable brake force measurement device
SWITZERLAND: Measurement device specialist Kistler has developed a highly portable device for measuring brake force on trains. Kistler developed the BFMS for staff at SBB’s maintenance depots in Oberwinterthur where the operator was keen to optimise the brake force measurement process. The device comprises four 9303A1B ...
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NewsAzerbaijan freight loco deliveries completed
AZERBAIJAN: The EKZ electric locomotive manufacturing joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding has delivered the last of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locos which were ordered by national railway ADY in 2014. Assembled at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, the 25 tonne axleload twin-section freight locomotives have ...
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NewsUkraine and France finalise electric locomotive financing
UKRAINE: France and Ukraine have finalised financing agreements for Alstom to supply 130 electric freight locomotives to national railway Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced during a joint press conference when his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron visited Kyiv on February 8. Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said ...
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Rail Business UKReal-time access to freight locomotive CCTV
UK: Journeo has equipped GB Railfreight’s fleet of almost 100 Class 66 locomotives with forward-facing CCTV and a connection to a cloud-based data portal, providing the control room with real-time access to train location, status and condition monitoring data. Staff have immediate ...
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Rail Business UKNorth Wales transport review to consider A55 corridor options
UK: A North Wales Transport Commission has been formed to develop a pipeline of rail, road, bus and active travel schemes for the A55 corridor between Cheshire and Holyhead, the Welsh government has announced. A multimodal review of the corridor was recommended by the Welsh government’s ...
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NewsWarning of long-term effects of EU railways’ €50bn revenue hit during the pandemic
Railway companies in European Union member states lost €27bn of revenue in 2020 and €23bn in 2021 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Community of European Railway & Infrastructure Companies’ Covid Impact Tracker.
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg orders trams with driverless capability
RUSSIA: St Petersburg transport operator Gorelektrotrans has awarded PK TS a 6·9bn rouble contract to supply a total of 57 trams. The order announced on February 8 includes three three-section, 27·5 m long 71-931M Vityaz-M trams with a capacity of 188 passengers, and 54 two-section, 19·4 ...
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NewsProgress in talks on reopening strategic rail link
INTERNATIONAL: Armenia and Azerbaijan have made progress in talks aimed at reopening the long-closed rail link between the two countries, raising hopes of restoration of a rail corridor that once offered a through route between the Baltic coast and the Gulf. On January 28, Mher Grigoryan, ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail tests earth movement meters in Scotland
UK: Network Rail’s Scotland route is testing surface-mounted earth movement meters at 26 sites. The tilt meters are designed to detect movement in slopes, embankments and earthworks of more than 5°, and sound an alert via the GSM-R telecoms network to inform control staff of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalEIB backs Wrocław tram fleet renewal
POLAND: Transport operator MPK Wrocław has finalised a 165·9m złoty agreement with the European Investment Bank to help finance the procurement of new trams over the next three years. ‘We are consistently implementing a strategic plan to improve the quality of public transport, which was outlined ...