Main line rail industry news – Page 534
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NewsHyundai Rotem unveils prototype Seoul Line 5 metro car
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem presented a prototype of its latest metro car at its Changwon factory on January 18. In December 2015 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp — which operates metro lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 — awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to supply 32 metro cars for ...
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NewsCarlos Aguilar
Dallas – Houston high speed line promoter Texas Central Partners has appointed former CH2M Hill Senior Vice-President Carlos Aguilar as CEO.
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NewsBaden-Württemberg awards passenger operating contracts
GERMANY: The Länd of Baden-Württemberg has awarded a series of contracts for the operation of passenger services. In partnership with Bayern, the Land has awarded DB RegioNetz the Netz 11 contract to operate Hohenlohe-Franken-Untermain services, after receiving no objections from losing bidders. The contract runs for 12 years from December ...
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NewsÖBB selects Siemens to supply 200 locomotives
AUSTRIA: Siemens AG Österreich has submitted the best bid for a framework contract covering the supply of up to 200 freight locomotives, Austrian Federal Railways told the shortlisted bidders on January 16. Formal award of the contract is still subject to the 10-day regulatory standstill period during which other ...
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NewsAbellio to sell 40% stake in Greater Anglia to Mitsui
UK: The Abellio UK subsidiary of Dutch national passenger train operator NS announced on January 17 that it had signed an agreement to sell 40% of its Greater Anglia business to Japanese trading group Mitsui & Co. Abellio said this would be the first time that a ...
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NewsHaramain High Speed Rail deal ratified
SAUDI ARABIA: On January 16 Spanish Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna welcomed the ratification of the November 2016 agreement between the Saudi Arabian authorities and the Al Shoula consortium, which sets a revised timescale for the completion of the Haramain High Speed Rail Line between Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah. ...
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NewsSpain spends €850m to improve port access
SPAIN: A total of €850∙5m is to be spent on rail projects in 2017-21 under an investment programme to improve land access to ports that was unveiled by Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna on January 9. Freight traffic moving to and from ports by rail has grown by 43% ...
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NewsHSL Logistik orders its own locomotives
GERMANY: HSL Logistik has placed its first order for new-build locomotives, awarding Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply four Traxx AC3 electric locomotives from its Kassel plant in late 2017 and early 2018. HSL CEO Haiko Böttcher said the order followed the Hamburg-based freight operator’s ‘positive experience’ with leased Traxx ...
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NewsRabat tram extensions approved
MOROCCO: Rabat city council approved two extensions to the city’s tram network on January 12. Line L2 is to be extended at both ends. An eastern extension would add 4·6 km from the current Hassan II terminus in Salé to Avenue Zarbia. In Rabat, Line L2 is to be ...
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NewsSt Petersburg Metro takes delivery of battery locos
RUSSIA: St Petersburg Metro has taken delivery of two twin-section battery locomotives produced by Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant. The locomotives are intended to haul service trains when the traction power is turned off. The onboard batteries and asynchronous traction drive will allow for operation throughout a ...
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NewsFirst Luxembourg tram on test
LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City is due to be delivered next month. It is currently undergoing dynamic tests at CAF’s factory in Zaragoza, where two further trams are currently in production. More than 30 000 people saw a full-scale mock-up that went ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Eurotunnel reports that Truck Shuttle traffic in 2016 was up 11% compared to 2015, with an all-time record of 1 641 638 vehicles transported. Passenger Shuttle traffic increased by 2% with 2 663 865 vehicles transported. Indian Railways ran a trial piggyback service carrying lorries between Jawaharlal Nehru Port and ...
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NewsVietnam Railways upgrades level crossings
VIETNAM: Italian company WEGH Group has won its first order from Vietnam Railways, covering the supply of equipment to upgrade 75 level crossings on the Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City main line. The national railway undertook trials with several suppliers’ products before awarding a contract for ...
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NewsHigh capacity covered van approved
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has obtained certification enabling series production of its Type 11-6874 high capacity van, which it says has already attracted interest from potential operators. The wagon features high axleload 1 520 mm gauge bogies which, along with the absence of any body protrusions into the interior space, ...
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NewsAkiem acquires locomotive maintenance business
GERMANY: Leasing company Akiem has signed an agreement to acquire Mgw Service, an independent provider of diesel and electric locomotive maintenance services to freight and passenger operators. Mgw Service has 70 staff, with its headquarters in Kassel and a workshop in Krefeld which is equipped for heavy maintenance and wheelset ...
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NewsDelhi metro Phase IV approved
INDIA: The Delhi city government has approved the next phase of the Delhi metro. Once the central government gives its approval, work can begin on Phase IV, which envisages a total of 103 route-km being added to the network, along with 72 stations. Three new lines would be built ...
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NewsMore TET transfers agreed
FRANCE: On January 12 Transport Secretary Alain Vidalies met with Philippe Richert, President of the association of French regions, and SNCF Voyageurs Director General Florence Parly to review progress with the programme to transfer responsibility for the loss-making Trains d’Equilibre du Territoire network of conventional passenger services from central government ...
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NewsPoznań’s first low-floor bidirectional tram enters service
POLAND: The first of 10 bidirectional Moderus Beta trams has entered service on Route 1 of the Poznań network. This is the first bidirectional tram in MPK Poznań’s fleet that is not completely high-floor. Until now the only bidirectional trams in service were fully high-floor GT8 vehicles, which are ...
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NewsFinland adopts Erex energy metering
FINLAND: National infrastructure manager Liikennevirasto has brought into operation the Erex energy monitoring and billing system developed by the European Railway Energy Settlement System, the ERESS partnership announced on January 12. The agency becomes the seventh member of the not-for-profit organisation, alongside Banedanmark, Bane NOR, Infrabel, SBB, Trafikverket, and the ...