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NewsDowntown Line reaches Bukit Panjang
SINGAPORE: The second phase of the city’s Downtown Line was opened for revenue service on December 27, following a formal inauguration by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Botanic Gardens station the previous day. Free travel is being provided until January 1. Running from northwest Bugis to Bukit Panjang, the ...
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NewsLotos Kolej orders last-mile Griffins
POLAND: Open access freight operator Lotos Kolej has placed the first series-build order for Griffin electric locomotives from Newag, placing a contract on December 23 for an initial build of five locos valued at 56·2m złoty. Designated E4DCU-DP, the four-axle locomotives will be a 3 kV DC variant of the ...
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NewsWheelslip control
RETROFITTING: ZTR Control Systems has launched a new wheelslip control system for retrofitting to older locomotives. The US firm says its new BOA-II platform offers advanced excitation and superior protection to improve tractive effort and reliability. Users can install a series of basic modules as an upgrade to other ZTR ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market December 2015
Australia: Thales is to supply communications and control systems for the Sydney Metro project. TasRail has awarded VEC Civil Engineering a contract for track renewals on the Melba and Western lines, the largest package of the A$119·6m Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Programme. Tas Heavy Haulage will transport the rails ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market December 2015
Australia: Adani has ordered 1360 coal hopper from CRRC Yangtze, the Chinese firm’s largest export order. China: Voith is supplying RailPack 400DE power packs with 375 kW engines for use on 30 electro-diesel multiple-units which Changchun Railway Vehicles is building for suburban services running onto non-electrified lines. Czech ...
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NewsRailway Directory 2016 published
INTERNATIONAL: Running to more than 800 pages, the 121st edition of Railway Directory provides a comprehensive overview of the world's railway industry in a single book, which is widely acknowledged as an indispensable source of information. Fully updated and expanded, the 2016 issue includes details of more than 22000 industry ...
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NewsRobot station attendants introduced
ROBOT: Keikyu Railway has deployed a 1200 mm high humanoid robot attendant to greet passengers at Tokyo Haneda Airport station, while SNCF has deployed similar robots at three stations in the Pays-de-la-Loire region under a pilot programme running until March. The robots are from the Pepper range developed by ...
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NewsSapporo completes tram loop
JAPAN: Ceremonies were held in the northern city of Sapporo on December 19 to mark the completion of a 449 m city centre tramway link, which opened for revenue service the following day. The new line connects the northern terminus of the Yamahana Line at Susukino with the eastern terminus ...
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NewsExim Bank to fund Lahore metro project
PAKISTAN: A soft loan agreement which would see China Exim Bank provide Rs162bn to fund construction of the Orange Line metro in Lahore was signed by Punjab’s Economic Affairs Secretary Tariq Bajwa and Exim Bank Vice-President Sun Ping on December 21. An agreement with China for the construction of the ...
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NewsEmergency traction tram batteries
SWITZERLAND: Saft is to supply onboard batteries for the 61 Flexity trams that Bombardier is supplying to Basel transport authority BVB. Each tram is being equipped with two 24 V Saft MSX battery systems. These would provide emergency short-term back-up traction power to enable the tram to travel short ...
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NewsTroger to lead Bombardier
Bombardier has appointed Laurent Troger as President of Bombardier Transportation in succession to Lutz Bertling, who stepped down on December 8 to pursue other career opportunities. Most recently Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Troger joined Bombardier in 2004 as Vice-President, Services for Europe, having previously held several senior ...
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NewsFS names CEO
Renato Mazzoncini has been appointed as CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. Formerly CEO of FS subsidiary Busitalia, he replaces Michele Mario Elia, who resigned on November 26 along with Chairman Marcello Messori and the entire FS board. The new board appointed by a shareholders meeting on November 27 ...
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NewsThailand – Malaysia DMU service launched
ASIA: A twice-daily cross-border passenger service between Hat Yai in Thailand and Padang Besar in Malaysia was inaugurated by officials from State Railway of Thailand and KTMB with a ceremony at Hat Yai on December 21. Regular services began the following day. The services on the 60 km route are ...
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NewsRebuilt snow blower on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn is keeping its Oberalp Pass route open this winter using a snow clearing vehicle which has been completely rebuilt by Schmidt. The metre-gauge vehicle which was previously used on the Rhätische Bahn’s Bernina route is more than 50 years old. After being acquired by MGB it ...
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NewsSouth Tirol operating contract signed
ITALY: The South Tirol government and Trenitalia signed a new contract for the operation of local passenger services on December 21, saying the new deal focused on quality, reliability and lower costs. The decision to retain Trenitalia as the operator of the four routes when the previous contract expired was ...
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NewsTfL chooses Bakerloo Line extension alignment
UK: Transport for London is to begin detailed technical work on a southern extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line next year, it announced on December 17. TfL opened a public consultation in September 2014 on two proposed routes to extend the line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham. It ...
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NewsAFE to install satellite train control
URUGUAY: State railway authority AFE has awarded a contract for the introduction of a satellite-based train control system, which is due to be rolled out across 1 600 route-km over the next four years. Under the contract signed on December 21 by AFE President Wilfredo Rodriguez and Minister of Transport ...
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NewsGrand Paris Express funded
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced last month that funding had been agreed for the three remaining lines of the Grand Paris Express metro network. These include the northern section of Line 17 from Le Bourget to aLe Mesnil-Amelot, expected to cost €18bn and comprising 19·5 km of ...
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NewsGreat Western AT300 trainsets to be built in Italy
UK: Hitachi announced on December 22 that the AT300 trainsets ordered for Great Western Railway are to be manufactured at Hitachi Rail Italy’s plant at Pistoia in Italy. GWR and leasing company Eversholt Rail signed the £361m contract for the trainsets in July, before Hitachi’s acquisition of AnsaldoBreda was completed ...
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NewsPanamá City orders more Line 1 trainsets
PANAMA: Metro de Panama has awarded a €145m contract to a consortium led by Alstom and including Thales, Sofratesa, CIM and TSO for the supply of additional rolling stock and associated work to lengthen trainsets on Panamá City metro Line 1. Alstom’s share of the contract is €130m, and ...