All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2023 – Page 5
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Rail Business UKR&D project looks at track buckling risk
UK: Network Rail has awarded six organisations contracts for the development and testing of remote condition monitoring technology to support the early detection of sections of track at risk of buckling in hot weather. The organisations selected under the Track Buckle Risk & Detection Design Contest ...
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Rail Business UKWelsh government seeks plan to improve Wrexham – Bidston line performance
UK: Following a long period of disruption, the Welsh government’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters has asked Transport for Wales Rail to develop a plan to improve services on the Wrexham – Bidston Borderlands line. Earlier in the year, services had been suspended for ...
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NewsADIF eyes more open access as Spanish high speed ridership surges
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has put forward proposals for the expansion of open access operations across the Spanish rail network, building on the experience of competition on selected high speed lines. Speaking at the UNIFE General Assembly in Madrid on June 15, ADIF President María Domínguez-González ...
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Metro Report InternationalRegional Connector reshapes Los Angeles light rail network
USA: The Los Angeles urban rail network has been extensively reshaped with the opening of the 3 km light rail Regional Connector between Union Station and 7th Street/Metro Center. Following a formal inauguration on June 16 attended by city and state officials, a weekend of free travel ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL makes case for Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead
UK: A strategic outline case for an extension of the Docklands Light Railway under the River Thames to Thamesmead and a package of improvements to bus services has been submitted to the government by Transport for London and other stakeholders. The Thamesmead & Beckton Riverside Public ...
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NewsSNCF approves Pandrol clipping machine
FRANCE: National railway SNCF has approved the use of Pandrol’s CD200 IQ single rail clipping machine for e-clips or fastclips. It can clip up to 20 sleepers per minute, with a built-in sleeper lift function and a modular design enabling it to be easily lifted on ...
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In depthTechnology: Putting rail at the heart of digital mobility
Rail and metro can be at the heart of a truly intermodal digital mobility landscape that can decongest cities worldwide, but more ambition and political intervention is needed to make this vision a reality.
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Metro Report InternationalA ‘leap into the future’ as Wien’s first Series X metro train enters service
AUSTRIA: Wien ‘is taking a big leap into the future of digitalised transport’ Siemens Mobility’s CEO of Rolling Stock Albrecht Neumann said when the first of 34 Series X metro trainsets entered passenger service on June 16. ‘Innovations like the new passenger information system with real-time ...
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Rail Business UKRegulator to study competition in the railway station food and drink market
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has launched a study of the market for the sale of ready to consume food and drink at railway stations in Great Britain, looking at the effectiveness of competition, outcomes for consumers and barriers for new entrants. Factors to ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore LTA orders Cross Island Line metro trains
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 44 six-car trains for the Cross Island Line from a consortium of CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Singapore CRRC Sifang Railway Vehicles Service. The S$589m contract announced on June 14 includes the option to order up to 11 additional trainsets and ...
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NewsETCS Level 2 installed on Sopron – Szentgotthárd line
HUNGARY: Thales has completed equipping the 110 km Sopron – Szombathely – Szentgotthárd line with ETCS Level 2, the supplier announced on May 30. The single-track electrified line is maintained and operated by Austro-Hungarian cross-border railway group GySEV. Thales says its equipment is capable of automatically ...
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NewsRail Online adds Amtrak and VIA Rail to ticket sales platform
NORTH AMERICA: Ticket retailer Rail Online has added Amtrak and VIA Rail services to its booking platform. Rail Online offers the same prices as tickets bought directly through the operators, with instant refunds on e-tickets and payment in US or Canadian dollars. ‘Following a successful launch ...
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Metro Report InternationalUppsala tramway construction supervision contract awarded
SWEDEN: The city of Uppsala has awarded a contract to supervise the construction of its future tramway to consultancy Systra and subcontractors Bjerking, Treeline, White, Rundquist, Lindahl and Consoden. The contract announced in May runs from 2023 to 2031 and is worth SKr145m. Tramway ...
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Rail Business UKRSK acquires track works contractor 1stinrail
UK: RSK Group has acquired 1stinrail, which provides track repair, renewal and installation services for customers including Network Rail, Transport for London and Tier 1 contractors. The acquisition announced on June 13 ‘is a significant step forwards in our original vision to become one of the ...
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NewsTri-mode train testing completed
FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs is seeking authorisation for the passenger operation of a Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel multiple-unit which has been retrofitted with batteries to support emission-free operation on non-electrified or partly-electrified lines. The application to authorisation body EPSF follows the completion of testing under real-world conditions on ...
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NewsQbuzz and Flixtrain plan international open access services from the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS: Qbuzz has applied to competition authority Autoriteit Consument & Markt for permission to operate seven Amsterdam – Berlin and seven Amsterdam – Antwerpen – Brussels – Paris open access passenger services from January 2027, plus two trains per hour from Amsterdam to Eindhoven. The international ...
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Metro Report InternationalFour shortlisted to take forward Haifa – Nazareth light rail route
ISRAEL: Four consortia have been invited to submit best and final offers for the concession to build and operate the Nofit interurban light rail line between Haifa and Nazareth. They are: Shapir (Israel) and CAF (Spain); Alstom (France), Electra and Minrav (Israel); Comsa (Spain), Den ...
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NewsPolish hydrogen locomotive certified
POLAND: National rail authority UTK has certified Pesa’s first SM42-6Dn hydrogen locomotive for operation. ‘This case was special, because European and national regulations do not specify requirements for a hydrogen railway vehicle’, said UTK President Ignacy Góra. ’It was a very interesting experience.’ ...