All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2019
All articles published this month.
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NewsBeijing suburban route S5 extended
CHINA: Beijing suburban railway service S5 was extended northeast from Huairou Bei to Gubeikou adding three stations on April 30. The maximum operating speed of trains on the commuter route was increased from 70 to 100 km/h at the same time. Route S5 is now 135 km long with stations ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on Karlsruhe tram extension
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Egon-Eiermann-Allee stop marked the start of work on a tram extension in Karlsruhe on April 29. The 1·5 km extension of Route 2 running north from the current Lassallestraße terminus would serve the Knielingen 2.0 residential district. It would ...
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NewsRostock – Hamburg direct award
GERMANY: The Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has decided to directly award incumbent DB Regio Nordost a contract to continue to operate Ostseeküste-West regional passenger services for a further two years from the end of its current contract in December 2019. Announcing the decision on April 30, the Land’s Ministry of Energy, ...
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Metro Report InternationalA new approach for Newcastle
The opening of the city centre tram line is the latest change to public transport in the Australian city of Newcastle, says Keolis International CEO Bernard Tabary.
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NewsKeio Railway special marks start of Reiwa Era
JAPAN: Among the special events to mark the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the accession of Emperor Naruhito, the Keio Electric Railway running west from the capital operated a commemorative limited express service over the transition from April 30 to May 1. Departing from Tokyo’s Shinjuku station at 23.45, in ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC, Siemens and Škoda bid for Porto LRV contract
PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has received three bids for a contract to supply 18 light rail vehicles, the authority announced on April 30. Metro do Porto called tenders in December for the contract with an estimated value of €56·1m, including five years of maintenance. Bids have been received from ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Greater Anglia is to suspend seat reservations on its Norwich – London inter-city services for around six months from July 13, 'to prevent confusion or misunderstandings' during the transition to its new fleet. Advance fares will still be offered for specific services. 'The new trains are much longer than our ...
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NewsOperail switches workshop focus from wagon repairs to locomotives
ESTONIA: Freight group Operail’s supervisory board has approved the management’s proposal for changes at the Tapa depot which will direct resources towards locomotive rebuilding activities rather than wagon repairs. Repair activities at the site have not been profitable in recent years because of the extent to which work depends ...
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Rail agreements reached at the Belt & Road Forum
INTERNATIONAL: Railway projects were included in the ‘283 concrete results’ announced by the hosts following the Second Belt & Road Forum for International Co-operation, which was held in Beijing on April 25-27. The forum was organised by the Chinese government to bring together heads of government and other senior figures ...
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Metro Report InternationalAvignon tramway on test
FRANCE: Test running has started on the Avignon tramway, ahead of planned opening to passengers in October. The 5·4 km route from Porte Saint-Roche in the city centre to Saint-Chamand in the southeast will serve 10 stops, offering an end-to-end journey time of 15 min. Civil works were ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom delivers first MPL16 metro train to Lyon
FRANCE: Alstom has delivered the first of 30 MPL16 trainsets that it is supplying to the Lyon metro. The train is due to enter service on Line B in 2020. In October 2016 transport authority Sytral awarded Alstom a €140m contract that includes options for up to 18 more ...
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Rail Business UKTracsis acquires timetabling software specialist Bellvedi
TRACSIS: Transport software supplier Tracsis Group announced its acquisition of timetabling tool specialist Bellvedi Ltd on May 1. UK-based Bellvedi’s ATTUne planning and ATTUne4C on-the-day control platforms are used by train operators, infrastructure manager Network Rail, franchise bidding teams and consultancies for planning and validating timetables. ‘Tracsis has known ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation synchronises production to customer requirements
BOMBARDIER: Announcing its first quarter results on May 2, Bombardier said revenues at the Transportation business totalled US$2·1bn, 5% down year-on-year excluding currency impacts. It said this reflected a slower production ramp-up on certain large projects as it ‘better synchronises its production output to customer requirements and delivery schedules‘. ...
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Metro Report InternationalRailway supply industry news round-up
PKP Cargo has signed a letter of intent with Poland’s Industrial Development Agency for co-operation in setting up a wagon factory near Rzeszów. Greenbrier subsidiary Wagony Świdnica is expected to sign a letter of intent soon, allowing a fuller agreement to be signed by the end of the year. Eight ...
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SponsoredDigital technology redefines safety for low-cost railways
SPONSORED CONTENT: ‘What we want to see is smart trains, but dumb track’, insists Derel Wust, Managing Director of Australian train control software specialist 4Tel. In most of the railway business, ‘we have smart track and dumb trains’, but he suggests that this is an ‘exceptionally expensive’ ...
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NewsMongolia’s Northern Railways signs EPC agreement
MONGOLIA: The Northern Railways subsidiary of coking coal mine project developer Aspire Mining Ltd has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for the proposed 547 km Erdenet – Ovoot railway with a joint venture of China Gezhouba International Engineering Co and China Railway 20 Group Corp. The agreement was ...
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NewsUber adds public transport ticketing option
USA: Rail and bus tickets for travel in Denver can now been bought using the Uber taxi app. The staggered roll-out of the ticketing option which began on May 2 follows the launch in January of Uber Transit journey planning, which provides Uber users with real-time public transport information ...
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Metro Report InternationalUber adds public transport ticketing option
USA: Rail and bus tickets for travel in Denver can now been bought using the Uber taxi app. The staggered roll-out of the ticketing option which began on May 2 follows the launch in January of Uber Transit journey planning, which provides Uber users with real-time public transport information ...
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Rail Business UKWritten-off loco parts used for simulator
UK: GB Railfreight is investing £850 000 in two Corys full-cab ERTMS-capable locomotive simulators for its new training school at Peterborough. The simulators are being built using the recycled remains of EMD locomotive 66 734, which was involved in a landslip and derailment at Loch Treig in 2012. ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Ermewa has announced the acquisition of 154 Sggrss 80ft wagons from CzechoSlovakGroup company Rosco Bohemia, saying this will reinforce its presence in the intermodal business in Germany, the Czech Republic and Romania. Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll and Intermodal.sh held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 2 for a €10m expansion of the ...