Main line rail industry news – Page 465
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NewsFuel cell Mireo multiple-unit to be developed
GERMANY: Siemens and Canadian fuel cell technology company Ballard Power Systems have signed an agreement to develop a 200 kW fuel cell suitable for powering Mireo electric multiple-units. The initial deployment of a fuel cell powered trainset is planned for 2021. ‘Our co-operation with Ballard is a decisive step towards ...
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NewsEPH eyes Škoda Transportation
CZECH REPUBLIC: The Energetický a Průmyslový Holding power and industrial group controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský is reportedly close to signing a deal to acquire rolling stock manufacturer Škoda Transportation. An agreement worth at least KC10bn could be completed by the end of the year, according to local media, ...
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NewsGE looks to sell rail business
USA: General Electric expects to dispose of its Transportation business unit over the next two years, along with its Industrial Solutions and Lighting activities, new CEO John Flannery confirmed on November 13. Presenting his reshaping programme to investors, Flannery indicated that he was looking to ‘focus the portfolio’ around the ...
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NewsVegetable oil fuelled multiple-units ordered for future battery conversion
NETHERLANDS: Arriva has signed a €170m contract for Stadler to supply 18 Flirtino multiple units which will be able to use overhead electrification or hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel. They will also have onboard batteries to store regenerated braking energy. Produced from vegetable fats and oils, HVO is intended to be ...
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NewsTurkish rolling stock local content requirement published
TURKEY: Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım published a notice on November 7 stipulating that all urban rail vehicles for Turkey must have at least 51% local content. This requirement covers metro trains, trams, light rail vehicles, funiculars and monorails, as well as cable cars. Last year the Ministry of Transport, ...
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NewsNTV to order more Pendolinos
ITALY: High speed open access operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori is to order a further five non-tilting Alstom Pendolino trainsets. The company’s board of management approved a decision to exercise an option for the seven-car trainsets on November 9. This follows an earlier option for four trainsets, and will take the ...
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NewsNovocherkassk presents UTM trams
RUSSIA: The city of Novocherkassk has officially unveiled the first two of five trams that Uraltransmash is supplying under a contract signed earlier this year. Sole bidder Elektrotransport won the 81·5m rouble contract and selected UTM to supply its Type 71-407. The 16 m long single-section trams will augment ...
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NewsTrenitalia orders Jazz EMUs
ITALY: Trentialia has ordered a further 27 Coradia Meridian regional electric multiple-units for delivery between mid-2018 and mid-2019, Alstom announced on November 13. The €170m order has been placed within a framework agreement signed in late 2012, and will take Trenitalia’s fleet of Coradia Meridian units, which it operates under ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Automotive logistics company CAT has acquired SNCF’s car transport subsidiary STVA Group, which is active in nine countries, including France, Germany, the UK and Morocco. The acquisition includes 31 vehicle logistics compounds, 2 600 wagons, 725 lorries and 2 000 staff. The European Commission has approved a 1bn złoty state ...
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NewsUpgrade to handle growth in Asia – Europe rail freight
BELARUS: Belarusian Railway has begun a programme to modernise container transhipment facilities where the 1520 mm gauge and standard gauge networks meet at the country’s western border. An US$8m investment at the Brest Severny intermodal terminal is intended to reduce the time needed to tranship containers on the main corridor ...
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NewsRussia One tram abandoned
RUSSIA: The Russia One tram will not go into series production, Rostec’s Director for Special Commissions Vasily Brovko said on November 8. The Russia One or R1 design was developed by the Uraltransmash tram manufacturing subsidiary of defence and rolling stock supplier Uralvagonzavod, in partnership with design agency OKB ...
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NewsERS 2017: Looking beyond the Fourth Railway Package
EUROPE: ‘Implementation’ was the watchword of speakers and delegates at Railway Gazette Group’s third European Rail Summit, which was hosted by the Representation of the Free State of Bayern to the EU in Brussels on November 7. Entitled ‘Beyond the Fourth Railway Package’, the Summit addressed the policy challenges facing ...
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NewsSouth Western Railway awards £50m EMU refurbishment contract
UK: South Western Railway has awarded Siemens contracts worth £50m for the refurbishment of its 45 Class 444 and 127 Class 450 Desiro electric multiple-units. The Siemens-built units are leased from Angel Trains and maintained by the manufacturer at Northam under a contract which runs until 2025. The 12-month refurbishment ...
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NewsElisabeth Werner
Elisabeth Werner has become Director, Land Transport, in the European Commission’s transport directorate DG Move. She was previously Head of Unit in charge of Planning & Co-ordination, and also served in the office of former Vice-President Siim Kallas.
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NewsSiemens replaces Nippon Sharyo in multi-state coach order
USA: A multi-state contract for Sumitomo Corp of Americas to supply locomotive–hauled coaches for use in California, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri has been amended, with the order now to be fulfilled with Siemens as Sumitomo’s subcontractor rather than Nippon Sharyo. In September 2012 the four states co-operating in the California-led ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Croatian locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer TŽV Gredelj has invited potential investors or strategic partners to express interest in supporting a recapitalisation to ensure the continuation of its business activities. The closing date is December 15. Titagarh Wagons Ltd and MerMec have entered into a memorandum of understanding for the ...
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NewsShift2Rail updates its action plan
EUROPE: The latest Multi-Annual Action Plan for the Shift2Rail research programme was formally presented to EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc in Tallinn on November 9, as part of the Commission’s Digital Transport Days event. Recently adopted by the joint undertaking’s management board, the ‘Part A’ Executive View of the MAAP ...
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NewsFaiveley Transport to supply NSW EMU subsystems
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec Corp subsidiary Faiveley Transport has been awarded contracts totalling more than US$150m to supply subsystems and maintenance services for 56 double-deck electric multiple-units which the RailConnect NSW consortium of Hyundai Rotem, UGL and Mitsubishi Electric Australia is to supply for NSW TrainLink Intercity services. Faiveley sites in Australia, ...
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NewsBody formed for joint procurement of tram-trains
EUROPE: Seven transport operators and the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) announced on November 8 that they had formed a group to place joint orders for tram-train vehicles. VDV TramTrain includes Karlsruhe transport operators VBK and AVG, Saarbahn Netz, Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft, Erms-Neckar-Bahn, Regionaltangente West from Germany, as ...
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NewsHydrogen could replace diesel in 15 years says LNVG, as fuel cell train contract signed
GERMANY: ‘Fuel cell technology has a good chance to prevail in Germany in the next 10 to 15 years, with diesel vehicles being more and more forced out of the market’, said Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG when it signed a 30-year contract with Alstom and gas supplier Linde Group for ...