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NewsLocomore plans crowd-funded open access service
GERMANY: Plans to use crowd funding to launch a Berlin – Stuttgart open access passenger service in September 2016 have been announced by Locomore. The company says it needs a minimum of €450 000 to cover start-up costs including leasing locomotives and coaches and recruiting staff, and it has ...
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NewsWarszawa metro extension contractors selected
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie has selected contractors to build two extensions of metro Line 2 in the capital. Gülermak is to undertake work on a 3·5 km western extension with three stations for 1·15bn złoty. A 3·1 km eastern extension, also with three stations, is to be built by Astaldi ...
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NewsWeekly Shenyang – Hamburg train launched
INTERNATIONAL: As part of the United Transport & Logistics Co joint venture of the national railways of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, RZD Logistics subsidiary Far East Land Bridge launched a weekly block train service from Shenyang to Hamburg on October 30. FELB has operated an eastbound service since 2008, ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co awarded first tank wagon contract
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash tank wagon business has won its first order, covering the supply of 105 methanol tanks to chemical company Metafrax. Production is to begin by the end of the year, with entry into service planned for 2016. Announcing the contract on November 3, UWC said the ...
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NewsŁódź opens tram extension
POLAND: A extended and modernised Route 10 of the Łódź tram network was inaugurated on October 31. The first tram on the new route ran at 04.44; it was a Bombardier CityRunner, as the Pesa Swing trams ordered for the main east-west axis will only be delivered in December. ...
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NewsHungarian company builds tram for Africa
ETHIOPIA: A prototype tram for the African market has been delivered to Addis Ababa by Hungarian company Dunai Repülőgépgyár. DR intends to carry out series production in Ethiopia using Hungarian components, and is in talks with Ethiopian state-owned Metals & Engineering Corp about constructing a test track. It is ...
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NewsGoogle backs Indian station wi-fi roll-out
INDIA: As part of a strategy to widen access to the internet, Google has announced a project to provide high speed public wi-fi at 400 Indian Railways stations. Google is to work with telecoms company RailTel, which provides internet services via its lineside fibre network. Google aims to provide ...
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NewsHitachi completes Ansaldo deal
INTERNATIONAL: Finmeccanica and Hitachi announced on November 2 the 'closing of transactions' covering the acquisition by Hitachi of AnsaldoBreda and Finmeccanica’s 40% stake in Ansaldo STS. Having acquired the largest shareholding in the signalling business, Hitachi will now launch a mandatory tender offer for all the remaining shares, in accordance ...
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NewsPorterbrook orders Bombardier EMUs to meet future demand
UK: Porterbrook Leasing announced an order for a further 80 Bombardier Transportation Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars on November 2. They are to be built at Bombardier’s Derby plant for delivery between October 2016 and June 2017. The leasing company said the order would ‘help satisfy the future demand ...
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NewsCAF delivers trams to two US cities
USA: The first vehicles for the Cincinnati and Kansas City streetcar lines have reached their respective cities from CAF USA’s Elmira factory in New York state. The first of five Urbos 3 trams for Cincinnati arrived on October 30, with the first of four Urbos 3 cars for Kansas ...
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NewsAvenio tram enters passenger service in Den Haag
NETHERLANDS: The first Siemens Avenio tram for Den Haag entered passenger operation on November 2 on Route 2. Test running has also started on Route 11, the next route to be operated by Avenios. They will eventually enter service on routes 1, 9, 15 and 17. In preparation for ...
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NewsMore TIGER grants announced
USA: The Department of Transportation announced the disbursement of the seventh round of TIGER grants on October 29. These include $25m to the city of Charlotte and North Carolina Department of Transportation towards the construction of the Charlotte Gateway intermodal station. A $15m grant to the city of ...
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NewsAlstom ‘entirely refocused on rail’ as GE deal completed
INTERNATIONAL: Alstom announced the close of the €12·4bn sale of its Energy activities to GE on November 2, saying the group was now ‘entirely refocused on rail transport’. Completion of the transaction followed regulatory approval in more than 20 countries as well as the European Union. Alstom has used part ...
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NewsInland Rail technical services tender called
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has called tenders for a contract to provide major technical advisory and engineering services for the proposed Melbourne – Brisbane Inland Rail project, and a briefing session is to be held in Brisbane on November 13. In parallel, Infrastructure Australia is considering the business case to ...
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NewsWien selects metro extension electrification contractor
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien has awarded SPL Powerlines Austria a contract for the electrification of southern extension of metro Line U1, due to open in 2017. Powerlines has started to install 10·3 km of aluminium-steel conductor rails, and will also supply 60 km of cables, 10·3 km of cover boards ...
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NewsFuel cell tram development deal signed
CHINA: Canadian company Ballard Power Systems and China’s Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co announced the signing of a C$3m definitive agreement for the development of a fuel cell power module for trams on November 1. This builds on a framework agreement announced in June. The companies envisage that a ...
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NewsDalian opens metro Line 1
CHINA: Trial operation on Dalian metro Line 1 began on October 30. The 17 km route runs from Yaojia in the north of the city to Fuguojie via Dalian North railway station. There are 13 stations, with a further station at Huananbei not yet open. Interchange is ...
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NewsFeature articles in the November 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment PTC standoff goes to the wire News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers ...
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NewsOpen access can replace long-distance franchises
Earlier this year the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority launched a consultation looking at how greater competition might be introduced on the British network. Nick Brooks responds by arguing for a licensing approach that would allow the open access model to replace franchising on inter-city routes.
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NewsMetro-North locos return to service
USA: The first of seven EMD GP35R diesel locomotives which Brookville Equipment Corp is modernising for New York MTA has re-entered service with Metro-North Commuter Railroad. The locomotives date from 1964 and are used on rescue and works trains. They are being modernised under a contract awarded in 2013, which ...