Main line rail industry news – Page 842
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NewsMünchen orders Siemens Avenio trams
GERMANY: Siemens announced its first order to supply Avenio trams to Germany on September 28, an €29m contract awarded by München utility body SWM. The 100% low-floor four-section trams will be 36·85 m long and 2300 mm wide, with eight doors and a capacity of 220 passengers. Top speed will ...
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NewsSumitomo selected for four-state coach contract
USA: The California, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri state departments of transportation have selected Sumitomo Corp of America for a jointly-awarded contract to supply 130 double-deck coaches. Sumitomo Corp submitted a bid of $352·3m, and was named the preferred choice on September 26. The contract is expected to be finalised in ...
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NewsNatural gas fuelled locomotives on test
CANADA: Canadian National is testing two Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives which have been converted to use natural gas for 90% of their fuel needs, with diesel used for ignition. CN is also working on a long-term project to develop a natural gas locomotive and a standardised gas tender. The two 3000 ...
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NewsSiemens enters Positive Train Control market
USA: Siemens has decided to enter the market for Positive Train Control equipment with a version of its Trainguard communications-based train control system. The company announced on September 24 that the Trainguard PTC equipment had successfully completed field trials at the Transportation Test Center in Pueblo. Developed ...
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NewsJR Central unveils N700A high speed train
JAPAN: JR Central has unveiled its next generation of high speed trains to operate on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen, which is expected to enter revenue service from February 8 2013. Unveiled at the railway's Hammamatsu depot on September 18, the new trains are officially designated Series N700-1000, but are ...
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NewsCSR to open Malaysian rolling stock plant
MALAYSIA: The Ministry of Transport and CSR Zhuzhou have signed a memorandum agreeing to establish a rolling stock plant at Batu Gajah in Perak. Prime Minister Najib Razak attended the signing ceremony on September 24. He said the facility would strengthen Malaysia's position as a player in the rail industry, ...
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Abelardo Círico
Abelardo Círico has succeeded Maurício Querino Theodoro as interim President of Brazilian freight railway Ferroeste.
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José Viegas
José Viegas has been elected Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, a global transport policy body based at the OECD in Paris.
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NewsInnoTrans 2012 sets new records
INNOTRANS: Growing international participation helped drive a 19% growth in the number of trade visitors at this year's InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin. Well over half of the extra visitors came from abroad, with attendees from 30 more countries than at InnoTrans 2010. 'This year InnoTrans successfully represented itself ...
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NewsIsrael Railways orders double-deck coaches
ISRAEL: Israel Railways has awarded Bombardier Transportation a firm order to supply a further 72 double-deck coaches between March 2014 and February 2015. The €122m contract announced on September 26 was placed within a framework agreement signed in October 2010. ISR has now ordered a total of 222 vehicles under ...
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NewsABB to support CPTM capacity expansion
BRAZIL: ABB confirmed on September 26 that it had won a US$50m contract from São Paulo suburban operator CPTM for upgrading and reinforcement of the power supply network on two of the city’s busiest routes. The work will support increased train frequencies on Lines 8 and 9 serving the western ...
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NewsRebuilt Ådalsbanan officially reopened
SWEDEN: Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd officially opened the upgraded Ådalsbanan between Sundsvall and the southern end of the Botniabanan on September 14. The minister marked the event by inserting the last piece in a jigsaw puzzle map of the Stockholm – Umeå route. During the course of the SKr6·6bn ...
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NewsCasablanca – Kénitra upgrading starts
MOROCCO: A ceremony on September 25 attended by King Mohammed VI marked the start of modernisation of the Casablanca – Kénitra main line to increase capacity by around 50%. National railway ONCF has cited strong growth in passenger numbers on the Tanger – Marrakech axis in recent ...
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NewsTurkey - Luxembourg intermodal shuttle launched
EUROPE: In conjunction with Mars Logistics Group of Turkey, CFL Cargo and CFL Multimodal have launched an intermodal shuttle service between Trieste in Italy and Bettembourg in Luxembourg, operating three return trips a week. Aimed at 'mega trailers' arriving in Trieste by sea from Turkey, the new service is expected ...
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NewsTrams ordered as Olsztyn starts construction
POLAND: Representatives from the city of Olsztyn signed a €30m contract with Solaris Bus & Coach on September 21 for the supply of 15 low-floor trams to operate on Poland's first new tram system in 55 years. Due for delivery in 2014, the bidirectional Tramino cars will be 29·3 m ...
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NewsLyon tram-train service launched
FRANCE: SNCF began operating tram-train services from Lyon Saint-Paul to Sain-Bel on September 24, following an official opening ceremony two days before. On weekdays there is now a service every 30 min, increasing to every 15 min between Lyon and L'Arbresle during the peaks. It is hoped that ridership ...
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Dr Georg Kasperkovitz
Dr Georg Kasperkovitz has joined the board at Rail Cargo Austria along with Arnold Schiefer, who also retains his place on the board at Rail Cargo Hungaria. Andreas Fuchs has stepped down from the RCA board to become Chairman of its freight forwarding subsidiary Express-Interfracht Internationale Spedition.
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NewsIranian diesel locomotive planned
IRAN: Industrial group MAPNA is developing plans for a domestically designed and manufactured diesel locomotive. At InnoTrans, Dr Reza Javaheri of MAPNA's Railway Transportation Division told Railway Gazette International that production could begin once the company completes 150 locomotives to a Siemens design which are being assembled under licence. ...
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Jean-Pierre Farandou
Jean-Pierre Farandou, a Deputy General Manager on the SNCF Executive Committee, has become President of Keolis. He succeeds David Azéma, who has left the company to become Commissioner of State Holdings in the French government.
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NewsDesert Hawk passenger locomotive mock-up on show
INNOTRANS: Vossloh Rail Vehicles displayed a mock-up of the front end of a 'Desert Hawk' passenger locomotive concept which it has developed in response to recent and expected future calls for tenders in the Middle East, including a reported joint venture with CAF for Saudi Arabia. The proposed locomotive would ...