All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2018 – Page 3
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NewsCeremony marks completion of XRL main works
CHINA: The substantial completion of main construction works for the 26 km Hong Kong section of the 142 km Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong Express Rail Link was marked with a ceremony at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station on March 23. MTR Corp Chairman Professor Frederick Ma said construction ...
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NewsBaku takes delivery of Moskva metro train
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten took delivery of the first of two Metrowagonmash trainsets ordered last month on March 21. The five-car Moskva trainset is almost identical to those supplied to Moscow, with a different livery and passenger information system. It comprises two end trailers and three powered intermediate cars. ...
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NewsParis electric bus order placed
FRANCE: RATP and Heuliez Bus have signed a framework contract worth between €5m and €10m for the supply of electric buses. Heuliez Bus is to supply is GX 337 Electric model. The buses will be fitted with 360 kWh lithium-ion NMC batteries supplied by Forsee Power, with six roof-mounted ...
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NewsHopes rise on Gateway tunnel funding despite Trump opposition
USA: Hopes of progress in the Gateway Programme to build new tunnels between New York and New Jersey were raised on March 22 when $650m of federal funding was directed to Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. The Gateway Programme covers a series of enhancements worth approximately $30bn to the busiest section ...
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NewsTramwaje Śląskie selects Pesa to supply more trams
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has selected Pesa as preferred bidder to supply 35 multi-section trams to operate on the network centred on Katowice. The Bydgoszcz-based supplier is to supply 27 65·5% low-floor bidirectional trams 25 m long, and eight 74·1% low-floor unidirectional trams 32 m long. The shorter trams are ...
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NewsFlixTrain launches on Hamburg – Köln route
GERMANY: FlixMobility’s first FlixTrain open access passenger service left Hamburg’s Altona station for Köln on the morning of March 23. Services run from Thursday to Tuesday, with market-based prices starting at a headline fare of €9·99. FlixMobility has launched FlixTrain to build on its FlixBus long-distance coach network, using a ...
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Metro Report InternationalDubai Metro extension financial close
UAE: Financial close for Phase 2 of the Route 2020 project to extend the Dubai Metro’s Red Line by 15 km from Nakheel Harbour & Tower to the Expo 2020 site was achieved on March 20. Banco Santander, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC Bank Middle East, Intesa ...
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NewsFrench government to order 100 ‘TGVs of the future’
FRANCE: Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said that the government is to place a firm order with Alstom ‘by the end of June’ for 100 TGV trainsets. He was addressing a press conference on March 22 to update progress on the merger of Siemens Mobility and Alstom. These would ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
On March 20 Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Force Motors signed an agreement to form Force MTU Power Systems, a 49:51 joint venture based at Chakan near Pune in India which would produce MTU’s 10 and 12-cylinder Series 1600 engines for power generation and underfloor rail applications. Serial production is planned ...
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NewsSmart sleepers could provide real-time data collection
EUROPE: An agreement to co-operate to develop ‘smart’ sleepers containing real-time data collection sensors has been signed by Italian start-up company Greenrail and Spanish technology provider Indra. The companies are to work together to study the technical and economic viability of the concept, which would integrate Indra’s technology with Greenrail’s ...
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NewsGE to upgrade Channel Tunnel electrification
EUROPE: Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel has awarded GE Power’s Grid Solutions business a contract to supply a static synchronous compensator to improve the stabilisation of the traction power supply in the tunnel. Announcing the contract on March 22, GE said this would be the world’s largest STATCOM application as part ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrookville to supply trams to Portland
USA: Portland City Council approved the purchase of two trams to operate on Streetcar routes A and B on March 21. The vehicles from Brookville Equipment Co are to enter service in 2020. The vehicles are being ordered as an option on a contract signed between Brookville and Seattle’s ...
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NewsVolvo to supply electric buses to Drammen
NORWAY: Public transport administration Brakan has ordered six 7900 Electric buses from Volvo to operate on the 12 km route 51 between Drammen and Mjöndalen. Volvo is to deliver the buses in January 2019, and will maintain the vehicles and batteries. Siemens has supplied opportunity charging stations for ...
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NewsMore TW3000 LRVs ordered for Hannover
GERMANY: Hannover city transport operator Üstra has ordered a further seven TW3000 light rail vehicles from a consortium of Kiepe Electric and Alstom. Niedersachsen Land transport agency LNVG is financing 50% of the €19·4m cost and Üstra is paying €462 000 from its own funds. The balance is being ...
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NewsThree-section diesel locomotive approved
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Bryansk Engineering Plant has obtained certification for its three-section 3TE25K2M diesel locomotive, which has been designed to haul 7 100 tonne freight trains on the 2 800 km Baikal-Amur Magistral route between Taksimo, Tynda, Komsomolsk-na-Amure and Sovetskaya Gavan on the Pacific coast. The operating costs are expected to ...
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NewsMoscow metro reaches Seligerskaya
RUSSIA: A northern extension of Moscow metro Line 10 was opened on March 16, adding 4·3 km. The extension from Petrovsko-Razumovskaya to Seligerskaya includes two stations at a depth of 65 m and a terminus 20 m below ground. A depot at Likhobori is due to open next ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
The UK rail industry should 'adopt a pragmatic approach to Brexit, given the uncertainty of the final destination', RSSB said on March 16. Rather than focusing on the details of any particular outcome, RSSB advises organisations to analyse their ability to meet six strategic challenges: mutual recognition of certifications; regulations ...
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NewsMyanmar locomotive handed over
MYANMAR: The last of 18 diesel locomotives manufactured for Myanma Railways by Indian Railways’ Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi and supplied through RITES was formally handed over with a ceremony on March 19. The order had been financed through an Indian government credit line. The 1 350 hp six-axle metre-gauge ...
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NewsFinland – Arctic Ocean rail route proposed
EUROPE: A report into options for a rail link from Finnish Lapland to the Arctic Ocean has been published by Finland’s Ministry of Transport & Communications. This concludes that a 465 km route from Rovaniemi via Sodankylä to Kirkenes in Norway would be the best option. The cost is estimated ...
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NewsSzczecin suburban expansion funded
POLAND: The EU has agreed to meet 85% of the cost of a 741m złoty project to increase passenger services around the city of Szczecin. The project includes upgrading the lines radiating from Szczecin towards Stardard, Gryfino, Gileniów airport, Swinoujście and Police to accommodate an increase in services, and the ...