Main line rail industry news – Page 510
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NewsSwedish railcars arrive in Montevideo
URUGUAY: Seven Fiat Y1 diesel railcars originally built for SJ of Sweden were unloaded at the port of Montevideo on April 15. National operator AFE has purchased the vehicles from rolling stock leasing and maintenance company NetRail. With one vehicle to be used to provide spare parts, AFE is to ...
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NewsIndian Railways selects 200 km/h upgrade option
INDIA: The Delhi – Chandigarh line is to be upgraded to permit ‘semi-high speed’ operation at speeds up to 200 km/h, Indian Railways has announced. Reference design studies will now be undertaken with a view to calling a design and build tender by the end the year. The 245 km ...
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NewsRegioJet expands fleet and introduces sixth class
CZECH REPUBLIC: Open access passenger operator RegioJet announced on April 18 that it had ordered eight Bombardier Transportation Traxx multi-voltage electric locomotives with an option for 20 more. The company has also awarded Astra Vagoane Călători a €16m contract to supply a further 16 open saloon passenger coaches with 80 ...
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NewsToshkent orbital railway plan
UZBEKISTAN: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved plans for a 71 km electrified double-track passenger railway paralleling the Toshkent ring road. The orbital line would be designed to reduce road congestion and pollution in the capital, and reduce the need for public transport users to travel via the ...
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NewsBelkommunmash wins Pavlodar tram order
KAZAKHSTAN: Belkommunmash has won a contract to supply up to 25 trams to Pavlodar. The contract is worth 2·7bn tenge. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing 2bn tenge under a loan agreement signed in 2015. The remainder will come from the government, which is also funding ...
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NewsUnited Wagon announces additional public share offering
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has announced plans for a secondary public offering of ordinary shares on the Moscow stock exchange. UWC intends to place up to 2·5 million additional shares from the end of April. The exact dates are to be confirmed, and the price would be determined by the ...
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NewsVistadome glass-ceiling coach launched by Indian Railways
INDIA: A Vistadome coach which has glass panels in the roof to provide tourists with all-round views on scenic lines was launched on the Vishakhapatnam – Araku route on April 16. Two Vistadome coaches have been built for the route by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. As well as ...
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NewsLviv fast tram route completed
UKRAINE: The second phase of the fast tram route in Lviv opened on April 15 to the Sykhiv district in the south of the city. The 1·5 km extension has four stops and runs south from Kinoteatr Dovzhenka to Vul Akademika Vernadskoho. Routes 2 and 8 serve the extension, ...
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NewsNew Moscow metro train enters passenger service
RUSSIA: The first Type 81-765 trainsets for the Moscow metro have entered revenue service on Line 7. Moscow Metro signed a contract with Metrowagonmash in December 2014 for the supply of 96 eight-car trainsets. A prototype was delivered to Vykhino depot in February, and six series-built sets are now ...
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NewsWorld rail market April 2017
Belgium: A consortium of Systra, Geste and Tractebel is to provide consultancy services for the modernisation of Brussels metro lines 1 and 5. Brazil: CRRC Times Electric is to supply platform screen doors for São Paulo metro Line 17. Germany: IVU Traffic Technologies has signed a framework agreement ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
CRRC Dalian has manufactured the first two of four Type CDN10A diesel locomotives ordered by Alborzniroo for use on open access services in Iran. They are customised to withstand high temperatures and sandstorms. Kiruna Wagon has completed initial static testing of a side dump wagon and unloading station ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2017
Australia: Sydney Trains has exercised a A$225m option to extend Downer EDI’s maintenance contract for its fleet of 35 four-car Millennium EMUs for a further 10 years from June. Alstom has been awarded a €100m contract to supply a further nine six-car X’Trapolis 1·5 kV DC EMUs for Melbourne’s ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2017
Bangladesh: The government has awarded Oriental Consultants Global, Chodai, Developed Design Consultants and ACE Consultants a 7·48bn taka contract to provide consultancy services for the construction of a planned 4·8 km dual-gauge railway bridge across the River Jamuna near the existing Bangbandhu Bridge. China: China Railway 24th Bureau Group ...
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NewsTransmashholding sales up
RUSSIA: Rolling stock manufacturing group Transmashholding has announced that its sales in 2016 were up 22% year-on-year to 120bn roubles. The largest increase was in the electric multiple-unit sector, with sales up 49% from 174 to 259 cars. Sales of double-deck coaches increase 23% from 70 to 86, while ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Bombardier and Siemens are discussing a potential combination of their rail activities, Bloomberg and Reuters reported on April 11. The wagon leasing market continues to improve in Europe and is growing in Asia, container, modular building, barge and wagon leasing company Touax said when announcing its annual results on March ...
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NewsDLR unveils automated freight train vision
GERMANY: Aerospace research institute Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt unveiled its vision for an automated freight train on April 13. Part of its ongoing Next Generation Train project, the NGT Cargo concept is intended to increase rail’s share of the European freight market by making it ‘more appealing’, according ...
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NewsKTMB orders multiple-units with graphene capacitor energy storage
MALAYSIA: A €180m contract for 22 multiple-units of two types was signed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport, national operator KTMB and CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive on April 11. The order includes 13 four-car DMUs for use on regional services. These Class 61 units will have an operating speed of 120 km/h, ...
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NewsFreight operator’s safety certification revoked
NETHERLANDS: Freight operator HSL Logistik suspended all operations on April 12 after the Human Environment & Transport Inspectorate revoked its safety certification. ILT’s decision to revoke HSL Logistik’s certification followed close monitoring of the operator after a series of incidents, including three signals passed at danger during the last six ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Transport Scotland has selected Jacobs UK to undertake a seven-month study into options for improving transport provision in the south of Scotland. This will include looking at the case for an extension of the Borders railway to Carlisle. Great Western Railway and Bristol City Council are to launch a ...
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NewsGE Transportation acquires 50% stake in Kazakh loco manufacturer
KAZAKHSTAN: GE Transportation announced on April 12 that it had completed the purchase of a 50% stake in locomotive manufacturer Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty from national railway KTZ. Formed in 2009 as a 50:50 joint venture between KTZ and Russian rolling stock manufacturing group Transmashholding, LKZ produces GE Evolution Series ...