Main line rail industry news – Page 810
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NewsHump yard modernisation gets underway
GERMANY: Following successful projects to modernise the Köln Gremberg and Hagen Vorhalle marshalling yards, DB ProjektBau has awarded Pintsch Tiefenbach and AIS Automation Dresden a contract to provide new control equipment for the Seddin Nord hump yard southwest of Berlin. The contract worth 'several million euros' covers the provision of ...
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NewsInfrastructure funding in demand
INTERNATIONAL: Greater government investment in rail infrastructure is needed, although few industry leaders believe that sufficient funds will be made available, according to a multi-modal study published by the Norton Rose international legal practice on March 15. Entitled The Way Ahead - Where are you now?, the group's fourth annual ...
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NewsKTZ places electric multiple-unit order
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has ordered a 10-car Type ED9E electric multiple-unit from Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant subsidiary. Delivery is planned for July. Announcing the order on April 10, Transmashholding, said the ED9E offers lower power consumption than previous generations of AC unit. The new EMU will ...
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NewsSales up 22% at Transmashholding
RUSSIA: Rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding has reported sales totalling 130bn roubles in 2012, up 22% on the 2011 figure of 106·3bn roubles. The largest increase came from locomotive and wagon orders, with sales of mainline electric freight locomotives up 40% from 308 to 434 sections, and sales of diesel freight ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
CSR Nanjing Puzhen is undertaking trials with a prototype Shanghai Line 13 metro car which has been assembled using friction stir welding for the main components of the aluminium body, and not just for smaller elements as previously. A consortium of Industrial Development Corp, Commuter Transport Engineering, the National ...
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NewsEtihad Rail takes delivery of EMD locomotives
UAE: The first two of seven SD70ACS locomotives which Electro-Motive Diesel is supplying for the initial phase of the national rail network have been unloaded at Mussafah Port in Abu Dhabi, Etihad Rail announced on April 10. The heavy freight locomotives are to be moved to Mirfa in the Western ...
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NewsTopping-out ceremony for first West Island Line station
CHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp held a topping-out ceremony for Kennedy Town station on April 10, the first of three stations being built as part of the West Island Line project. 'This is a really exciting moment in the construction of the West Island Line', said MTR Corp CEO Jay ...
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NewsSiemens to supply Kazakh rail mill
KAZAKHSTAN: Siemens Metals Technologies has been awarded an 'upper double-digit million euro' contract to supply Aktobe Rail & Section Works with a rail and section rolling mill. The mill is being constructed under the auspices of national railway KTZ and will supply rail for domestic use as well as export ...
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NewsPrivate company awarded high speed line rail grinding contract
CHINA: The CRM-Vossloh Track Maintenance joint venture of Chinese rail equipment services provider CRM and Vossloh Rail Services has won a contract to undertake preventative rail grinding on the 1 300 km Beijing - Shanghai Passenger-Dedicated Line. Announcing the contract on April 9, Vossloh said it was the first time ...
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NewsFGC to host Getaway trials
SPAIN: Under the European Union-funded Getaway project to improve the safety of public spaces, Catalan regional operator FGC is to hold four emergency evacuation exercises at Sant Cugat station in the suburbs of Barcelona. With the participation of researchers from the University of Greenwich in the UK, the first two ...
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NewsPhoenix airport peoplemover crosses above taxiway
USA: The first phase of the PHX Sky Train automated peoplemover at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona was opened by Mayor of Phoenix Greg Stanton on April 8. The 2·7 km double-track elevated guideway crosses an active taxiway at a height of 30 m, providing sufficient clearance for ...
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NewsIndia's PCM Group acquires Rail.One
RAIL.ONE: Concrete sleeper and ballastless track technology supplier Rail.One has been acquired by PCM Group of Industries, an Indian conglomerate with engineering, communications, energy, steel, media, tea and other interests in India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Thailand and Bhutan. Financial details have not been disclosed. Announcing the deal on April ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2013
Construction of the western extension of Paris RER Line E is expected to begin in 2014 for opening in 2020, following the award of a contract in February. An 8 km tunnel between Haussmann-Saint-Lazare and Nanterre-la-Folie, with three new stations, will carry trains through La Defense to join RFF's existing ...
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NewsRZD to order 350 electric locomotives
RUSSIA: A memorandum of understanding setting out plans to order 350 locomotives was signed by Russian Railways, Siemens and Sinara Group at the Hannover Messe trade fair on April 8. A firm contract is expected to be signed in 2014. The single-section AC and DC electric locomotives for use on ...
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NewsMoscow metro and tram designs unveiled
RUSSIA: Bombardier Transportation and Russian partner Uralvagonzavod unveiled a proposed metro trainset design for Russia and the CIS region at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany on April 8, along with the styling of the 120 Flexity low-floor trams which wagon and defence equipment supplier UVZ is to build ...
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NewsBombardier signs ICx variation order
GERMANY: On April 8 Bombardier Transportation announced a €336m variation order to its framework agreement to supply components for the ICx inter-city trains which Deutsche Bahn has ordered from Siemens. This reflects DB's decision to add a further 170 vehicles to the initial order. Under the agreement with Siemens, the ...
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NewsGraham Smith
Graham Smith has been named Director General of the Rail Delivery Group, which brings Britain’s passenger and freight operators and Network Rail together with the aim of providing leadership to the rail industry.
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News'Metro style' suburban rail upgrade proposed for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has published a set of long-term proposals for upgrading Melbourne's rail network on March 27, setting out a strategy to increase capacity and reach areas currently not served. The state transport authority said the Network Development Plan - Metropolitan Rail is based on detailed analysis of ...
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NewsDB orders containerised train de-icing units
GERMANY: Following successful trials of using hot water to de-ice rolling stock in winter, DB Regio has ordered two containerised heating units rated at 560 kW and 2 000 kW from Hotmobil Deutschland. DB has previously used hot air to remove up to two tonnes of ice from vehicles in ...
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NewsZambia Railways rehabilitation programme
ZAMBIA: The government has released US$120m in funding to enable Zambia Railways to start work on a three-year rehabilitation programme. A second track is planned on the 900 km line from Chingola to Livingstone, along which a second weekly passenger train has been launched. The Ndola – Luanshya branch is ...