All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2013
All articles published this month.
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Harness innovation to drive a revolution News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis European reform debate heats up Swiss vertical integration to stayCargoBeamer targets CalaisZSSK Cargo seeking another lifelineGetting Buenos Aires movingQueensland opts for ‘contestability’ Lending a neighbourly hand in Indonesia Traction & ...
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NewsMetrolink orders EMD passenger locomotives
USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority has signed an agreement for Electro-Motive Diesel to supply 'up to 20' F125 Spirit diesel locomotives for use on Metrolink passenger services. Announcing the deal on May 31, EMD said it would assemble the locomotives at its Muncie, Indiana, plant for delivery from ...
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NewsTram season ticket with football season ticket
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City FC have launched a Metrolink matchday season ticket for the 2013-14 football season. The Metrolink matchday ticket can only be purchased alongside a MCFC season ticket, and is valid for travel from any of the Metrolink light rail network’s 64 stops to ...
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NewsBogotá metro design contract signed
COLOMBIA: A joint venture of local company Cano Jiménez and Spanish consultancies Euroestudios and Idom Ingeniería has signed a 70bn pesos contract to undertake engineering design for Line 1 of the Bogotá metro. The 26·5 km route with 28 stations would run mainly underground across the city centre from ...
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NewsGenset demonstrators delivered
AUSTRALIA: National Railway Equipment Co has delivered the first two 3GS24C-DE-AU N-ViroMotive three-engine genset locomotives to Australia. The design is targeted at regional operators requiring low-cost and reliable locomotives. Designated Class 1200, the initial locomotives are standard gauge but could also be supplied for 1067 mm or broad gauge, and ...
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NewsCSR Qingdao Sifang to build Škoda trams for the Chinese market
CHINA: Škoda Transportation has signed an agreement for CSR Qingdao Sifang to produce ForCity 15T low-floor trams for the Chinese market under licence. Škoda Transportation said the 10-year agreement announced on June 3 could cover up to 400 trams taking the value of the contract to KC5bn. 'China ...
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NewsSNCB pulls out of Fyra V250 deal
EUROPE: Belgian train operator SNCB announced on May 31 that it had decided to cancel its contract with AnsaldoBreda for the trouble-prone V250 'Albatros' high speed trainsets and seek full reimbursement of the €37m it has paid so far. It may also decide to sue for damages. SNCB had originally ...
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NewsSolar powered railcar ready for summer
HUNGARY: A solar-powered railcar with a top speed of 25 km/h was unveiled at Hungary’s Forest Railway Festival in Krályrét on May 4. The 760 mm gauge railcar is intended for use on summer tourist services, and has 9·9 m2 of solar cells which are used to charge an onboard ...
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NewsMRCE orders 15 Siemens Vectron locomotives
EUROPE: Siemens announced a contract to supply 15 Vectron AC electric locomotives to leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe on June 4. Deliveries are scheduled to begin by the end of the year. The 6·4 MW locomotives with a top speed of 160 km/h are intended for cross-border operation between ...
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NewsNational Express orders Talent 2 electric multiple-units
GERMANY: National Express Group's German subsidiary has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €170m contract to supply 35 Talent 2 electric multiple-units. The order announced on June 4 covers a mix of three and five-car sets. The 160 km/h air-conditioned units will have first and second class seating, CCTV, multi-purpose areas for ...
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NewsWabtec wins Australian locomotive order
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec Corp's MotivePower subsidiary announced an order to build a further six standard gauge MP33C locomotives for leasing company CFCLA Rail JV on June 5. Delivery is scheduled for 2014. The joint venture of CFCL Australia and Marubeni Corp previously ordered 10 locomotives in 2010. 'This additional order ...
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NewsALL concessions revoked
ARGENTINA: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo announced on June 4 that the government was revoking the two freight operating concessions held by América Latina Logística SA of Brazil. Comprising the former San Martín and General Urquiza networks, at 8 000 route-km ALL Argentina has operated the country’s ...
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NewsADIF assists TCDD
TURKEY: In preparation for the opening of the high speed line between Istanbul and Ankara, 35 TCDD staff are being provided with safety training by Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF. Running from May 20 to July 12, two courses of four weeks each will provide instruction in safety management systems ...
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NewsThree presidents launch construction of international rail link
TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was joined by his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon in Atamyrat on June 5 for a ceremony to launch construction of the first phase of a railway planned to link the three countries. A time capsule containing a letter ‘addressed to posterity’ by ...
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NewsTransnet to expand heavy haul operations
SOUTH AFRICA: State-owned transport group Transnet has confirmed plans to develop a third heavy haul rail corridor to serve a new deep-water port at Ngqura near Port Elizabeth, in addition to its existing Sishen – Saldanha iron ore line and the Coallink corridor serving Richards Bay. Transnet Freight Rail is ...
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NewsERS is first customer for AAE’s Twin II pocket wagon
EUROPE: Wagon leasing company AAE announced on June 6 that open access freight operator ERS Railways had become the first major customer for its Twin II intermodal wagon. AAE CEO Karsten Sachsenröder and ERS Railways Managing Director Frank Schuhholz sealed a long-term contract covering the lease of 50 twin-unit wagons ...
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NewsRZD begins test running on Sochi Olympic branch
RUSSIA: Russian Railways began test running on the new Adler – Alpika-Servis branch line on June 4, using Siemens-built Lastochka EMU ES1-012 which had been transferred from Metalostroy depot in St Petersburg during April for crew training. Under construction since 2009, the 48·5 km branch and a parallel road are ...
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NewsDB Schenker introduces freight shuttle to Turkey
EUROPE: DB Schenker Rail is to introduce an intensive freight service between Germany and Turkey from September 2013, its Chairman Alexander Hedderich announced at the Transport Logistik event in München on June 5. Termed ‘Bosporus Shuttle’, the service will initially comprise three trains each way per week between terminals in ...
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NewsResearchers to access RFF data
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF signed an agreement on April 30 to share its core database of asset information with the academic community in an effort to improve the lifespan, cost and efficiency of railway infrastructure. The agreement initially covers a partnership with Ifsttar, the national transport technology and science research ...
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NewsBombardier to supply Stockholm Red Line fleet
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation announced on June 6 that it had been awarded a contract by transport authority SL to supply 96 four-car EMUs for the Stockholm metro. The firm order is worth SKr5⋅1bn and the contract includes an option for up to 80 additional units. Deliveries from the Bombardier plant ...