All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2018 – Page 5
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Metro Report InternationalCalgary Green Line funding approved
CANADA: The first stage of Calgary’s Green Line light rail route is set to open by the end of 2026, following the confirmation of C$1·53bn of funding by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 15. This is said to be the largest contribution ever made by the Canadian government ...
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NewsZillertalbahn selects hydrogen train supplier
AUSTRIA: Zillertalbahn operator ZVB announced on May 15 that it had selected Stadler to supply five hydrogen fuelled multiple-units for its 760 mm gauge line. A prototype is expected to be ready for trials in 2020, with the remaining four trainsets expected to be delivered in 2022. ZVB currently ...
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Rail Business UKGovernment terminates Virgin Trains East Coast franchise
UK: The current InterCity East Coast franchise held by a joint venture of Stagecoach Group (90%) and Virgin Holdings (10%) will be terminated on June 24, Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling informed the House of Commons on May 16. From that date, DOHL, a government-owned ‘operator of last ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
An Independent Reporter is to be jointly appointed by the Welsh Ministers and the future Wales & Borders Operator & Development Partner train operator to provide impartial expert advice on infrastructure management on the Core Valley Lines around Cardiff. This would cover the adequacy of the ODP’s annual asset management ...
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NewsSrbija Kargo to purchase Vectron locos
SERBIA: National freight operator Srbija Kargo has successfully completed negotiations with Siemens for the purchase of eight multi-system electric locomotives, CEO Dušan Garibović said on May 15. The procurement is being supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. Garibović said financial terms were favourable, and the agreement ...
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NewsDurmazlar to supply trams to Olsztyn
POLAND: Sole bidder Durmazlar has been selected to supply up to 24 trams to Olsztyn, the city announced on May 16. The base order covers 12 trams for 107·9m złoty. This would rise to 206·2m złoty if all options were to be exercised. The first two trams are ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrain loading indicators appear at Singapore metro stations
SINGAPORE: Screens showing passenger loading on trains have entered service on the Downtown Line. Real-time passenger load information on LCD screens indicates how busy the next train will be. Green represents a ‘high probability of available seating’, yellow means that the train is part full and red means that ...
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Metro Report InternationalRebuilt Kirkdale depot to maintain Merseyrail fleet
UK: Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram buried a time capsule on May 16 to mark the ongoing construction of new depot facilities on an existing site at Kirkdale, where Stadler is to maintain the 52 electric multiple-units which it is to supply for ...
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NewsRegioJet puts Traxx locos into service
CZECH REPUBLC: The first of eight Bombardier Transportation Traxx multi-system electric locomotives ordered by open access operator RegioJet in April 2017 entered service on May 16. The first passenger train to be hauled by one of the new locomtives was RJ1017, the 17.48 from Praha to Ostrava and Návsí. After ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Indonesian manufacturer PT Inka is developing a 160 km/h multiple-unit design. The Davis Wagon Services maintenance subsidiary of UK wagon manufacturer WH Davis Ltd is to use 3Squared’s RailSmart Employee Development System software for staff competency management. ‘The EDS software allows our assessors to carry out more frequent assessments ...
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Rail Business UKA 'fresh approach' to transport in northern England
UK: The Transport for the North partnership of 19 local authorities, Network Rail, HS2 Ltd, Highways England and industry leaders is aiming to take ‘a fresh approach to transport’ in northern England now it has been formally launched, CEO Barry White told the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group on May 15. ...
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NewsIdentifying ‘navigational hazards’ on metro maps
MAPS: It might be possible to use software to automatically detect features of metro maps which cause passengers to make mistakes in journey planning, researchers believe. PhD student Peter Lloyd and Dr Peter Rodgers of the University of Kent’s School of Computing and cognitive psychologist Dr Maxwell Roberts of ...
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NewsGermany told to fully transpose EU safety legislation
GERMANY: On May 17 the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion requesting that Germany fully comply with Directive 2004/49/EC. This requires EU member states to establish an independent safety authority, an independent accident investigation body and coherently allocate safety responsibilities. The Commission said Germany had failed to ensure that its ...
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NewsBangladesh Railway orders 10 locomotives
BANGLADESH: Hyundai Rotem is to supply 10 mixed-traffic diesel-electric locomotives to Bangladesh Railway under a 41bn won contract announced on May 18. Intended for mixed traffic use on the metre gauge Dhaka – Chittagong route, the locomotives will be delivered from Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant in South Korea starting ...
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NewsVolgograd airport rail link opens
RUSSIA: Passenger services on the Volgograd airport rail link began on May 18, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day Services use a 1·2 km branch which Russian Railways has built to connect Gumrak station with the airport passenger terminal, which has been rebuilt ready for when the city hosts ...
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NewsRio Tinto’s automated trains approved
AUSTRALIA: Rio Tinto has been granted accreditation by Australia’s Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator, approving the autonomous operation of iron ore trains in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the group announced on May 18. Confirming that the AutoHaul project is ‘on schedule to be completed by the ...
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NewsBy Coradia to Batna
ALGERIA: National operator SNTF has introduced a direct passenger service between Alger and the eastern part of the High Plateau line, with the launch of a daily Alger – M’Sila – Batna round trip. Introduced on May 3, the service is operated by one of SNTF’s new Alstom Coradia El ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - May 2018
Argentina: Under an order worth a total of 650m pesos, Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura has taken delivery of an initial batch of track maintenance machines from China, including one tamper, a dynamic track stabiliser and a ballast profiler. Subsequent shipments are expected to include a track recording vehicle and a ...
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NewsRecord number of exhibitors from Berlin-Brandenburg at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: Almost 70 companies from Berlin and Brandenburg will be joining forces to exhibit at InnoTrans 2018 with their dedicated regional area of the City Cube hall covering more than 1 000 m2. The exhibitors will include 17 companies who will be joining the Berlin-Brandenburg regional display for the first ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Jan Kilström announced on May 15 that he would be stepping down as CEO of Green Cargo in the autumn, having ‘received an exciting offer that I could not refuse, the details of which I am unable to disclose at present’. Recruitment of a new CEO has started. ‘After so ...