Main line rail industry news – Page 452
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Knorr-Bremse Nordic Rail Services announced on January 18 that it had agreed to sell its Swedtrac rolling stock modernisation and repair business to Stadler Service Sweden. The transaction is expected to close at the end of Q1 2018. 'We are continuing to focus on our core competencies as a key ...
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NewsIncheon Airport Terminal 2 rail link opens
SOUTH KOREA: The AREX airport rail link was extended by 5·8 km on January 13 to serve Incheon International Airport Terminal 2. Terminal 2 opened on January 18 ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in PyeongChang in February. AREX is now 63·8 km long, ...
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NewsShift2Rail issues 2018 call for proposals
EUROPE: The Shift2Rail joint undertaking formed to promote strategic research and innovation in the European rail sector has published its 2018 call for proposals, based on its amended Annual Work Plan 2018. The call for proposals covers 18 topics, of which seven are open to Shift2Rail joint undertaking members and ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
TransPennine Express has installed 15 Cubic Transportation Systems ticket gates at Manchester Airport station; 11 of these are wide gates to accommodate large luggage. Some of the gates are remotely monitored, with customers able to press a button to speak with a member of staff and show their ticket via ...
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NewsDemand outstrips exhibition space ahead of Berlin show
INNOTRANS: Demand for space at this year’s InnoTrans exhibition was outstripping supply ‘to an unprecedented extent’, Organiser Messe Berlin announced on January 17. The trade show, which takes place on September 18-21, has already seen more than 100 more ‘main exhibitors’ register compared to the previous event, Messe Berlin reported. ...
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NewsGE Transportation signs Kazakh shunting loco contract
KAZAKHSTAN: Contracts for the supply of 300 shunting locomotives and the provision of 18 years of support for 175 TEP33A passenger locomotives were signed by national railway KTZ and GE Transportation during Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to the USA on January 17. The two contracts are worth more than ...
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NewsKoleje Mazowieckie signs framework for up to 71 EMUs
POLAND: A framework agreement for Stadler Rail to supply up to 71 Flirt electric multiple-units to voivodship-owned regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie was signed in Warszawa on January 17. Stadler said the deal was potentially worth 2·2bn złoty, which would make it the highest valued tender for regional trains ever ...
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NewsEastleigh Works sold
UK: The Key Property Investments joint venture of developer St Modwen and Kuwait-based Salhia Real Estate Co has sold the 19 ha Eastleigh Works train maintenance and repair site to corporate pension fund clients of Savills Investment Management for £20·6m, a net initial yield of 8%. The facility is predominantly ...
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NewsOsnabrück orders electric buses
GERMANY: Stadtwerke Osnabrück announced on January 15 that it had selected VDL Bus & Coach to supply 13 electric buses and charging infrastructure. The Dutch company will supply its Citeas SLFA Electric 18·1 m articulated buses, with deliveries due to commence in late 2018. These will be put into ...
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NewsSolaris-Stadler consortium signs Kraków tram contract
POLAND: MPK Kraków signed a framework contract for the supply of up to 50 trams with a consortium of Solaris Bus & Coach and Stadler Poland on January 16. The base order for 35 trams is worth 314m złoty, with EU co-financing covering 125m złoty. Deliveries of the low-floor ...
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NewsCubic expands in India after US contract wins
INDIA: Cubic Transportation Systems expects to double the number of staff at its Hyderabad-based CTS India software design, development and testing business this year, after winning contracts to provide fare collection systems for New York and Boston. ‘Asia-Pacific region continues to be a market of opportunity across our three business ...
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NewsCAF coaches to enter service with Caledonian Sleeper in October
UK: The coaches which CAF is building in Spain for use on Caledonian Sleeper trains between Scotland and London are expected to begin entering passenger service during October, the operator said after the first five vehicles arrived in the UK on January 15. The new stock will initially be used ...
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NewsBallarat Line upgrading contract signed
AUSTRALIA: Upgrading and capacity enhancement works on the Melbourne – Ballarat line in Victoria are to be completed by late 2019, under a A$551·7m contract announced on January 16. Funded by the state and federal governments, as part of the A$1·6bn Regional Rail Revival initiative, the project is being managed ...
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NewsTest running begins on Noida metro
INDIA: Noida Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Alok Tandon and Delhi Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Dr Mangu Singh officially inaugurated the start of test running on the Noida metro on January 2. The first of 19 four-car trains that CRRC is supplying to operate the line arrived at ...
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NewsWarszawa EMU tenders opened
POLAND: Pesa has been named as the lowest bidder for a contract to supply electric multiple-units to suburban train operator SKM Warszawa. The tender covers the supply and maintenance for 15 years of eight five-car EMUs and five four-car units, with options covering a further seven five-car units and one ...
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NewsStrategic Transport Plan for northern England published
UK: Transport for the North has published its draft 30-year Strategic Transport Plan for northern England, outlining a 'revolutionary investment programme' running to 2050 which is intended to drive growth and close the economic gap between the north and the rest of England. TfN is overseen by 19 regional transport ...
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NewsMünchen unveils metro and tram expansion strategy
GERMANY: Long-term plans for the expansion of München’s U-Bahn and tram networks have been outlined by the city government, following an agreement between the SPD and CSU political parties. The €5·5bn package unveiled by Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter and Mayor Josef Schmid on January 11 reflects rising demand for ...
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NewsBursa plans partial ban on private minibuses
TURKEY: Bursa plans to ban dolmuş minibuses from operating parallel to part of the Bursaray light metro line. The plan has the support of the police and is not opposed by the minibus drivers’ chamber. The city hopes that removing of dolmuş services from part of Ankara Yolu Caddesi ...
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NewsAcademy to support Ethiopian railway operations
ETHIOPIA: Work is to start later this year on the construction of a railway training academy, Ethiopian Railways Corp announced on January 13. When fully operational, the academy is expected to employ around 250 teachers and administrative staff, training up to 1 00 students at a time in seven different ...
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NewsOpening and electrification in Uzbekistan
UZBEKISTAN: Projects to expand and upgrade the national railway network are making progress, with the launch of freight services on a newly-built direct line between Bukhara and Miskin, work underway on a link to Khiva, the completion of electrification to Termez and tendering launched for electrification in the Ferghana Valley. ...