All Railway Gazette International articles in March 2022
All articles published this month.
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Metro Report International‘Unsatisfactory progress’ means no long-term Transport for London funding agreement
UK: Another short-term extension of Transport for London’s extraordinary funding agreement with the government was announced on July 13, the day the previous extension was due to expire. The latest extension of the fourth of the funding packages introduced after ridership collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic ...
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Rail Business UKBringing Passengers Back: How Integrated Planning, Resource Management and Optimization Technologies Open a New Chapter for Rail.
UK rail reform exemplifies an industry in evolution Passenger rail is still feeling the aftershocks of two years of uncertainty and major disruption. The industry is gradually recovering in many countries, but we still do not know entirely what the lasting effects will be. What we do know, however, is ...
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Rail Business UKGraduate scheme aims to tackle the rail industry’s ‘talent vacuum’
UK: Rail contractor QTS Group has launched a graduate scheme to help develop talent and position the industry as an attractive career choice for young people. Following a pilot in 2021, QTS Group is now recruiting graduates for the programme across several offices, including South Lanarkshire ...
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OrganisationsHead of NS steps down to join airline
NETHERLANDS: National passenger train operator NS announced on March 31 that Marjan Rintel is to step down as President to become President & CEO of airline KLM on July 1. Rintel has been at NS since November 2014, initially as Chair of the Passenger Services business ...
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Metro Report InternationalChemnitz orders second generation Citylink tram-trains
GERMANY: Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS has awarded Stadler a contract to supply and maintain 19 Citylink tram-trains for use around Chemnitz, with options for 27 more. The vehicles will be similar to Chemitz’s first generation electro-diesel Citylink tram-trains supplied from 2015 by Vossloh’s light rail business, ...
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NewsEgyptian Talgo train delivered
EGYPT: The first of seven Talgo trainsets for Egyptian National Railways has been delivered from Spain to the port of Alexandria. In April 2019 ENR selected Talgo to supply and maintain a fleet of 160 km/h inter-city trainsets for its principal routes ...
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NewsFrench open access passenger service launch postponed
FRANCE: Open access operator Railcoop has indefinitely postponed the launch of its planned Lyon – Bordeaux passenger service, which had been scheduled to start with the December timetable change. On March 30 the co-operative community interest group released a statement confirming the deferral of its entry ...
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NewsČD orders 230 km/h Vectron locomotives
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 50 Vectron MS multi-system electric locomotives suitable for hauling international passenger trains at up to 230 km/h. The locomotives are to be produced at Siemens Mobility’s München-Allach factory for delivery from December 2025. ...
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NewsMerger approval ‘should ensure the rebound and growth ambitions of Thalys and Eurostar’, says SNCF
EUROPE: The European Commission has approved the planned merger of cross-border high speed train operators Thalys and Eurostar. SNCF Voyageurs told Railway Gazette International the merger ‘should ensure the rebound and growth ambitions of Thalys and Eurostar.’ Announcing its decision on March 29, the Commission said ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on Toronto’s Ontario Line
CANADA: Construction of the Ontario Line metro in Toronto was officially launched with a groundbreaking ceremony at the future Exhibition Place station site on March 27. Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford, and Transport Minister Caroline Mulroney were joined for the celebrations by Federal Minister of Transport Omar ...
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NewsLobito Corridor concession decision due in May
ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport is due to announce in May the winner of a competition to manage the Lobito Corridor that includes the 1 067 mm gauge Benguela Railway. The 1 344 km line was rebuilt in 2002-15 with the help of various Chinese companies ...
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Rail Business UKFlexible train interior concept goes on show at London Marylebone
UK: Design agency PriestmanGoode has put a flexible train interior mock-up on display at London Marylebone station. Branded ‘Proteus’ after a Greek god able to foretell the future, the design concept aims to offer more comfort and flexibility and reflect societal changes emerging from the coronavirus ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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NewsPortren workshop construction gets underway
URUGUAY: Nascent rail freight operator Portren has begun construction of a US$25m workshop and operations centre near Juanicó where it will maintain its growing rolling stock fleet Portren is a three-way joint venture formed by Deutsche Bahn International Operations, Christophersen of Uruguay and the Spanish company ...
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Metro Report InternationalBucurești tram delivery ahead of schedule
ROMANIA: The first of 100 Imperio trams being built for the București network is nearing completion at the Astra Vagoane Călători factory in Arad, and is now expected to be delivered in early June. The trams were ordered ...
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NewsBenguela Railway launches Lobito – Luau expresses
ANGOLA: Caminho de Ferro de Benguela has extended the Lobito – Luena express passenger service that it launched in mid-2021 to Luau in Moxico province, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The train departs Lobito on Mondays at 07.00, arriving in Luau on ...
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Rail Business UKMixed picture on railway decarbonisation progress
UK: The Railway Industry Association has found a ‘mixed picture’ when reviewing the government’s progress in meeting the rail decarbonisation recommendations made in the House of Commons Transport Committee’s Trains fit for the future? report which was published in March last year. ...
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Rail Business UKAlstom awarded London Victoria Area Re-signalling Programme Phase 5 contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Alstom a £69m contract to deliver Phase 5 of the Victoria Area Re-signalling Programme, covering an area from London Victoria to Sydenham Hill, Elephant & Castle and Ravensbourne. The announcement on March 30 follows the £37m Phase ...