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NewsCartel office orders DB to end competition restrictions
GERMANY: On June 26 the national competition authority ruled that state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn must alter its commercial practices to comply with competition laws.
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NewsNorthrail signs framework agreement for Traxx Universal locomotives
EUROPE: Alstom has been awarded a €370m framework contract to supply 50 multi-system Traxx Universal locomotives to rolling stock leasing company Northrail AG, including up to 16 years of full-service maintenance. The deal announced on June 29 includes a firm order for 15 locomotives with eight ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau LRT East Line design contract awarded
CHINA: Arup is to provide architectural, civil, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, electrical and fire engineering services for the detailed design of the south section of the Macau Light Rapid Transit East Line scheme.
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NewsRENFE orders more Media Distancia EMUs
SPAIN: RENFE has ordered a further batch of 200 km/h electric multiple-units from CAF for use on medium distance services. The €190m order for 32 trainsets announced on June 27 has been placed as part of a October 2022 framework agreement which covered an initial 28 ...
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NewsFirst stage of Retiro terminus modernisation completed
ARGENTINA: The first stage of a complex rebuilding of the Mitre suburban railway’s Retiro terminus in Buenos Aires has been completed with a ceremony attended by Minister of Transport, Diego Giuliano. Services on the Mitre Railway’s JL Suárez and Tigre branches resumed running into Retiro on ...
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NewsAlstom to build Vande Bharat sleeper EMUs
INDIA: Indian Railways has named Alstom as low-bidder for a contract to supply and maintain 100 aluminium bodied Vande Bharat 4.0 trainsets with sleeping car facilities for use on longer-distance routes. Alstom’s bid is valued at Rs1·51bn per 16-coach train, compared with Rs1·69bn from a consortium ...
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Metro Report InternationalIoT tools monitor tramway pointwork and track temperature
AUSTRALIA: Melbourne operator Yarra Trams has completed the deployment of IoT-based condition monitoring tools to support preventive maintenance of points and to mitigate the effects of hot weather on its tracks. YT has installed Queensland-based IoT technology company Kallipr’s Captis Pulse Lite and Captis Pit Monitoring ...
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NewsGenesee & Wyoming buys 69 locos for six railways
USA: Wabtec Corp has announced the largest order to date under its certified pre-owned locomotives programme, with 69 locos to be delivered by December. The order announced on June 27 covers the supply of 35 Dash 9 and 34 Dash 8 locomotives to six Genesee & ...
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NewsNarrow gauge hydrogen trains ordered
ITALY: Sardinian transport operator ARST and Ferrovie della Calabria have placed a joint order for 12 hydrogen powered multiple-units. The €156m contract awarded to Stadler on June 19 is being funded from Italy’s National Recovery & Resilience Plan. The 950 mm gauge trainsets will be 50 ...
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Rail Business UKHS2 viaduct draws on Spanish high speed rail experience
UK: A viaduct under construction for High Speed 2 is the UK’s first major railway viaduct to be entirely manufactured off-site, according to project promoter HS2 Ltd. The 800 m long viaduct will carry HS2 across the Thame Valley floodplain near Aylesbury, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLine 11 opens linking Suzhou with Shanghai
CHINA: Suzhou Rail Transit suburban metro Line 11 opened on June 24. The 41·3 km line starts at an interchange with Suzhou Line 3 at Weiting, then runs through the city of Kunshan to Huaqiao in Shanghai. There are 28 stations, and an end-to-end journey time ...
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NewsWork starts on second high speed route between Pyeongtaek and Osong
SOUTH KOREA: Construction of a second double-track high speed line between Pyeongtaek and Osong has started. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 7 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Cheongju, east of Osong, attended by President Yoon Seok-yeol. The 46·9 km line ...
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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 UKRail software specialist FabDigital acquired by 3Squared parent company
UK: Rail information software company FabDigital has been acquired by EPM Transport Solutions, which also owns 3Squared. EPM was supported by Literacy Capital. FabDigital supplies software enabling train operators to integrate real-time and accurate travel information into their websites. ‘We have long admired FabDigital’s software solutions ...
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NewsPUTrain wins 2023 Railway Challenge by a whisker
Photo: IMechE The PUTrain team celebrate their win in the 2023 Railway Challenge. SKILLS: The PUTrain group of students from Poznań University of Technology has been named winner of the 12th Railway Challenge organised in the UK by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Division. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBaltimore Red Line light rail plan revived
USA: Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced the revival of the Red Line project to develop an east–west light rail route in the Baltimore metropolitan area. ‘Nearly a decade ago, the previous administration cut the Red Line project at a time when Baltimore was reeling from ...
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NewsŠkoda awarded €1bn contract to upgrade and maintain 280 Egyptian locomotives
EGYPT: Škoda Group has signed contracts worth more than €1bn to modernise and maintain at least 280 Egyptian National Railway diesel locomotives. Škoda Group said the two contracts signed on June 26 mark its expansion into Africa. The first covers the overhaul of locomotives over a ...
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Rail Business UKArriva’s London Overground operating concession to be extended
UK: Transport for London has awarded Arriva a two-year extension to its concession to operate London Overground services. Arriva Rail London has operated London Overground inner-suburban services under a concession model since November 2016. TfL takes the revenue risk, while the operator receives a fixed payment ...
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NewsInterim report finds faulty sleepers caused Garmisch derailment
GERMANY: The primary cause of the derailment of a regional train at Burgrain on June 3 2022 was an ‘infrastructure failure’, an interim report published on June 1 by the Federal Bureau for Investigation of Railway Accidents confirms. The train formed of five double-deck coaches being ...