All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2018 – Page 3
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NewsFans take to the rails as RZD reports World Cup success
RUSSIA: According to statistics released by Russian Railways, no fewer than 319 000 football fans were carried on the national railway’s special free passenger trains during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The ‘cluster’ approach adopted by Russia to group football venues in the west of the country favoured rail ...
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NewsRussian Railways orders 293 coaches
RUSSIA: An agreement for Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works to supply 293 coaches to Federal Passenger Co was signed on July 17. Deliveries are scheduled to start this month and run until October. The order covers 271 second class coaches and 22 cars with staff compartments and facilities for passengers with ...
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Rail Business UKFliteTrak expands onboard monitoring capabilities
MONITORING: FliteTrak has launched the next generation of its ViatorRail intelligent remote monitoring system, which is being used by a UK passenger operator to assess engine temperatures and performance and see train movements in real time. The latest upgrade adds the capability to monitor vibration, shock, voltage, current and pressure. ...
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NewsLegal challenge to Siemens’ London Underground train contract win
UK: A legal challenge to Transport for London’s selection of Siemens as preferred bidder to supply new trainsets for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line was confirmed by Bombardier Transportation and Hitachi on July 23. ‘Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transportation confirm that they have issued claims in the High Court against London ...
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NewsPK TS presents Lionet tram
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy presented its newest tram model at its St Petersburg factory on July 20. The single-section 100% low-floor Lionet left the workshop driven by a traction battery along a short section of catenary-free track. Designated 71-911M, the Lionet is a development of the City Star model. ...
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NewsPK TS presents Lionet tram
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy presented its newest tram model at its St Petersburg factory on July 20. The single-section 100% low-floor Lionet left the workshop driven by a traction battery along a short section of catenary-free track. Designated 71-911M, the Lionet is a development of the City Star model. ...
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NewsÖBB chooses Siemens to build day and night fleets
AUSTRIA: National operator ÖBB has picked Siemens Mobility as the supplier of a fleet of inter-city rolling stock. Bids closed on June 29, and ÖBB said on July 20 that it had concluded its evaluation of the tenders, allowing the preferred bidder to be named. The deal is subject to ...
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NewsAmsterdam’s north–south metro line opens
NETHERLANDS: The long-awaited north–south metro Line 52 in Amsterdam was officially opened by Mayor Femke Halsema, Alderwoman of Traffic & Transport Sharon Dijksma and eight selected local residents on July 21. The line was then opened to pre-registered users. Regular revenue services began the following day, when there was am ...
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NewsHydrogen engine research grant
CANADA: The federal government’s Clean Rail Academic Grant Programme is providing C$25 000 for the University of Windsor’s Hydrogen Enabled Low-Emissions & Fuel Efficient Diesel Engine Combustion Technology for Clean Locomotives project, which aims to develop an experimental diesel engine capable of running on blends of hydrogen and diesel. The ...
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NewsLake Balaton line upgrading funding
HUNGARY: The EU has provided €193m from the Cohesion Fund to cover 85% of the cost of the recently-completed modernisation of the 123 km line around the south side of Lake Balaton between Székesfehérvár and Keszthely (RG 7.17 p40). Modernisation of the entire route from Budapest to Keszthely was undertaken ...
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NewsAlstom to supply 31 driverless trains to Mumbai
INDIA: Project promoter Mumbai Metro Rail Corp awarded the rolling stock contract for Line 3 to a consortium of Alstom Transport India and Alstom Transport on July 19. Alstom is to supply 31 eight-car driverless trainsets, all of which are to be assembled in India. The stainless steel-bodied trains ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The European Commission has found that a loan of €166m granted by Slovakia to ZSSK Cargo does not involve state aid within the meaning of EU rules. The Commission concluded that the state had behaved as a market investor would have in similar circumstances, and thus provided no selective economic ...
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NewsSwing bridge to replace damaged Friesen Bridge
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn and the local authorities have published proposals for a long swing bridge to replace the Friesen Bridge across the River Ems, which was irreparably damaged when it was hit by a ship on December 3 2015. Trains have been unable to use the bascule bridge near the ...
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NewsVancouver rail upgrade funding
CANADA: The Government of Canada is to provide C$167m to support three projects to improve the capacity of railways serving the Port of Vancouver. Two projects are led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority with investment from CN and CP. They include improving the ventilation of the Thornton Tunnel to ...
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NewsLEO Express launches Praha – Kraków service
EUROPE: Czech open access operator LEO Express ran its inaugural service from Praha to Kraków on July 20, saying it had become the first private operator to be certified to operate long-distance passenger services on the Polish network. ‘We are looking forward to our new customers from Poland and hope ...
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NewsCo-ordinated roll-out of ERTMS between London, Paris and Brussels agreed
EUROPE: The co-ordinated deployment of ERTMS on the high speed rail routes linking London, Paris and Brussels was agreed by the four infrastructure managers at a meeting in Paris on July 19. Channel Tunnel operator Getlink, the UK’s High Speed 1, France’s SNCF Réseau and Belgium’s Infrabel have committed to ...
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NewsCAF selected to develop Spanish test track
SPAIN: The ADIF Board of Directors has approved the award of a concession for CAF to develop and operate a railway test centre at Corella, 92 km from Pamplona in the Navarra region. The site is around 100 km from CAF’s existing research and testing facilities at its Zaragoza plant. ...
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NewsFerrocarril de Antofagasta renews locomotive fleet
CHILE: Ferrocarril de Antofagasta has taken delivery of seven Progress Rail GT42 locomotives and awarded GE Transportation a contract to supply five C23EMP locos, as part of a fleet renewal programme which will see a total of 14 new locos delivered by the end of 2019. FCAB ordered the GT42 ...
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NewsThree 'key challenges' to ensure UK railways remain safe
UK: The Office of Rail & Road published its annual health & safety performance report on July 17. No passengers died as a result of using trains in the past year, however one child died following an accident in a freight depot, and there were two worker fatalities, one through ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Alstom booked €2·6bn of orders in Q1 2018-19 between April 1 and June 30, compared to €1·9bn over the same period last year. Group sales were up 14% to €2·0bn, and the backlog on June 30 was €35·5bn, with around 30% being services. Steer Davies Gleave has shortened its name ...