Main line rail industry news – Page 789
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NewsVossloh to open US rail fastening factory
USA: Vossloh announced plans to establish a rail fastening factory in Waco, Texas, on August 28. Production is scheduled to begin in mid-2014, creating 50 jobs. The company said opening a manufacturing plant in the USA would enable it to meet the Buy America domestic production requirements of US public ...
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NewsRail focus in Gauteng’s 25-year transport strategy
SOUTH AFRICA: A major investment in upgrading rail services around Johannesburg is envisaged in Gauteng province’s draft 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan, which has been published for consultation. Developed by an inter-disciplinary team led by Gautrain CEO Jack van der Merwe, ITMP25 sets out a strategic multi-modal framework which is ...
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NewsFeature articles in the September 2013 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment A single point of failure News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Analysis Safety principles under review Standard gauge vision in East Africa Rift Valley Railways upgrades Private funding welcome in China Sale envisaged as MM&A goes bankrupt Network Rail trials Traffic Management Systems Brazilian ...
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NewsTours Line A gets underway
FRANCE: Celebrations were held in Tours on August 31 to mark the inauguration of the country’s 25th modern tram network. The city’s Mayor Jean Germain was joined for the inauguration by Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls and Heath & Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine, as well as representatives from ...
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NewsHigh-output electrification train ready to roll
UK: Windhoff has completed a £40m High-Output Plant System 'factory train' ordered by UK infrastructure manager Network Rail, which will use it to install 25 kV 50 Hz electrification on 380 route-km on the Great Western Main Line from London to Swansea in 2014-18. OPS consists of 23 vehicles with ...
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NewsLong load on the road
BELGIUM: Specialist heavy and abnormal load transport company Van der Vlist is delivering new trams to Brussels from Bombardier Transportation's Brugge plant. The seven-section Flexity Outlook T4000 trams for city transport operator STIB are almost 44 m long and 2 300 mm wide. For transport from the factory they ...
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NewsYour country needs you
ARGENTINA: During an official visit to Madrid last month, Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo met with Argentinian railway professionals currently working in Spain, hoping that they would consider returning to their native country to apply their skills to the government's ongoing railway investment programme. 'We have embarked ...
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NewsElectric freight locomotives unveiled in Toshkent
UZBEKISTAN: The first three of 11 electric freight locomotives which CNR Dalian is building for national railway UTY have been unveiled in Toshkent. Branded as O'zel by UTY, the six-axle single-section 1 520 mm gauge 25 kV AC locomotives have Toshiba traction equipment and are rated at 7·2 MW with ...
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NewsIhor Breus
Ihor Breus has been appointed Director General of the state-run Ukrainian Railway High-Speed Company.
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NewsSiemens to supply traction equipment for Guangzhou trams
CHINA: Siemens has announced its entry into the Chinese low-floor tram market with a contract to supply drive components for seven low-floor trams which CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co is to supply to Guangzhou. Siemens is to supply propulsion and vehicle control, braking and auxiliary systems, as well as ...
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NewsBangkok metro extension contract
THAILAND: General contractor CH Karnchang Public Co has awarded Alstom a €14m contract covering track, third rail power supplies and a depot for an extension of Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Line, also known as the Green Line. In April Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand awarded CH Karrnchang a 2·4bn baht ...
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NewsOn-tram wi-fi on test in Manchester
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has begun providing free wi-fi on a Metrolink light rail vehicle in a trial which could lead to the entire fleet being equipped. The equipment has been supplied Icomera. Tram 3054 has been specially branded for the trial. 'Passengers can help us try out the ...
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NewsColton Crossing grade separation completed
USA: The Colton Crossing grade separation project to remove a flat crossing between north-south BNSF and east-west Union Pacific tracks in southern California has been completed 'significantly under budget and ahead of schedule', state transport agency Caltrans and San Bernardino Associated Governments announced on August 26. Skanska was lead contractor ...
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NewsGamla Uppsala double tracking gets underway
SWEDEN: Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd attended a ceremony to launch work to double-track a 4 km section of the Ostkustbanan through Gamla Uppsala on August 21. This forms one of the final parts of a programme to double track the entire Ostkustbanan between Uppsala and Gävle by 2017. The ...
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NewsDB orders double-deck EMUs
GERMANY: Deustche Bahn announced a €216m firm order for a further 18 Bombardier Transportation double-deck electric multiple-units on August 29. The three four-car and 15 six-car Twindexx Vario EMUs will have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. They are scheduled to enter traffic from December 2016 on Augsburg - Treuchtlingen ...
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NewsRail market was rigged
GERMANY: The Bundeskartellamt competition authority has imposed fines totalling €232m on companies which operated anti-competitive agreements in the German rail, switches and sleeper market in 2001-11. The proceedings were triggered by an application for leniency filed by Voestalpine. 'The aim of the agreements was to divide up tenders or projects ...
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NewsStadler and Newag win PKP Intercity train order
POLAND: PKP Intercity has selected a consortium of Stadler Rail and Newag for a contract to supply 20 Flirt electric multiple-units for long-distance services by October 2015. The contract announced on August 28 is worth 1·156bn złoty, plus a further 465m złoty for 15 years of maintenance. Bids had also ...
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NewsLecip Holdings acquires smart card company Arcontia International
SWEDEN: The acquisition of Swedish smart card reader and software supplier Arcontia International by Japanese ticketing, lighting and electronic signage technology company Lecip Holdings Corp was announced on August 22. 'After a few years of close collaboration, Lecip and Arcontia have taken the next step in combining our portfolios that ...
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NewsSiemens to support Swiss network control system to 2025
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded Siemens a €260m contract to continue to support and develop the Iltis traffic management system until the end of 2025. Originally developed for SBB and first deployed in Bern in 1995, Iltis provides computer-based control and automation functions. It is used to manage train ...
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NewsCaptrain acquires Scandinavian operators
EUROPE: Swedish infrastructure maintenance and renewals company Railcare Group has sold its Swedish and Danish train operating businesses Railcare Tåg and Railcare Danmark to rail freight and logistics company Captrain Deutschland Following 18 months of negotiations, the two businesses were acquired by SNCF Geodis, which transferred them to its Captrain ...