Main line rail industry news – Page 475
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NewsŠkoda to supply electric buses to České Budějovice
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply 11 electric buses to České Budějovice, the manufacturer announced on September 26. The 9 m long buses will serve two routes connecting park-and-ride sites to the city centre. The batteries will be charged using a pantograph through the city’s existing trolleybus catenary.
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NewsSolaris to supply trolleybuses to Vilnius
LITHUANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach was the sole bidder for a contract to supply 41 low-floor Trollino trolleybuses to Vilnius. The contract is expected to be signed in the next few weeks. Solaris placed a bid of €19·2m, which is being partly funded through Vilnius municipality, with the EU ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Israel Railways EMU order
ISRAEL: Israel Railways has named Siemens as the winner of a contract to supply a fleet of double-deck electric multiple-units to support its 25 kV 50 Hz electrification programme. Subject to the Ministry of Economy granting final approval for the contract, Siemens is to supply 60 four-car and six-car EMUs ...
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NewsSTLC orders 5 122 high-capacity open wagons
RUSSIA: The Ministry of Transport’s State Transport Leasing Co has awarded United Wagon Co a contract supply 5 122 open wagons of modern high-capacity designs. The latest order covers two types of wagons with and without bottom unloading doors, which will be manufactured at UWC’s Tikhvin plant and leased by ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Over the weekend of September 23-24 Network Rail renewed 1 km of replacement overhead electrification on the Southend Victoria branch as part of a £46m programme which wil see a total of 128 km replaced. The replacement wires will be tensioned with weights to reduce the need for speed restrictions ...
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NewsLoan funds more Incofer rolling stock
COSTA RICA: President Luis Guillermo Solís has announced that state railway Incofer is to purchase an additional eight trainsets for 52m colones towards the end of this year, using a loan from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Modernising the railway network would, according to Solís, enable Costa Rica ...
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NewsAlstom and Siemens announce 'merger of equals' to create a 'European champion in mobility'
INDUSTRY: Alstom and Siemens announced on the evening of September 26 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding for a merger of Siemens’ Mobility business with Alstom. The transaction is expected to close at the end of 2018. Siemens would contribute its Mobility business, including its rail traction drives ...
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NewsTunnel technology at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: The Railway Tunnel Construction area has become a distinct part of the InnoTrans trade fair, and at InnoTrans 2018 companies will be highlighting their latest construction projects as well as technology for the maintenance of existing tunnels. Companies which have already registered to attend include Talleres Zitrón from Spain ...
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NewsSerbian freight operator Despotija certified
SERBIA: New entrant Despotija has obtained the necessary certifications to operate freight trains on the national railway network. Despotija’s parent company operates the Kovilovača quarry in Despotovac on the non-electrified single-track Markovac – Resavica line. It has two former Zeleznice Srbije class 461 electric locomotives which have been refurbished by ...
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NewsTrenitalia leadership reshaped
ITALY: Following the completion of a corporate restructuring programme and the consolidation of rail freight operations into Mercitalia, FS Group has appointed a new leadership team to run its national passenger business Trenitalia. With effect from the annual shareholder meeting on September 15, Tiziano Onesti has been named President, with ...
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NewsDresden – Praha new line planning to start
EUROPE: An agreement is to be signed ‘this year’ promising that German federal funding will be available to cover the planning costs of the northern part of the proposed Dresden – Praha high speed route, Federal Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in a September 22 letter to Stanislaw Tillich, Minister ...
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NewsDB Cargo UK tests ‘jumbo’ train
UK: DB Cargo UK operated a trial 660 m long ‘jumbo’ train of 34 wagons from ABP Port of Cardiff to Acton in London on September 20, carrying 2 300 tonnes of limestone from Cemex’s Wenvoe and Taff’s Well quarries. ‘Usually only 21 wagons are used but using 60% more ...
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NewsElectro-diesel multiple-unit to be developed for regional routes
POLAND: A letter of intent for the development, construction and testing of a prototype electro-diesel multiple-unit was signed on September 19 by regional train operator PolRegio, investment and leasing company Polski Tabor Szynowy and rolling stock manufacturer Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych H Cegielski, which will co-operate on the project with the ...
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NewsTrainline launches international API to streamline B2B rail booking
TRAINLINE: The business-to-business arm of independent ticket retailer Trainline now offers an API bringing together information from ‘an unparalleled breadth of international rail carriers’ for use by large companies, travel management companies, online booking tools and travel agencies. Announcing the launch of the API on September 25, Trainline said its ...
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NewsCER appoints Fritzson as Chairman
EUROPE: CER named SJ CEO & President Crister Fritzson as its Chairman at its General Assembly in Gdańsk on September 25. Having served as Acting Chairman since February, Fritzson, who is also Chairman of the Association of Swedish Train Operators, will begin the two-year term immediately. He described the ...
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NewsAgreement reached for restructuring at Bombardier Transportation in Germany
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation GmbH's management and general works council announced on September 25 that they had signed a general company agreement covering a planned restructuring. The agreement is valid until the end of 2020 and formalises principles which had been agreed by management and employee representatives at a supervisory board ...
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NewsSpain publishes international open access criteria
SPAIN: National competition authority CNMC has published the criteria that will be used to asses applications to operate international open access passenger services to and from Spain, which would also be permitted to carry domestic passengers in competition with state operator RENFE. Pending the transposition of the European Union’s Fourth ...
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NewsRefurbished Pendolino returns to service
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of national operator ČD’s Pendolino trainsets to be refurbished returned to passenger service on September 25, two days after unveiled in Bohumín as part of the national Railway Day celebrations. It is currently being deployed on the Praha – Košice route. All seven of the Class ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
VTG and Dutch company Intermodal Telematics have launched a joint engineering programme to develop and install continuously operating load-unload sensors across the leasing company’s entire fleet of liquid, bulk and container wagons. On September 15 Union Pacific announced it was ‘redesigning its Marketing & Sales organisation to align with evolving ...
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NewsDuPont develops disposable coveralls for SNCF
FRANCE: To meet an SNCF requirement for protective workwear which combines high visibility with chemical protection, DuPont Protection Solutions has developed Tyvek 500 HV disposable coveralls. These provide a barrier to low concentration, aqueous inorganic chemical products, as well biological risks encountered by staff inspecting trains following a collision with ...