Main line rail industry news – Page 522
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NewsWabtec closes Faiveley Transport share tender
WABTEC: On March 10 Wabtec Corp announced that it had successfully closed its additional cash tender offer and exchange offer for Faiveley Transport shares. As a result, Wabtec France has acquired an additional 2 859 191 Faiveley Transport shares; 2 856 110 with cash and 3 081 which were exchanged ...
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NewsDispute brings end to pallet exchange agreement
EUROPE: The European Pallet Association has announced that it is to terminate with effect from May 1 an agreement enabling the unrestricted exchangeability of EPAL Euro pallets with UIC/EUR pallets signed in October 2014. EPAL expressed concerns about quality assurance, claiming there have been ‘substantial shortcomings of UIC’s organisation of ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
CRRC Qiqihar has begun delivering 330 wagons for the Mombasa - Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway. The Type C70E open wagons are to be used for consignment including coal, ore, construction materials and machinery. Russian chemical company KuibyshevAzot has ordered 100 Type 15-6926 ammonia tank wagons from United Wagon ...
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NewsTranswaggon gets Savvy telematics
EUROPE: Leasing company Transwaggon and ScandFibre Logistics have awarded Swiss firm Savvy Telematic Systems a five-year contract to supply and support Cargo Trac-I digital tracking equipment for 3 000 wagons. Installation began in February, following the completion of trials with an initial 50 vehicles which confirmed that the batteries could ...
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NewsRM Rail signs Cuban wagon contract
CUBA: Russian rolling stock manufacturer RM Rail has signed a contract to supply a further 225 wagons to Cuba, following on from 363 wagons which were delivered last year. The latest order covers 50 sugar hopper wagons, 70 60 ft container flat wagons and 105 covered vans. The 1 435 ...
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NewsBrightline targets inter-city opportunities
USA: Inter-city passenger promoter All Aboard Florida is expanding its horizon to focus on other potential markets across the country. The company announced on March 8 that Dave Howard, ‘a veteran executive from the sports and entertainment industry’, was joining the leadership team as Chief Executive Officer for the Brightline ...
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NewsFirst metro train arrives in Hanoi
VIETNAM: The first metro train has arrived in Hanoi, and is due to begin test running on the elevated metro Line 2 at the end of September. CRRC is supplying 13 four-car trainsets, with the remaining 12 due to be shipped in three batches. The first train took a ...
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NewsVancouver Island commuter rail study
CANADA: Options for establishing a commuter service on 15 km of the former Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway corridor between Westhills in Langford and Victoria West on Vancouver Island are to be studied, British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure announced on March 9. A working group is to be formed ...
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NewsAmsterdam – Brussels EMUs approved
NETHERLANDS: Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem informed the lower house of parliament on March 8 that he had approved a request from national passenger operator NS to purchase two additional Alstom electric multiple-units, as an option on its Inter-city New Generation procurement programme. Authorised by the Ministry of Finance as the ...
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NewsRail industry leaders attend Brexit round table
UK: Minister for Exiting the European Union David Jones and Transport Minister Paul Maynard attended a round table meeting on March 1 to hear rail industry leaders’ views on the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. Issues discussed included market access, cross-border services, the supply chain, safety, technical standards, trade, customs and research ...
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NewsNurminen Logistics prepares to launch locomotive business
FINLAND: Nurminen Logistics has reported good performance from its Russian railway logistics activities during 2016. Demand for domestic was steady, with flows 'lively' as a result of sanctions. Efficiency improvements, the sale of covered wagons and successful sales efforts improved the overall finaincial result compared to the previous year. However, ...
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NewsCRRC Changchun to supply more metro cars to Mashhad
IRAN: CRRC Changchun is to supply 20 five-car trainsets for the second phase of Mashhad metro Line 2, which is due to open in May. The first three sets will be manufactured in China, with the remainder being made in Iran by a joint venture that CRRC ...
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NewsVeronique Hakim
Currently President of New York City Transit, Veronique Hakim has been appointed Interim Executive Director of New York MTA following the retirement of Chairman & CEO Tom Prendergast in January.
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
East Japan Railway has announced that its third European Suppliers Tour will visit München on May 16 and Brussels on May 18, offering companies the chance to discuss business opportunities in areas including, but not limited to, rolling stock, track and signalling. Smiths Group has unified its EMC Technology, ...
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NewsLéman Express moves closer
EUROPE: During a ‘summit’ between the two railways held in Paris on March 9, SBB CEO Andreas Meyer and SNCF President Guillaume Pepy signed a co-operation agreement for the operation from December 2019 of the Léman Express network of cross-border regional and suburban services centred on Genève. Under the agreement, ...
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NewsFreight operators fined for stifling competition
SPAIN: National competition authority CNMC announced on March 6 that it would be imposing fines totalling €75∙6m on freight operators, following an investigation which had revealed anti-competitive practices in breach of Spanish and European Union law. CNMC says that national operator RENFE and various companies within the DB group, together ...
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NewsWestern Sydney Airport rail study consortium appointed
AUSTRALIA: A consortium led by SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit and including Aquenta, Architectus, Norman Disney & Young, SMEC and Stacey Agnew has been selected to undertake the Rail Feasibility Design study which will provide detailed costings and timescales for the proposed rail link to the future Western Sydney Airport at ...
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NewsStrategic contracts bring positive results for Talgo
SPAIN: Rolling stock supplier Talgo SA has reported a 3·8% year-on-year increase in profit to €61·9m in 2016, with net turnover up 11·3% to €579·8m. CEO José María Oriol said 2016 had been ‘a year of positive results and business performance’. Pointing out that turnover and operating margins depend on ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
On March 3 the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published its 'Modernising the Great Western Railway' report into the significant delays and 'staggering and unacceptable' cost overruns on electrification of the route between London, Bristol and South Wales. The PAC concludes it is still unclear whether the revised target ...
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NewsRail industry marks International Women's Day 2017
INTERNATIONAL: The railway operations and supply industries around the world marked International Women's Day on March 8. Special events were organised, and the diverse range of career opportunities available in the rail sector was highlighted.