Main line rail industry news – Page 186
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NewsManila South Commuter Railway financing packages approved
PHILIPPINES: The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$4·3bn loan package to finance construction of the South Commuter Railway between Manila and Calamba. Future services will offer a journey time of around half the 2½ h taken by road. The US$1·75bn first tranche is to be ...
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NewsACC M to refurbish trains for French open access start-up Railcoop
Jérémie Anne visits the factory where ACC M is to refurbish diesel multiple-units for use by open access operator Railcoop.
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NewsTalgo tests prototype hydrogen train
SPAIN: Talgo has begun dynamic testing of a prototype hydrogen train at its Las Matas factory near Madrid. In a second phase of the dynamic testing, Talgo and renewable hydrogen supplier Repsol will validate the technology on the main line rail network around Madrid and in ...
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NewsIDB Invest structures Ferrocarril Central financing package
URUGUAY: Inter-American Development Bank Group’s private sector arm IDB Invest has structured a US$250m financing package for the Ferrocarril Central PPP project to rehabilitate the 273 km north-south main line between Montevideo and Paso de los Toros. The fixed rate B-bond is the largest B-bond structured ...
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NewsUS locomotives rebuilt for Australia
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec is supplying a fleet of modernised diesel locomotives to an Australian customer for the first time, with a contract to rebuild 28 second-hand diesel locomotives for delivery to Fortescue Metals Group over two years. The locos are being rebuilt to the AC44C6M specification at ...
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NewsCaltrain budgets approved
USA: The board of San Francisco to San Jose commuter rail operator Caltrain has approved the operating and capital budgets for the 2023 financial year starting on July 1 2022. The $179.2m operating budget includes $46.5m in farebox revenues, and for the second year in a ...
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NewsCN to deploy Wabtec dispatching software
NORTH AMERICA: Canadian National is to become the launch customer for Wabtec’s Precision Dispatch System, in a move which the supplier says represents ‘a major step toward network automation for CN and the entire rail industry.’ PDS is designed to control the movements of trains safely ...
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NewsLocomotives for Gabon under construction
GABON: CRRC’s Ziyang factory is manufacturing six diesel locomotives which railway concessionaire Sociéte d’Exploitation du Transgabonais will use to haul 10 000 tonne manganese ore trains. The contract signed in early 2022 includes 10 years of maintenance. CRRC has previously delivered 16 ...
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NewsLower carbon footprint rails delivered
RUSSIA: Evraz has delivered a pilot batch of ‘green rails’, which the steelmaker says were manufactured with a carbon footprint of 0·5 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of steel, four times lower than traditional blast furnace/converter technology.
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NewsRail training facility expanded
USA: Short line and regional railway group Watco has completed a $3m expansion of its Safe Performance Center in Fairfield, Alabama to meet its training needs for the next decade. A new building features classrooms, a conference room and a large space for a locomotive simulator, ...
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NewsHitachi Energy to supply 120 MW converter station
GERMANY: The national railway’s traction power business DB Energie has awarded Hitachi Energy a contract to install a 120 MW converter station to convert electricity from the 50 Hz three-phase public distribution network to the 16·7 Hz single-phase used by the traction network. The converter station ...
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NewsThird India – Bangladesh passenger train launched
ASIA: A third India to Bangladesh passenger train was launched on June 1, as cross-border services resumed following a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The diesel hauled Mital Express runs twice a week on a 595 km route from New Jalpaiguri in India to ...
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NewsCando sells Quasar rail software platform
CANADA: Short line and freight services group Cando Rail & Terminals has sold its Quasar rail logistics software platform to Trinity Industries. Cando started Quasar in 2017 with the aim of developing a cloud-based yard management application, and said the sale would allow the platform to ...
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NewsRail Baltica electrification procurement begins
EUROPE: Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail has begun procurement of the electrification systems for the future standard gauge line between Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, saying it will be the largest railway electrification scheme in Europe to be implemented as a single project. The energy ...
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NewsConsortium to provide rolling stock options as French passenger market opens
FRANCE: Leasing company Akiem and Banque des Territoires have formed the TerriTrains consortium to offer rolling stock financing and management services to public authorities and train operators as the French passenger market is opened to competition. Akiem said the national government and regions spend more than ...
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NewsHydrogen-powered milling machine ready for testing
INTERNATIONAL: Linsinger says its hydrogen fuel cell powered rail milling machine is attracting interest from urban rail operators around the world, as its prepares to trial the vehicle on two European metros during July and August. Speaking at the IAF trade show in Germany on June ...
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NewsDigital Railway Solutions Alliance launched to enhance rail efficiency
INTERNATIONAL: A partnership of 15 track, digital services and rail infrastructure specialists has been established to create what the members call an ‘open innovation ecosystem’ to enhance the efficiency and safety of railways globally. Branded as the Digital Railway Solutions Alliance, the partnership was formally launched at ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse invests in ‘internet of trains’ company Nexxiot
SWITZERLAND: Knorr-Bremse has announced a €60m investment to become the largest shareholder in Nexxiot, which specialises in fitting wagons and containers with ‘internet of trains’ data connectivity technology. Investment firm QVIDTVM, led by Burak Alici, and existing shareholders have also increased their investment. Knorr-Bremse said the ...