All Railway Gazette International articles in May 2019 – Page 8
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NewsFinancing agreed for high speed line PPP
CHINA: A consortium led by the Fosun conglomerate has agreed a 28·1bn yuan loan package with a group of banks to finance the construction of the first high speed line in China to be built and operated under a PPP concession. The 269 km Hangzhou – Shaoxing – Taizhou line ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Network Rail has awarded Hitachi Capital a £136m contract to provide integrated road fleet management services from August 1 2019 to July 31 2023, with the option of a one-year extension. Replacing 16 separate road fleet contracts, the deal will see the supplier oversee NR's entire owned and leased road ...
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Rail Business UKStagecoach goes to court over East Midlands franchise disqualification
UK: Stagecoach Group commenced legal action against the Department for Transport on May 8, following DfT's decision to award of the next East Midlands franchise to Abellio. The NS subsidiary was named preferred bidder on April 10, and the initial 10-day standstill period was extended to midnight on May ...
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Metro Report InternationalPassenger service begins on Doha metro Red Line
QATAR: A soft launch for the driverless Doha metro took place on May 8 with the start of passenger services on the Red Line. Services are operating between 08.00 and 23.00 on the section between Al Qassar in the north and Al Wakra in the south, with 13 stations. The ...
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Rail Business UKFuel cell proof-of-concept train to be tested
UK: A collaboration agreement for the development of a multiple-unit able to operate on either hydrogen or battery power was announced by Vivarail and fuel cell specialist Arcola Energy on May 8. The companies said they ‘share a determination to help de-carbonise the UK’s transport system’. A diesel version ...
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NewsGraz-Köflacher Bahn announces electrification plan
AUSTRIA: A plan for the electrification of the 91 km Graz-Köflacher Bahn network at 15 kV 16·7 Hz by December 2025 was announced by Director-General Franz Weintögl on May 6. GKB operates routes from Graz to Köflach and Wies-Eibiswald, diverging at Lieboch. It currently carries around 6 million passengers a ...
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NewsAŽD Praha awarded turnout monitoring contract
ISRAEL: Czech company AŽD Praha has signed a framework contract covering the supply of turnout monitoring and diagnostic equipment to Israel Railways. The agreement runs for three years with the possibility of a three-year extension, with ISL able to order equipment as required. The diagnostic system is ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriving towards a digital future
Siemens Mobility plans to focus on aspects of digitalisation at the forthcoming UITP Summit in Stockholm, presenting three key streams ahead of the event.
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NewsFaster track stripping
AUSTRALIA: John Holland has developed a rail springer excavator attachment which, it says, makes the traditionally labour-intensive and high-risk process of track stripping both safer and up to five times faster. ‘The springer is designed to attach to an excavator via a quick hitch, the road-rail excavator then moves along ...
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NewsBizon locomotive delivered
CZECH REPUBLIC: CZ Loko’s Česká Třebová factory has supplied Rail Cargo Carrier with the first of two EffiLiner 1600 Bizon locomotives produced by extensively rebuilding ČKD Class 753 locomotives. RCC-CZ intends to use the first of the locomotives to haul freight trains on the Polanka nad Odrou – Bohumín-Vrbice ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD wins further Swedish electric bus order
SWEDEN: Bus operator Nobina has ordered 20 K11 articulated electric buses from BYD. Deliveries of the 18 m long vehicles are due to begin at the end of 2019. Four of the buses will be put into service in the Barkarby district of Stockholm, and 16 in Linköping. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst G1 metro train arrives in Nürnberg
GERMANY: The first of 34 Type G1 metro trainsets that Siemens is supplying to Nürnberg transport operator VAG arrived at VAG’s Langwasser depot on May 3. The four-car trainset was delivered by rail from Siemens’ Wien factory. It is expected to enter passenger service on Line U1 at the ...
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Metro Report InternationalMain work begins on Manila metro extension
PHILIPPINES: Main works on the southern extension of Manila metro Line 1 were launched at a ceremony on May 7. An event to mark the start of enabling works had taken place in May 2017. The 11·7 km extension to Bacoor in Cavite province is expected to be completed ...
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Rail Business UKEurostar and DB seek to solve through ticketing issue
EUROPE: Eurostar is working with Deutsche Bahn to resolve a ticketing system compatibility issue which will prevent the German national operator from selling through tickets between Germany and the UK. Last year Eurostar awarded Dutch software company Sqills a contract to provide its S3 Passenger sales, distribution and reservation suite ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst driverless Glasgow Subway train delivered
UK: The first of 17 driverless metro trainsets that Stadler is supplying for the Glasgow Subway has arrived in the city ahead of the start of on-site testing. Two more are due to be delivered by the end of the summer. In March 2016 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport approved the ...
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Metro Report InternationalTianshui tram rolled out
CHINA: China Railway Signal & Communications Group has rolled out at its Changsha factory the first of 17 trams that it is supplying to operate the initial tram route being developed in Tianshui. The five-section Pioneer tram has a capacity of 370 passengers including 58 seated. The 100% low-floor ...
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NewsNürnberg S6 contract awarded
GERMANY: Bayern transport authority BEG has awarded DB Regio a contract to operate the future route S6 of the Nürnberg S-Bahn network. The contract runs from the December 2021 timetable change to December 2030. It covers the operation of around 600 000 train-km/year on the Nürnberg Hbf – Neustadt (Aisch) ...
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NewsPandrol launches app to improve rail weld tracability
WELDING: Pandrol has released the Pandrol Connect app for Android devices which enables live data capture during the aluminothermic welding of rails, saving time on data entry and improving traceability. This is intended to help infrastructure manager identify defects and assist with cost optimisation by identifying anomalies in weld performance. ...
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NewsKansas City Southern revises performance metrics
USA: Kansas City Southern has revised the definitions of two metrics that it uses to measure operating performance. Operational Cars Online (formerly Cars Online) represents the number of wagons on the KCS network that are not at a customer’s location. Gross Velocity (formerly Train Speed) measures the average velocity ...
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NewsLiberian railway could carry iron ore from Guinea
LIBERIA: A memorandum of understanding which could see iron ore from a proposed mine at Zogota in Guinea exported by rail through Liberia has been signed by mining project developer Niron Metals plc and the Liberian government. Various proposals have been put forward over the years for the exploitation of ...