All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2020 – Page 7
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NewsZSSK Cargo restarts freight services through Dobrá gateway
SLOVAKIA: National freight operator ZSSK Cargo and its subsidiary Bulk Transshipment Slovakia operated their first intermodal block train through the Dobrá transhipment terminal on the Ukrainian border last month, having taken back management, marketing and operation of the facility at the beginning of the year. Russian ...
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Rail Business UKLighter weight platform coping stones developed
UK: Norfolk-based contractor RG Carter worked with Greater Anglia to create a platform edge coping stone weighing almost half as much as previous designs. This meant smaller machinery was needed to move and install the coping stones during the construction of a 80 m platform at Sheringham ...
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NewsTakanawa Gateway opens
JAPAN: East Japan Railway opened its Takanawa Gateway suburban station in Tokyo for revenue service on March 14.
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NewsFirst order for Mireo Plus B battery EMUs
GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg’s rolling stock body SFBW has ordered 20 battery-equipped Mireo Plus B electric multiple-units from Siemens Mobility, which will then be responsible for their availability over a 29½-year operating life. The two-car EMUs with 120 seats are to be deployed on Netz 8 ...
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Rail Business UKQuattro Group acquires assets of Road Rail Cranes Ltd
UK: Road-rail vehicle provider Quattro Group has acquired the assets of Wrexham-based Road Rail Cranes Ltd, including its road-rail vehicles, trailers, support vehicles and ancillary equipment. This expands Quattro Group’s existing fleet of 1 000 rail, road and construction machines based at 17 depots in the UK ...
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Rail Business UKFirst of Greater Anglia’s Aventra EMUs on test
UK: Greater Anglia has begun testing the first of the 111 Aventra 25 kV 50 Hz electric multiple-units being supplied by Bombardier Transportation for its London commuter routes. In the early hours of March 17, the EMU was tested on the Southend Victoria line in what the ...
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Rail Business UKDyer & Butler undertakes winter emergency response works
UK: Infrastructure services specialist Dyer & Butler has undertaken a number of emergency response schemes on behalf of Network Rail over the winter period, including embankment strengthening, flooding protection and drainage repairs following heavy rain across the infrastructure manager’s Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes. Its first major ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse awarded Desiro brake upgrading framework contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn and Knorr-Bremse have finalised a framework agreement for the modernisation of braking systems on Class 642 Siemens Desiro regional diesel multiple-units. By the end of 2024, Knorr-Bremse is to supply at least 155 ESRA Evolution brake control conversion kits which will be fitted to ...
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Metro Report InternationalElizabeth Line CCTV maintenance contract awarded
UK: Transport for London has awarded Telent a contract to support and maintain the Elizabeth Line driver-only operation CCTV system, which enables train drivers to view images from platform cameras on in-cab monitors to ensure safe departure. The mission-critical communications specialist has been maintaining the CCTV since ...
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NewsUniversities collaborate to support Colombian railway revitalisation
COLOMBIA: Academics from Javeriana University in Bogotá and Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK have worked together to provide government officials with training in railway development. This is intended to support the government’s strategy to rehabilitate the 914 mm gauge rail network with the aim of transferring ...
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Urban In DepthNetherlands: Uithoflijn opens at last
December 16 saw the long-awaited opening of the Uithoflijn light rail route linking central Utrecht with the city’s Science Park, as part of a programme that includes the rebuilding of the existing Nieuwegein sneltram line. Dr Harry Hondius investigates.
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NewsFederal funding underpins Californian capacity enhancements
USA: Los Angeles commuter operator Metrolink has been awarded $10·7m from the federal Department of Transportation’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements grant programme to support safety and speed improvement projects in the busy Burbank – Anaheim rail corridor.
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Metro Report InternationalMetropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority to use DART’s GoPass
USA: Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority has agreed to license Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s GoPass mobile app, which provides passengers with real-time travel information, mobile ticketing and on-demand services. The GoPass app, back office and supporting application infrastructure was developed for DART by Unwire, and is currently used ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
The railway between Edenbridge and Tonbridge reopened on March 16 after Network Rail and contractor BAM Nuttall completed work to repair a landslip on a 30 m section of embankment around the River Eden which had closed the line from December 22. A further 400 m of ...
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NewsBaku circular railway completed
AZERBAIJAN: The Abşeron Peninsula circular railway has been completed, with President Ilham Aliyev inaugurating the reopened Pirşağı – Görədil – Novxanı – Sumqayıt section on March 18 to complete a 91 route-km electrified railway ring serving Baku and its suburbs. The circular railway ...
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NewsCoronavirus pushes switch from cash to card payment
NEW ZEALAND: Cash sales of tickets on the Metlink transport network in Greater Wellington will end on March 23, in a move which Metlink said was designed ‘to stay one step ahead of Covid-19 and give our passengers and staff more peace of mind’. On the rail ...
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Rail Business UKRail industry forms Coronavirus Joint Forum
UK: Trade unions and industry leaders agreed on March 18 to set up a Rail Industry Coronavirus Joint Forum. This will engage at a senior level to support a collective industry response and help to ensure that the railway can continue to operate during the coronavirus crisis. ...
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NewsMetro-North implements PTC on Harlem and Hudson lines
USA: Positive Train Control is now operational on the whole of MTA Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem and Hudson commuter rail lines. With effect from March 14, PTC has been operational on all trains along the 120 km Hudson Line from New York’s Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie and ...
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Rail Business UKSiemens and BCRRE agree long-term research partnership
UK: The University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility Ltd have announced an academic framework research collaboration, deepening the relationship between the two organisations. The collaboration is intended to allow the University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility to ‘advance the industrial application of fundamental academic research, whilst furthering ...
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NewsRENFE seeks metre-gauge DMUs to cover rolling stock shortage
SPAIN: Following a spate of air-conditioning failures which left it without any serviceable DMUs for a period during summer 2019, national narrow gauge operator RENFE Ancho Metrico — formerly FEVE — is seeking second-hand vehicles ahead of the busy summer period. Photo: Mike Bent One of RENFE’s existing ...