News – Page 188
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In depthTraction: Intermittent wiring could form path to decarbonisation
Is there a feasible way to decarbonise North America’s railroads? Partial electrification matched with battery-powered traction may offer an answer.
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa Zachodnia tram link contract let
POLAND: A consortium of Balzola Polska and Lantania has been awarded a contract to design and build a 1·6 km tram extension in Warszawa. This will connect Warszawa Zachodnia railway station with the tram stop at Bitwy Warszawskiej, served by routes 1, 7, 9, 15, 25 ...
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In depthUSA: Coastal corridor offers a growth blueprint
With Amtrak seeking to develop medium-distance corridor services linking selected city pairs across the USA, Dave Lustig looks to southern California, where inter-city passenger trains offer an attractive alternative to gridlocked highways.
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NewsEvolyn to launch Paris – London trains in competition with Eurostar
EUROPE: High speed rail start-up Evolyn has announced plans to launch passenger services to compete with Eurostar on the ‘strategic and high demand’ route between Paris and London. On October 11 the company said it had reached an agreement to acquire 12 Avelia high speed trains ...
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NewsCEO sets out how the merged Eurostar business aims to go further
EUROPE: ‘We are opening a new chapter of the Eurostar story’ with ‘our most loyal customers as the main characters’, Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave said at an event on October 9 marking the launch of an international marketing campaign following the completion of the merger with Thalys.
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NewsRENFE reiterates Paris plans after successful open access launch
FRANCE: Spanish incumbent RENFE Viajeros reported on October 3 that its entry into the French market under open access rules has been a success. The company has been running Barcelona – Lyon and Madrid – Marseille services under its own safety case since July; these routes ...
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Metro Report InternationalSacramento orders more low-floor light rail vehicles
USA: Sacramento Regional Transit District has ordered further eight Siemens Mobility S700 low floor light rail vehicles. The latest order announced on October 9 follows from an initial 20 which were ordered in 2020 and further eight ordered in 2021, taking the total order to 36. ...
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Rail Business UKHS1 Ltd issues manifesto for rail growth
UK: Channel Tunnel to London high speed line concessionaire HS1 Ltd has published a nine-point manifesto setting out policy interventions that it says the next government needs to make ‘to ensure the UK’s rail system is fit for the future’. These are to: capitalise on the ...
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NewsEMUs ordered to support ENNO capacity increase
GERMANY: The Greater Braunschweig regional transport association has ordered five more Alstom Coradia Continental electric multiple-units to increase capacity on Elektro-Netz Niedersachsen-Ost services.
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Rail Business UKiWagon tests wheel flat prevention system
UK: Leasing company VTG and rolling stock subsystem manufacturer Knorr-Bremse are undertaking trials with ‘iWagons’; these are vehicles which have been equipped with a range of smart digital technology and components. The first three iWagons are JPA tank wagons, which have been modified at Tarmac’s ...
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NewsUS National University Rail Center of Excellence funded
USA: Funding has been approved to enable a consortium of nine universities to establish a National University Rail Center of Excellence, which will develop the future workforce and undertake research into passenger and freight rail efficiency, reliability and safety. Research topics could include rolling stock technology, ...
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NewsGerman train order increased to enable cross-border service
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH has increased the size of an order for electric multiple-units, after Denmark approved financial support which will enable services to be extended across the border to Tinglev.
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Metro Report InternationalSecond Praha metro Line D construction contract awarded
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport authority DPP has selected a consortium of Subterra, Hochtief and BeMo Tunneling to build the 3·3 km Olbrachtova to Nové Dvory section of the first phase of metro Line D including two intermediate stations. The contract will include TBM and NATM tunnelling. ...
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NewsEuropean Sleeper announces launch date for Praha night train service
EUROPE: Open access night train operator European Sleeper has announced the launch date and timetable for the extension of its current Brussels - Berlin service to Dresden and Praha. Services are scheduled to start on March 25 2024. European Sleeper’s Brussels – ...
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NewsTrial Ukraine – EU freight train gets semi-trailers off the roads
EUROPE: A trial freight train has carried semi-trailers from Ukraine to Budapest as ÖBB Rail Cargo Group develops plans to launch a regular TransFER intermodal freight connection between Kyiv, the Hungarian capital and Wien in partnership with Ukrainian national railway Ukrzaliznytsia.
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NewsGuangzhou – Shanwei high speed line opens
CHINA: A 240 km east-west high speed line connecting Guangzhou Dong station with Shanwei opened on September 26. Extra tracks have been laid alongside the existing four-track alignment over the 53 km from Guangzhou Dong to a junction east of Xintang, where the new line diverges. ...
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Metro Report InternationalDomestically developed tram technology on test
SOUTH KOREA: Domestically-developed articulation technology for low-floor trams has been produced by a consortium of Daejeon Transportation Corp, Hyunwoo Systems, Korea Testing Institute for Industrial Technology, Hyundai Rotem and Shinhyung E&G. The project which aims to remove the need to import equipment began in April 2021, ...
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Rail Business UKHS2 cancellation is ‘worst possible outcome for rail freight’
UK: The Rail Freight Group has condemned the government’s decision to truncate High Speed 2 in the West Midlands, describing it as ‘the worst possible outcome for rail freight’. RFG Director General Maggie Simpson said ‘scrapping HS2 whilst still allowing its trains to run on the ...
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NewsHydrogen train to be demonstrated in Riyadh
SAUDI ARABIA: Alstom and Saudi Arabia Railways are to demonstrate the operation of a Coradia iLint hydrogen multiple-unit in Riyadh. Alstom said ’this ground-breaking demonstration marks the first-ever introduction of a hydrogen-powered train in the Middle East and Africa’. The iLint will operate over a distance ...