All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2015 – Page 3
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NewsFirstGroup targets airlines with London – Edinburgh open access proposal
UK: FirstGroup has applied to the Office of Rail Regulation for track access rights which would enable it to launch an open access passenger service between London King’s Cross, Stevenage, Newcastle, Morpeth and Edinburgh from 2018. The service of five return trains/day with journey times of 4 h to ...
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NewsKharkiv metro expansion study
UKRAINE: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the European Investment Bank are to fund a feasibility study for the extension of Kharkiv metro Line 3, with a view to funding its construction. The current cost estimate is put at €350m. City-owned operator Kharkiv Metro Co expects ridership on ...
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NewsCAF selected for Bucureşti metro train order
ROMANIA: Bucureşti metro operator Metrorex has selected CAF as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 43 six-car trainsets to operate on the future 6·1 km Line M5 from Drumul Taberei to Eroilor, with an option for eight more. Metrorex had hoped to name the winner of the contract on ...
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NewsGreenbrier orders Danobat wheelset machining equipment
USA: Danobat Group has won an order to supply wagon manufacturer The Greenbrier Companies with wheel and axle profiling machines, including a portal lathe for wheel reprofiling. The contract includes supply of the ‘cutting edge’ equipment by September, along with assembly, maintenance and staff training. Danobat Sales & Marketing Director ...
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NewsQatar's first Education City tram rolls out
QATAR: Siemens' Simmering plant in Austria has completed the first of the Avenio light rail vehicles for the Education City People Mover System, an 11·5 km catenary-free tramway which is being built to serve the the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community Development's education and research campus west of ...
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NewsThales awarded Lusail light rail contract
QATAR: Lusail Light Rail Transit project civil works contractor QDVC has awarded Thales a contract to supply and maintain the supervision, telecoms, security and automatic fare collection systems for the future 32 km network, including contactless ticketing. The four-line tram network is being built under a contract which was ...
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NewsGreen Mountain Line tram design revealed
TAIWAN: Voith Engineering Services has revealed the design the trams it has developed with Taiwan Rolling Stock Co for the Green Mountain Line tramway project in the New Taipei City region which surrounds the city of Taipei. The 8 km line will link Hongshulin station on the Taipei metro’s Tamsui ...
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NewsAbellio and Hitachi sign ScotRail train contract
UK: Hitachi Rail Europe and Abellio formally announced the signing of the previously-announced contract for the supply and maintenance of 70 electric multiple-units for the next ScotRail franchise on March 12. The EMUs are being financed by Caledonian Rail Leasing, a special purpose vehicle created by SMBC Leasing. The ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2015 issue of Metro Report International
The March 2015 issue of Metro Report International is out now. The latest issue includes the following articles: Comment V B Gadgil celebrates the first test of a CBTC train in India News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news City digest Network expansion in German-speaking cities, ...
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NewsKoleje Dolnośląskie makes Impuls purchase
POLAND: Voivodship-owned local passenger train operator Koleje Dolnośląskie signed a 78m złoty order for five four-car Newag Impuls 31WEa electric multiple-units on March 10. The 160 km/h units with a capacity of 460 passengers are to be delivered by the end of this year for use on the Wrocław ...
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NewsFirst Hitachi IEP trainset arrives in Britain
UK: The first pre-series Class 800 trainset for the Intercity Express Programme was unloaded at the port of Southampton’s Queen Elizabeth II Terminal on March 12, watched by guests including Transport Minister Claire Perry and the city’s mayor. The five-car electro-diesel trainset left Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan on January ...
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NewsBaltic–Adriatic freight co-operation agreed
EUROPE: Croatian national freight operator HŽ Cargo and its Polish counterpart PKP Cargo have signed a strategic agreement to co-operate in the Baltic–Adriatic corridor. The two companies plan to develop joint logistics services and expect ‘significant operational synergies’ from improved utilisation of their rolling stock and mutual access to terminals. ...
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NewsProfit down at CAF
CAF: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has announced net turnover of €1·45bn for the 2014 calendar year, down from €1·54bn in 2013. Exports accounted for 82% of turnover in 2014, down slightly on 83% the previous year. EBITDA for 2014 was €146m, down from €223m in 2013, with profit ...
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NewsHarsco acquires Protran Technology
USA: Having acted as exclusive product distributor for a year, Harsco Corp has acquired Protran Technology for an undisclosed price. The New Jersey-based company supplies track worker and train operator safety systems, as well as third rail and overhead power supply test equipment. ‘This investment aligns perfectly with our ...
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NewsSino-Thai railway operating agreement
THAILAND: An operating model for the planned 872 route-km standard gauge north-south corridor was agreed at a meeting of Chinese and Thai officials in Bangkok on March 12. The first of four civil works packages worth a total of 328bn baht (US$10bn) would be implemented from September with a view ...
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NewsMadinah metro design contract
SAUDI ARABIA: The Madinah Metro Development Authority has selected Egis and Systra to carry out feasibility studies and preliminary design for a three-line metro. The 12-month contract also includes the preparation of tender documentation for the future design and build contracts. The Green, Blue and Red lines would have ...
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NewsUP elects CEO
Formerly Union Pacific’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Lance Fritz was elected in February to the post of President & CEO, succeeding John Koraleski who became Executive Chairman. Fritz was Executive Vice-President, Operations, from 2010 to 2014, and previously served as Vice-President, Labor Relations.
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NewsRail industry news in brief - March 2015
Saudi Railways Organization’s budget for the current year includes station upgrading, grade separation on passenger routes and the procurement of ‘new modern passenger trainsets’ as well as container, grain and cement wagons. Ongoing projects include doubling the passenger line between Hofuf and Riyadh, renewal of 50 km of the freight ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2015
Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said that several tram and rail projects will be postponed as a result of economic difficulties caused by falling oil prices. Work is to begin this year on the first two lines of the Jinan metro: the 26·4 km north-south Line R1 ...