News – Page 19
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NewsGATX and Brookfield Infrastructure acquire Wells Fargo wagon fleets
USA: Wells Fargo has completed the sale of its wagon and locomotive leasing fleets as part of a strategy of simplifying its businesses and focusing on products and services that are core to its clients.
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NewsAITX and Telegraph bring predictive intelligence to wagon fleets
USA: Wagon leasing company American Industrial Transport is incorporating Telegraph’s rail-focused predictive data and technology products into its AITX FleetAX real-time fleet management platform.
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Rail Business UKBeacon acquires Eversholt Rail after no competition concerns found
UK: European rolling stock leasing company Beacon has completed the acquisition of UK lessor Eversholt Rail, after the Competition & Markets Authority found the merger would not lead to a substantial lessening of competition.
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News‘The future of rail in Bayern is electric’ says minister
GERMANY: Bayern’s Ministry of Housing, Building & Transport has commissioned rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO to produce plans for the elimination of diesel train operations in the north of the Land.
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NewsSaudi Arabia Railways seeks more passenger trains
SAUDI ARABIA: National railway Saudi Arabia Railways has called tenders for the supply and maintenance of 10 passenger trainsets to increase capacity on its Northern Network.
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Rail Business UKSouth Eastern Railway to trial flood warning cameras at high-risk locations
UK: South Eastern Railway is to trial the use of flood warning cameras at high-risk locations to help keep trains running safely and reliably during severe weather.
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NewsAccident overshadows tangible progress in Mexico’s southern rail revival
MEXICO: Operations across the Trans-Isthmus network in the south of the country have been suspended following a fatal derailment on Line Z in December, shortly after passenger services had launched on the 175 km Line K between Ixtepec and Tonalá. Michael Dreyer reports.
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NewsTrans-European Transport Network core completion date cannot be met
EUROPE: The 2030 target date for completing the core Trans-European Transport Network is now clearly out of reach, the European Court of Auditors says in a report into eight megaprojects including six rail schemes.
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NewsBroken rail suspected in Spanish high speed crash
SPAIN: More than 40 people were killed and 120 injured when two high speed trains collided on the Madrid – Sevilla line near Córdoba on January 18.
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Rail Business UKVTG delivers first new-build wagons with iWagon technology
UK: The first wagons to be built from new with leasing company VTG Rail UK’s iWagon monitoring technology have entered service with Breedon Group.
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NewsSNCF Voyageurs orders 15 more high speed trainsets
FRANCE: National passenger train operator SNCF Voyageurs has approved a €600m firm order for Alstom to supply a further 15 Avelia Horizon high speed trainsets.
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NewsModertrans to supply more trams to Łódź
POLAND: Modertrans Poznań has signed a contract with MPK Łódź for the supply of 15 Moderus Gamma LF 11 AC trams.
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NewsRiyadh metro Red Line extension contact awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has awarded a design and build contract for an extension of the automated metro’s Red Line west to Diriyah Gate.
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NewsHungary to purchase Chinese trains ahead of Budapest – Beograd reopening
HUNGARY: Minister of Construction & Transport János Lázár has announced plans for the purchase of ’100 Chinese trains’ as he confirmed the Hungarian section of the modernised Budapest – Beograd railway is to open by March 15.
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NewsDB Cargo UK sells surplus locomotives to Romania’s GFR
ROMANIA: DB Cargo UK has announced a multi-million-pound deal to sell 25 surplus EMD Class 66 diesel locomotives previously used in the UK to Romanian private freight operator Grup Feroviar Român.
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NewsChannel Tunnel ERTMS deployment project gets underway
EUROPE: Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel and signalling company Compagnie des Signaux have begun the first phase of the roll-out of ERTMS across the fixed link.
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NewsIndian rolling stock engineers trained in Russia
INTERNATIONAL: Indian rolling stock producer Kinet Railway Solutions and its Russian parent Transmashholding have launched a training programme for technicians from India.
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NewsExpleo and RailX partner to support next-generation rail freight
UK: Engineering consultancy Expleo has announced a strategic partnership to combine its experience in train, signalling and rail operations technology with RailX’s logistics software.
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In depthUSA: Learning lessons from the California high speed rail programme
Having served as Northern California Regional Director for the California High Speed Rail Authority, Boris Lipkin offers a personal reflection on the lessons that planners of future rail megaprojects could learn from the scheme.