Main line rail industry news – Page 188
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NewsWagon leasing company Wascosa acquired
SWITZERLAND: Funds managed by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vauban Infrastructure Partners have acquired wagon leasing company Wascosa from Philipp Müller and his family. The new owners said the ‘highly attractive and resilient’ rail market was benefiting from ‘structural tailwinds driven by an increased modal share’. ...
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NewsAhrtal and Eifel electrification agreed
GERMANY: Agreement has been reach to finance electrification of Deutsche Bahn’s Ahrtal and Eifel lines as part of repairs being undertaken following the severe flooding in July 2021 which causes the suspension of services. The €388m agreement signed on June 14 by the Rheinland-Pfalz Ministry of ...
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NewsRoma ring service restarts after 32 years
ITALY:·Regular passenger services on the 7 km Valle Aurelia to Vigna Clara section of Roma’s orbital ring railwaybegan running with the summer timetable on June 13, 32 years after a service was provided for eight days during the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup. There are initially ...
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NewsAtkins and NIRAS to design Vestfyn fast line
DENMARK: Atkins has been appointed as lead consultant for the US$430m Vestfyn Line project to build a 250 km/h railway between Odense Vest and Kauslunde near Middelfart on the island of Fyn. Atkins will work with engineering consultancy NIRAS to design the 35 km line and ...
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NewsMont-Blanc Express trains ordered
EUROPE: Stadler is to supply seven rack-equipped electric multiple-units for Mont-Blanc Express services on the 1 000 mm gauge line between Martigny in Switzerland and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet in France. The two-car EMUs will be equipped for 850 V DC overhead and third rail power supplies. They ...
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NewsCAF close to acquiring Alstom’s Reichshoffen plant
FRANCE: CAF is in the final stages of taking over Alstom’s Reichshoffen rolling stock factory in Alsace, the Spanish company said on June 20. Alstom offered to divest the former De Dietrich plant and the Coradia Polvalent train family produced there in order to obtain European ...
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NewsDriverless regional train research gets underway
GERMANY: Work has started on a project to develop and test technology for the driverless operation of regional passenger trains, and to identify the regulatory changes which would be needed to permit future use. The project is being undertaken by Alstom, the DLR aerospace research centre ...
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NewsAmtrak expands apprenticeship programme
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded Amtrak an $8m grant to support a national roll-out of its apprenticeship programme, which will offer a three-year career track for personal and professional advancement. This follows the launch of a pilot programme earlier this year, and will enable ...
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NewsIndustry executives head to InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: More than 1 000 senior national and international figures from the rail sector, science and politics have been invited to the official opening of InnoTrans 2022 on September 20. Germany’s Federal Federal Minister for Digital & Transport Dr Volker Wissing will be on hand to ...
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NewsRail Baltica freight terminal design contract awarded
LATVIA: A joint venture of local company BRD Projekts and Italian firm Sintagma has been awarded a contract for detailed technical design of the Salaspils intermodal terminal to be served by Rail Baltica. The terminal near Rīga will have 1 520 and ...
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NewsHotan – Ruoqiang opening completes Taklimakan desert loop
CHINA: The 825 km Hotan – Ruoqiang line in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened on June 16. In conjunction with other lines, this completes a 2 769 km railway ring around the Taklimakan desert. Construction of the non-electrified single-track railway between Hotan and Ruoqiang began ...
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NewsRicardo and MxV Rail form rail technology and testing alliance
INTERNATIONAL: Ricardo and MxV Rail have signed a strategic alliance agreement to bring together their rail engineering and testing capabilities to serve the global market. The agreement focuses on areas where the two organisations share strong interests, including systems integration, safety performance and decarbonisation, including hydrogen ...
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NewsTrainline announces Platform One technology brand
EUROPE: Trainline has launched Platform One as the new brand name for its technology platform which powers ticket retailing for more than 270 rail and coach companies across 45 countries, including its own retailing channels. Trainline said the Platform One technology was already hosting around 78 ...
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NewsFirst tunnel breakthrough on Divača – Koper line
SLOVENIA: The first tunnel for the Divača – Koper Second Track project has been holed through by contractor Yapı Merkezi. The 27·1 km single-track line is being built on a new alignment and in conjunction with the existing line will provide a double-track route to and ...
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NewsCommuter operators offered flexible diesel locomotive leasing options
USA: Commuter rail agencies are being offered flexible options for the lease of ‘like new’ modernised diesel locomotives by Rolling Stock Solutions and its strategic partner Alternate Concepts, with backing from private equity investor Adelphi Capital Advisory. RSS has acquired an initial fleet of EMD F40PH ...
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NewsWheelchair lift enhances ICE accessibility
GERMANY: Palfinger has developed a novel design of wheelchair lift for use on DB Fernverkehr’s next fleet of ICE high speed trainsets. The Trainlift TRV 2 SLIM is deployed at a 920 mm wide accessible entry point for use by passengers with reduced mobility. The TSI ...
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NewsHuber and Sandvoß to lead DB Netz
GERMANY: The current DB AG board member for Passenger Transport, Berthold Huber, has been selected as the next head of the group’s infrastructure business, following the departure of Ronald Pofalla at the end of April. Huber’s appointment as board member Infrastructure was proposed by DB CEO ...
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NewsSBB orders Giruno trainsets for services to Germany
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has placed a SFr250m firm order for seven more Stadler Giruno trainsets for use on cross-border services to Germany. Announcing the order on June 15, Stadler said demand for rail travel to Germany had been increasing steadily before the pandemic, and had ...