Main line rail industry news – Page 503
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NewsModerus Gamma enters passenger service in Poznań
POLAND: A prototype of Modertrans’ Moderus Gamma tram entered passenger service in Poznań on May 15. It is initially running on routes 12 and 16. Modertrans signed a contract earlier this year with its parent company, city transport operator MPK Poznań, to supply 30 unidirectional and 20 bidirectional trams. ...
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NewsTank container designed for train to driverless vehicle transfer
EUROPE: The Flex Freight System which wagon leasing company Wascosa and chemical manufacturer BASF have developed for the transport of chemicals by rail and then autonomous vehicle was exhibited at the Transport Logistic trade fair in München in mid-May.The tank container has approximately the same load capacity as a tank ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Afghanistan’s cabinet has approved the construction of railway infrastructure at the Towraghondi (13 km) and Aqina (10 km) railheads on the border with Turkmenistan. At the One Belt, One Road International Cooperation Forum in Beijing on May 15, Kazakhstan’s KTZ, Cosco Shipping Corp and Lianyungang Port signed an investment ...
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NewsArriva operating contract to be extended
NETHERLANDS: The Province of Gelderland is to exercise an option for Arriva to continue to operate the Achterhoek – Rivierenland package of rail and bus services for a further five years. The extension will run from 2020 until December 2025. The Achterhoek – Rivierenland contract covers regional passenger services ...
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NewsSerfer orders EffiShunter 1000 locomotives
ITALY: Trenitalia subsidiary Serfer Servizi Ferroviari has ordered five EffiShunter 1000 locomotives from CZ Loko, with an option for five more. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in February 2018. The TSI-compliant locomotives for shunting and main line duties will have a maximum speed of 100 km/h. They will be equipped ...
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NewsRail industry responds to proposed Canadian legislation
CANADA: The government has introduced legislation the House of Commons which according to Minister of Transport Marc Garneau is intended to ‘promote a transparent, fair, efficient and safer national freight rail system that will facilitate trade and meet the needs of users and all Canadians.’ The Transportation Modernization Act Bill ...
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NewsFirst BKM-Siberia tram rolled out
RUSSIA: The BKM-Siberia joint venture of Belkommunmash and the city of Novosibirsk unveiled its first tram on May 17 during a visit by Mayor Anatoly Lokot. The presentation to the public is planned for May 24 at the TransSiberia trade show. The 50:50 joint venture was established last year ...
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NewsDB Cargo presents updated coil wagon
GERMANY: DB Cargo displayed the latest update to its coil-carrying wagon family at the Transport Logistic trade fair in München. The wagon is designed to carry steel for the automotive sector which needs to be protected from the weather. Four opening handles on the tarpaulin end walls allow the wagon ...
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NewsWabtec signs Tri-Rail PTC contract
USA: Wabtec Corp has signed a $40m contract to design, install, test and commission Positive Train Control for South Florida Regional Transportation Authority’s Tri-Rail commuter rail service. Wabtec is to supply its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System for 42 locomotives and cab cars, along with a back-office server and lineside ...
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NewsModertrans sole bidder in Elbląg tram tender
POLAND: Modertrans was the sole bidder in a tender for the supply of three trams to Elbląg. The bid opened on May 17 has a gross price of 7·1m złoty. The tender for single-section trams specifies a length of between 14 m and 15·5 m, with at least 30% ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Software company RailcarRx's Repair Shop Management System now supports leasing company TTX's billing format, which includes variations to the standard CRB billing format. RailcarRx says it has streamlined the process of creating repair cards for TTX pooled equipment, by allowing repair shops to update required data in bulk and generate ...
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News250 km/h low-floor trainset for the Gotthard Base Tunnel rolled out
SWITZERLAND: President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard joined 500 guests at the official roll-out of the first compete EC250 Giruno 250 km/h inter-city trainset at Stadler’s Bussnang plant on May 18. ‘The Giruno sets a new standard, just like Switzerland did with the Gotthard Base Tunnel’, said Leuthard ‘This ...
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NewsMerger of Greenbrier Europe and Astra Rail approved
EUROPE: The Greenbrier Companies and Astra Rail Management announced on May 18 that they had obtained the regulatory approvals needed to complete a merger of their European activities to create the ‘largest end-to-end, Europe-based freight railcar business’. Plans for the merger had been announced on October 13, and the transaction ...
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NewsCRCC to upgrade San Martín network
ARGENTINA: During the course of an official visit by President Mauricio Macri to Beijing, on May 17 the Ministry of Transport signed an agreement for China Railway Construction Corp to undertake a comprehensive upgrade of the San Martín network, costing US$2∙4bn and due to take 39 months to complete. Combining ...
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NewsBosnia - Croatia railway re-opening initiative
EUROPE: Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia have agreed to seek European Union funding to rehabilitate and reopen the 177·9 km Una line between Novi Grad (Bosanski Novi) and Knin. This once provided the shortest rail route between Zagreb and the Adriatic port of Split, but it has been out of use since ...
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NewsLocomore shows the need to remove barriers to market entry, says ALLRAIL
GERMANY: Locomore filing for insolvency highlights the crippling cost challenges and entry barriers' in the rail sector which are 'limiting the growth of eco-friendly transport', according to the Alliance of Rail New Entrants. ALLRAIL said Locomore was the fourth start-up in recent years to 'fall flat' when trying to ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
On May 19 Chiltern Railways is to withdraw its two Class 121 single-car DMUs, which are used on the Princes Risborough – Aylesbury route. The company said the 1960s units are the ‘last remaining trains in service that use vacuum brakes’, and have become expensive to maintain. ScotRail is ...
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NewsMoscow metro cars to be refurbished
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant has been awarded a 1·6bn rouble eight-month contract to refurbish 100 Type 81-717/714 cars used on the Moscow metro. The bodyshells, bogies and traction systems will be retained, but there will be new doors, floors and seats, refurbishment of the cabs, and new interior fittings ...
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NewsComplex concrete crossing bearers delivered
UK: Cemex Rail Solutions has supplied Progress Rail with concrete bearers for complex trackwork being installed outside London Waterloo station. The multiple crossing with 10 sets of switches and 1 800 m of track was designed and constructed at Cemex’s Rail Solutions Somercotes site in Derbyshire. Each bearer was numbered ...
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NewsDavid Knowles
David Knowles becomes Managing Director of Swedish freight operator Hector Rail. Formerly Chief Operating Officer at GB Railfreight, he remains on the GBRf board as a Non-Executive Director.