All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2022 – Page 4
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News
Etihad Rail awards track inspection vehicle contract
UAE: Etihad Rail has awarded ENSCO Rail a contract to supply a ‘comprehensive’ track inspection vehicle and provide data analysis services for 15 years. The vehicle is to be produced by French company Socofer and fitted with an array of measuring and inspection systems. This will ...
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Rail Business UK
Rail Forum to help UK suppliers prepare for ‘super-sized rail show’ InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: UK rail industry association Rail Forum is to hold an Introduction to InnoTrans workshop setting out opportunities for British companies at what it calls ‘a super-sized rail show like no other’. The workshop on July 28 will be held in-person in Derby as well as ...
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UTA to offer rail apprenticeships
USA: Utah Transit Authority has appointed specialist training company Xpan to develop apprenticeships in light rail vehicle maintenance, maintenance of way and commuter rail vehicle maintenance. The three-year apprenticeships will offer a mix of e-learning, interactive simulations, instructor-led training, labs and on-the-job training. UTA is developing ...
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Rail Business UK
HS2 rural footbridge design revealed
UK: HS2 Ltd has revealed the standard design developed for 11 bridges which will carry rural footpaths and bridleways across the high speed line in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. The design was produced by HS2 main works contractor EKFB, a joint venture ...
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Metro Report International
Bogotá metro train mock-up unveiled
COLOMBIA: CRRC Changchun has unveiled a mock-up of the 30 driverless trainsets it is to supply for Bogotá metro Line 1. The six-car trainsets will be 145 m long and 2 900 mm wide and will be able to carry up to 1 800 passengers. ...
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Rail Business UK
Tri-mode locomotive ‘of firsts’ to be delivered next year
UK: The bodyshell for the first of the Class 93 tri-mode electric-diesel-battery locomotives ordered by Rail Operations (UK) has been completed at Stadler’s factory at Valencia in Spain. ‘This is a project of firsts’, said Iñigo Parra, CEO of Stadler Valencia, on July 21. ‘The Class ...
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KCSM concession extended in return for infrastructure investment
MEXICO: The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications & Transport has extended Kansas City Southern de México’s operating concession by 10 years, in return for a commitment to 4bn pesos of infrastructure investments including the Celaya-NBA Line bypass to separate KCSM and Ferromex tracks. KCSM’s exclusive concession now ...
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Lobito Corridor concessionaire selected
ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport has announced the award of a 30-year concession for operation of rail freight and logistics services in the Lobito Corridor.
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Extremadura high speed line inaugurated
SPAIN: Passenger services began using an upgraded 193 km mixed-traffic route between Plasencia and Badajoz in Extremadura on July 19, following the inauguration of three sections of new alignment totalling 146 km by King Felipe VI the previous day.
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Metro Report International
Côte d’Ivoire: Abidjan metro makes slow progress
Longstanding plans for construction of a north-south metro line in the capital of Côte d’Ivoire have progressed slowly, with only 4∙4 km of the route so far cleared for the main work to start.
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Norwegian operating contracts renegotiated
NORWAY: National rail authority Jernbanedirektoratet has completed the renegotiation of its tendered train operating contracts to reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The three tendered contracts with Go-Ahead Norge, SJ Norge and Vy Tog all came into force before the outbreak of Covid-19 in early ...
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Rail Business UK
UK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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News
Tracklaying completed on Sotetsu – Tokyu Link
JAPAN: The completion of tracklaying on the link line connecting the Sotetsu and Tokyu railways was marked with a ceremony at Shin-Yokohama on July 8.
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News
Attensys aims change the way you think of train seats
INNOTRANS: Attensys is to show Seat Informer, its next generation of seat occupancy detector which not only knows whether a seat is being used but can also identify objects, liquid spills or vandalism in real time. This can be used to help passengers to find empty ...
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Rail Business UK
Specialists appointed to railway weather resilience taskforce
UK: Network Rail has announced a taskforce to investigate and make recommendations on how the railway can develop its approach to resilience during hot weather. The review will consider four key areas, each led by an independent specialist. Forecasting: Dame Julia Slingo FRS, former chief scientist ...
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Rail Business UK
Rail Partners wants a ‘reinvigorated public-private partnership for the railway’
UK: Rail Partners has been officially launched, after being spun out of the Rail Delivery Group to act as a trade body to provide advocacy and policy development services for passenger train operator owning groups and freight operators. It will also provide operations and engineering technical ...
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In depth
Africa: SNCC restores passenger services in DR Congo
Passenger services have been reinstated on the 1 067 mm gauge line from Lubumbashi to Kananga following the arrival of modern rolling stock from China. Murray Hughes reports.
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Tabora – Isaka standard gauge railway contract signed
TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has awarded a contract to Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi for the construction of Stage 4 of its expanding 1 435 mm gauge network.
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Southern rail access to Barcelona port goes ahead
SPAIN: The Barcelona Port Authority board has given the go-ahead for the second phase of a project to provide a southern rail access to the port. Tenders are to be called for a 24-month construction contract budgeted at €31·2m. There are six elements to the project, ...