Main line rail industry news – Page 381
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NewsVan carriers boost wagon flexibility
EUROPE: Mercitalia’s international rail freight subsidiary TX Logistik is piloting the use of specialist load carriers to transport commercial vehicles on intermodal pocket wagons. Branded as ‘roadrailLink’, the load carrier has been developed by Salzburg-based Vega International Car-Transport & Logistic-Trading (Vegatrans), and manufactured by Kässbohrer Transport Technik. Fitted with adjustable ...
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NewsSeoul metro Line 9 extended
SOUTH KOREA: The third phase of Seoul metro Line 9 opened on December 1, bringing the total length of the route to 40·6 km and 28 stations. The 8·9 km eastern extension from Sports Complex to VHS Medical Centre serves eight stations including two interchanges: Seokchon with Line 8 ...
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NewsDaugavpils tram contract signed
LATVIA: Public transport operator Daugavpils Satiksme and UAB Railvec signed a contract on November 26 for the supply of eight single-section trams. UAB Railvec was selected as preferred bidder in March. The Lithuanian company is partnering with PK Transportnye Systemy, which is likely to supply its Lionet tram. The ...
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Wien – Bratislava upgrading inaugurated
AUSTRIA: The first phase of modernisation work on the Wien – Marchegg – Bratislava route was formally inaugurated on November 30, paving the way for expansion of the Austrian capital’s S-Bahn network with the December 9 timetable change. Double-tracking and electrification of the 3·7 km section between Erzherzog-Karl-Straße and a ...
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NewsHopes rise for trans-Korean rail traffic
ASIA: The first train in a decade to cross the border between the two Koreas passed through the Demilitarised Zone on November 30 as negotiations begin to restore international rail traffic between the two countries. Staffed by 28 South Korean specialists, the test train is due to spend 18 days ...
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NewsPoroshenko inaugurates airport link in Kyiv
UKRAINE: On November 30, national railway UZ introduced an airport shuttle branded Kyiv Boryspil Express between the city’s Pasazhyrskiy station and its principal airport. The rail link to Boryspil airport has been completed within a budget of 480m hryvna; it required construction of a 4 km branch running south from ...
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NewsNine bids for Almaty light rail project
KAZAKHSTAN: Almaty municipality has received nine bids for the 26-year PPP contract to design, build and operate a light rail line. The bidders are: CMC China National Machinery Import & Export Corp and CRCC16 China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co;China Machinery Engineering Corp, China High Speed Railway Technology Co ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
NRE has announced details of the eight 1 067 mm gauge low-axleload diesel locomotives that it is to supply to Watco, which has won a seven-year contract to haul grain in Queensland for GrainCorp. The six-axle locos will have new NRE bogies with a 15·75 tonne axleload, a 2 250 ...
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NewsRail communications platform migrated to Amazon cloud
EUROPE: Rail industry data exchange technology company Hit Rail, which is owned by 12 European railways and used by 50 companies across 21 countries, has completed the migration of its HEROS Infrastructure as a Service communications platform to the Amazon AWS cloud. The migration was supported by consultancy inQdo, which ...
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NewsFNM orders Stadler EMUs for TILO services
EUROPE: An agreement was signed in Milano on November 30 for Stadler to supply nine six-car electric multiple-units which FNM will lease to Trenord for use on TILO cross-border services between Lombardia in Italy and Ticino in Switzerland. FNM called tenders last year, and has placed the €114·4m order in ...
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NewsAlstom plant equipped to produce an EMU car per day
POLAND: A production line dedicated to the InterCity New Generation electric multiple-units ordered by Dutch national passenger operator NS has been officially inaugurated at Alstom’s Katowice plant. The 6 500 m2 hall has 20 work stations covering stages from pre-fitting to cabling and interior fit-out. Bodyshell welding and erection, painting ...
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NewsBrightline to negotiate land leases as Orlando – Tampa proposal progresses
USA: The state of Florida has chosen to accept a proposal from inter-city passenger company Brightline to develop a route between Orlando and Tampa, largely following trunk roads. Brightline had initially proposed the route as the third phase of its network; Florida Governor Rick Scott then issued a request for ...
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NewsImpuls purchases by voivodships
POLAND: Lubuskie voivodship has awarded Newag a 43m złoty contract to supply two three-car diesel multiple-units by the end of 2020. Ordered to increase capacity on the Krzyż – Gorzów Wielkopolski – Berlin corridor, the 130 km/h TSI-compliant units will have a capacity of almost 400 passengers including 150 seats. ...
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NewsEIB loan to finance eight upgrades
CZECH REPUBLIC: The cabinet approved on November 7 a KC11·5bn loan from the European Investment Bank which will be used to modernise eight sections of rail corridors 1 and 2 in 2019–25. The sections involved are Velim – Poříčany; Choceň – Uhersko; Ústí nad Orlicí – Brandýs nad ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
On November 28 the Länder of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein completed the sale of HSH Nordbank to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, JC Flowers & Co, GoldenTree Asset Management, Centaurus Capital and BAWAG. The bank which is active in the rolling stock leasing market plans to operate under the name Hamburg ...
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NewsElectric buses head to the Baltic seaside
LATVIA: The seaside resort of Jūrmala has ordered two Solaris Urbino 8.9 LE electric buses which are expected to enter service in the third quarter of 2019. Announcing the order on November 27, the manufacturer said they would be the first battery buses it has supplied to the Baltic States. ...
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NewsAmsterdam metro train contract signed
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam city transport operator GVB formally signed a contract for preferred bidder CAF to supply 30 three-car metro trainsets on November 28. Entry into service is planned from mid-2021, with the new trainsets replacing the S2 and S3/M4 fleets from 2024 and 2027 respectively. Branded Inneo by the ...
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NewsElectric locomotives handed over to Uzbekistan Railways
UZBEKISTAN: Two 3ES5K Yermak three-section 25 kV 50 Hz electric locomotives built at Transmashholding’s Novocherkassk plant in Russia were handed over to Uzbek national railway UTY on November 22. The 9·2 MW locomotives ordered in mid-2018 are intended to enable UTY to operate heavier trains in mountainous areas. The NEVZ ...
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NewsNagpur Metro’s first train unveiled
INDIA: CRRC Dalian has rolled out the first of 23 three-car trainsets it is building for the Nagpur Metro. Formed of stainless steel bodied cars with a 16 tonne axleload, the trains have a design speed of 80 km/h and can carry a crush load of 974 passengers. The trainsets ...
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NewsBaden-Württemberg backs ETCS in Stuttgart
GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg agreed in principle on November 27 to support proposals for the roll-out of the European Train Control System and digital interlockings in the Stuttgart region by 2030. The Baden-Württemberg cabinet has authorised the Land transport ministry to enter into financing negotiations with the federal government, ...