Main line rail industry news – Page 715
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NewsZentralbahn orders more Fink EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Zentralbahn signed a SFr53m contract on September 22 for Stadler Rail to supply five more Fink metre-gauge electric multiple-units. Under the deal signed by ZB Managing Director Renato Fasciati and Stadler Rail Group CEO Peter Spuhler, the three-car rack EMUs are to be delivered in late 2016. They ...
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NewsWashington Streetcar running in mixed traffic
USA: Test running started on the DC Streetcar line in Washington on September 29. During the ‘pre-revenue operations’ phase, the trams will run a normal service pattern but carry no passengers. This phase is expected to last at least until November. The first of three trams for the 4 ...
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NewsSiemens awarded Sosa – Wonsi Line signalling contract
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Information Technology has awarded Siemens a €20m contract to supply signalling and automation equipment for the 23·4 km Sosa – Wonsi Line which is under construction in the Greater Seoul area. Announcing the contract on September 29, Siemens said the north–south orbital route scheduled to open ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2014
Australia: The Perth train maintenance contract held by the EDI Rail Bombardier JV has been modified to include 22 additional three-car B Series EMUs to be delivered from 2016. The variation is worth A$40m over 5½ years, with an option for 7½ more years. Austria: ÖBB has awarded Siemens ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market September 2014
Algeria: Entreprise du Métro d'Alger has selected a Saeti/DongMyeong/Eurostudios consortium for a 1·9bn dinar civil works management contract for the 10 km airport extension of Alger metro Line 1. A Dohwa/Yooshin consortium won a 1·1bn dinar project management contract for the 3·5 km extension to Baraki. EMA has selected ...
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NewsVossloh hands over 100th G6 locomotive
INNOTRANS: Handing over its 100th Type G6 shunting locomotive, Vossloh’s CEO Hans Schabert announced that the company expects to be able to deliver locomotives within six months from next year. To this end, he announced that Vossloh is building a new locomotive factory at Kiel-Suchsdorf, which will enable the ...
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NewsMitsubishi wins first order from DB
GERMANY: On September 25 Mitsubishi Electric Corp of Japan announced its first order from DB, covering the supply of IGBT power modules to replace GTO modules in the drives of 46 ICE2 high speed trainsets. Deliveries will follow the approval of the first two upgraded trainsets, with sales of €22m ...
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NewsSuburban Talgo train design proposal
INNOTRANS: Patentes Talgo has unveiled a proposal for suburban and regional trainsets based on the Talgo concept of short, lightweight cars with independent wheels. The proposed train has a Bo’2’2’2’Bo wheel arrangement and would be suitable for 1 435, 1 520 or 1 668 mm gauges. A formation just ...
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NewsSeeing Machines to be tested on EMD locomotives
INNOTRANS: Seeing Machines announced an agreement for its driver fatigue and distraction monitoring technology to be tested on Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives on September 24. This is designed to intervene in the event of a driver experiencing ‘microsleep’ or being distracted. The technology is used on large mining vehicles supplied ...
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NewsKarlsruhe Citylink formally approved
GERMANY: The BOStrab approval certificate for Vossloh’s Citylink NET 2012 light rail vehicle was formally handed over to Karlsruhe transport operator VBK at InnoTrans on September 25. According to the manufacturer, this makes it the first low-floor tram-train vehicle to be approved for both BOStrab and EBO. VBK and ...
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NewsThello to launch Marseille – Milano service
EUROPE: Open access passenger operator Thello is to launch a daily service between Marseille in France and Milano in Italy with the timetable change on December 14. Announcing the new route on September 23, Thello said that intermediate stops would include Cannes, Nice, Savona and Genoa, and that it would ...
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NewsRoad-rail fire engines protect Diabolo link
BELGIUM: In order to respond to emergencies on the underground sections of the Diabolo link to Brussels Airport, infrastructure manager Infrabel has acquired two road-rail fire-fighting vehicles at a cost of €3m. To be based at fire stations in Brussels and Zaventem, the vehicles will be able to travel at ...
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NewsTrack renewals completed for Chicago – St Louis upgrade
USA: Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn joined officials from Union Pacific and Amtrak in Granite City on September 22 to mark the completion of track renewals on UP’s Chicago – St Louis route, marking ‘a significant milestone’ in the programme to upgrade the route for passenger services to operate at ...
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NewsPushing the buttons at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Captron is displaying a range of train door activation buttons which are designed to function despite the worst that the railway environment can throw at them, including vandalism and bad weather. The door buttons use capacitive sensors rather than mechanical switches, which Head of Business Development Mathias Krostewitz ...
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NewsEuro-Brazilian co-operation accord
A key step towards greater regulatory co-operation between the European and Brazilian railway sectors was taken on September 23, with the signing at InnoTrans of a Memorandum of Understanding between Jorge Luiz Macedo Bastos, General Director of Brazilian land transport agency ANTT and the Executive Director of the European Railway ...
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NewsArtesyn launches ControlSafe safety-critical computing platform
INNOTRANS: First-time exhibitor Artesyn Embedded Technologies is using InnoTrans to announce its ControlSafe fail-safe computer platform for signalling, control and other critical applications. ControlSafe draws on more than 30 years of experience in supplying safety-critical technology for the rail, aviation, off-shore and other industries. ControlSafe comprises two industrial computers ...
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NewsAlstom adds X05 to Citadis family
ALSTOM: Alstom announced at InnoTrans 2014 that it is to launch an update to its Citadis tram family. The Citadis X05 uses permanent magnet motors and is faster than existing Citadis vehicles, with a top speed of 80 km/h. As well as being equipped for use with Alstom’s APS ...
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