All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2014
All articles published this month.
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NewsHualien – Taitung electrification inaugurated
TAIWAN: Electric train services began running between Hualien and Taitung on June 28, completing the electrification of Taiwan Railways Administration’s East Coast main line. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou said the construction period had been cut from seven to five years, despite difficult geological and ...
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NewsAddis Abeba - Djibouti electric locomotives ordered
ETHIOPIA: A contract for CSR Zhuzhou to supply 35 electric locomotives for the future Addis Abeba – Djibouti standard gauge line was signed on June 19. Delivery of the three passenger locomotives and 32 freight locos able to haul trains of up to 4 000 tonnes will begin in October ...
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NewsCross-Øresund rail network proposed
EUROPE: Proposals to extend the København metro to Malmö and develop an integrated regional rail network form an integral part of the Øresund 2070 vision unveiled during the Øresundshuset regional conference at Almedalen on June 30. According to the President of Skanska Sweden Pierre Olofsson and his ...
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NewsGrenoble opens tram Line E
FRANCE: Bands, parades and street entertainment celebrated the opening of Grenoble’s fifth tram line on June 28, with an ‘e-selfies’ photo competition where passengers could post pictures of themselves on Line E to the project’s website for the chance to win a year of free travel. Construction of the north–south ...
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NewsCastings on show at InnoTrans 2014
DIHAG FOUNDRIES: The foundries comprising the DIHAG Holding group will be exhibiting a range of metal castings at InnoTrans 2014, with a focus on brake blocks. Euro-Rail will be presenting brake blocks for locomotives and wagons, while Eisenwerk Arnstadt will be exhibiting its Samson design for locomotives which uses ...
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NewsFirst stage of Delhi metro Phase III opens
INDIA: A 3·2 km extension of Delhi metro Line 6 from Central Secretariat to Mandi House opened for passenger service on June 26. Construction began in May 2011, with two tunnel boring machines used to excavate the tunnels, and the stations built using cut-and-cover techniques. Services run at 3 min ...
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NewsRenewed fleet brings savings
ESTONIA: Passenger operator Elron has completed its fleet renewal programme with the delivery of the last of 38 Stadler Flirt multiple-units. In August 2010 Elron, then known as Elektriraudtee, ordered 12 three-car and six four-car EMUs and 20 DMUs incorporating supercapacitor energy storage to boost acceleration, the first diesel version ...
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NewsETR610 arrives in Switzerland
SWITZERLAND: The first of a batch of eight ETR610 New Pendolino tilting trainsets ordered by Swiss Federal Railways in July 2012 has been delivered from Alstom’s Savigliano plant in Italy. Type approval for Switzerland was completed before delivery, and dynamic trials are now underway with the aim of two trainsets ...
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NewsGroundbreaking launches Thomson Line construction
SINGAPORE: A groundbreaking ceremony officially launched construction of the Thomson Line on June 27. Scheduled to open in three phases from 2019 to 2021, the 30 km north–south line will run entirely underground from Woodlands North to the Central Business District and Marina Bay. It will largely parallel the existing ...
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NewsPantograph certified
POLAND: The 160EC pantograph developed by EC Engineering for 3 kV DC overhead electrification has been certified as meeting TSI requirements. Certification was carried out by Poland’s Instytut Kolejnictwa, with wind tunnel testing at the Instytut Lotnictwa facility in Warszawa. The 160EC has been produced for the Polish and ...
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NewsNew trains and ticketing as National Express retains Essex Thameside
UK: The Department for Transport announced that incumbent National Express had been selected as preferred bidder for the next Essex Thameside franchise on June 27. The franchise covers a largely self-contained network of commuter services into London Fenchurch Street station from Tilbury, Southend and Shoeburyness. The contract will ...
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NewsIran shares railway expertise with Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Iranian Islamic Republic Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the Afghanistan Railway Authority with training to support its plans for railway development and expansion. RAI said Iran would send technical experts to advise on railway organisation, maintenance and construction, to help accelerate the development of the ...
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NewsKVSZ’s prototype multiple-units on test in Ukraine
UKRAINE: Rolling stock manufacturer KVSZ has unveiled its prototype DPKr2 diesel multiple-unit in Kyiv, and its first EKr1 Tarpan inter-city electric multiple-unit has entered passenger service with national railway UZ The multiple-units have been developed by KVSZ with the aim of offering domestically-produced passenger rolling stock which could be ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou signs Macedonian multiple-unit contract
MACEDONIA: A contract for CSR Zhuzhou to supply four diesel and two electric multiple-units to national operator MZ Transport was signed in Skopje on June 24. Chinese rolling stock group CSR said the contract was its first to supply passenger rolling stock in Europe. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in ...
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NewsDB Schenker Rail launches Köln - Istanbul semi-trailer service
EUROPE: DB Schenker Rail has launched a freight service carrying road semi-trailers between Köln and the Çerkezköy freight terminal near Istanbul. The journey time is five to six days. The semi-trailer service follows the launch of DB Schenker Rail’s Germany – Turkey Bosporus Shuttle container and wagonload service in ...
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NewsPeruRail orders Sygnet locomotives
PERU: PeruRail has ordered four M629 diesel locomotives from Sygnet Rail Technologies to haul passenger services on the 914 mm gauge line from Cusco to Machu Picchu. The 1 800 hp locomotives will incorporate the Sygnet Power Module, a self-contained unit developed by the US company. This contains a Cummins ...
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NewsStadler Rail looks east for growth
STADLER RAIL: Initial successes have been achieved under the strategy of targeting new markets and sectors to counteract the effect of the European debt crisis and changes in exchange rates, Stadler Rail said when presenting its annual results for 2013. Orders with a total value of SFr2·6bn were received in ...
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NewsPesa wins Gdańsk airport DMU order
POLAND: Pomorskie voivodship has selected Pesa to supply 10 diesel multiple-units for 114m złoty. The seven three-car and three two-car DMUs are to be delivered by May 2015. They will be used on the Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna line which is under construction to link Gdańsk to the city’s ...
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NewsRailpool orders Traxx locomotives
EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has ordered 35 Bombardier Traxx locomotives with a list price of €135m for delivery in 2015-16, under a framework agreement which includes an option for up to 30 more which would take the value to €250m. Bombardier will also upgrade safety systems on the existing fleet. ...
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NewsFirst Toluca works contract awarded
MEXICO: The Secretariat of Communications & Transport has selected a consortium of Constructora de Proyectos Viales de México and La Peninsular Compañía Constructora as preferred bidder to undertake civil works on the first section of the 57∙7 km electrified passenger railway from Mexico City to Toluca. With a winning bid ...