Main line rail industry news – Page 48
-
NewsPassenger trains return to Puerto Montt after 18 years
CHILE: Passenger services on the Puerto Montt – Llanquihue line have restarted after a gap of 18-years.
-
-
NewsService expansion and climate resilience feature in São Paulo suburban rail concession
BRAZIL: Local transport group Comporte Participações has won the bidding auction for the operation, maintenance, modernisation and extension of São Paulo suburban rail lines 11, 12 and 13 for 25 years.
-
NewsRoma transport enhanced ahead of Pope’s funeral
ITALY: Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, national railway FS Group is to increase passenger services to Roma between April 23 and 27, while city transport operator ATAC is preparing to handle large numbers of visitors. There will be extra high speed and ...
-
NewsChinese locomotives delivered to Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE: CRRC Ziyang has begun delivering diesel locomotives to state-owned rail and port authority Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique. The six-axle SDD1 is designed specifically for African operational environments, with a 16·5 tonne axleload and an efficient cooling system including a corrugated louvre structure ...
-
NewsFirst Argos digital interlocking commissioned
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau has commissioned the first digital interlocking to be developed under the Argos programme. This aims to achieve a 30% reduction in deployment times and a 15% reduction in total cost of ownership, along with improvements in performance. SNCF Réseau launched Argos ...
-
NewsCondition of German rail network improves
GERMANY: Over half of all Deutsche Bahn signal boxes need replacement, according to a report into the state of the more-than-34 000 km national network.
-
NewsThüringen battery-electric train order confirmed
GERMANY: DB Regio has formally awarded Stadler an order to supply 19 Flirt battery-electric multiple-units to help decarbonise regional rail operations in Thüringen.
-
NewsWork starts on Kırıkkale – Samsun high speed line
Work started on April 15 on an initial 120 km section from Delice to Çorum. The mixed traffic line is planned to open in January 2030, with passenger services operating at up to 250 km/h.
-
NewsChilean operator unveils metre-gauge DMU
CHILE: National operator EFE Trenes de Chile has unveiled the first of three Prosper VLT diesel multiple-units which Brazilian manufacturer Marcopolo is supplying for the metre-gauge line from Talca to Constitución.
-
NewsALSA Rail’s first Euro6000 loco enters service
SPAIN: ALSA Rail has put into service to the first of four Stadler Euro6000 multi-system electric locos being leased from Alpha Trains for use on freight services to and from Asturias.
-
NewsSpanish GSM-R contract awarded
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Kontron Transportation a contract to deploy GSM-R communications on the Medina del Campo – Orense conventional line.
-
-
NewsTexas high speed rail project grant cancelled
USA: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has cancelled a $63·9m Federal Railroad Administration grant for the Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor, with the main investor in Texas Central saying the ’project should be led by the private sector’. The grant funding will now be allocated to other rail projects.
-
NewsAgreement secures future of Stadler’s Berlin plant
GERMANY: Stadler says the future of its Berlin plant has been secured through a collective labour agreement between management, employees and trade union IG Metall.
-
NewsAlbanian railway enhancement financing agreement
ALBANIA: The European Investment Bank has signed a €90·5m financial package to support the €121m modernisation of the line running south from Durrës to Rrogozhina.
-
NewsUNIFE calls for research funding to 'keep the European rail supply industry number one'
EUROPE: Supply industry association UNIFE has called for the EU budget to include a dedicated €3bn rail research programme as the successor to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, saying this would help to ’keep the European rail supply industry number one in the world, amid the ...
-
NewsNarrow gauge hybrid train order confirmed
FRANCE: Stadler has signed a contract to supply eight customised diesel-battery hybrid multiple-units for the narrow gauge Nice – Digne line operated by Chemins de Fer de Provence.
-
NewsIndian Railways unveils 9 000 hp electric locomotive
INDIA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inspected the first of the 9 000 hp EF-9K electric freight locomotives being produced by Siemens Mobility and Indian Railways at Dahod in Gujarat.
-
NewsReplacement Pamban Bridge inaugurated
INDIA: The new Pamban railway bridge in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district was inaugurated when Prime Minister Narendra Modi operated the vertical lift span to facilitate the passage of a naval coastguard vessel.