All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2016 – Page 4
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NewsNew Tube for London invitations to tender issued
UK: Transport for London invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens to tender for a contract to supply 250 new trainsets for the London Underground on January 18. The procurement forms part of the New Tube for London programme to modernise rolling stock, infrastructure and signalling on the small-profile Piccadilly, ...
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NewsHockey-inspired light rail vehicle unveiled
CANADA: Calgary Transit unveiled the first of 63 Siemens S200 high-floor light rail vehicles at its Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility on January 14. According to Calgary Transit, the design is inspired by a hockey goalkeeper mask, and was chosen by city residents ahead of designs inspired by the Bow River ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement signed
PANAMA: Deputy Foreign Minister Luis Miguel Hincapié and the Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Hitoshi Kikawada signed a technical and financial co-operation agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on January 14. Details of the agreement are due to be finalised during the ...
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NewsBydgoszcz tram extension opens
POLAND: A 9·5 km extension of the metre gauge tram network in Bydgoszcz opened on January 16, linking Wyścigowa with Łoskoń in the Fordon district in the east of the city. Routes 3, 5, 7 and 10 serve the new line. The first tram departed the new eastern terminus ...
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NewsBuda tram connections completed
HUNGARY: The completion of a project to connect tram routes in the Buda district of Budapest was marked with the start of passenger services on January 16. The ‘fonódó villamoshálózat’ (interweaving tram network) project has enabled the creation of two long north-south corridors on the right bank of the River ...
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NewsETCS rollout re-evaluated
NETHERLANDS: The national roll-out of the European Rail Traffic Management System is to be delayed pending a re-evaluation of the priorities, State Secretary for Infrastructure & Environment Sharon Dijksma confirmed on January 14. A budget of €2·57bn had been announced in 2014 for a programme running until 2028. This would ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur light metro train unveiled
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 Innovia Metro 300 trainsets ordered as part of the project to extend Kuala Lumpur’s Kelana Jaya light metro line was unveiled by Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma on January 18. Bombardier said the driverless trainsets are being ‘designed, constructed and tested’ at its ...
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NewsGotthard Base Tunnel freight tests begin
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NewsPKP PLK commissions virtual model of rail network
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a consortium of Rail Management Consultants and Tata Steel Rail Consultancy a 1·57m złoty contract to create a virtual model of the rail network in Warszawa and Mazovia using RailSys software. This is intended to enable improve train planning on the region’s ...
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NewsRing of Fire railway planned to Big Daddy and Black Horse
CANADA: Mining exploration company KWG Resources Inc is negotiating a deal for China Railway First Survey & Design Institute Group Co to undertake a feasibility study for the construction and financing of a proposed 328 km multi-user railway which would link mineral deposits in the remote Ring of Fire region ...
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NewsToulouse to double metro Line A capacity
FRANCE: Toulouse public transport authority Tisséo signed a €66m contract on January 15 for Siemens to undertake infrastructure work that will allow an increase in capacity on Line A of the driverless VAL metro. Tisséo plans to double the length of the trains from 26 m to 52 m, ...
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NewsArriva and Schenker sell-off decision delayed
GERMANY: Plans announced last July for the possible part-privatisation of Deutsche Bahn subsidiaries DB Arriva and DB Schenker Logistics are in doubt following government indications that it is unhappy with DB’s proposals. DB had hoped to raise up to €4∙5bn from a sale that could be set against its debt ...
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NewsDresden - Praha study proposes 26 km tunnel
EUROPE: The construction of a 26 km Erzgebirge/Krušné hory base tunnel under the German-Czech border is recommended in the feasibility study for a new line between Heidenau and Ústí nad Labem which is proposed to increase speeds and capacity on the Dresden – Praha corridor. Presenting the conclusions of the ...
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NewsRefurbished Hamburg S-Bahn EMU presented
GERMANY: The first refurbished Hamburg S-Bahn Class 474 electric multiple-unit was unveiled by Hamburg Transport Minister Andreas Rieckhof, HVV CEO Lutz Aigner and S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH CEO Kay Uwe Arnecke on January 13. This follows the presentation of a prototype Class 474 Plus a year ago. All 112 Class ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Frauscher Sensor Technology has officially opened an expanded axle-counter and wheel detection sensor production facility at St Marienkirchen in Austria. This is expected to increase capacity from 17 000 to 30 000 sensors a year. Škoda Transporation has bought a 100% stake in Czech company Poll. Established in 1996, Poll ...
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NewsMTA awards CBTC verification contract
USA: MTA New York City Transit has formally awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corp a contract to develop and test its communications-based train control products to verify interoperability with the CBTC systems ordered from Siemens and Thales. Last year MTA awarded Siemens and Thales two contracts to install CBTC on the subway’s ...
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NewsContactless card rail ticketing development funded
UK: The UK Cards Association, which represents the card payment industry, has received funding from the Rail Delivery Group to develop a framework which would enable contactless bank cards, mobile phones, wearables or other devices to be used for pre-purchased rail tickets. This would include long-distance and season tickets, removing ...
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NewsBroad gauge reaches Tripura
INDIA: Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha watched the arrival of the first broad gauge trial train at Tripura's state capital Agartala on January 13. The start of passenger services will follow the completion of the conversion of the 227 km Badarpur - Agartala line from metre to 1 ...
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NewsDouble-deck coaches presented to Koleje Mazowieckie
POLAND: A ceremony at Warszawa Wschodnia on January 13 marked the official presentation of Sundeck double-deck coaches that Pesa has supplied to Mazowieckie voivodship passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie. The first set then made an inaugural journey to Rembertów. Deliveries of the 20 double-deck intermediate coaches, two double-deck driving cars ...
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NewsFirst order for ScreeneX glass-embedded LCD passenger information screens
EUROPE: Oran Safety Glass has won its first contract to supply its ScreeneX glass-embedded high-resolution LCD screens. The order has been placed by CN-Consult, which will incorporate ScreeneX into 170 InnoScreen overhead displays which are to be installed this year at stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ScreeneX ...