All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2013 – Page 4
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NewsUIC and ERA reach agreement over telematics documentation
EUROPE: An agreement providing for the future co-ordination of technical documentation covering Telematics Applications for Passengers was signed at the European Railway Agency headquarters in Valenciennes on July 1. It specifies how ERA and UIC will maintain their respective documents in order to ensure 'continuous synchronisation' between the relevant ERA ...
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NewsDovrebanen upgrading works reassigned
NORWAY: Celebrations were held on July 3 to mark the holing through of the 3·9 km Ulvin tunnel, which forms the centrepiece of a project to upgrade and realign a key section of Jernbaneverket's Dovrebanen main line between Oslo and Trondheim. The 17 km section between Minnesund and Kleverud is ...
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NewsGreece invites interest in privatisation of train operator Trainose
GREECE: Privatisation agency the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has invited expressions of interest in the purchase of 100% of the share capital of national train operator Trainose. The process is to be undertaken in two phases, with Phase A being the submission of expressions of interest by September 16. ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Madrid-based engineering consultancy Sener has acquired a 48% stake in Brazilian civil engineering group Setepla, with an option to buy the remainder at a later date. Setepla has undertaken construction work on São Paulo metro Line 4 and is currently working on Line 15, the Expresso Tiradentes monorail. ICT ...
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NewsDelhi regional rail link plans move ahead
INDIA: The national government has approved plans to develop regional express rail links connecting Delhi with three satellite towns in the National Capital Region. Meeting on July 11, the cabinet approved the setting up of the NCR Transport Corp to develop the Rapid Rail Transit System at ...
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NewsSouthern selects Bombardier to supply trains for Thameslink cascade
UK: On behalf of the Department for Transport, passenger operator Southern has selected Bombardier to supply 116 electric multiple-unit cars at cost of £180m. The order is intended to facilitate the cascade of EMUs between operators as part of the upgrade of the Thameslink route. Southern called for proposals in ...
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NewsEast Coast Main Line IEP train order confirmed
UK: A £1·2bn firm order for the Agility Trains consortium to design, build, finance and maintain 30 nine-car electric Hitachi Super Express Trains to replace the current Intercity 225 fleet on East Coast Main Line services from 2019 was confirmed by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin on July 18. The 27½-year ...
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NewsZSSK Cargo restructuring approved
SLOVAKIA: The government approved the Ministry of Transport's proposals for the restructuring and part-privatisation of ZSSK Cargo on July 10. The national freight operator has been hard hit by the economic downturn and the slump in Slovakia's steel industry, making a loss of €24m in 2012 compared to just €0·3m ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2013
Africa: Transnet Engineering has delivered 10 Class 33 locomotives and 21 coaches to CDN and CEAR for use in Mozambique and Malawi. Argentina: CSR Qingdao Sifang was awarded a US$327m order in May to supply 300 EMU cars in 2014 to increase capacity on the Roca commuter network in ...
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NewsFirst Grand Paris line to open in 2020
FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris announced on July 15 that its supervisory board had authorised the release of €5·3bn to fund construction of the first phase of the Grand Paris Express project. This covers the southern part of Line 15 from Pont-de-Sèvres to Noisy-Champs under the revised scheme announced by ...
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NewsBratislava orders Škoda Transportation trams
SLOVAKIA: Škoda Transportation signed a €39m contract to supply 15 Type 30T trams to Bratislava on July 18. The deal includes maintenance support and an option for a further 15 trams, and is being supported by EU funding. Deliveries are scheduled to being in mid-2015. The 32·5 m long ...
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NewsLondon Underground deploys modular sleepers
UK: The Track Partnership collaboration of London Underground and Balfour Beatty Rail has installed its first novel sleeper design on the network in 30 years. Cemex Rail Solutions’ 1502 is preassembled incorporating a Pandrol FE1404 rail fastening. This allows track to be constructed more quickly and cheaply, Balfour Beatty ...
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NewsElectrification training centre opened
UK: Carillion has opened an electrification training centre at Crewe which includes a purpose-built overhead line span and associated components. Carillion is part of Network Rail’s electrification 'framework panel' and is undertaking enabling works on the Edinburgh - Glasgow Improvement Project in Scotland; it also has a partnership agreement with ...
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NewsWorld rail market July 2013
Germany: Scheidt & Bachmann is to supply 40 FareGo Sales OT|40 touch-screen ticket machines for installation on Chemnitz trams. Poland: KZ Bydgoszcz is to supply a real-time passenger information system for Grudziadz’s trams and stops. The city of Poznan has awarded Siemens an 83m złoty contract to supply ...
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NewsAlstom opens Canadian bogie plant
CANADA: A bogie assembly plant at Sorel-Tracy, northeast of Montréal, was officially opened by Alstom on July 5. It will produce bogies for 468 rubber-tyred metro cars which Montréal operator STM ordered from a consortium of Bombardier and Alstom in 2010. The contract requires 60% domestic content. Bogie and ...
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NewsOpen-system train control study
RUSSIA: RZD, its signalling and telecoms research institute Niias and Italian signalling equipment supplier ECM intend to study jointly the prospects for development of an open-architecture based train control system for Russian Railways and the wider 1520 region. The three parties signed a memorandum of understanding at the Russian Railways ...
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NewsLegios wins Turkish tank wagon order
TURKEY: Czech rolling stock manufacturer Legios has announced a contract to supply 100 light oil tank wagons to Turkish refining company Tüpras. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. The KC600m contract includes an option for further deliveries in 2014 which Legios said would 'significantly' increase the overall volume of ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - July 2013
The government of Nigeria's Ogun state has allocated N1bn for construction of a light rail system. Preliminary work has commenced and further feasibility studies are to be undertaken. Brazil's Bahia state has called bids for a R$4bn 30-year PPP contract to operate the 6·6 km Salvador metro, and ...
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NewsChinese loans to fund locomotives and electrification in Belarus
BELARUS: An order for electric locomotives and a loan to fund railway electrification were among the agreements signed during President Lukashenko's official visit to Beijing in July. The state-owned Export-Import Bank of China is to provide a loan to cover 85% of the US$116·9m cost of the 18 locomotives, which ...
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NewsNew passenger rail contract signed in Catalunya
SPAIN: The Catalunya regional government has signed a contract with RENFE covering the provision of regional and suburban services in 2013-15. Following a serious breakdown in relations last year, the Generalitat says that the new contract announced on June 17 marks a change in the relationship between itself and ...