Main line rail industry news – Page 450
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - January 2018
Australia: Three consortia have been shortlisted for a contract to replace the NSW TrainLink regional rail fleet of XPT, Endeavour and Xplorer trains: Regional Futures, led by Downer; a Bombardier consortium; and Momentum Trains led by CAF. Transport for NSW aims to award the contract in 2019 for delivery from ...
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NewsRail associations call for NAFTA renewal
NORTH AMERICA: The Association of American Railroads, Railway Association of Canada and Asociación Mexicana de Ferrocarriles issued a joint letter on January 22 calling for ‘a constructive effort’ to negotiate a new North American Free Trade Agreement. 'To ensure that a new NAFTA can build upon the success of its ...
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NewsFS to fund Brescia tram construction
ITALY: State railway FS Group intends to finance the construction of a tram line in Brescia, CEO Renato Mazzoncini told an industry forum organised by local newspaper Giornale di Brescia on January 21. Expected to cost €150m to build, the line would run from Pendolina in the northwest to ...
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NewsYeongdeok – Pohang line opens
SOUTH KOREA: The 44·1 km Pohang – Yeongdeok section of the Donghae Line which is being developed to run from south to north parallel to the east coast was opened with a ceremony on January 25. The single-track extension is designed for 150 km/h operation. It is initially being used ...
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NewsWork starts on Infrabel Academy
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel announced on January 25 that it had started work on a new national training centre, due for completion by the end of 2020 at a cost of €20m. Located next to Brussels Ouest station, the centre will bring together activities currently undertaken across Belgium, including initial ...
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NewsNew trams enter service in Kazan
RUSSIA: Three BKM-84500K trams supplied by Belkommunmash and assembled at operator Metroelektrotrans’ workshops entered revenue service on route 5 in Kazan on January 25. BKM delivered kits for the three-section trams between July and September 2017 under a 161·7m rouble contract signed in late 2016. This includes a guarantee ...
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NewsTrial shipment from Russia to Vietnam by rail
INTERNATIONAL: Russian Railways’ RZD Logistics and Ratraco have completed a trial delivery of a container by rail from the Vorsino terminal south of Moscow to Hanoi. Delivery of the container carrying cosmetic products for Russian company Red Line took 20 days, around half the time required by sea. TransContainer ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Russian company Repetek has become the full owner of ZMK-Trans with the purchase of the 50% stake held by an outside shareholder. ZMK-Trans has around 300 flat wagons used for timber and general purpose transport, which will now supplement GK Maximum‘s fleet of more than 10 000 wagons. Malcolm Logistics ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - January 2018
Australia: 4Tel is to supply signalling and communications for the Newcastle light rail project. Brazil: Rumo has awarded Wabtec a US$5m contract to supply a train management and dispatching system to improve safety and efficiency at its yard serving the port of Santos. Canada: Parsons is providing design, ...
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NewsGotthard Base Tunnel maintenance vehicles handed over
SWITZERLAND: The first six of 13 custom-designed maintenance ‘base vehicles’ which Harsco is building for use in the Gotthard Base Tunnel were officially handed over to SBB during December. The 80 tonne electro-diesel vehicles include an air-conditioned personnel module with a kitchenette and toilet, and can be operated from the ...
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NewsStadler multiple-units for Greater Anglia under construction
UK: The bodyshells for the first of the Class 755 Flirt electro-diesel multiple-units which Stadler is to supply for Greater Anglia's local services have been delivered from the manufacturer's Szolnok factory in Hungary to the Bussnang plant in Switzerland where they will be fitted out.Stadler signed a £600m contract in ...
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NewsTyne & Wear Metro fleet replacement gets underway
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro owner and operator Nexus has called tenders for the supply of 42 two-car 1·5 kV DC electric trainsets to replace the current fleet. This follows a government commitment to provide £337m towards the fleet replacement project which was announced in the November budget, with Nexus ...
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NewsChongqing – Guiyang line opens
CHINA: A more direct Chongqing – Guiyang line which is suitable for 200 km/h operation opened on January 25, reducing the journey time between the cities from 10½ h to 2 h. Construction of the 347 km line had been launched on December 22 2010. The total cost of the ...
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NewsElectric buses enter service in Bratislava
SLOVAKIA: The first four of 18 electric buses that SOR is supplying entered revenue service in Bratislava on January 26. The two 12 m long NS 12 buses and two 8 m long EBN 8 vehicles are fitted with pantographs, although until the opportunity charging stations are completed, they ...
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NewsAlexandria electric bus contract signed
EGYPT: Alexandria Passenger Transportation Authority signed a contract with BYD on January 24 for the supply of 15 electric buses. Deliveries of the 12 m long K9 buses are due to begin in the first half of this year. BYD will also supply 18 charging masts.
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NewsPNR orders Indonesian DMUs
PHILIPPINES: State railway PNR has ordered two diesel-electric multiple-units from Indonesian rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka to boost its Manila suburban service between Tutuban and Alabang. The 485m pesos deal was signed on January 22 by PNR General Manager Junn Magno and PT Inka President Budi Noviantoro, at a ceremony ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Israeli cybersecurity start-up company Cylus has raised US$4·7m in seed funding from investors including Zohar Zisapel, a private investor and founder of technology group RAD, as well as Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures and the SBI Group. ‘Current approaches to cybersecurity do not fit the architecture of railway networks today’, ...
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NewsFirst Lusail tram completed
QATAR: Alstom has presented the first Citadis for the Lusail Tram project to officials from Qatar Rail, following the completion of factory acceptance tests in France. Alstom is supplying 28 trams for the Lusail network. Branded Al Mehmel, the vehicles’ design is inspired by a type of ...
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NewsREMSA to host USA Pavilion at 'must-visit' InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association will once again host a USA Pavilion at InnoTrans 2018, providing US exhibitors with a turnkey service designed to ‘drastically simplify’ the process of exhibiting at an international trade fair. ‘The exclusive USA Pavilion provides a tremendous opportunity for US-based railway supply companies and ...
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NewsPoland adopts long-term infrastructure funding plan
POLAND: The Council of Ministers adopted a bill on January 16 which sets out a long-term railway maintenance budget for 2019-23. This is designed to enable national rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK to plan maintenance further in advance, reducing a backlog of work built up in previous years when large ...