All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2016 – Page 3
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NewsSBB’s first Giruno cars take shape
SWITZERLAND: The first cars for Swiss Federal Railways’ future EC250 trainsets are nearing completion in the Stadler factory in Bussnang. SBB ordered 29 of the 11-car articulated trainsets in 2014 for use on international services via the Gotthard Base Tunnel, with an option for 92 more. Stadler plans to show ...
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NewsSan Francisco – San Jose electrification and EMU contracts approved
USA: Electrification and rolling stock contracts worth $1·25bn for the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project were approved by the Caltrain board on July 7. The $697m contract for design and construction of 25 kV 60 Hz AC electrification infrastructure on the 82 km route between San Francisco and San Jose was ...
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NewsAlstom to repaint Pendolino fleet
UK: Angel Trains has awarded Alstom a €28m contract to repaint the fleet of 56 Class 390 Pendolino trainsets operated by Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. This will be the first project to be completed at the technology centre which Alstom is developing in Widnes for opening ...
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NewsPacific National orders PowerHaul locos
AUSTRALIA: Pacific National has awarded UGL contracts with a totalling A$594m for the supply and maintenance of locomotives, including the first order for the 1067 mm gauge version of GE’s PowerHaul family. UGL is to supply PN with three 1 067 mm gauge PH37 PowerHaul freight locomotives, along with ...
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NewsConcerns raised over Santiago de Compostela crash investigation
SPAIN: Questions have been raised by the European Commission about the conduct and findings of the Spanish investigation into the high speed derailment at Santiago de Compostela on July 24 2013, which killed 81 people and injured another 150. Last October, the Commission asked the European Union Agency for Railways ...
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NewsMontpellier celebrates completion of tram loop
FRANCE: More than 7 000 people attended an evening of dancing and music choreographed by Hamid El Kabouss to celebrate the inauguration of a 1·2 km extension of the Montpellier tram network on July 1. The extension adds three new stops and completes a ring of tram lines encircling the ...
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NewsMinisters agree to reduce Orient/East-Med freight delays
EUROPE: A joint declaration designed to facilitate the elimination of bottlenecks affecting international freight traffic on the Orient/East-Med Rail Freight Corridor was signed by transport ministers from eight EU countries during the TEN-T Days conference in Rotterdam on June 21. The Orient/East-Med corridor starts at the ports of northern Germany ...
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NewsKlüber Lubrication gets closer to you at InnoTrans
KLÜBER LUBRICATION: ‘Closer to you’ is the motto Klüber Lubrication will be using to present its latest developments at InnoTrans 2016. The company will focus on its Klübersynth LEG 4 75 W 90 fully-synthetic gearbox oil which was specially developed for railway applications, and is designed for full performance even ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
Ward Bros (Steel) Ltd has awarded DB Cargo UK a contract to operate a weekly train carrying scrap metal from its processing facility at the Port of Sunderland to the Celsa Steel UK works in Cardiff. DB Cargo said these are the first trains from the port since 1998. ...
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NewsHull Trains rolls-out KeTech onboard information screens
UK: ‘Hull Trains passengers are now the most well informed on the UK rail network’, claims Mike Dixon, Technical Manager at KeTech which has supplied its Keinform500 onboard information screens for the open access operator’s fleet of Alstom diesel multiple-units. The fleet-wide roll-out follows a successful trial ...
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NewsNetwork Rail aims to design-in accessibility
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail’s ‘Spaces & Places for Everyone’ campaign to improve disabled passengers’ experience of using the rail network was launched by comedian Francesca Martinez on July 11. NR aims to replace the historic culture of 'bolt-on' provision for disabled customers with an approach based on 'inclusive ...
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NewsSOB bids to run Gotthard regional services
SWITZERLAND: St Gallen-based Südostbahn AG has unveiled proposals to introduce more attractive and cost-effective regional services on the Gotthard and Ostschweiz corridors, where the current operating contracts held by Swiss Federal Railways come up for renewal at the end of 2017. Based on its experience with its St Gallen – ...
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NewsNS puts Qbuzz up for sale
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS announced on July 11 that it had begun seeking a new owner for its Qbuzz business, which operates the sneltram light rail network in Utrecht as well as local bus services in Utrecht, Groningen/Drenthe and Friesland. ING has been appointed to advise on what NS ...
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NewsBratislava trams cross the Danube
SLOVAKIA: Revenue services on the tramway extension from the centre of Bratislava to the Petržalka district on the right bank of the River Danube began on July 8, following an official opening ceremony on July 5. The 2·4 km Šafárikovo Námestie - Bosákova route crosses the Danube on the refurbished ...
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NewsAshish Kumar Goel
Ashish Kumar Goel, currently serving as General Manager of both South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway at Indian Railways, has been named General Manager of the Kolkata metro.
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NewsTraction and services in Voith’s InnoTrans portfolio
VOITH: ‘Connecting Forces - Driving Innovation’ will be Voith’s slogan at InnoTrans 2016. On the outdoor tracks Stadler will be showing cars from first EC250 trainset for Swiss Federal Railways, and indoors Voith will be showing one of the noses it is supplying for the trains, incorporating an ...
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NewsNavi Mumbai Metro seeks Swiss timekeeping
INDIA: Swiss company Mobatime has been awarded a contract to supply time signals and clocks for the Navi Mumbai Metro. The 11 km initial phase of Line 1 is under construction for opening in 2017, as the first stage of a planned six-line network totalling around 117 km. Two control ...
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NewsPrivately-run Solux Express launches in Almaty
KAZAKHSTAN: Private company Solux Express launched a passenger service between Kapchagay and Almaty on July 9. There are two daily round trips, timed to enable passengers to spend a day in either the city or at the lakeside resorts at Kapchagay, with a journey time of around 1½ h.The services ...
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NewsNSB forms standalone rolling stock and ticketing companies
NORWAY: State operator NSB has established separate companies to handle ticket sales and own the rolling stock fleet, to facilitate the government’s reform programme which includes tendering the operation of passenger services. The two new businesses are scheduled to be transferred from the ownership of NSB to the Ministry ...
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NewsModertrans to refubish Gdańsk trams
POLAND: City transport operator ZKM Gdańsk has selected Modertrans for a 7·98m złoty contract to modernise one Konstal Type 114Na and four Alstom Konstal Type NGd99 trams. The NGd99 modernisation will include replacement of the original traction equipment with new AC motors, along with the replacement of worn components and ...