All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2020 – Page 2
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NewsNairobi DMU deal signed
KENYA: The much-delayed contract for Kenya Railways to purchase 11 second-hand DMUs from Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca to operate commuter services around Nairobi was formally signed by KR Managing Director Phillip Mainga during a visit to the Balearic island on March 2.
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Metro Report InternationalBordeaux tramway Line D extended
FRANCE: A 5·5 km extension of Bordeaux tram Line D was opened on February 29, connecting Mairie du Bouscat to Eysines Cantinolle. The €250m project included nine stops and two car parks, which have all entered opened on the same day. Line D now runs 9·8 km ...
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TenderOnline Auction of 6x Vossloh Afro 4000 Locomotives
Organisation: WH Auctioneers (Pty) Ltd
Location: Online Auction, locomotives are located in South Africa
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Rail Business UKFranchise decisions imminent, as Shapps targets concession model
UK: Decisions about the future of the Southeastern and Great Western franchises are set to be announced imminently, according to Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps.
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Metro Report InternationalStrasbourg orders 17 more trams
FRANCE: Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois exercised a further option on March 3 to order more Alstom Citadis trams. The final option in a 2014 framework contract for up to 50 vehicles covers a further 17 trams valued at €52m. This will bring the number of Citadis vehicles ...
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NewsImmersed tunnel to relieve Fehmarnsund bridge
GERMANY: To create an ‘efficient’ north-south pan-European corridor, the federal Ministry of Transport has reached agreement with DB Netz and the Land of Schleswig-Holstein to build an immersed tunnel carrying rail and road links under the Fehmarn Sound between eastern Holstein and the island of Fehmarn. As ...
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Rail Business UKZF Services UK gains RISAS approval for bogie overhauls
UK: ZF Services UK has gained RISAS accreditation for bogie overhauls at its Nottingham Rail Centre of Competence. This follows ‘significant’ investment in equipment and training to provide the capability and expertise to overhaul a range of light rail, freight and passenger vehicle bogies. Services include cleaning, ...
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NewsNarrow gauge line resignalling contract awarded
SPAIN: ADIF has awarded CAF Signalling a €19·8m, 23-month contract to replace the life-expired telephone-based block signalling system at the western end of the metre-gauge Ferrocarril de La Robla route between Bilbao and León. The contract covers the section between the current temporary terminus at León Asunción-Universidad ...
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Metro Report InternationalClass 710 EMUs deployed on London Overground Liverpool Street routes
Class 710 liverpool st Overground UK: London Overground began using Class 710 electric multiple-units on its routes from London Liverpool Street on March 3. The Aventra EMUs being built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby are replacing the oldest rolling stock operating on the routes ...
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Rail Business UK‘Changing’ CrossCountry appoints regional directors
Source: Tony Miles UK: CrossCountry has announced the appointment of four regional directors with responsibility for operational and financial performance at the franchise, which is held by Arriva under a directly-awarded contract that currently runs to October 2020. ‘CrossCountry is changing and these regional directors will enable ...
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Metro Report InternationalSalvador monorail construction starts
Skyrail Bahia BRAZIL: The Skyrail Bahia consortium led by Chinese conglomerate BYD and Metrogreen began construction of the 19·2 km Orange monorail line in Salvador, on February 12. The R$2bn project includes two lines to be constructed in the state capital under a public-private partnership ...
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NewsWarszawa suburban EMU contract awarded
POLAND: Suburban operator SKM Warszawa has awarded Newag a contract to supply 21 electric multiple-units by November 30 2022. The order covers 15 trainsets between 85 and 95 m in length and six between 70 and 77 m long. They will be used to increase capacity on ...
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NewsREMSA to sponsor trips to InnoTrans 2020 for two students
INNOTRANS: North America’s Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association is partnering with exhibition organiser Messe Berlin to send two students to InnoTrans 2020 in the German capital on September 22-25. Each sponsorship package includes round trip travel, hotel accommodation for four nights, a daily travel ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA extends OMNY smart ticketing coverage
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects to expand its OMNY account-based contactless fare payment system to all bus routes in Manhattan, as well as Subway stations across four city boroughs, by the end of February. The system would be installed at stations served by the A, ...
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Rail Business UKNorthern enters public ownership with new Managing Director
Speaking to Rail Business UK, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps accepted that whilst some changes would come in immediately, including deep cleaning of all trains and improvements to Sunday timetables, passengers needed to accept that ‘things won’t change overnight’.
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NewsMining company plans to use Port Augusta terminal
AUSTRALIA: Havilah Resources which controls three iron ore deposits in South Australia has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for future use of port, rail and transhipment facilities at the Playford site near Port Augusta which has been leased by Port Augusta Operations. ‘Port Augusta Operations’ proposed ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Planning applications have been submitted for stations at Darlaston and Willenhall on the Walsall – Wolverhampton line. The development of the two stations is being led by Transport for West Midlands and the West Midlands Rail Executive, in collaboration with the Department for Transport, Network Rail, West ...
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Metro Report InternationalCanberra to study more light rail extensions
AUSTRALIA: Studies are to be commissioned for two more extensions of the Canberra light rail network, according to ACT Transport Minister Chris Steel. Speaking at the Australasian Railway Association’s light rail conference in the capital on March 4, Steel confirmed that the prefeasibility studies for Stages 3 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCubic awarded Aachen ticketing contract
GERMANY: Aachen transport association AVV has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a contract worth more than US$3m to supply and maintain a multimodal ticketing system in the regions of Aachen, Düren, and Heinsberg. Mobile ticketing, an internet shop, and customer service portal are to be implemented by September ...
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NewsLightweight trains and no taboos in French secondary line rescue package
Source: Christophe Masse FRANCE: Development of lightweight rolling stock is one of several proposals put forward by the government to try and ensure the survival of much of the remaining network of secondary lines, many of which carry very limited traffic. Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste ...