Main line rail industry news – Page 197
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NewsFrigid Fuxing cuts end-to-end timings
CHINA: A low-temperature variant of the China Standard EMU developed by CRRC Tangshan has been put into service on CR’s 350 km/h Beijing – Harbin Passenger-Dedicated Line. An initial batch of nine winterised CR400BF-G trainsets was supplied by CRRC Changchun ahead of completion of the final ...
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NewsThree Ds in focus at Robel’s IAF display
GERMANY: Maintenance vehicle and small plant specialist Robel Bahnbaumaschinen will be highlighting technology to address three key megatrends at this year’s IAF infrastructure and maintenance show in Münster: decarbonisation; digitisation and demographics.
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NewsMobility+ highlights mobility-as-a-service at InnoTrans 2022
INNOTRANS: The Public Transport section of this year’s InnoTrans exhibition will for the first time host a ‘Mobility+’ area focusing on mobility-as-a-service. ‘This is where companies exhibiting supplementary mobility services can meet domestic and international transport companies, transport networks and administrations, and display their intermodal concepts ...
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NewsInvasion of Ukraine ‘has increased the geopolitical relevance of Rail Baltica’
EUROPE: ‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine reaffirms the need to connect the Baltic states to the rest of Europe’, said Catherine Trautmann, the European Commission’s co-ordinator for the North Sea – Baltic TEN-T corridor, on April 13, when Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail set out ...
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NewsSiemens Mobility to relocate Berlin signalling factory
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility is to relocate the development and production activities currently undertaken at its Berlin Treptow signalling and train control factory to a new facility in the Adlershof science and technology park from 2025. The 150 staff at the company’s existing development department in Adlershof ...
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NewsLocal assembly required in CP fleet renewal
PORTUGAL: National operator CP expects to award a contract before the end of the year for the supply of 117 suburban and regional electric multiple-units which will include a requirement for construction of a local production facility.
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NewsSNCF launches Ouigo Train Classique low-cost service
FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs launched its first Ouigo Train Classique low-cost passenger services on April 11, operating on conventional lines to complement the Ouigo-branded low-cost high speed trains launched in 2013. The national operator is aiming to attract passengers who currently travel by car and coach, with ...
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NewsEU accelerates funding for military transport projects
EUROPE: The European Commission has brought forward the awarding of EU grants to co-fund projects to support military mobility, explaining that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased the urgency of making Europe’s transport infrastructure fit for dual civilian and defence use. The first Military Mobility ...
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NewsMountain railway trains enter service
SWITZERLAND: Mountain railway and cable car operator Rigi Bahnen officially unveiled its new Stadler rack EMUs on April 7, with the first train entering passenger service the following day. Equipped with the Riggenbach rack technology, the 1·5 kV DC Bhe 4/6 EMUs will initially be used ...
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NewsPublic transport must become more digital, says Hacon in InnoTrans podcast
INNOTRANS: ‘Cars are already being built to fit into the Apple, Android and Google universe. In order to realise a digital ecosystem for public transport there is still some catching up to do’, says Michael Frankenberg, CEO of Siemens Mobility’s transport software business Hacon, in the ...
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NewsShipping group buys Russian Railways’ automotive logistics business
FRANCE: Marseille-based shipping conglomerate CMA CGM has acquired almost 100% of automotive and contract logistics specialist Gefco.
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NewsSouth Tirol opts for Coradia Stream instead of Talent EMUs
ITALY: South Tirol transport authority STA has modified its order for multi-system electric multiple-units, with Alstom now to supply eight Coradia Stream units instead of the seven Talent 3 sets originally envisaged. In May 2019 STA awarded Bombardier Transportation a €65·8m contract to supply seven 3 ...
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NewsSouth African rail network to be opened to third party freight operators
SOUTH AFRICA: State railway and port company Transnet has invited expressions of interest in buying train paths on two key freight corridors as a pilot scheme for wider rail reform. Opening up access to the rail network forms part of a reform process set out in a ...
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NewsCRRC Dalian loco meets Tier 3 standards
CHINA: CRRC Dalian’s FXN3C main line freight diesel locomotive has passed emissions testing at Turpan in Xinjiang to confirm that it meets the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 3 emission standards. Designed to haul trains of up to 5 000 tonnes, the ...
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NewsElectrification islands to charge battery train fleet
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn is to install discontinuous 15 kV 16·& Hz electrification ‘islands’ on regional routes in Schleswig-Holstein by December 2023, enabling battery-electric multiple-units to replace diesel traction. In 2019 Land transport authority NAH.SH awarded Stadler a contract to supply 55 Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units. These ...
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NewsAirline to transfer more passengers to high speed rail
EUROPE: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Thalys have agreed to develop their joint AirRail product to further increase the number of air passengers who use high speed trains to travel between Brussels and Amsterdam Schiphol airport. KLM already offers air passengers the option of using Thalys ...
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NewsMajor battery train contract signed
GERMANY: The Rhein-Ruhr and Westfalen-Lippe transport authorities have signed a contract for CAF to supply and maintain a fleet of 63 battery-electric multiple-units. This will enable the replacement of diesel traction on the Niederrhein-Münsterland regional network, which includes around 200 km of non-electrified line. Announcing the ...
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