Main line rail industry news – Page 429
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
A study commissioned from consultancy HTC by rail freight associations ERFA and NEE and combined transport association UIRR has estimated that the economic impact caused by the tunnel collapse at Rastatt in Germany last August was €2·04bn. The tunnel collapse blocked the strategically important Rhein Valley main line for several ...
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NewsSwissrail predicts hectic activity at InnoTrans 2018
SWISSRAIL: Switzerland’s rail industry association Swissrail will bring together 46 of its more than 100 member companies on more than 1 000 m2 of display space spread across two stands in the Railway Technology and Railway Infrastructure areas of InnoTrans 2018. ‘We are expecting a record number of visitors and, ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - April 2018
Bulgaria: DMV has taken delivery of two Siemens Vectron locos. Canada: Vancouver’s TransLink has signed a 62·1bn won contract for Hyundai Rotem to supply 24 metro cars for the driverless Canada Line. Denmark: Metroselskabet has awarded Hitachi Rail Italy a €50m contract to supply of eight driverless trainsets ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - April 2018
Australia: Transport for New South Wales has awarded Laing O’Rourke a A$955m contract to build the Sydney Metro platforms and concourse at Central station. John McAslan + Partners and Woods Bagot are the architectural partners. China: Pandrol is to supply Shanxi Jingshen Railway Co with almost 880 000 Fastclip ...
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NewsLisboa tram route reinstated after 23 years
PORTUGAL: Services restarted on tram route 24 in Lisboa on April 24, nearly 23 years after they were suspended. The 4 km north-south route links Campolide with Praça Luís de Camões. Services are initially worked with three refurbished trams, and could increase if demand is strong enough. Route 24 opened ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
British Steel is investing in new plant at Scunthorpe to increase the production of its Zinoco zinc-coated corrosion-free rails, which is due to be commissioned later this year. The premium rails are intended for use in corrosive areas such as coastal lines, wet tunnels or level crossings and can be ...
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NewsMore Škoda trams delivered to Riga
LATVIA: The first of five 41 m long trams which Rīgas Satiksme ordered from Škoda Transportation in 2016 arrived in the city on the night of April 15-16 and was unloaded at the Aleksandra Vārtu depot. The €62·6m contract signed in April 2016 covers 15 three-section and five four-section ...
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NewsCAF trams run in Cagliari
ITALY: Three CAF trams entered service in Cagliari on April 21 as part of the 950 mm gauge network’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which included a day of free travel. Sardinia transport authority ARST ordered the vehicles in 2013, and the first arrived in Cagliari in November 2016. The five-section ...
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NewsAmtrak should focus on medium-distance corridors, says Anderson
USA: Amtrak should focus on its medium-distance operations and prioritise investment in a network of corridors across the country of between 200 km and 1 000 km, where the greatest ridership can be achieved, believes its new Chief Executive Richard Anderson. Outlining his vision for the future of the ...
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NewsSurveying a new mobility landscape
Data, automation and new models of transport were just some of the talking points at Transport Research Arena 2018.
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NewsSiemens Chargers to work Altamont commuter trains
USA: California’s San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission has ordered four SC-44 Charger diesel locomotives from Siemens, with an option for four more, to support an expansion of its Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail service. Launched in 1998 with just two trains/day, ACE currently operates four trains each way per day ...
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NewsRail boost in Auckland transport plan
NEW ZEALAND: Further investment in suburban and light rail is to be funded under the NZ$28bn Auckland Transport Alignment Programme unveiled by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff on April 26. Described as the country's largest ever civil construction programme, ATAP 2018 is intended to ‘create a 21st ...
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NewsEU funding supports ETCS on LGV Sud Est
FRANCE: The European Union is to provide €117m from the Connecting Europe Facility to support the installation of ETCS Level 2 on LGV Sud-Est between Paris and Lyon, under a financing agreement signed on April 25 at the TEN-T Days conference in Ljubljana, attended by European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
FirstGroup and joint venture partner Trenitalia have decided to withdraw from the East Midlands franchise competition, in order to focus on bidding for the West Coast Partnership franchise. ‘This is an exciting opportunity to be the first operator of High Speed 2, as well as to run conventional West Coast ...
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NewsETCS contract awarded
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded AŽD Praha a KC383m contract to install ETCS Level 2 on the 108 km Česká Třebová – Přerov section of the main rail corridor running east from Praha. Work on the 204 km Břeclav – Přerov Petrovice u Karviné section has been ...
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NewsFinland – Estonia Tunnel strategy to be published next month
EUROPE: The Finnish and Estonian joint working group, which is developing proposals for the 92 km FinEst undersea railway tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn, is due to publish its recommendations on how to proceed on May 7. This will set out a vision for what should happen next, how ...
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NewsKøbenhavn – Ringsted computer model developed
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has used 3D scanning and BIM data to produce a detailed 3D computer model of the fast line under construction between København and Ringsted which is scheduled to open next year. This allows potential suppliers to view and ‘walk around’ the route from a computer. ...
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NewsSofia metro shunters rolled out
BULGARIA: Two diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives for Sofia metro Line 3 have been rolled out at Express Service’s factory in Ruse. Express Service is supplying its MDD 3 model, which has two driven axles, each powered by a 150 kW motor. The shunters are to be used for depot movements, ...
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NewsRehabilitation of Šabac – Loznica line underway
SERBIA: Work has begun to rehabilitate two sections of the 65 km single-track line from Šabac to Loznica and Brasina on the Bosnian border. This should enable the passenger service which was suspended in 2005 to be reinstated from September 1. Modernisation of the Petlovača – Lešnica and Loznica – ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more tram-trains to Paris
FRANCE: Alstom is to supply 32 more Citadis Dualis tram-trains to Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien, the manufacturer announced on April 24. Île-de-France Mobilités is financing the €170m order. Deliveries are due to take place in 2020-22, with 22 vehicles intended to operate on the T12 Express line and ...