All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2019 – Page 2
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NewsInnsbruck tram extension inaugurated
AUSTRIA: Trams began serving the Olympisches Dorf area of Innsbruck on January 26, following a ceremonial opening of an extension the previous day. The 4·3 km branch between Leipziger Platz and Josef-Kerschbuamer-Straße has 12 stops and is operated by routes 2 and 5. It includes a new bridge over ...
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NewsSingapore Cross Island Line alignment confirmed
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority announced the alignment for Phase 1 of the Cross Island Line on January 25. To be built in three phases, the Cross Island Line would be the longest fully underground metro line in Singapore. When complete, initial ridership is forecast at 600 000 passengers ...
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News‘No certainty' that European Commission will approve updated Siemens Alstom proposal
SIEMENS ALSTOM: Siemens Mobility and Alstom have submitted a revised proposal to address the European Commission’s competition concerns regarding their proposed merger. This comes amid widespread reports that the Commission may block the proposed merger when it makes its final decision on February 18. On January 28 Alstom said the ...
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NewsSeries 2700s to refresh Shikoku express services
JAPAN: Regional operator JR Shikoku unveiled its two pre-series Series 2700 diesel multiple-units on January 23. Now undergoing test running, the two-car units are expected to enter service later this year, working Limited Express services on the island’s principal non-electrified main lines. Serving Japan’s fourth-largest island, the JR Shikoku network ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Srbija Kargo has ordered a further eight Siemens Vectron MS locomotives, taking its total order to 16. Czech national freight operator ČD Cargo has undertaken a trial loading of sheet metal coils into prototype Innofreight Coilpalette P28 carriers on a Sggrrs wagon at an ArcelorMittal site in Ostrava. Up to ...
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NewsDistribution deal signed after InnoTrans demonstration
USA: Having seeing the product in action at InnoTrans 2018, PowerRail has negotiated to be the sole US distributor of German company SORB’s PowerSORB, an organic material which can absorb up to four times its own weight of spilled lubricants, oils, paints, dyes, coolants and other fluids on surfaces ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - January 2019
Australia: NRE has announced details of the eight 1 067 mm gauge low-axleload diesel locos that it is to supply to Watco, which has won a seven-year contract to haul grain for GrainCorp. The six-axle locos will have new NRE bogies with a 15·75 tonne axleload and an EMD 12-645E3B ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - January 2019
Australia: The NSW government has awarded Network Rail Consulting and Go-Ahead the A$16m System Integrator contract within its Digital Systems programme which includes rolling out ETCS Level 2, ATO and a traffic management system. ARTC has awarded Golder Associates a A$23m contract for geotechnical studies on the Gowrie – ...
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NewsFirst Gospel Oak – Barking services to go electric on January 28
UK: Some London Overground services on the Gospel Oak – Barking line in north London will be operated using an electric multiple-unit from January 28, Transport for London announced on January 25. Free travel is to be offered at a later date as compensation for the late arrival of the ...
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Rail Business UKDB Cargo UK and Maritime Intermodal announce rail freight deal
UK: Maritime Transport’s newly-formed intermodal business division and DB Cargo UK have announced an agreement in principle which will see the road haulier award the rail company a contract to operate four dedicated services from Felixstowe and Southampton, with Maritime taking over responsibility for DB Cargo UK’s existing intermodal customers ...
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NewsAcciona cleared to take stake in Spanish open access company ILSA
SPAIN: Competition authority CNMC has granted approval for infrastructure construction group Acciona to acquire a controlling stake in open access passenger service promoter Intermodalidad de Levante, which was founded by Valencia-based regional airline Air Nostrum. ISLA is developing plans to launch a passenger service between Madrid in Spain and Montpellier ...
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NewsGE to have bigger stake in Wabtec under modified merger terms
USA: Wabtec Corp and GE Transportation announced a modification to the terms of their merger agreement on January 25. The transaction is expected to close by the end of February, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions. Under the modified arrangement, GE will complete the spin-off of ...
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NewsNoida opens Aqua metro line
INDIA: The 29·7 km Aqua Line metro serving the Noida and Greater Noida districts to the east of Delhi was formally inaugurated on January 25 by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. Authorised by the state government in October 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs50·6bn, the line ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing opens second Casablanca tram line
MOROCCO: King Mohammed VI officially opened Casablanca’s second tram line on January 23, with revenue services starting the following day. Line T2 runs between Sidi Bernoussi and Aïn Diab. It has a total length of 22·5 km, including 15 km of new alignment and 7·5 km of existing line between ...
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Rail Business UKJoint venture to develop Cardiff Parkway station
UK: The Welsh government is to work with private investors to develop a Cardiff Parkway park-and-ride station at St Mellons, close to the M4 and around 8 min by rail from Cardiff or Newport. The government will become a shareholder and investor in the South Wales Infrastructure Ltd joint venture ...
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NewsRevised cost estimate for Helsinki – Espoo light rail line
FINLAND: A revised cost estimate for the planned Raide-Jokeri orbital light rail line that would link Helsinki with Espoo has been announced. If this is approved by the two city governments, construction can begin in June. The 25 km route is now expected to cost €566m, including €110m for ...
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NewsTMH signs Cuban locomotive contract
CUBA: A contract for Bryansk Machine Building Works to supply of 23 diesel locomotives to Cuba was signed by Transmashholding and importer Tradex on January 24. Delivery to Habana is planned in 45 months. The Type LDE-2500 design will be adapted to cope with the humid conditions in Cuba. ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
The European Commission has launched ‘targeted consultations’ to explore how to increase the international role of the euro in specific sectors including railway manufacturing. This is a follow-up to the December 2018 publication Towards a stronger international role of the euro, which the Commission said outlined ‘the benefits of a ...
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NewsHydrogen train goes on tour
GERMANY: Alstom is taking a Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell powered multiple-unit on a tour of six Länder between late January and mid-February. ‘This roadshow is a great opportunity for passengers, media and political stakeholders to get to know our Coradia iLint hydrogen train’, said Dr Jörg Nikutta Managing Director ...
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NewsTechnology for clearer station announcements
GERMANY: A public address system which Berlin-based start-up Holoplot has developed with the aim of providing clearer announcements is being trialled on the underground S-Bahn platforms at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, where the high frequency of train services means announcements must be made at very short intervals. Holoplot has installed 23 ...