All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2019 – Page 3
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NewsFirst Klang Valley Line 2 car bodies arrive in Malaysia
MALAYSIA: Car bodies for the first two trainsets that will operate Klang Valley Line 2 arrived at Westport in Port Klang on January 23. The bodies have arrived from Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant in South Korea and will now be transported to a factory in Rasa for final assembly. ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst suburban line opens in Wenzhou
CHINA: The first phase of suburban Line S1 in Wenzhou opened on January 23. The 34·8 km route runs from Tongling to Olympic Centre, serving 12 stations; three more stations are still to open. The National Development & Reform Commission approved the line in September 2012, and construction was ...
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NewsBogies ordered for Sakhalin gauge conversion
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Tver plant has been awarded a contract to supply 138 broad gauge bogies to Sakhalin to facilitate the regauging of passenger rolling stock. This forms part of the programme to convert the island’s rail network from 1 067 mm narrow gauge to the 1 520 mm broad gauge ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
A trial run took Caledonian Sleeper’s new CAF coaches into London Euston for the first time on January 22. Entry into service is now expected ‘by the end of May ‘. Network Rail has awarded BAM Nuttall a framework contract worth up to £320m for renewals and enhancements in ...
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Metro Report InternationalSantiago opens second driverless metro line
CHILE: President Sebastián Piñera officially opened the second driverless line of the Santiago metro with a ceremony at Los Libertadores station on January 22. Line 3 links Los Libertadores with Fernando Castillo Velasco on a 21·7 km underground alignment with 18 stations. The end-to-end journey time is 30 min ...
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NewsRail Baltica procurement to ramp up this year
EUROPE: Political support for Rail Baltica and public awareness have increased significantly in the past year as government and EU agreements have been reached, Acting CEO Ignas Deaks said at tri-national project promoter RB Rail’s annual press conference in Tallinn on January 23. Support includes European Commission backing for the ...
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NewsRail fare integration and ride-sharing at heart of Lille transport relaunch
FRANCE: Suburban rail fare integration is among the measures being introduced under a comprehensive reorganisation of the public transport network around Lille to be implemented on January 28. According to the municipality, seven TER suburban rail routes operated by SNCF Mobilités will be integrated into the fare ...
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Rail Business UKBedford – Cambridge railway planning partners sought
UK: Oxford to Cambridge railway corridor project promoter East West Railway Co has published a prior information notice seeking specialist partners to support the planning of the Bedford to Cambridge section, which is it envisaged could open in the mid-2020s. The government’s 2018 budget allocated £20m for the development of ...
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NewsLuxembourg GSM-R deployment completed
LUXEMBOURG: A three-year project to deploy GSM-R across the 271 km CFL network has been completed, supplier Kapsch CarrierCom announced on January 22. Kapsch has implemented an all-IP RDN.core built on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 4, with RDN.base stations, transmission networks, dispatcher systems and roaming agreements with France, ...
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NewsAmtrak seeks Amfleet I replacements
USA: Amtrak has issued a Request for Proposals for the supply of single-deck coaches to replace its 470 Amfleet I and ex-Metroliner vehicles, which are more than 40 years old. This follows a request for information issued last July. Requests to participate should be submitted by February 13. The base ...
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Metro Report InternationalSan Diego adopts account-based fare collection
USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has awarded a contract to Init for the supply of an account-based fare collection system, with an option to operate and maintain it. Due to be rolled out in 2021, the system will use Init’s MOBILEvario back-office software. Init will supply 100 cash ...
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NewsLuxembourg minister sets out free public transport details
LUXEMBOURG: Transport Minister François Bausch announced details on January 21 of plans to offer free nationwide public transport. Free public transport is to be offered to all passengers, whether or not they are resident in Luxembourg, from March 1 2020 on all modes financed by the state and operating ...
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NewsRevised Colombo light rail plan approved
SRI LANKA: The government has approved a revised plan for a light rail line to be built in Colombo, and plans to sign a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency. The 17 km line with 16 stops would link Colombo Fort Multimodal Transport Hub with Malabe. Work is ...
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NewsRail expansion at Hamburg container terminal
GERMANY: Hamburger Hafen & Logistik has completed a project to expand the rail facilities at its Container Terminal Burchardkai in the Port of Hamburg. Work to increase capacity of HHLA’s largest container facility by 25% to 850 000 TEU/year has included the installation two additional tracks and two Kocks Ardelt ...
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NewsHitachi completes Ansaldo STS takeover
ITALY: Trading in Ansaldo STS shares is to be suspended on January 28-29, and the shares will be delisted from the Italian stock exchange with effect from January 30, the company announced on January 21. The move marks the completion of the takeover the international signalling group by Hitachi Rail ...
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Rail Business UKHeathrow Express EMU fleet contract awarded
UK: Leasing company Porterbrook has awarded Bombardier Transportation an £11m contract to modify 12 Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-units for use on the Heathrow Express shuttle service between London Paddington and the airport. Last year the airport owner outsourced the operation of the non-franchised premium service to GWR under a ...
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NewsTokyo Metro offers free food to reduce overcrowding
JAPAN: Tokyo Metro is offering passengers free food as an incentive to travel outside the morning peak in a trial that aims to reduce overcrowding. Passengers travelling from stations between Toyo-Katsutadai on the Toyo Rapid Railway Line and Monzen-Nakacho on the Tozai Line are eligible for the two-week trial, ...
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NewsBattery trolleybuses ordered for Saint-Etienne
FRANCE: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply 22 battery trolleybuses to Saint-Etienne, the manufacturer announced on January 17. The €17m order includes options for two more vehicles, and is Solaris’ first trolleybus order for the French market. Škoda will supply the drive system for the 12 m long ...
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NewsExpanding the railway legal framework in southeast Asia
ASIA: The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail and the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding to co-operate to develop rail transport in Asia, particularly southeast Asia where most states are not signatories to the COTIF uniform ...
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NewsPortuguese incumbent awarded public service contract
PORTUGAL: The government has formally awarded national passenger operator CP a public service contract running for 10 years from the start of this year, with an option to extend it by five more. This sets out how the government will compensate the operator for loss-making services to be provided under ...