Main line rail industry news – Page 689
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NewsSarah Feinberg
Following the departure of Joseph Szabo, Sarah Feinberg has been named Acting Administrator of the US Federal Railroad Administration. Feinberg joins from the Department of Transportation, where she was Chief of Staff.
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NewsTraxx for 'the true north'
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Transport Dr Frank Nägele unveiled the first of 15 Bombardier Transportation Traxx P160 DE Multi-Engine diesel locomotives ordered for Marschbahn services on February 19. The locomotive carries the Land’s slogan promoting ‘the true north’, and is to be deployed on the route between Hamburg and the ...
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NewsAll-night services to be extended in London
UK: Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced on February 20 that all-night weekend services are to be extended to London Underground’s sub-surface lines, part of London Overground’s East London Line and the Docklands Light Railway. All-night services on Friday and Saturday nights ...
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NewsDoha metro rolling stock and railway systems contract awarded
QATAR: Qatar Rail awarded the turnkey contract for rolling stock and railway systems on Phase 1 of the Doha metro on February 18. The winning consortium is led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and includes Mitsubishi Corp, Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo and Thales. In addition to undertaking overall project management and ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2015
China: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Leighton Asia and China State Construction Engineering an A$929m contract to build Exhibition station and 300 m of cut-and-cover tunnel for the Shatin – Central Link. Croatia: Vossloh Rail Services has signed a €4·5m framework agreement to provide HŽ Infrastruktura with rail ...
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NewsQatar Rail restarts civil works tendering
QATAR: National railway project promoter Qatar Rail launched a new prequalification process for the civil works on the first phase of the planned Long Distance Passenger & Freight Rail network on February 18. A prequalification exercise for a combined civils and railway systems contract was launched last year, but subsequently ...
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NewsFreight One awarded steel plant rail outsourcing contract
RUSSIA: Steelmaker NLMK Group has appointed Freight One to manage internal logistics at two sites operated by its Long Products Division in the Urals region. Under the pilot outsourcing programme Freight One will manage rail transport and maintenance at the NSMMZ and NLMK Metalware plants using rolling stock leased from ...
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NewsČD orders more RegioPanters
CZECH REPUBLIC: National passenger operator ČD signed a framework contract with Škoda Vagonka on February 17 for the supply of up to 11 more Class 650 two-car dual-voltage electric multiple-units. The framework is valid for 48 months and is worth KC1·2bn. It follows from an order for 14 EMUs ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief - February 2015
Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship has provided Pesa with a 2·4m zloty grant to support the creation of a rolling stock information technology R&D centre. France’s CIM and Format Group have formed a joint venture to produce couplers at Format’s foundry in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. Stadler has bought the 5·5 ...
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NewsTCDD orders 10 more Velaros
TURKEY: State railway operator TCDD has selected Siemens to supply a further 10 Velaro TR high speed trainsets, the company confirmed on February 18. Subject to any legal challenges from other bidders, the contract is expected to be signed shortly. Having bought the former Velaro D demonstrator and then ordered ...
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NewsAstaldi to complete Napoli Afragola station
ITALY: On February 16, construction group Astaldi announced that it had been awarded a €61m civil works contract by Italferr for ‘completion’ of Napoli Afragola station on the Napoli – Roma high speed line. Although site clearance and other preparatory works were undertaken at Afragola, 3 km north of Napoli, ...
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NewsEvraz supplying rails to Cuba
CUBA: Evraz ZSMK is delivering 4 500 tonnes of 25 m and 12 m R50-N rails to Cuba until the end of February. A contract was signed in December with Empresa Proveedora General del Transporte. The rails are being produced at the steelmaker’s Novokuznetsk plant in Russia and will ...
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NewsEurostar growth continues in 2014
EUROPE: Announcing preliminary results for 2014 on February 18, Eurostar International Ltd reported sales revenue of £867m, up 1% from £857m the year before or 4% at constant exchange rates. Like-for-like operating profit was up 2% at £55m from £54m the year before, reflecting ‘additional non-cash charges’ made against the ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation assesses all the options
BOMBARDIER: 'We are definitely the world leader outside China and intend to stay that way', Dr Lutz Bertling, President & COO of Bombardier Transportation, told Railway Gazette International on February 12 when discussing the company’s annual results for the year to December 31 2014. Bertling is not expecting Bombardier to ...
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NewsHelsinki to delay suburban train tendering
FINLAND: Helsinki regional transport authority HSL is negotiating a new operating agreement with national operator VR which would see a three-year delay to plans to tender the operation of commuter services around the capital. If VR’s proposal is accepted and a letter of intent is agreed by the end of ...
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NewsBalfour Beatty to build £12·5m Crossrail train facility
UK: Bombardier Transportation has awarded Balfour Beatty a £12·5m contract to build a production, testing and office facility at its Derby plant, where it will manufacture the 65 nine-car Aventra EMUs ordered for London’s Crossrail project. The 250 m by 40 m structure will have four tracks accessible from either ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 2 bids in
PANAMA: Three consortia have bid to build Line 2 of the Panamá City metro: Línea 2: Odebrecht and FCC, which formed the Línea Uno consortium that built Line 1; UTE Panama II: Dragados, ICA and Graña y Montero; PANAMetro-Cosorcio Internacional Metro de Panamá L2: China Harbour Engineering Co, China Railway ...
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NewsNarrow gauge tipper wagon
RUSSIA: Kambarka Engineering Works has introduced a side-tipping wagon which rides on new design of bogie for narrow gauge railways. The 22 tonne capacity wagon is designed to carry bulk sand, gravel, ballast, salt, ore and coal. It is designed for 750 mm gauge industrial lines, but could ...
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NewsWorld Bank agrees Pap - Angren railway project funding
UZBEKISTAN: The World Bank approved a US$195m IBRD 25-year loan to fund the railway systems and technical assistance elements of the US$1664m Angren – Pap railway project on February 13. The 124 km single-track electrified line including a 19·2 km tunnel beneath the 2 200 m Kamchik Pass is intended ...
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NewsMelbourne Metro authority to develop cross-city link
AUSTRALIA: Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews and Transport Minister Jacinta Allan announced on February 16 that a new authority is being established to plan Melbourne’s long-proposed cross-city rail tunnel. The Melbourne Metro Rail Authority has been allocated an initial budget of A$40m to develop proposals for the 9 km link, ...