Main line rail industry news – Page 471
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NewsFree pre-peak travel in Singapore to end
SINGAPORE: A trial offering free pre-peak metro travel will end on December 28, Land Transport Authority announced on October 30. Launched in June 2013, the scheme offers free travel to passengers who end their journey at 18 designated stations in the city area before 07.45 on weekdays, while those ...
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NewsDB awards electrification contracts
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded SPL Powerlines Germany contracts with a total value of €13m for electrification of the VE03 Mindelheim – Stetten and VE04 Memmingen – Leutkirch sections of the München – Zürich route. Powerlines is to install a total of 465 masts, 481 cantilevers, 38 km of high-strength ...
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NewsBangladesh Railway orders locomotive simulators
BANGLADESH: Lander is to supply a pair of driver training simulators to Bangladesh Railway under a contract financed by the Asian Development Bank. Lander is to design, supply and maintain custom-made diesel locomotive simulators with motion platforms with six degrees of freedom, as well a building to house them. ...
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NewsReducing vibration from vehicle-mounted equipment
VIBRATION: The passenger areas of rolling stock can be isolated from vibrations caused by underfloor or roof-mounted equipment such as air-conditioning units using the Isotop DZE Railway spring and damper developed by Getzner Werkstoffe. This has a height of 45 mm and can be optimised to reduce the propagation of ...
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NewsWires reach Ust-Luga
RUSSIA: RZD has formally marked the completion of 3 kV DC electrification on the October Railway’s Mga – Veymarn – Luzhskaya corridor in Leningrad Oblast, permitting electrically-hauled heavy haul trains to run through from coal mines in the Kuzbass region to the port of Ust-Luga, a haul of more than ...
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NewsRefurbished metro trainsets enter service in Tbilisi
GEORGIA: Two modernised four-car trainsets entered service on Tbilisi metro Line 1 on October 23. Originally built by Metrowagonmash, the sets were modernised by Electro-Rolling-Stock Repair Plant Tbilisi Branch (ZREPS), a 50:50 joint venture of Tbilisi Transport Co and the Moscow Electric Stock Repair Plant. They have received new ...
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NewsTramwaje Szczecińskie orders Modertrans tram kits
POLAND: Tramwaje Szczecińskie has selected sole bidder Modertrans to supply two Moderus Beta trams kits for assembly by TS at its workshops. The first kit is to be delivered within 90 days, with the second to come by the end of September 2018. The assembled vehicles have will have ...
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NewsColas sells Malaysian electrification business
MALAYSIA: The Pestech Technology subsidiary of power transmission equipment and rail electrification company Pestech announced on October 30 that it had acquired Colas Rail System Engineering from Colas Rail Asia, Colas Rail and Vital Bid for a total price of 10·4m ringgit. Founded in 2013, CRSE provides project management, engineering ...
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NewsStadler to supply more metro trains to Berlin
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has ordered a further 80 metro cars from Stadler Pankow, in response to an urgent need to increase capacity on its small-profile lines. The first must be delivered at the latest during the second half of 2019. BVG announced in 2011 its intention to ...
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NewsUniversities to develop railway monitoring technology
CHINA: An agreement to establish a joint innovation centre was signed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Southwest Jiaotong University on October 27. The centre would develop real-time monitoring systems and diagnostic technology for high speed rail infrastructure, rolling stock and components. ‘The signing of the agreement means closer ...
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NewsRail fastening factory opens
RUSSIA: The Vossloh Fastening Systems RUS joint venture of Vossloh-Werke GmbH and concrete sleeper supplier OAO BetEITrans has officially opened a rail fastening factory in Engels. The partners have invested €7·7m in what Vossloh says is the most modern rail fastening factory in Russia, which covers 4 000 m2 and ...
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NewsPomorskie awards two operating contracts
POLAND: Pomorskie voivodship received bids from only the two incumbents when it tendered one-year contracts for the operation of regional passenger services. Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia suburban rail operator SKM Trójmiasto priced its services at 54m złoty, while national regional train operator PolRegio quoted 35·9m złoty. The current services ...
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NewsBaku – Tbilisi – Kars railway corridor inaugurated
INTERNATIONAL: The presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan and the prime ministers of Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan attended a ceremony at the Port of Baku on October 30 to dispatch an inaugural freight train on the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars corridor. The heads of state and government then travelled to ...
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NewsIzmir suburban rolling stock order planned
TURKEY: Izmir suburban rail operator Izban is planning to purchase the first double-deck rolling stock in Turkey, it announced on October 28. Izban intends to purchase 25 three-car electric multiple-units, of which nine would have a double-deck centre car. The EMUs are expected to be delivered in two years, ...
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NewsTasRail selects freight planning software
AUSTRALIA: TasRail has awarded Biarri Rail a contract to supply its Boss MP cloud-based operations planning and scheduling software in a three-stage process which will run until early 2019. ‘If for example we have a new customer that wants to move several million tonnes of freight via rail, we ...
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NewsSolaris to supply electric buses to Rzeszów
POLAND: The city of Rzeszów signed a contract with Solaris Bus & Coach on October 30 for the supply of 10 electric and 30 diesel buses. Solaris will supply 10 of its Urbino 12 buses under a 30·2m złoty contract that includes charging infrastructure. The 12 m long vehicles ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Next month GB Railfreight will begin taking delivery of 50 Astra Rail hopper wagons which it is to lease from Nacco to support a contract to haul biomass for Lynemouth Power. The new wagons will have a payload of 70 tonnes, compared to the 53 tonnes of existing vehicles. ...
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NewsEC confirms Croatian electrification funding
CROATIA: Financial support worth €80·8m for a project to modernise and electrify the 23·8 km line from Zaprešić to Zabok to support an expansion of suburban services northwest of Zagreb was approved by the European Commission on October 19. The project includes the construction of several sections of new alignment, ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - October 2017
Brazil: CRRC Sifang is to supply eight eight-car EMUs for use on the future Line 13 of the São Paulo suburban network operated by CPTM. The 1 600 mm gauge trainsets based on CRRC’s Type A metro design are to be delivered from 2019. China: Chengdu Metro ...
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NewsPrince Vladimir broad gauge Traxx locomotive certified
RUSSIA: The federal railway certification body granted type approval on October 13 enabling First Locomotive Co to begin series production of its 2EV120 Prince Vladimir 1520 mm gauge locomotive design. The First Locomotive Co joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and local investors was formed to manufacture locomotives at a factory ...