All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2011 – Page 2
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NewsTalgo 250 arrives in Toshkent
UZBEKISTAN: The first of two Talgo 250 trainsets ordered to cut journey times on the 344 km Toshkent - Samarkand route from 3½ h to 2 h arrived in Toshkent on July 22, with the second due to follow in September. The trainsets have been given the name 'Afrosiyob'. Each ...
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NewsFirst fatal crash on Chinese high speed line
CHINA: Up to 43 passengers are reported to have been killed and over 200 injured following a rear-end collision between two high speed trains at Shuangyu near Wenzhou on July 23. The world’s first fatal train accident on a dedicated high speed line took place on the 250 ...
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NewsRATP orders 66 trains for Paris metro
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has exercised an €300m option for 66 more MF01 metro trains, supply consortium leader Alstom announced on July 25. They are to be delivered for Line 9 by Alstom, Bombardier and Areva between May 2013 and August 2016, with financing split equally between RATP ...
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NewsHammer attachment eases electrification
UK: A specially commissioned hydraulic hammer attachment for road-rail excavators is allowing Terrawise Construction to install an average of 11 electrification mast piles in an 8 h shift as part of the expansion of Manchester's Metrolink light rail network. The DX-RT from BSP International Foundations can be quickly erected from ...
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NewsWorld Bank approves Dedicated Freight Corridor loan
INDIA: The World Bank has approved a US$975m loan towards the 343 km Khurja – Kanpur first phase of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. Running from Ludhiana to Sonnagar and Dankuni, the 1843 km EDFC is intended to ease congestion on the Delhi – Kolkata axis and achieve a smaller ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Bangladesh has signed loan agreements for the planned 6·2 km Padma Multi-purpose Bridge, which is intended to cut Dhaka – Khulna road journeys from 12 h to 3 h and will include provision for a rail line. The World Bank is providing US$1·2bn, JICA US$425m and IDB US$140m towards the ...
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NewsJena places first Tramino export order
GERMANY: Polish bus and tram manufacturer Solaris announced its first tram export order on July 12, a €13·7m contract to supply five Tramino cars to Jena transport operator Jenaer Nahverkehr. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2013. The 100% low-floor cars will be custom-designed for Jena's metre gauge ...
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NewsSignalboxes to go as Network Rail accelerates control strategy
UK: Network Rail began formal staff consultations on July 20 for a 25-year strategy to eliminate around remaining 800 mechanical signalboxes and relay interlockings and concentrate control of the national network in 14 regional operating centres. This will form a key element in its proposed investment plans for 2014-19 (Control ...
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NewsFEVE assists Ecuador Railways revival
ECUADOR: On July 8 Ecuador Railways General Manager Jorge Eduardo Carrera signed two contracts worth a total of US$30m with FEVE President Ángel Villalba, as the Spanish metre-gauge operator continues to participate in the revival of the Ecuadorian network under an existing co-operation agreement (RG 5.10 p30). A US$25m contract ...
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NewsChicago orders 300 more 5000-series metro cars
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has placed a $331m firm order for 300 more 5000-series metro cars, Bombardier Transportation announced on July 20. The order is an option under a July 2006 contract and brings the total number of 5000-series cars ordered by CTA to 706, worth a total of ...
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NewsPerth consults on strategic transport vision
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has begun consultation on a strategic plan for the development of rail, bus rapid transit and light rail services with the aim of addressing congestion and accessibility issues as Perth grows to an expected population of 2·5 million by 2031. Heavy rail elements ...
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NewsNorth West Railway back on track
ZAMBIA: Plans for a 254 km railway from the Chingola railhead to the Lumwana mining region are once again active, with US-based Tagos Group and Zambia Development Agency signing a memorandum of understanding to raise US and African Development Bank funding for the US$500m project in Lusaka last month. ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2011
Australia: RailCorp has awarded MerMec a €15m contract to supply two 130 km/h Roger 800 self-propelled diagnostic vehicles by the end of the year, with an option for a third. Queensland Rail has awarded TrackStar Alliance a US$15m contract for work on the US$488m 10 km Richlands – ...
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NewsSunRail commuter project funding signed
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Orlando on July 18 to announce a $178·6m federal grant completing funding for the $357·2m capital costs of first phase of the SunRail commuter rail project. Governor Rick Scott had put the project on hold earlier in the year, but gave the ...
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NewsModernised EU07 locomotive on test
POLAND: ZNTK Olenica has extensively modernised a PKP Intercity Class EU07 electric locomotive as a pilot for a possible wider programme. The changes have uprated the locomotive from 2 MW to 3·2 MW, and increased top speed from 125 km/h to the 160 km/h permitted on an increasing proportion of ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2011
Argentina: Trenes de Buenos Aires has acquired 10 ex-Netherlands Railways Class 3200 two-car DMUs, which will be regauged to 1676 mm for use between Merlo and Lobos on TBA’s Sarmiento route and on the Victoria – Capilla del Señor section of the Mitre network. Australia: WPG Resources has ordered ...
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NewsQueues to see first Vamos in Bielefeld
GERMANY: Queues of up to an hour developed when Bielefeld transport operator MoBiel opened its first Vamos light rail vehicle for public viewing during a depot open day on July 3 which attracted 20 000 visitors. MoBiel placed a €47m order for 16 LRVs with a consortium of HeiterBlick and ...
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NewsRail.One announces new ownership structure
GERMANY: Ballastless track and concrete sleeper supplier Rail.One completed a 'comprehensive financial reorganisation' at the beginning of July, with some creditors receiving shares in return for waiving claims. The company is now owned by a group of creditors led by the DAM Capital Management subsidiary of US firm Anschutz ...
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NewsKeeping vegetation under control
UK: Network Rail has taken delivery of the first of three LUF Bushfighter automated vegetation clearance machines from Austrian supplier Rechner's GmbH. Equipped with a 75 kW four-cylinder turbocharged Deutz powerpack, the vehicle is controlled remotely and can operate on embankments at an angle of up to 45°. It can ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief
A 1·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Darüssafaka to Haciosman opened on May 23, taking the line length to 18 km. The southern extension of M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi over the new Golden Horn Bridge is expected to open in 2014. Waterloo Regional Council approved ...