Main line rail industry news – Page 504
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NewsÜstra increases TW3000 light rail vehicle order
GERMANY: Hannover city transport operator Üstra has exercised an option for a further 46 Type TW3000 light rail vehicles which takes its total order to 146, Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Kiepe Electric announced on June 1. Deliveries are scheduled for completion by the end of 2019. Consortium leader Kiepe Electric will ...
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NewsEurotem ships Istanbul Line M2 trainset
TURKEY: The Eurotem joint venture of Hyundai Rotem and Tüvasaş shipped the first train for Istanbul metro Line M2 from its Adana factory on May 31. In December 2014 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality signed a €77·5m contract for 17 four-car trainsets. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Hannover-based software company HaCon became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens within its Mobility Division with effect from June 1, following regulatory approval for the acquisition. Power generation and energy services group Engie has acquired onboard wi-fi, entertainment, information and data communication technology company Icomera, which has 150 employees in ...
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NewsSeoul metro operators merge
SOUTH KOREA: The merger of the two city-owned metro operators in Seoul took effect on May 31. The new Seoul Metro is formed of Seoul Metro Corp — which previously operated lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 — and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp, which operated lines 5, 6, ...
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NewsGE Transportation unveils Indian Railways Evolution locomotive
INDIA: The first of 1 000 Evolution Series diesel locomotives which GE Transportation is to supply to Indian Railways over 10 years was unveiled at the manufacturer’s plant at Erie in the USA on June 1. GE Transportation is to supply 700 locos of 4 500 hp and 300 ...
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NewsRENFE orders gauge-changing high speed trainsets
SPAIN: A firm order for a further 15 Talgo Avril high speed trainsets was approved by the RENFE board on May 31. They will have gauge-changing equipment to enable them to operate on 1 668 mm routes as well as 1 435 mm gauge lines, and will be equipped for ...
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NewsHupac orders eight multisystem locomotives
SWITZERLAND: Intermodal freight company Hupac has ordered eight Siemens Vectron MS electric locomotives for use on freight services between the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy via the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Announcing the contract on June 1, Siemens said deliveries from its München-Allach plant would begin in early summer of ...
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NewsWork restarts on Napoli metro expansion
ITALY: Work on the extension of Napoli metro Line 1 restarted on May 30 with a ceremony attended by Minister for Territorial Cohesion & the South Claudio De Vincenti and Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca. Work was suspended in 2011 on the route between Garibaldi and Piscinola via the ...
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NewsAmberg seeks productivity gains in surveying
IAF: Railway surveying specialist Amberg Technologies used the IAF track technology trade show in Münster to update visitors on enhancements to its range of measuring tools. Using a hand-propelled trolley as a base to carry a variety of measuring tools and georeferencing devices, Amberg is seeking to ensure a high ...
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NewsGo east, young people
INTERNATIONAL: Later this year, the EU Gateway programme is to organise its first ‘market scoping mission’ to Japan specifically aimed at the rail sector. Timed to coincide with the Mass-Trans Innovation exhibition in Chiba at the end of November, the trip will include briefings, site visits and an opportunity to ...
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NewsHigh speed grinding expands in China
IAF: Next year will see the roll-out of an HSG-metro self-propelled grinding train being developed specifically for the Chinese market, the Managing Director of Vossloh Rail Services Marcel Taubert told Railway Gazette at the IAF fair in Münster. The five-vehicle unit is one of two prototypes being developed under an ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
The High Court has upheld a May 2016 decision by the Office of Rail & Road rejecting Heathrow Airport Ltd's proposals for track access charges which would be paid by Crossrail services using the privately-financed infrastructure between Heathrow Airport and the Great Western Main Line. 'We welcome this judgment and ...
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NewsNordic Vectron locomotives enter service
FINLAND: The first eight locomotives from the Nordic version of the Vectron family entered revenue service with VR Group on May 31, after being approved for operation by safety agency Trafi and formally handed over by Siemens on May 26. The first revenue trip was a freight service from Tampere ...
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NewsMombasa – Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway opened
KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the 472 km Standard Gauge Railway between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and Nairobi on May 31, travelling on the inaugural Madaraka Express passenger service. The previous evening he had launched an inaugural freight train from Port Reitz in Mombasa, waving a giant ...
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NewsMesea manages maintenance with modular machines
IAF: On show at the 27th IAF track technology exhibition in Münster is the first of a fleet of vehicles for maintaining the LGV Sud Est Atlantique high speed line between Tours and Bordeaux which opens in July. The vehicles are being developed by Socofer to a specification prepared by ...
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NewsBuenos Aires suburban network gets Tetra radio
ARGENTINA: A Tetra digital radio network has been installed on the Sarmiento, Mitre, San Martín, Belgrano Sur and Roca lines of the suburban rail network serving Buenos Aires. Indra supplied the system under a US$214m contract awarded in 2014 by federal railway operating company SOFSE. It is being used ...
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NewsDB Netz seeks quality and capacity
IAF: Quality, capacity and simplicity are the three core themes at the heart of the infrastructure management strategy being implemented by DB Netz, Chairman Frank Sennhenn explained at the opening ceremony for the IAF track technology show in Münster on May 30. Welcoming the German government's commitment to invest more ...
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NewsPlasser & Theurer updates cab design
IAF: Several of the track maintenance machines being displayed by Plasser & Theurer at the 27th IAF exhibition in Munster feature a remodelled cab layout. Thanks to greater use of digital control systems and touch-screen displays, the company says that it has been possible to simplify the drivers' desks ...
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NewsLEO Express looking to buy Locomore
EUROPE: LEO Express is looking to acquire German open access operator Locomore, which recently filed for insolvency. Speaking to German newspaper Handelsblatt, Leo Express CEO Peter Köhler confirmed that the Czech open access operator, not currently present in the German market, has made an offer for Locomore. In ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Nigerian upgrade
NIGERIA: A consortium led by GE of the USA has been confirmed by the government as preferred bidder for a concession to rehabilitate, finance and operate the 3 505 km Nigeria Railway Corp network, GE announced on May 25. Also comprising Chinese construction company SinoHydro, Transnet of South Africa and ...