All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2015 – Page 2
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the March 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Disruption alert News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsCaracas metro welcomes refurbished trains
VENEZUELA: The first refurbished first-generation train has entered passenger service on Line 2 of the Caracas metro following six months of work. The oldest trains on the metro, built by Alsthom Atlantique, date from the early 1980s and have run for more than 3 million km. The entire fleet ...
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NewsSNCB Logistics launches Swiss Xpress
EUROPE: Belgian national freight operator SNCB Logistics has launched a fast single wagonload service between Antwerpen and Basel, which has reduced the transit time from seven to four and a half days. SBB Cargo provides feeder services in Switzerland. The Swiss Xpress trains leave the Belgian port on Mondays, ...
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NewsRailsponsible sustainable procurement initiative launched
INTERNATIONAL: The Railsponsible initiative to support continuous improvement of sustainability practices throughout the railway supply chain was formally launched in Utrecht on March 4. Railsponsible aims to share ethical, social and environmental best practice and processes across the rail industry, using common tools to establish a common understanding and improve ...
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NewsStockholm metro train design unveiled
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation revealed the design of its articulated Movia C30 metro trainsets for the Stockholm metro Red Line at EurasiaRail 2015 in Istanbul on March 6. The air-conditioned trains feature three sets of double doors per car rather than two, as well as a reconfigured seating layout, to ...
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NewsElectrification priorities in northern England
UK: An electrification task force set up in December 2013 to produce recommendations for rail electrification in northern England released its final report on March 5. The 32 routes examined have been grouped into three prioritisation tiers, based on their ability to contribute to local economic plans, fit ...
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NewsLet the cosmos flowers bloom!
NORTH KOREA: Railways feature in a number of slogans which were published by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea to celebrate its 70th anniversary: Railways are the arteries of the country. Let the rail transport sector establish rigid discipline as ...
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NewsVTG posts improved results
EUROPE: Wagon leasing and rail logistics group VTG has announced increased revenue and results for 2014. Turnover was up 4·4% on the previous year to €818m, operating profit up 4·0% to €191m and the board intends to propose a dividend of €0·45, an increase of 7%. The group’s wagon leasing ...
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NewsStation navigation app for visually impaired people
UK: A six-week trial due to end on March 13 aims to assist blind and partially sighted people to navigate London Underground stations independently through a smartphone app. The prototype Wayfindr app has been developed by ustwo in response to the Royal London Society for Blind People’s Youth Forum. ...
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NewsDB signs first station development framework
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s station management business unit DB Station&Service has signed the first of a planned series of framework agreements with the Länder for the development of new stations. Intended to boost ridership on the rail network, these stations would be located in residential and commercial areas and near traffic ...
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NewsFirst CSR Roca EMU unveiled
ARGENTINA: On March 5 President Cristina Fernández joined Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo and Minister of Economy & Public Finance Axel Kicillof to present the first four-car EMU to be delivered by CSR Qingdao Sifang of China for the Roca commuter network in Buenos Aires. Following 90 ...
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NewsEmerging technologies for railway innovations
FRANCE: A day of knowledge-sharing was held in Villeneuve d’Ascq on January 21 bringing together specialists from research agencies Ifsttar and Railenium and electronics supplier CEA-Leti. Hosted by Ifsttar - the national Institute of Science & Technology for Transport, Development & Networks - the seminar was designed to assess how ...
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NewsDown and up again on the ChooChoo Park Railway
SOUTH KOREA: Visitors to the High 1 Resort in Gangwon province have a new attraction to enjoy. The ChooChoo Park Railway is the latest addition to a wide range of leisure facilities, which include skiing, nature trails and golf, with hotels and a revolving restaurant set amid scenic mountain views. ...
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NewsTrack component research funding
USA: The Federal Transit Administration has provided a grant worth $2·4bn to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to support research into the development of advanced track components. The studies will be led by staff from UI’s Rail Transportation & Engineering Center, who will work with 11 main line and ...
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NewsWarszawa opens second metro line
POLAND: The second line of the Warszawa metro opened on March 8 with the departure of the inaugural train from Świętokrzyska at 9.40. Although no official opening ceremony took place, the first train carried Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and travel was free on the first day of service, and 233 000 ...
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NewsValencia metro Line 9 opens
SPAIN: An opening ceremony for Valencia metro Line 9 took place on March 6 after a month of test running. The inaugural passenger service from Riba-roja del Túria departed at 13.05. Line 9 includes a 9·5 km, four-station branch off the western end of lines 3 and 5 at ...
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NewsCustom filters developed for Dutch GSM-R contract
NETHERLANDS: NS Reizigers has awarded telecoms technology company KPN and subcontractor Funkwerk a contract to supply 1 400 GSM-R cab radios within 15 months. The transceiver modules will have filters custom-designed by Funkwerk to block radio signals that might interfere with the train communications. According to Funkwerk CEO Kerstin ...
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NewsSlovak wagon fleet privatised
SLOVAKIA: Ownership of 12 450 wagons is to be transferred from national freight operator ZSSK Cargo to a new joint venture company, Cargo Wagon AS, under the terms of a sale-and-leaseback agreement signed on March 9. ZSSK Cargo will have a 34% stake in Cargo Wagon, while European wagon leasing ...
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NewsUS Navy takes delivery of custom-designed locomotive
USA: The US Navy has taken delivery of a diesel-hydraulic locomotive which has been custom designed and built by Brookville Equipment Corp for shunting at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Brookville's Director of Sales Chris Rhoades said the locomotive's 'unique drive system is ...
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NewsEU backs wagon development project
EUROPE: Kiruna Wagon is working with industrial and academic partners to develop a wagon for high axleload freight trains which the Swedish manufacturer believes is ‘likely to become a new standard for future European bulk transport’. The project is being supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research programme, as ...