All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2017 – Page 3
-
NewsCrossrail 2 needs to be more affordable
UK: Ways to improve the affordability of the proposed Crossrail 2 project while maximising the benefits are to be studied, Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have jointly announced. The Crossrail 2 proposal comprises a tunnel to link up rail routes in ...
-
NewsWork begins to electrify Caltrain
USA: California Governor Jerry Brown was among those present at a ceremony at Millbrae station on June 21 to mark the start of work on the Caltrain Electrification Project. ‘Today marks the beginning of a faster, cleaner, better Caltrain, a Caltrain that will allow tens of thousands of people ...
-
NewsStudies still underway for trans-Pennine electrification
UK: No decision has been taken on the scope of the project to electrify the trans-Pennine route from Stalybridge near Manchester to Leeds, York and Selby, the Department for Transport told Railway Gazette on July 24. Network Rail’s electrification programme has seen significant cost overruns, and on July 20 the ...
-
Metro Report InternationalWork begins to electrify Caltrain
USA: California Governor Jerry Brown was among those present at a ceremony at Millbrae station on June 21 to mark the start of work on the Caltrain Electrification Project. ‘Today marks the beginning of a faster, cleaner, better Caltrain, a Caltrain that will allow tens of thousands of people ...
-
NewsAlstom opens Silk Road locomotive repair centre
KAZAKHSTAN: Alstom has inaugurated a depot in Astana which will undertake the corrective and preventive maintenance and overhaul of Prima KZ8A freight and KZ4AT passenger locomotives under a 25-year contract with national railway KTZ. The 2 660 m2 facility includes a repair and testing hall, spare parts stores and office ...
-
NewsModertrans offers best bid in Wrocław tram tender
POLAND: Modertrans submitted the cheapest bid to supply 40 trams to Wrocław, transport authority MPK Wrocław announced on July 21. Modertrans’ offer of 176·2m złoty for the 27% low-floor Moderus Beta compares with a bid of 324·4 złoty from Pesa, which is offering its 100% low-floor Twist model. ...
-
NewsFirst train on Turkish section of Kars – Tbilisi railway
TURKEY: A ceremonial first train ran on the Turkish section of the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway corridor on July 19, carrying Minister of Transport, Maritime & Communication Ahmet Arslan as well as Georgia’s Minister of Economy and the CEOs of the national railways of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. ...
-
NewsBeacon Rail buys Voyager DEMU fleet
UK: Beacon Rail Leasing has expanded its UK rolling stock portfolio with the purchase of the Bombardier Class 220 and Class 221 Voyager diesel-electric multiple-unit fleets from subsidiaries of Lloyds Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. The 352 vehicles are formed into 78 four and five-car sets, of which 58 ...
-
NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Rio Tinto reports that the Autohaul project to automate its heavy haul iron ore trains in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is ‘continuing to progress well’ and ‘on schedule to be completed by the end of 2018’. Around 20% of train-km are now being operated in autonomous mode, the ...
-
NewsDMUs delivered ahead of Nordjyske Jernbaner expansion
DENMARK: Nordjyske Jernbaner has taken delivery of 13 Alstom Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units which are expected to enter service this autumn to support an expansion of services. The locally-owned railway company operates the 18 km Hjørring – Hirtshals and 40 km Frederikshavn – Skagen lines in northern Jylland, and ...
-
NewsMore high speed in the Mediterranean Corridor
SPAIN: Tendering is to start in 2019 for a high speed line between Valencia and Castelló, according to Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna. Expected to cost €1·2bn, the 62 km double-track alignment is to be designed for operation at up to 350 km/h. Under the Mediterranean Corridor programme, a ...
-
NewsAbellio signs Bernburg – Magdeburg contract
GERMANY: A contract for the operation of Bernburg – Calbe (Saale) – Schönebeck – Magdeburg regional passenger service RB48 was signed on July 21 by Sachsen-Anhalt Transport Minister Thomas Webel and Chairman of Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Dr Roman Müller. The contract has been awarded as an option on the ...
-
NewsCzech beer and crystal to China by rail
INTERNATIONAL: The first eastbound container service from Praha to Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province left the Metrans container terminal at Praha-Uhříněves at 11.35 on July 19, carrying 40 wagons loaded with 80 containers of export goods including beer, crystal glass and automotive parts with a total value of US$5m. The ...
-
NewsHyundai Rotem wins two Seoul metro rolling stock orders
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Metro has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 176bn won contract to supply 214 metro cars to replace the Line 2 fleet, the supplier announced on July 21. Deliveries of the 21 10-car trainsets and one four-car trainset are due to take place in 2019-20. The new fleet ...
-
NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Russia’s United Wagon Co produced 4 600 wagons in Q2 2017, up 22% on the same period last year. The company now offers 45 types of wagon. Property, residential, construction and services group Kier has completed the acquisition of UK infrastructure services company McNicholas. ‘It is a highly complementary ...
-
NewsEssen and Mülheim transport operators to merge
GERMANY: Essen and Mülheim transport authorities EVAG and MVG, along with their joint undertaking Via, are to become unified in Ruhrbahn GmbH. The new transport comapny will start operating from September 1 and will have its headquarters in Essen. ‘With around 2 500 staff and covering an area with ...
-
NewsHigh Level Output Specification for Control Period 6 published
UK: On July 20 Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling published the High Level Output Specification setting out what the government wants the railway to achieve in Control Period 6, which runs from April 1 2019 to March 31 2024, as well as the initial Statement of Funds Available. ...
-
NewsTramino XL enters service in Leipzig
GERMANY: The first Tramino XL tram entered service on Route 4 in Leipzig on July 13. Operator Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe will start seeking suggestions from the public for names for the new fleet in the autumn. In February 2015 LVB selected Solaris to supply five trams for €7·7m, with options ...
-
NewsSheffield, Swansea and Windermere electrification cancelled
UK: The government confirmed on July 19 that it had cancelled the planned 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the Midland Main Line between Kettering, Nottingham and Sheffield, the Cardiff – Swansea route and the Oxenholme – Windermere branch. ‘Rapid delivery of passenger benefits, minimising disruption and engineering work should ...
-
NewsDubai Expo train mock-up revealed
UAE: Alstom has presented a full-size mock-up of a Metropolis metro car for the Route 2020 metro project to a delegation from Dubai Roads & Transport Authority during its visit to France. Alstom is supplying 50 five-car trainsets for the Route 2020 project under a contract awarded ...