Main line rail industry news – Page 269
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NewsBoard appointed at ‘too big to fail’ Prasa
SOUTH AFRICA: The government has appointed a permanent management board for national operator Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa for the first time since 2017.
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NewsOperail begins open access freight operations in Finland
FINLAND: Estonian national freight operator Operail ran its first commercial open access train in Finland on November 3. Port operator Rauanheimo has appointed Operail to provide haulage services from the Russian border at Vainikkala to the port of Koverhar in Hanko, around 120 km west of ...
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NewsDesiro HC EMUs en route to Tel Aviv
ISRAEL: The first two of 24 partly double-deck electric multiple-units being built for Israel Railways by Siemens Mobility have been shipped from Hamburg and are due to arrive in Israel towards the end of November.
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NewsThai standard gauge contract awarded
State Railway of Thailand has formally signed the first of 14 contracts for work on the planned 1 435 mm gauge rail link from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima (Photo: Andrew Benton). THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand has formally signed the first of 14 contracts for work ...
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NewsHydrogen fuel cell train to be developed with EU funding
EUROPE: The FCH2RAIL consortium’s €14m project to design, develop and test a prototype hydrogen fuelled train has been awarded a €10m grant from the European Commission’s Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking as part of the Horizon 2020 Programme FCH2RAIL aims to produce a zero-emission train ...
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NewsErmstalbahn modernisation programme gets underway
GERMANY: Erms-Neckar-Bahn AG has begun work to modernise and electrify the 10 km Ermstalbahn between Metzingen and Bad Urach in Baden-Württemberg. This forms part of the Regionalstadtbahn Neckar-Alb programme to develop a Karlsruhe-style tram-train network.
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NewsPrasa formally opens Western Cape control complex
SOUTH AFRICA: Prasa has formally inaugurated its R2∙8bn Rail Management & Train Control Centre at Bellevue in Cape Town, as part of its programme to modernise its signalling and infrastructure, including adoption of ETCS tailored to local conditions.
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NewsETCS and GSM-R security monitoring tool launched
SIGNALLING: Comtest Wireless has announced NetProbe Owl, a ‘cyber sniffing’ tool which it says is the first on the market to enable real-time security monitoring of GSM-R and ETCS networks. NetProbe Owl tracks suspicious messages and sessions, sending alerts so that engineers can conduct further analysis. ‘Cybersecurity ...
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NewsVTG raises green bond financing
EUROPE: Wagon leasing group VTG has raised €746m as part of its capital restructuring through the issuing of climate bonds on the US and European capital markets.
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NewsSuburban investment increased in 2021 Spanish rail budget
SPAIN: A 36% increase in investment for the national rail network has been put forward in the draft budget proposals for 2021 presented by Minister for Transport, Mobility & Urban Planning José Luis Ábalos on October 29.
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NewsEuropean Commission says České Dráhy may have engaged in predatory pricing
CZECH REPUBLIC: The European Commission has reached a preliminary view that incumbent state passenger operator České Dráhy may have engaged in predatory pricing in breach of EU rules on the Praha – Ostrava route in 2011-19.
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NewsRail Logistics takes delivery of road-rail Unimog
ROMANIA: Tank wagon maintenance and cleaning company Rail Logistics has taken delivery of a Unimog U423 with Zagro road-rail equipment. To be used for the reliable and rapid shunting of tank wagons on the tracks at Rail Logistics’ industrial site, the road-rail vehicle is designed for a ...
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NewsRheinCargo opts for green power
GERMANY: From next year all RheinCargo’s traction electricity needs are to be supplied by enviaM using the Renewable Plus programme, the freight operator announced on October 29.
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NewsElron selects Škoda to supply EMUs for Tallinn – Tartu route
ESTONIA: Passenger operator Elron has selected Škoda Vagonka as the winner of a contract to supply six dual-system electric multiple-units for use on the Tallinn – Tartu route from the end of 2024.
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NewsPrivate partner for Slovenia’s national rail freight operator
SLOVENIA: The supervisory board of national railway holding company Slovenske Železnice has approved a strategic partnership between its freight division SŽ-Tovorni Promet and Praha-based European energy, infrastructure and logistics group EP Holding.
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NewsReopenings will add capacity to São Paulo network
BRAZIL: Governor of São Paulo state João Doria has announced that two moribund sections of the national rail network will be reinstated as part of a R$6bn plan to expand capacity within the state from 35 to 75 million tonnes of freight a year.
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NewsGreen Cargo signs locomotive framework agreement
SWEDEN: Green Cargo and Romanian manufacturer Softronic have signed a long term framework agreement for the supply of further Transmontana six-axle electric locomotives. The agreement announced on October 26 builds on an initial July 2017 order for two locomotives, which was followed by further orders which will ...
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NewsPatriot Rail to acquire the Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway
USA: Short line and regional freight railway group Patriot Rail is to acquire the privately-owned Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway in Utah, along with storage and transload service providers Caballero and Caballero 2. The transaction announced on October 28 is subject to customary closing conditions and ...