All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2014 – Page 2
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NewsThales wins East Japan Railway CBTC contract
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has selected Thales as preferred bidder for a contract to design a communications-based train control system for Joban Local Line in the greater Tokyo area. The scope includes 14 stations on the 29·7 km Ayase - Toride route, along with 70 trainsets. Subject to a final ...
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NewsFirst 7000 Series metro cars arrive in Washington
USA: The first 7000 Series trainset for the Washington metro was unveiled at Greenbelt station on January 6. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ordered 428 cars from Kawasaki Rail Car for $886m in May 2010 and a further 100 in May 2013. The initial cars are about to ...
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NewsEgis wins Salvador metro contract
BRAZIL: Build-operate concessionaire CCR has awarded Egis a €12m contract for systems management and integration for the construction of the Salvador metro, as well as interface management between subsystems and civil engineering. Egis will work with Brazilian subcontractor MCA on project management. The project comprises the completion of the ...
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NewsAlpha Trains acquires RBS rolling stock assets
EUROPE: The Alpha Trains Luxembourg No 2 subsidiary of leasing company Alpha Trains acquired 202 locomotive and passenger rolling stock assets from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc at the end of 2013. The mixed asset and shares transaction was financed by a commercial-secured debt facility provided by a consortium ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel mobile phone coverage agreed
EUROPE: Eurostar and Le Shuttle passengers will be able to access mobile communications networks in both bores of the Channel Tunnel from March, after Eurotunnel signed a 10-year agreement with UK telecoms companies EE and Vodafone on January 9. Under the agreement EE and Vodafone customers will be able to ...
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NewsIzmir plans three tram lines
TURKEY: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has announced plans to build three tram lines by 2017. The 12·6 km Konak Line with 19 stops would run from Fahrettin Altay Meydanı to Halkapınar via Konak. The 9·7 km Karsiyaka Line in the north of the city would link Alaybey and Mavişehir via ...
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NewsRescroft moves into train seating
UK: Public transport and specialist automotive seating manufacturer Rescroft Ltd has acquired the designs, tooling and certain stock of Dudley-based seat manufacturer People Seating Ltd. Announcing the deal on January 9, Rescroft said it would continue supplying PSL's existing rail seats and trim, as well as developing a new range ...
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NewsJR East reorganises train building activities
JAPAN: With effect from April 1 East Japan Railway is to transfer its Niitsu Rolling Stock Plant manufacturing business to Japan Transport Engineering Co, the former Tokyu Car business which JR East acquired from Tokyu Corp in April 2012. The transfer to J-TREC is to be undertaken through a company ...
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NewsKeolis wins Massachusetts commuter rail operating contract
USA: Massachusetts Department of Transportation has selected Keolis Commuter Services for a contract to operate the state's commuter trains from July 1. The eight-year operating contract is worth $2·69bn, with options for two two-year options which would take the value to $4·26bn. The network centred on Boston carried 36·4 million ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis wins Massachusetts commuter rail operating contract
USA: Massachusetts Department of Transportation has selected Keolis Commuter Services for a contract to operate the state's commuter trains from July 1. The eight-year operating contract is worth $2·69bn, with options for two two-year options which would take the value to $4·26bn. The network centred on Boston carried 36·4 million ...
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NewsMetro-North access to Penn Station endorsed
USA: Speaking in Albany on January 8, the governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo offered his support for a commuter rail investment project which would see MTA Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains routed over Amtrak’s Hell Gate bridge into New York Penn Station. Provisionally costed at around $1bn, ...
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NewsRail arrives for track renewal projects
ARGENTINA: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo visited the Port of Buenos Aires on January 9 to inspect the first shipment of 10 000 tonnes of rail from ArcelorMittal Poland for track renewals on the routes from the federal capital to Rosario and Mar del Plata. Pointing out ...
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NewsLoose bolts to blame for Brétigny derailment
FRANCE: On January 10 land transport accident investigation bureau BEA-TT published its interim report on the derailment which had taken place on July 12 2013 at Brétigny-sur-Orge. The last four cars of an SNCF Paris - Limoges inter-city service had left the track when entering the station from the north, ...
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NewsMetro-North access to Penn Station endorsed
USA: Speaking in Albany on January 8, the governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo offered his support for a commuter rail investment project which would see MTA Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains routed over Amtrak’s Hell Gate bridge into New York Penn Station. Provisionally costed at around $1bn, the ...
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NewsDCD begins rolling stock plant upgrade
SOUTH AFRICA: The R100m first phase of DCD Rolling Stock's R240m programme of investment in its Boksburg plant was launched by Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba during December. Running for up to five years, the programme is intended to enable DCD to benefit from the multi-billion rand and long-term spending ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market January 2014
Australia: Thiess has selected a joint venture of Aecom and Aurecon Design to provide design services for the Moreton Bay Rail project. Belarus: China National Electric Import & Export Corp beat four other international bidders for a contract to electrifiy the line from Maladzyechna to the Lithuanian border, with ...
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NewsRail-specific export credit rules introduced to encourage sustainable development
INTERNATIONAL: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development has introduced sector-specific rules to govern government-backed export credits, loan guarantees and risk insurance in the rail market. The rail sector understanding which came into effect on January 1 provides tailored amendments to the credit rules followed by the 34 OECD member ...
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NewsStuttgart orders more Tangos
GERMANY: Stuttgart transport operator Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen has exercised an option for an additional 20 S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles from Stadler Pankow, the manufacturer announced on January 13. The order is worth €73m including spare parts. SSB placed an initial order for 20 LRVs in early 2010, the first of ...
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NewsTrinity and Element form US$2bn wagon leasing alliance
USA: Wagon manufacturing and leasing group Trinity Industries and Element Financial Corp and have entered into a strategic alliance which aims to provide lease financing for up to $2bn of wagons over two years. An initial deal covering the sale of leased wagons worth $105m to Element was completed in ...
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NewsHŽ Cargo privatisation collapses
CROATIA: The planned sale of a 75% stake in HŽ Cargo has been abandoned following the collapse of negotiations with Grampet Group, the Ministry of Transport announced on January 13. A call for expressions of interest in the privatisation of the national railway’s freight business had initially ...