All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2016 – Page 6
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NewsLyon - Torino ‘a priority’, say France and Italy
EUROPE: Construction of the new railway between Lyon and Torino via a base tunnel under Mont Cenis is ‘a priority’ for France and Italy, the two governments stressed on March 8 as they held a summit in Venezia. During the summit, Italian Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Graziano Delrio and ...
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NewsCarlo Borghini
Carlo Borghini has been nominated as the first Executive Director of the Shift2Rail joint undertaking. A former Deputy Executive Director of the aviation research programme Sesar, Borghini would serve an initial five-year term subject to final ratification of his appointment.
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NewsChicago orders CSR Sifang America metro cars
USA: The Chicago Transit Board awarded lowest bidder CSR Sifang America JV a contract on March 9 to supply its next generation of metro cars. The base order is for 400 of the 7000 Series cars, with options which could take the total build to 846 vehicles worth US$1·309bn. Chicago ...
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NewsČD wins legal battle over Railjet option
CZECH REPUBLIC: A KC25m fine which competion authority ÚOHS had imposed on national operator ČD over the procurement of Siemens Viaggio Comfort push-pull trainsets has been repealed, after the supreme administrative court ruled in favour of ČD on February 26, upholding the verdict of the Brno district court. In September ...
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NewsEighth year without train accident fatalities
UK: No passenger or workforce fatalities in train accidents have been reported in Great Britain for the eighth year in a row, according to figures for 2015 released by RSSB on March 9. There was an overall decrease in the number of fatalities, while the sustained increase in ridership continued, ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2016 provides global showcase for the US railroad supply industry
INNOTRANS: Four of the most important US rail industry associations will be exhibiting at InnoTrans 2016. The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association will be organising a combined USA Pavilion in Hall 22, along with the Railway Supply Institute, Railway Systems Suppliers Inc and American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-Way Association. There ...
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NewsDB Regio awarded Donau-Ostalb operating contract
GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg has awarded incumbent and sole bidder DB ZugBusRegionalverkehr Alb Bodensee the Netz 5 Donau-Ostalb passenger operating contract which runs for 10 years from the December 2016 timetable change. The current subsidy of €11·69 per train-km will decrease to €10·20 in the first year and then ...
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NewsColmar wins its biggest road-rail lifter order
ITALY: Colmar has announced its biggest-ever order, a €45m contract to supply 141 Type T11000FS road-rail loaders to infrastructure manager RFI over four years. These will join 400 vehicles which it has previously supplied. The 29 tonne T11000FS has a maximum lifting capacity in rail mode of 12 tonnes. The ...
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NewsTehran – Mashhad capacity increased
IRAN: National railway RAI has completed a €31m project to increase capacity on its 926 km main line between Tehran and Mashhad, with the commissioning of the second phase of its resignalling programme. Building on the introduction of automatic train protection in January 2015, RAI has installed intermediate signals to ...
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NewsDBK-Leasing completes Ijara wagon deal
KAZAKHSTAN: Development Bank of Kazakhstan’s DBK-Leasing subsidiary has completed its first rolling stock transaction meeting Islamic Ijara leasing requirements. The 1·1bn tenge deal covers the provision of 113 LPG tank wagons for use by Eastcomtrans for 10 years, with defined payments and the lessor responsible for insurance and maintenance. ...
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NewsSystra buys Swedish signalling business
SWEDEN: Systra announced its acquisition of signalling and telecoms design, planning and project management company Dalco Elteknik on March 3. Founded in 1987, Dalco Elteknik has 52 staff at nine offices throughout Sweden and has managed more than 1 200 projects for clients including Trafikverket, Stockholm County Council and ...
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NewsHelsinki metro extension opening date announced
FINLAND: The 14 km western extension of the Helsinki metro from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä adding eight stations is to open on August 15, project promoter Länsimetro Oy announced on March 8. Länsimetro said the seven-year project has cost €1·088bn, which is 28·3% higher than planned. It has employed 1 500 ...
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NewsCBTC goes live on København S-Bane
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has commissioned the first section of CBTC signalling on the København S-Bane network. The northern section of Line A between Jægersborg and Hillerød was switched over with effect from February 29. The legacy signalling on the 1·5 kV DC electrified network uses a mix of technologies ...
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NewsCompetition & Markets Authority calls for increase in on-rail competition
UK: Increasing on-rail competition between passenger train operators could bring lower fares, ridership growth, improved service quality, innovation, greater efficiency and more effective use of network capacity, the Competition & Markets Authority says in a report published on March 8. CMA began its review of competition in the rail market ...
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NewsPolish GSM-R certified for Level 2 operation
POLAND: Rail regulator UTK issued the first certification on March 3 for the use of GSM-R data radio to support ERTMS train operations on the Polish network. The use of ETCS Level 2 had been certified on March 19 2014, but formal approval of the GSM-R data communications was needed ...
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NewsTalgo profit up
TALGO: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo has announced a significant year-on-year increase in turnover and profit for 2015, as the result of activities arising from a strong backlog of work. Total turnover for 2015 was €520·7m, up 35·5% on 2014, while adjusted EBITDA increased 33·8% to €120·5m ...
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NewsQingdao opens fuel cell tram route
CHINA: Described as the country’s first domestically-designed tram route, an 8·8 km line with 12 stops in the coastal city of Qingdao was opened for revenue service on March 5. Running from Qianwangtuan to Chengyang Wholesale Market, the 1 435 mm gauge line is the first of three planned routes ...
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NewsGold Line extension reaches Azusa
USA: The 18·3 km Foothill Extension of Los Angeles Metro’s Gold Line light rail route from East Pasadena to Azusa was officially opened on March 5, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Duarte/City of Hope station attended by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas, CEO Phillip Washington and ...
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NewsInvestors launch wagon leasing company
USA: Wagon leasing company Riverside Rail has been formed by affiliates of insurance investor Allstate, private investment business Duchossois Capital Management and Henry Crown & Co company CC Industries. Riverside Rail has acquired an initial fleet of 2 032 coal, metals, van, covered hopper and centre-beam wagons, and anticipates ...
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NewsIvanov to lead FPK
A raft of changes to the management positions at Russian Railways was announced in late January. Following the promotion of Mikhail Akulov (photo) to the position of Vice-President, Peter Ivanov is to succeed him as head of the Federal Passenger Company, RZD’s inter-city business unit. Victor Golomolzin has been ...