Main line rail industry news – Page 661
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NewsTitagarh Wagons buys Firema Trasporti
ITALY: Indian rolling stock manufacturer Titagarh Wagons completed the purchase of Italian company Firema Trasporti on July 9. The acquisition of the business from the administrator as a going concern was made through the Titagarh Firema Adler subsidiary registered in Milano. Titagarh Wagons said Adler Plastics SpA will hold ...
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NewsShenzhen metro train rolled out
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou rolled out the first trainset for the future Shenzhen metro Line 11 on July 6. The eight-car Type A trainset includes two first-class cars and a capacity of 2 500 passengers. Shenzhen Metro has ordered 33 trainsets for Line 11 under a 2·1bn yuan contract. Deliveries ...
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NewsTaipei metro opens extension
TAIWAN: A ceremony on July 5 marked the opening of a one-station extension of Taipei metro Line 5. Passenger services began the following day, with travel on the extension free for one month. The 2 km underground extension of Line 5, also known as the Bannan Line, runs southwest ...
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NewsBiofuel from station coffee waste
UK: Following a successful trial, infrastructure manager Network Rail and Bio-bean have signed an agreement for waste coffee grounds from London’s Euston, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington, Victoria and Waterloo stations to be recycled into biofuel pellets which can be used for heating homes, offices and factories. Bio-bean’s coffee waste ...
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NewsBNDES funds locomotive orders
BRAZIL: Federal development bank BNDES has announced that it is to provide R$70⋅5m to finance the purchase of 19 AC44i locomotives from GE Transportation. To be provided via Banco Alfa Investimento SA, the funding will meet 50% of the total cost of 12 locomotives being acquired by freight operator VLI ...
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NewsBurgas airport rail link planned
BULGARIA: A plan to build a rail link to Burgas airport has been announced by Minister of Transport, IT & Communications Ivaylo Moskovski. The project would require the construction of around 2 km of new line to access the airport, which is the second busiest in Bulgaria. An ...
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NewsPolish tram projects receive EU loans
POLAND: The European Investment Bank has signed two loan agreements for tram projects in Poland. Bank Pekao is to receive 231m złoty, which it will lend to Tramwaje Śląskie. This will be used for the modernisation of the power supplies and 63 km of track, as well as the ...
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NewsCP Carga and EMEF bidders announced
PORTUGAL: Meeting on July 9, the cabinet gave its approval for negotiations to start with three of the four bidders for CP Carga, the freight business of the national train operator. The three bidders are Atena Equity Partners, Cofihold and Mediterranean Shipping Company Rail (Portugal) Operadores Ferroviários SA, the latter ...
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NewsChris Conway
Chris Conway has been appointed Group Chief Executive of Northern Ireland transport operator Translink, succeeding David Strahan on September 7.
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NewsFour shortlisted for New South Wales train contract
AUSTRALIA: On July 9 New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance announced the shortlist for a contract to supply and maintain a fleet of around 65 electric multiple-units totalling 520 cars for used on NSW TrainLink Intercity services: Alstom Transport Australia;Downer-CNRCRC Consortium (Downer EDI Rail and ...
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NewsMexico City selects metro extension contractor
MEXICO: A consortium of Promotora y Desarrolladora Mexicana, its subsidiary Desarollo de Terracerias and Spanish firm Proacon has been selected to build an extension of Mexico City metro Line 12. The 1·7bn peso bid beat 10 others, although it was not the lowest priced. Line 12 is to be ...
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NewsPesa to supply two more Gama Marathon locomotives
POLAND: Pesa signed an agreement to supply two more Gama Marathon locomotives to leasing company PHU Lokomotiv on July 8, taking its fleet to three. PHU Lokomotiv leased the first Gama Marathon to private freight operator Ecco Rail. After three months of testing, Ecco Rail says that it would ...
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NewsKeolis wins battle of Teutoburger Wald
GERMANY: Keolis Deutschland announced on July 9 that it had finally been awarded the Teutoburger Wald passenger operating contract, which was tendered by Westfalen-Lippe transport authority NWL in co-operation with Niedersachsen's LNVG and the Netherlands' Regio Twente and Overijssel province. Keolis was named preferred on November 6 2014, but incumbent ...
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NewsBudapest metro car modernisation contract
HUNGARY: Metrowagonash has been selected to modernise 222 metro cars operating in Budapest. The Russian company beat six other bidders. The scope covers 185 Type 81-717/714 cars, 10 Type 81-717/714-2M cars and 27 Type Ev3 cars. Interior and exterior refurbishment will include the installation of CCTV, driver’s cab air-conditioning and ...
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NewsSerbian railway restructuring approved
SERBIA: State railway company Železnice Srbije is scheduled to be restructured with effect from July 15, after government approval was granted on July 2 for the implementation of plans which were finalised in May. The restructuring will create four businesses: ŽS Holding, ŽS Infrastructure which will be responsible for managing ...
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NewsEmilia Romagna operating contract awarded
ITALY: The Emilia Romagna region has awarded a contract for the operation of regional passenger rail services to a joint venture of its locally-owned transport operator Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia Romagna and national passenger train operator Trenitalia. The 1 400 km network includes lines owned by national infrastructure manager RFI and ...
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NewsChoose your destination with #TGVpop
FRANCE: On July 5 SNCF operated the first five trains under its ‘100% digital’ #TGVpop concept, where the destination is determined by online voting. The first services ran from Paris to Nantes, Bordeaux, Marseille and Lyon, as well as from Lyon to Paris. Under a campaign running until August 30, ...
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NewsAnne Berner
Anne Berner of Finland’s Centre Party has been named Minister of Transport & Communications, replacing Paula Risikko.
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NewsCRRC rolls out its first passenger train for Europe
MACEDONIA: Minister of Transport & Communications Minister Vlado Misajlovski visited Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive’s plant on July 7 to see the roll out of the first passenger trainsets to be produced by China’s CRRC for a European customer. Misajlovski said two 25 kV 50 Hz electric multiple-units are expected to arrive ...
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NewsCatenary-free tram arrives in Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL: The first Citadis tram for Rio de Janeiro has arrived in the city after a 20 day journey from Alstom’s La Rochelle factory in France. In 2013 the VLT Carioca consortium of Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias, Odebrecht Transport, Invepar, Riopar, BRT and RATP Dev awarded Alstom a €230m ...