All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2017 – Page 8
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail tender to be called this year
ASIA: Almost 400 participants from 165 supply, consultancy, finance and operating organisations attended an industry briefing organised by Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed line project promoters MyHSR Corp and Land Transport Authority on July 5. The event in Singapore was held to provide information and seek feedback on the ...
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NewsRotterdam tests hydrogen fuel cell buses
NETHERLANDS: Two hydrogen fuel cell electric buses started test running in Rotterdam on June 30, ahead of entry into service later this year. In early 2016 transport authority RET signed a contract for Van Hool to supply the first zero-emission buses to Rotterdam from its factory in Koningshooikt in ...
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Metro Report InternationalAll civil works awarded for Grand Paris Express Line 15 South
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on July 3 that it had awarded the final two civil works contracts for Line 15 South, the 33 km driverless metro line that will run from Pont-de-Sèvres to Noisy-Champs. Under a contract worth €513m, a joint venture led by Bouygues Travaux ...
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NewsSolaris to supply more electric buses to Warszawa
POLAND: Warszawa bus operator MZA has ordered 10 Urbino 12 electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach, the supplier announced on July 3. The 12 m long buses powered by lithium ion batteries are expected to enter service from the start of 2018. MZA ordered 10 Urbino 12 electric ...
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NewsSNCF buys online ticket retailer Loco2
FRANCE: Independent online ticket retailer Loco2 announced on July 5 that it had been bought by SNCF’s Voyages-sncf.com business. Loco2 co-founders Kate and Jamie Andrews will remain with the business they launched in 2012. Kate Andrews said it would continue to operate as an independent company, but the new owner ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless shuttles on test in La Défense
FRANCE: A six-month pilot of autonomous electric shuttles started in the La Défense district of Paris on July 3. Keolis is operating three shuttles supplied by Navya, which are running at an average speed of 7 km/h on a public street shared with pedestrians but no other vehicles. ...
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NewsElectric buses ordered for Malmö
SWEDEN: Bus operator Nobina has ordered 13 Volvo 7900 Electric buses, the manufacturer announced on June 28. Due to enter service on the 14·7 km Route 7 in Malmö from the end of 2018, the 12 m long buses will be powered by lithium ion batteries. These will be ...
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NewsNapoli – Bari double-tracking commissioned
ITALY: As part of the project to create a high speed, high capacity route between Napoli and Bari, a 21 km section of double-track on the Foggia – Benevento – Caserta line was commissioned on June 28. A special train worked by an ETR485 tilting trainset conveyed Transport Minister Graziano ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram-train pilot scheme infrastructure costs up 401%
UK: Significant cost increases and delays to the UK’s pilot tram-train project are detailed in a report published by the National Audit Office on July 4. NAO found that while the Department for Transport and Network Rail have established new technical standards and shared the lessons learned with other tram-train ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation relocates Berlin headquarters
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation moved its global headquarters in Berlin to Brookfield Properties Germany’s Eichhornstraße 3 building with effect from July 3. There are around 250 employees at the new headquarters near Potsdamer Platz, which has been laid out with a focus on collaboration, personal productivity and flexibility, as well as ...
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NewsSaudi Arabia invites interest in operating its rail network
SAUDI ARABIA: The national Public Transport Authority has invited international railway operators and investors to express interest in forming a long-term partnership to operate the country’s rail network. The process forms part of the Saudi Vision 2030 programme, which aims to increase the role of the private sector in the ...
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NewsBern station expansion gets underway
SWITZERLAND: A long-discussed project to expand the main station in Bern was officially launched on July 3, following completion of the planning approval process on June 26. The Zukunft Bahnhof Bern project is intended to provide much-needed capacity increases in several areas, as both the SBB through station and the ...
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NewsHeathrow Airport 22 train/h service agreed
UK: Heathrow Airport Ltd, Transport for London and the Department for Transport have reached an agreement for Elizabeth Line services to run to Terminal 5, with the total number of rail services to the airport to increase from 18 to 22 trains/h in 2019. Planned rail services to Heathrow ...
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NewsGreen Cargo orders Transmontana locomotives
SWEDEN: Green Cargo has ordered two Transmontana electric locomotives from Romanian company Softronic for delivery in mid-2018. The freight operator expects the new locomotives to be able to haul trains of up to 3 000 tonnes, twice the load of its Rc locomotives dating from the 1970s. Announcing the order ...
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NewsXPT train and track monitoring contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales TrainLink has awarded remote conditioning monitoring specialist Perpetuum a five-year contract to collect and monitor rolling stock and track information using sensors which will be fitted to the fleet of XPT power cars used on inter-city passenger services. This is the UK-based company’s first multi-year contract ...
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NewsNetwork Rail orders Harsco Stoneblowers
UK: Harsco Rail has won a contract to supply infrastructure manager Network Rail with seven Stoneblower track maintenance machines. The deal announced on June 29 includes a long-term spare parts and software support agreement. The Stoneblowers are scheduled to be delivered over two years from late 2019, and will replace ...
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NewsFirst Giruno runs through the Gotthard Base Tunnel
SWITZERLAND: A Stadler EC250 Giruno trainset ran through the Gotthard Base Tunnel for the first time during testing on July 2. The manufacturer said that the test run at a maximum speed of 100 km/h had been a 'complete success', demonstrating that the design meets the standards required to operate ...
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NewsVTG to buy CIT Group’s European wagon leasing business
EUROPE: CIT Group Inc of the USA has reached a definitive agreement to sell its European wagon leasing business to Hamburg-based VTG AG. CIT Rail Holdings (Europe) SAS owns Paris-based NACCO, which according to VTG is the fourth largest private wagon leasing company in Europe with a ‘well-balanced portfolio’ ...
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NewsTesting begins on Cross City line in Dublin
IRELAND: Test running on Dublin’s Luas Cross City line started on June 17. Two Alstom Citadis trams were involved in the initial weekend of gauge testing, travelling at up to 10 km/h. The 5·9 km extension of the Green Line runs from the existing northern terminus at St Stephen’s ...
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NewsAuckland City Rail Link project company established
NEW ZEALAND: Dedicated company City Rail Link Ltd assumed responsibility for delivering Auckland’s cross-city rail project with effect from July 1, the day after agreements were signed by Finance Minister Steven Joyce, Transport Minister Simon Bridges and Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff. ‘City Rail Link Limited is a new company ...