All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2016 – Page 6
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NewsTRAN Committee approves market opening
EUROPE: The three legislative measures in the market pillar of the European Commission’s Fourth Railway Package were approved by the European Parliament’s Transport & Tourism Committee on July 12. These are designed to open up the EU’s domestic passenger rail markets to competition and ensure greater transparency between infrastructure management ...
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NewsFirst Cádiz tram-train arrives
SPAIN: The Andalucía regional government announced on July 7 that the first of seven vehicles being supplied by CAF for the Cádiz tram-train project had arrived at the new rolling stock maintenance facility in Chiclana de la Frontera. Following delivery by road from the CAF Santana plant in Linares, the ...
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NewsSaint-Etienne unveils new tram fleet
FRANCE: The first of 16 Urbos trams being supplied by CAF has been unveiled in Saint-Etienne. Following testing, the first unit is expected to enter service on the 1 000 mm gauge network in December. Trams currently carry 23 million passengers/year, 50% of all journeys on public transport in the ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...