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Rail Business UKVirtual train tour to help passengers ahead of travel
UK: Open access operator Lumo has worked with Ocean 3D to develop an interactive 360° walk-through tour of its trains to assist people who may be anxious ahead of entering unfamiliar environments.
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NewsGrenada Railroad revived
USA: Regional and short line railway group Gulf & Atlantic Railways has officially reopened the 380 km Grenada Railroad between Canton in Mississippi and Memphis in Tennessee after more than nine years of repairs and renewals. Gulf & Atlantic Railways said the line was close to ...
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Rail Business UKCarbon reduction standard helps make HS2 trains ‘leaner and greener’
UK: Hitachi Rail says it is the first train manufacturer to attain BSI’s PAS 2080 standard for carbon management in infrastructure. This follows an assessment of the full life-cycle of the 54 trainsets it is to supply for High Speed 2 through a joint venture of ...
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Metro Report InternationalSamara tram deliveries begin
RUSSIA: Belarusian manufacturer BKM has delivered the first three of 12 T811 trams for use in the city of Samara. The trams are being leased from Sberbank Leasing under a seven-year agreement worth 1·1bn roubles. The fully low-floor single-section cars have a maximum speed of 60 ...
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NewsWork starts on Iran – Iraq rail link
INTERNATIONAL: Construction of a cross-border rail link between Iraq and Iran was formally inaugurated on September 2 with a foundation stone laying ceremony at the Shalamcheh border crossing point near Basra.
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NewsSJ fleet to deploy novel brake control system
SWEDEN: Knorr-Bremse announced on September 4 that it had signed a contract to deploy its CubeControl brake control system on a fleet of high speed trains for Sweden. Railway Gazette understands that the technology is to be fitted to the 25 Zefiro Express trainsets that Alstom ...
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NewsDieselnetz Erzgebirge operating contract awarded
GERMANY: Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS has awarded incumbent DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH Erzgebirgsbahn a contract to continue to operate Dieselnetz Erzgebirge local passenger services. The contract running from June 2024 until the December 2032 timetable change covers diesel services totalling 1·9 million train-km/year on three routes: ...
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NewsRZD orders electric multiple-units
RUSSIA: Russian Railways has awarded Transmashholding a contract to supply 13 EP2DM DC electric multiple-units totalling 76 cars by the end of the year. The agreement was signed on August 24 at the 1520 Pro//Dvizhenie.Expo trade fair in St Petersburg, where the first of the trains ...
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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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Metro Report InternationalDiesel loco-hauled metro train carries first passengers on Lagos Blue Line
NIGERIA: State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated passenger services on the first section of the Lagos LRT Blue Line on September 4, with a limited diesel locomotive hauled service pending the commissioning of the power supply system.
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NewsEstonian rail freight operator seeks new opportunities after war slashes traffic
ESTONIA: State-owned freight operator Operail is developing a comprehensive strategy to restore its profitability, having been hit by a 83% reduction in volumes because of the Russian war against Ukraine. The strategy is expected to be finalised by autumn, and the company says that once its ...
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Rail Business UKKier acquires Buckingham Group’s rail division
UK: Kier Group has agreed to acquire substantially all the rail assets of Buckingham Group Contracting, including High Speed 2 contracts. Buckingham went into administration on September 4, after announcing the previous month ‘deep losses and interim cash deficits’ incurred on the three stadium and arena ...
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Metro Report InternationalWashington metro issues Sustainability-Climate Transition bonds
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has raised $797·8m through the sale of bonds with an International Capital Market Association Sustainability-Climate Transition designation. The proceeds of the bond sale which settled on August 17 will be used to fund capital projects with environmental and social benefits, ...
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NewsContract let to bore Italian section of Mont Cenis base tunnel
ITALY: Project promoter Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Torino has awarded a €1bn contract to the consortium of Itinera, Ghella and Spie Batignolles to bore the 10 km section from Susa in Italy to the French border, TELT announced on August 31. The resulting bore will form part ...
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NewsComposite sleepers installed in damp Dutch tunnel
NETHERLANDS: Lankhorst Rail has supplied 6 000 KLP Hybrid Polymer Sleepers for use in a tunnel where wooden sleepers have been affected by damp and concrete sleepers are too heavy. Lankhorst believes the renewal work in the Willemsspoor tunnel under the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam to ...
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Metro Report InternationalDublin and Cork tram orders planned
IRELAND: Rail and road project agency Transport Infrastructure Ireland is drawing up plans to begin replacing Dublin’s tram fleet and procure vehicles for future Irish light rail lines. Dublin’s 44 km Luas tram network has a fleet of 81 Alstom Citadis trams ordered in four tranches ...
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Rail Business UKGovernment publishes Mobility-as-a-Service code of practice
UK: The Department for Transport has published a code of practice to help organisations involved in Mobility-as-a-Service schemes navigate the technical, commercial and regulatory challenges, including ensuring that accessibility is taken into account. The guidance published on August 30 is aimed at technology companies, transport operators ...
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Metro Report InternationalKøbenhavn tram delivered
DENMARK: Siemens Mobility has delivered the first of 29 trams for the Hovedstadens Letbane orbital light rail line which is under construction in København. The tram arrived at the depot in Glostrup on the night of August 23, following testing at the Wildenrath centre in Germany ...
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NewsEgyptian track renewal and resignalling contract signed
EGYPT: A consortium of Thales and Orascom Construction has signed a €300m contract with Egyptian National Railways to renew tracks and resignal the Cairo – Giza – Beni Suef railway line. The 125 km long double-track main line runs along the east bank of the river ...
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In depthTraction technology: Bridging the gap from diesel
Equipping existing diesel passenger fleets with battery‑based energy storage technology can improve vehicle efficiency while reducing local noise and pollution, argues Edgar Keller of ABB Traction Systems.