All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2018
All articles published this month.
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NewsItalo-NTV orders more high speed trainsets
ITALY: A €330m firm order for Alstom to supply a further five Pendolino Evo high speed trainsets and maintain them for 30 years was signed by Italo-NTV on July 31. The open access operator has previously ordered a total of 17 Pendolino Evo trainsets under a framework agreement reached in ...
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NewsFS Group board replaced
ITALY: Recently-appointed Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Danilo Toninelli announced the removal of the board of national railway FS Group on July 25. ‘We are the government of change’ said Toninelli, a member of the right-wing Five Star Movement party. A new board for 2018-20 was named on July 30, ...
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NewsVancouver – Seattle – Portland high speed rail study
NORTH AMERICA: Washington State Department of Transportation has appointed WSP to prepare a business case analysis for an ‘ultra-high speed ground transportation system’ connecting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. WSP will be assisted by Steer, EnviroIssues, Paladin Partners and Transportation Solutions. The proposed high speed railway would be between 435 and ...
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NewsTrenitalia awards €1·6bn regional DMU framework contract
ITALY: Trenitalia has awarded Hitachi Rail Italy a framework contract for the supply of up to 135 regional diesel multiple-units. The agreement signed on July 27 includes a firm order for 70 units, and there are options for 65 more which would take the total value to €1·6bn. Trenitalia ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney light rail depot energised
AUSTRALIA: Randwick Stabling Yard, the depot for Sydney’s CBD & South East Light Rail line, has been energised. Daytime testing of trams on the route is expected to begin in the coming months; night testing started in February. As well as facilities for light maintenance and tram washing, the ...
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NewsWorld rail market - July 2018
Germany: IVU Traffic Technologies is to supply fleet management and ticketing software to central Sachsen transport association VMS. India: Nippon Signal is to supply an automatic fare collection system for the Ahmedabad metro project. Poland: On Track Innovations has been awarded a US$155 000 multi-year contract to provide ...
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NewsAlstom focuses on sustainability and digitalisation at InnoTrans 2018
ALSTOM: Innovations to help drive the global transition to more sustainable transport and support digitalisation will be highlighted by Alstom at InnoTrans 2018. SBB Prima H4 On show on the outdoor tracks will be one of the Prima H4 four-axle electro-diesel locomotives which Swiss Federal Railways has ordered ...
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NewsMorocco’s Al Boraq high speed service to launch by year end
MOROCCO: Africa’s first high speed railway is now expected to open for traffic by the end of the year as commissioning trials continue. LGV Maroc comprises a 183 km high speed line between Tanger and Kénitra which is being built for operation at up to 320 km/h, as well as ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail announces mobile ticketing pilot
UK: ScotRail is to launch a mobile ticketing pilot scheme which will enable passengers to buy, store and use tickets directly from a smartphone app, removing the need for paper tickets or smart cards. Developed by the Nevis Technologies joint venture of transport authority Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and payment ...
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NewsBombardier to supply more Francilien EMUs
FRANCE: Bombardier Transportation is to supply further 36 Francilien high-capacity suburban electric multiple-units to SNCF, which has placed the €261m order announced on July 30 on behalf of Greater Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités. The firm order has been placed within a 2006 framework agreement covering up to 372 EMUs, ...
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NewsSNCF orders 36 EMUs
FRANCE: Bombardier Transportation is to supply further 36 Francilien high-capacity suburban electric multiple-units to SNCF, which has placed the €261m order announced on July 30 on behalf of Greater Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités. The firm order has been placed within a 2006 framework agreement covering up to 372 EMUs, ...
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Rail Business UKORR requires four actions following Network Rail timetabling failures
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has required that Network Rail immediately take four actions to improve its timetable planning, after an investigation by the regulator found systemic failings. There are two annual timetable changes, in May and December. The May 2018 change included the biggest service revisions in ...
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NewsIrizar signs Aix-en-Provence electric bus contract
FRANCE: Irizar announced on July 27 that it had signed a contract with transport authority RDT 13 to supply 15 electric buses for use on the planned L’Aixpress route in Aix-en-Provence. The Spanish manufacturer will supply a 12 m version of its Irizar ie tram model, along with charging ...
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NewsNext phase of Luxembourg tramway inaugurated
LUXEMBOURG: The next phase of Luxembourg City’s tramway was inaugurated on July 27, becoming the first part of the route with no overhead wires. The western extension from Pafendall-Rout Bréck to Place de l’Etoile has intermediate stops at Theater and Faïencerie. To enable catenary-free operation, the trams are equipped ...
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NewsRolling motorway service targets transit freight
ROMANIA: CFR Marfă launched a rolling motorway service on July 26, having received financial support for the project from the national environment fund. The service is aimed at transit traffic, running from Dorneşti near the border with Ukraine to Giurgiu on the border with Bulgaria and Ruse across the River ...
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NewsIstanbul’s third airport to gain metro link in November 2019
TURKEY: The first metro line serving Istanbul’s third airport is scheduled to open on November 24 2019, the Ministry for Transportation, Maritime & Communications has told Metro Report International. The 37·5 km route with nine stations is being build by a consortium of Kolin and Şenbay under a €999·8m ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
RZD Logistics and China Railway Corp have delivered an initial shipment of goods from Beijing to Moscow in a van attached to a passenger train, following the signing on June 8 of a memorandum for the development of cross-border express freight services. The shipment of LED lights and office supplies ...
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NewsEU Agency for Railways to host debates at InnoTrans 2018
ERA: The European Union Agency for Railways will be using InnoTrans 2018 to demonstrate the ‘one-stop-shop’ IT tool through which all applications for safety certificates, vehicle authorisations and ERTMS approvals will be submitted form June 2019. Visitors will be able to test the tool and discuss how it will work. ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - July 2018
Bangladesh: Hyundai Rotem is to supply 10 diesel-electric locos to BR under a 41bn won contract announced on May 18, with an order for 20 more expected to follow. They are to be delivered from the Changwon plant from 2020, for mixed traffic use on the metre gauge Dhaka – ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - July 2018
Australia: Metro Trains Melbourne has selected Extreme Networks’ ExtremeSwitching 10G Ethernet for its CCTV and video systems. Chile: Metro de Santiago has awarded Alstom a €4·5m contract to supply 87 point machines. Croatia: A contract for the modernisation and electrification of the 23·8 km Zaprešić – Zabok line ...