All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2018 – Page 8
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NewsKaluga trolleybus extension inaugurated
RUSSIA: Kaluga trolleybus operator UKT inaugurated a 3·3 km extension of Line 18 on April 29. The extension runs northwest from Ulitsa Generala Popova to Mikrorayon Koshelev. Line 18 is now 28 km long with 26 stops, offering an end-to-end journey time of 80 min between Dubrava and Mikrorayon ...
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Metro Report InternationalPSI to supply Berlin U-Bahn software
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has commissioned PSI Transcom to supply its PSItraffic software to support the management of operations on the metro network. PSI said the system would control and monitor ‘the largest contiguous public transport network of this kind in Germany’, managing the U-Bahn and around 1 200 ...
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NewsFenix Signalling targets Southeast Asia market
THAILAND: UK company Fenix Signalling has acquired a majority shareholding in Bangkok-based signalling consultancy MGB Systems Ltd, which has been renamed Fenix Southeast Asia Ltd. Fenix Southeast Asia aims to offer a ‘one-stop shop’ covering the infrastructure asset lifecycle from concept design through construction to operations and maintenance. Announcing the ...
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NewsVirgin Trains sells tickets through Amazon Alexa
UK: Amazon Echo voice-activated devices with the Alexa virtual assistant and Amazon Pay can now be used to book advance single tickets for Virgin Trains East Coast and West Coast services. The launch on May 3 follows Virgin Trains' introduction last November of a journey planning ‘skill’ for Amazon Alexa. ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Genesee & Wyoming company Freightliner unveiled its new brand identity on May 1. It will now commence rebranding its intermodal and bulk rail freight terminals and Freightliner Road Services lorries, while 'taking a phased approach' with locomotives and wagons. The European Rail Freight Association’s annual meeting on April 18 called ...
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Metro Report InternationalPanamá metro depot equipment delivery
PANAMA: Depot equipment specialist Mechan is preparing to ship its first order for the the Americas, comprising 20 lifting jacks of 12 tonne capacity, four turntables and 40 vehicle stands for the depot which is being built in the Nuevo Tocumen area of Panamá City as part of the metro ...
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NewsKansas City Southern to deploy CloudMoyo software
USA: CloudMoyo is to deploy its Microsoft Azure cloud-based CloudMoyo Rail Transportation Management software to modernise Kansas City Southern’s Management Control System and provide analytics and artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency. KCS already uses CloudMoyo’s crew management, business intelligence and analytics packages, and is to deploy CRTM in ...
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NewsLondon Liverpool street lighting upgrade
UK: Network Rail has installed Goodlight LED lighting supplied by LED Eco Lights on the 18 platforms and concourse at London Liverpool Street station. ‘We decided to move to LED lighting to reduce our carbon output, reduce costs in terms of power consumption and to improve the lighting level and ...
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Metro Report InternationalOttawa light rail project receives more provincial funding
CANADA: Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure Bob Chiarelli announced on May 3 that the province is to contribute up to C$50m towards the construction of a 3·4 km extension of Ottawa’s Trillium Line to Limebank Road. The southern extension, which includes a branch to Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, is part of ...
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NewsSecond airport rail link opens in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: A rail link to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur was inaugurated on May 1. The Ministry of Transport funded the 521m ringgit project. The route branches off from the metre-gauge line that links Kuala Lumpur with Port Klang at Subang Jaya. It runs north along ...
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NewsSecond airport rail link opens in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: A rail link to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur was inaugurated on May 1. The Ministry of Transport funded the 521m ringgit project. The route branches off from the metre-gauge line that links Kuala Lumpur with Port Klang at Subang Jaya. It runs north along ...
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NewsEU budgets €30·6bn for transport in 2021-27
EUROPE: A total spending envelope of €30·6bn has been allocated for transport investment as part of the European Commission’s 2021-27 budget proposals presented to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on May 2. Describing its proposed Multiannual Financing Framework as ‘pragmatic and modern’, the Commission put forward plans for a total ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
On April 13 Channel Tunnel operator Getlink completed an internal reorganisation of its corporate structure. Groupe Eurotunnel SE transferred its holdings in the two concessionaires France Manche SA and The Channel Tunnel Group Ltd to Eurotunnel Holding SAS, in order to ring fence the fixed link activities from other group ...
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NewsAlpha Trains forms French subsidiary
FRANCE: Leasing company Alpha Trains Group is targeting the emerging French passenger rolling stock leasing market with the formation of a French subsidiary. ‘France is a new and important market for us, which we are relying on to replicate our success in Germany and become the ideal partner of the ...
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NewsUnion Pacific orders low-emission shunters
USA: Union Pacific has ordered 10 EMD24B low-emission locomotives from Progress Rail for yard shunting work in California. Announced on May 1, the order is the first for the EMD24B design, following the testing of a demonstrator by Pacific Harbor Line at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. ...
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NewsGrand Paris selects supplier for up to 1 000 driverless train cars
FRANCE: Alstom has been selected as preferred bidder to supply up to 1 000 large-profile metro cars to operate three lines of the automated Grand Paris Express network, project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on May 2. As part of its 2010 mandate to deliver the infrastructure for ...
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NewsGreat Northern Class 717 EMUs unveiled
UK: Siemens has unveiled the Class 717 Desiro City electric multiple-units which it is building for Govia Thameslink Railway. Being built at the Siemens plant at Krefeld in Germany, the 25 six-car units are scheduled to enter service from September on GTR’s Great Northern commuter services from Welwyn Garden City, ...
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NewsPKP PLK reinstates line for freight services
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has rehabilitated the 11 km Jełowa – Murów section of the Opole – Namysłów route to support an expansion of Stora Enso Wood Products’ plant at Murów. Passenger services were withdrawn form the route in 1992, and the line was taken out of use following ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Kenilworth station opened on April 30, served by West Midlands Railway. Rebuilt on the site of the former station closed in 1965, it was funded by Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Warwickshire County Council and a £4·9m grant from the Department for Transport’s New Stations Fund, as part of ...
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NewsAlstom trainset for Senegal on test
SENEGAL: The first of 15 four-car Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel multiple-units ordered for the Train Express Régional project in Dakar is now on test at Alstom’s plant at Reichshoffen in France. The Train Express Régional will link the centre of Dakar with the new Blaise Diagne international airport in Diass, serving ...