All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2018 – Page 8
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NewsFive new exhibitors on the Sachsen stand at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: There will be 24 exhibitors from Sachsen showcasing their innovations at the combined 'Saxony Live' presence in hall 7.2b, which is being organised by business promotion agency Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen on behalf of the Land’s Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour & Transport. Among the newcomers at InnoTrans 2018 will be ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
From June 1, Russia's FESCO Transportation Group is to offer a transit time of 15 days between Busan and Moscow, an improvement on the 21-23 days currently offered. The acceleration has largely been achieved by reducing transhipment time at the port of Vladivostok and by faster transit times on the ...
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NewsReform of Swiss public transport takes shape
SWITZERLAND: Plans are being drawn up for a reorganisation of the way regional public transport services are procured in a bid to ensure that they remain efficient and sustainable in the long term. Proposals for reform were discussed at a meeting in early May between the Federal Office for Transport ...
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NewsSBB and Trenitalia to step up cross-border services
EUROPE: Swiss and Italian national operators SBB and Trenitalia signed an agreement on May 22 to increase the number of cross-border inter-city services. In an initial step the 2020 timetable will include an extra Basel – Milano service via Bern, giving four trains a day in each direction, with a ...
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Rail Business UKStadler sees servicing and bimodes as opportunities
UK: Stadler’s contract to supply 52 four-car electric multiple-units for Merseyrail services around Liverpool is a ‘flagship project in the UK market’, where the company is currently involved in six tenders, UK Programme Director Thomas Zweifel told Railway Gazette International on May 16. CEO of Stadler’s services business Jürg Gygax ...
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Rail Business UKGoing ETCS-ready
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling says he wants ‘all signal renewals and upgrades – from next year – to be digital, or at least digital-ready’, in order to make the best use of the available funding. Speaking an event in York on May 10 to launch the ...
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Rail Business UKCustom-designed road-rail drain cleaner
UK: AJH Plant Engineers has designed and built a road-rail drain cleaning machine based on a crop sprayer to meet the requirements of specialist railway contractor Complete Drain Clearance. GK&N Services supplied the jetting equipment which is suitable for tasks including cleaning out catch pits, drains and troughing. The vehicle ...
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NewsTest running begins on European Marmaray alignment
TURKEY: An inaugural diesel test train operated along part of the European section of Istanbul’s 77 km Marmaray cross-city suburban corridor on May 23. Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan was onboard the diesel locomotive that ran between Halkalı and Kazlıçeşme, a distance of 20 km. This forms part of the route ...
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NewsLine 8 completed in Delhi
INDIA: Delhi metro Line 8 is now complete, following the inauguration of the Kalkaji Mandir – Janakpuri West section by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on May 28. Passenger services started at 06.00 the following day. The 24·8 km ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed project faces cancellation
ASIA: Recently elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad vowed on May 28 to cancel the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project, with the Chinese-backed East Coast Rail Link also set to be dropped. Mahathir told local media that a number of major projects would come under immediate review ...
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NewsFortescue plans rail link to fourth mine
AUSTRALIA: Around 143 km of new railway is to be built in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as part of a A$1·7bn development programme announced by Fortescue Metals Group Chief Executive Elizabeth Gaines on May 28. The extension from the Solomon Hub will connect the group’s planned Western Hub ...
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NewsTehran metro car order derailed
IRAN: A deal for Stadler Rail to supply rolling stock for two of the country’s metro networks is expected to collapse as a result of US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear limitation agreement and reimpose sanctions. At the end of February, ...
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NewsSt Petersburg metro Line 3 extended
RUSSIA: A northwestern extension of St Petersburg metro Line 3 was inaugurated on May 26. The 5 km underground extension from Primorskaya to Begovaya includes an intermediate station at Novokrestovskaya on Krestovsky Island. This station serves Saint-Petersburg Stadium, which will be one of the venues of the 2018 FIFA ...
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NewsThales acquires Danish driver-advisory specialist
EUROPE: To strengthen its traffic management capability, Thales announced on May 29 that it had completed the acquisition of Danish technology specialist Cubris. The København-based start-up is a market leader in connected driver advisory systems, having developed the GreenSpeed equipment used by DSB and Banedanmark, as well as regional operator ...
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Metro Report InternationalNanjing suburban metro network grows
CHINA: Nanjing’s network of suburban metro lines grew with the opening of an east-west route on May 26. Line S7 runs from Wuxiangshan to Konggangxinchengjiangning, where it meets the north-south Line S1, which has itself been extended 1·5 km south from Nanjing Lukou International Airport. Some services run through ...
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NewsBoth Chennai metro lines extended
INDIA: Underground extensions of both lines of the Chennai metro were inaugurated on May 25, adding a total of 7·4 km to the network. The Blue Line was extended by 4·8 km northeast from Little Mount to AG-DMS, with four stations. The Green Line was extended east ...
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Rail Business UKVirgin Trains and Uber announce 'last mile' partnership
UK: Virgin Trains has launched a service offering passengers the option to receive an SMS reminder with a link to book an Uber taxi trip to their departure station and from their arrival station. A two-week trial period began on May 30. It initially covers the outbound leg of journeys ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail project approved
AUSTRALIA: The first stage of the Parramatta light rail project has received planning approval, Transport for New South Wales announced on May 30. ‘This is an exciting time for the people of Parramatta and for visitors to this fantastic part of Sydney’, said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. ...
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NewsUtsunomiya light rail line breaks ground
JAPAN: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Utsunomiya light rail project took place on May 28. The ¥45·8bn project was approved in 2016 and opening is planned in March 2022. The 14·6 km line would link JR East’s Utsunomiya station with Shimotakanezawa in the neighbouring town of Haga to the ...
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NewsDenmark – Sweden cross-border metro project moves forward
EUROPE: København Mayor Frank Jensen and Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh announced the formation of a partnership to promote the cross-border Øresundsmetro project at the Fehmarnbelt Days 2018 conference in Malmö on May 28. The Øresundsmetro Executive partnership will be chaired by former Danish Labour Minister Jørn Neergaard Larsen. ...