Main line rail industry news – Page 270
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NewsShorter N700S to serve Nagasaki
JAPAN: JR Kyushu is to introduce a six-car derivative of the N700S high speed train family for use on the isolated Kyushu Shinkansen branch from Takeo Onsen to Nagasaki, which is scheduled to open in 2022.
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NewsTMH locomotives arrive in Mongolia
MONGOLIA: Ulaanbaatar Railway took delivery of two more TEM18DM diesel shunting locomotives from Transmashholding subsidiary Bryansk Engineering Plant on October 22. Under a contract signed in 2019, Bryansk is due to supply 10 TEM18DMs and 14 2TE25KM two-section diesel locomotives for main line freight services. All are ...
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NewsTraxtion targets open access opportunities
SOUTH AFRICA: Rolling stock leasing and engineering company Traxtion Group has announced plans to invest in additional locomotives and wagons to support open access operations as the 22 500 km Transnet network is opened up to new entrants. On October 15 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced ...
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NewsArgos ready to deliver digital interlockings
FRANCE: Following an 18-month research programme, SNCF Réseau has selected three consortia to develop, commission and maintain pre-production digital interlockings.
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NewsSan Diego NCTD orders more Charger locomotives
USA: San Diego’s North County Transit District has ordered a further two Siemens Mobility Charger locomotives, taking its total order to nine. The latest order announced on October 26 will complete NCTD’s project to replace the locomotives currently used on Coaster commuter services with a more ...
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NewsFuelling point for largest fleet of hydrogen trains
GERMANY: Industrial park operator Infraserv Höchst began construction of a hydrogen train refuelling point at its site in Hessen with a groundbreaking ceremony on October 26. The facility in Höchst will support the fleet of 27 Alstom Coradia iLint multiple-units ordered by the Fahma rolling stock subsidiary ...
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NewsTraco Power launches railway-approved DC/DC converters
CONVERTERS: Traco Power has launched a comprehensive portfolio of ruggedised DC/DC converters with EN 50155 and EN 62368-1 approvals for rolling stock applications. This includes options from 3 to 300 W, input voltage ranges of 9–36, 18–75, 43–160 and 14–160 V DC, and various PCB and ...
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NewsSpanish high speed network extended towards Galicia
SPAIN: A 110∙8 km section of the Madrid to Galicia high speed line between Zamora, Puebla de Sanabria and Pedralba de la Pradería was inaugurated by ADIF on October 26.
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NewsCall for EU freight transport crisis contingency plan
EUROPE: The Council of the EU, which brings together national ministers from each member state, has called on the European Commission to draw up ‘swiftly’ a pandemic and major crisis contingency plan for the freight sector.
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NewsContainer shuttles to relieve Antwerpen’s roads
BELGIUM: Rail freight operator Lineas and logistics company Tabaknatie have announced plans to set up container collection points outside Antwerpen in support of wider efforts to reduce the number of lorries on the city’s roads during disruption to be caused by the Oosterweel Link ring road construction ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn extended to BER airport
GERMANY: Berlin S-Bahn services were extended to the new Berlin Brandenburg International airport on October 26, in preparation for the start of full operations at the end of the month.
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NewsRail sector targets Generation Z
EUROPE: Rail industry suppliers’ association UNIFE has launched a campaign to raise the awareness of young people about rail, in a bid to encourage them to travel more by train and to consider a career in the rail sector.
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NewsTelematics joint venture to boost US rail freight
USA: Operators Norfolk Southern, Genesee & Wyoming and Watco have joined wagon manufacturer TrinityRail and leasing company GATX Corp in a joint venture intended to accelerate the adoption of GPS location tracking and other telematics across the North American freight wagon fleet.
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NewsIAF track technology fair to go ahead in 2022
The German Railway Engineers’ Association VDEI confirmed on October 23 that the 28th IAF International Exhibition of Track Technology will still take place in Münster on May 31 to June 2 2022 as planned.
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NewsItalian hydrogen train co-operation agreement
ITALY: National railway FS Group and energy company Snam are to work together to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using hydrogen power in the rail sector, and the development of suitable business models. The companies will experiment with the production, transport, compression, storage, supply and ...
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NewsCompetence management technology company looks to Asia-Pacific market
AUSTRALIA: Competence management technology and training company AssessTech has opened an office in Brisbane to serve the Asia-Pacific region. Graham Force has been appointed as Business Development Manager, initially focusing on Australia and New Zealand. ‘We see huge potential for us to help improve competence management across ...
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NewsVIA Rail to increase self-service ticketing functions
CANADA: Sqills has begun work to implement an inventory management, reservation and ticketing platform for national passenger operator VIA Rail. This marks the Dutch software-as-a-service company’s entry into the North American market, as part of its ambition to become a leading global provider of reservation and ticket ...
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NewsSiemens Mobility and Newag sign traction equipment agreement
POLAND: Siemens Mobility and Newag have signed a five-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 200 traction drives for Impuls 2 electric multiple-units ordered by commuter operator SKM Warszawa. This is the first contract for Siemens Mobility to delivery complete traction drives for the Polish ...
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NewsCargounit’s new owner plans to invest in cross-border freight locos
POLAND: The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund advised by infrastructure, sustainable energy, property and digital asset investor Amber Infrastructure Group has agreed to acquire locomotive leasing company Industrial Division, which trades as Cargounit, from its founders Jacek Szczegodziński, Arkadiusz Ignasiak and Piotr Ignasiak and private equity investor ...