All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2013 – Page 3
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NewsSuburban EMU converted into mobile ERTMS laboratory
UK: A Class 313 suburban electric multiple-unit leased from Beacon Rail has been converted into a mobile laboratory as part of infrastructure manager Network Rail's ETCS programme. Alstom's Wembley depot has fitted dual-system 25 kV 50 Hz/750 V DC unit number 313 121 dating from 1976-77 with on-train ETCS equipment, ...
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NewsIndra to build Kuala Lumpur integrated control centre
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur transport operator Prasarana has awarded Indra a €28m contract to design and build an integrated control centre covering the city's monorail, Ampang metro and Kelana Jaya automated light metro lines. Completion is envisaged within 48 months. Combing operational planning, signalling and real-time service monitoring activities within once ...
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NewsConstruction of Astana engine factory begins
KAZAKHSTAN: Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov formally launched construction of a diesel engine factory in Astana on July 4. The plant is being developed by a joint venture of national railway KTZ, GE Transportation and TransmashDiesel. The plant will assemble 300 GE Transportation GEVO engines a year, in eight, 12 and ...
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NewsEversholt Rail to provide Thameslink fleet support services
UK: Eversholt Rail has announced a 22-year agreement to provide project and asset management support services to Cross London Trains, the consortium of Siemens Project Ventures, 3i Infrastructure and Innisfree which was awarded a £1·6bn contract by the Department for Transport to build, own, finance and maintain 1 140 electric ...
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NewsRENFE sells business shareholdings
SPAIN: RENFE has sold its 22·5% stake in intermodal operator Combiberia to the six other shareholders for €240 000, and its 24·5% holding in port logistics company Depot TMZ for €238 000. As well as its 49% stake in Tarvia, the Spanish national operator has sold for €500 000 ...
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NewsNetwork Rail brings ballast supply chain in-house
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail brought the handling of new and used ballast in-house with effect from July 1, by 'mutual agreement' with Frimstone Ltd which was previously contracted to operate local distribution centres at Carlisle, Crewe, Bescot, Toton, Doncaster, Whitemoor and Eastleigh. Around 40 staff transferred to NR from ...
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NewsVolkerRail awarded Betuwe Route maintenance contract
NETHERLANDS: Betuwe Route infrastructure manager Keyrail has awarded VolkerRail a contract to maintain the 160 km dedicated freight corridor linking Rotterdam with the German border. VolkerRail will be responsible for planning and implementing maintenance of the line for five years from October 1 2013. The call for tenders in ...
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NewsThalys restructuring approved by partners
EUROPE: The boards of Belgian national operator SNCB and France’s SNCF have approved a restructuring of international high speed operator Thalys by 2015 to create a single corporate entity. Thalys operates high speed services between various destinations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, although its prime route is the ...
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NewsRATP cleared to automate Paris metro Line 4
FRANCE: The board of Ile de France transport authority STIF voted on July 10 to approve the conversion of Paris metro Line 4 to fully-automated operation, endorsing proposals submitted by operator RATP on June 28. Carrying 740 000 passengers/day, the north-south Line 4 is the second-busiest metro line in ...
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NewsWaterloo orders Bombardier light rail vehicles
CANADA: Waterloo Regional Council approved an agreement with regional transport authority Metrolinx for the purchase of 14 Bombardier light rail vehicles on July 10. The vehicles will be used for Stage 1 of the ION light rail line that is scheduled to open between Waterloo and Kitchener in 2016. ...
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NewsMarion Gout-van Sinderen
Marion Gout-van Sinderen, CEO of ProRail, has been elected President of EIM, the association of European rail infrastructure managers, for a two-year term.
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NewsShibuya Hikarie EMU enters service
JAPAN: Tokyu Railway has started putting into service a new generation of 1067 mm gauge commuter EMUs designed for through running onto neighbouring networks. This follows the transfer of operations at its Tokyo Shibuya station from the former elevated terminus to a low-level station allowing through running with Tokyo ...
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NewsNews in Brief
RZD International has signed a US$800m Russian-funded modernisation agreement with Serbian Railways. This includes upgrading 112 km of Corridor X and 200 km of the Beograd - Bar route, various track doubling and electrification projects and an US$100m order for a further 26 Metrowagonmash DMUs. Argentina’s government ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2013
Algeria: A consortium of Condotte d’Acqua and Rizzani de Eccher has awarded Ansaldo STS a €40m contract to supply ETCS Level 1 and 2 and conventional lineside signalling for the 130 km line under construction between Oued Tlélat and Tlemcen, along with a traffic control centre in Oran. Belgium: ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...
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NewsLoose fishplate identified following French inter-city derailment
FRANCE: National railway operator SNCF and infrastructure manager RFF confirmed on July 14 that a loose fishplate was believed to have triggered the derailment of a Paris - Limoges Intercité express at Brétigny-sur-Orge on July 12, which killed six people and injured a further 62. The seven-coach loco-hauled train which ...
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NewsToshiba motors to upgrade Singapore metro cars
SINGAPORE: Toshiba Corp has announced a 'major order' to supply its high-efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for the refurbishment of drive systems on 66 six-car C151 metro trainsets which SMRT Corp operates on Singapore's East-West and North-South lines. There are four motored cars in each trainset. Toshiba said this would ...
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NewsCincinnati Streetcar construction contract signed
USA: The main construction contract for the 5·8 km first phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar project was signed by the city council and the MPD joint venture of Messer, Prus and Delta Railroad on July 15, enabling the council to issue a notice to proceed. Utility relocation works for the ...
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NewsPrivate plans in Nigeria
NIGERIA: The government has prepared a bill to amend the 1957 Railway Act with a view to permitting private sector involvement in the rail sector. Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corp Adeseyi Sijuade said he envisages that private companies may be granted access ‘to run some of the vital aspects ...
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NewsRhomberg Sersa Rail Group acquires Universale
EUROPE: The Bahnbau Wels subsidiary of infrastructure contractor Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group signed a contract to acquire the Universale-Bau track and construction business of the insolvent Alpine group on July 15. Alpine had filed for bankruptcy on June 28, after efforts to restructure the business failed. The purchase of Universale ...