All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2021 – Page 3
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Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern agree to merge
NORTH AMERICA: The two smallest Class I railroads, Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern, have agreed to merge, creating what they say will be ‘the first US-Mexico-Canada rail network’.
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Delivery of next batch of Sydney EMUs underway
AUSTRLIA: CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles has shipped the first of the next batch of Waratah Series 2 double-deck electric multiple-units for Sydney Trains, 18 months after the contract was signed. An initial 24 Waratah Series 2 sets were ordered from Downer EDI ...
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ENSCO awarded Transportation Technology Center contract
USA: ENSCO has been awarded a $571m contract to provide research and development, testing, engineering and training services at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado. The contract includes a five-year base period and three options each for a further five years. Transition of the operations, maintenance ...
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Rail Business UK
Rockfall shelter to protect Devon coastal railway
UK: The government has confirmed £37·4m of funding to enable the construction of a 209 m extension of the Parsons Tunnel rockfall shelter to protect the railway running between cliffs and the sea between Dawlish and Holcombe in Devon. Studies including drone flights had found that ...
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Metro Report International
DfT proposes extension of Transport for London support package
UK: The Department for Transport has proposed a short-term extension of Transport for London’s coronavirus pandemic emergency funding and financing support agreement, known as the H2 Funding Package, through to May 18. The H2 package agreed last year currently covers the period from October 18 2020 ...
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Metro Report International
Sydney Metro Barangaroo station contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: BESIX Watpac has been awarded a A$217m contract to build Barangaroo station on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project. The station will be located to the northwest of the city centre, close to the Walsh Bay Arts & Cultural precinct. The contract includes the ...
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Hydrogen fuel cell locomotive to be tested by Sierra Northern Railway
USA: The California Energy Commission has awarded Sierra Northern Railway and energy research organisation GTI almost $4m to fund the production of a fuel cell shunting locomotive, with the aim of demonstrating the potential for hydrogen traction units to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to diesel. ...
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Chicago commuter rail coach order confirmed
USA: Alstom and Chicago commuter rail operator Metra have finalised a framework contract for the supply of 500 double-deck push-pull coaches, with a €650m firm order for an initial 200 vehicles. The Metra board selected Alstom as preferred bidder in January. The ...
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Rail Business UK
Exeter – Okehampton passenger service to be revived
UK: Regular passenger services between Okehampton and Exeter are to be reinstated, after the Department for Transport confirmed the provision of £40·5m of funding under the Restoring Your Railway initiative on March 19. The initial service will start by the end of this year, with an ...
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Rail Business UK
Swift Express Freight demonstrator to be tested
UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail and Ricardo have teamed up to develop an electric multiple-unit intended to demonstrate a cost-effective and low carbon way of transporting parcels. Dubbed Swift Express Freight, the demonstrator is to be converted at Wabtec’s Doncaster site from a surplus Class 321 ...
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Indian high speed line track design MoU signed
INDIA: National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd and Japan Railway Track Consultants Co have signed a memorandum of understanding covering track design for the 237 km Vadodara – Vapi package T2 section of the planned Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor. JRTC is to provide ...
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Metro Report International
Construction of Integrated Train Testing Centre begins
SINGAPORE: Construction of Land Transport Authority’s Integrated Train Testing Centre was launched by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung with a groundbreaking ceremony on March 17. The ITTC will support the testing and commissioning of trains and railway systems for new and existing lines, allowing testing ...
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Scurrah and Cory to lead Pacific National
AUSTRALIA: Paul Scurrah has been selected as the next Managing Director & CEO of freight operator Pacific National, succeeding Dean Dalla Valle who had announced his intention to step down earlier this year. Having previously served as CEO of Queensland Rail and Executive ...
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Rail Business UK
UK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry
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JR East’s driver-only Series 131 EMUs enter traffic on the Boso peninsula
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has put into service its fleet of Series E131 EMUs on the relatively lightly used lines serving the Boso peninsula in Chiba Prefecture with effect from the March 13 timetable change.
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Rail Business UK
Scottish Government to take over ScotRail in March 2022
UK: The ScotRail franchise is to be taken over by the Scottish Government on the expiry of the current contract with Abellio in March 2022, Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has confirmed. Services are to be operated by an arm’s length Operator of Last Resort, wholly owned ...
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Metro Report International
Hitachi Rail awarded Washington metro car contract
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract to supply the next generation of trains for the federal capital’s 165 km, six-route metro network.
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ADIF expands Galicia upgrading programme
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has set out plans to invest a further €546m in modernising two rail corridors across Galicia, linking the junction at Monforte de Lemos with Ourense and Lugo.
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Metro Report International
Jiaxing catenary-free tram unveiled
CHINA The first of 20 low-floor trams being built by CRRC Changchun for the light rail network now under construction in Jiaxing was formally unveiled in the city on March 17.