All News articles – Page 39
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NewsMaintenance in a changing market
INNOTRANS: SNCF launched its Masteris brand on the international market in Berlin on September 22. Masteris has been created partly in response to the opening up of the European rail market, as open access operators – especially freight operators – have a growing need for third-party maintenance services.Currently employing 15 ...
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NewsElves with an ELF
INNOTRANS: Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa celebrated the launch of its ELF electric multiple-unit for commuter and regional services on September 21. The unit on display in Berlin is one of eight ordered by the Polish voivodship of Slaskie. Its four articulated cars give a total length of 75.25 m ...
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NewsKiwiRail's first Chinese locomotive arrives next month
NEW ZEALAND: The first of 20 diesel locomotives which China Northern is supplying to KiwiRail will be delivered during October, Yang Xiongjing, Project Manager at China CNR Corp confirmed to Railway Gazette International at InnoTrans on September 22. The contract signed on September 11 2009 marked the first time ...
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NewsKallas outlines 2050 vision
INNOTRANS: European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas outlined his ‘dream’ of a competitive pan-European rail network in his keynote address at the InnoTrans 2010 opening ceremony on Tuesday morning. Noting that ‘railways are essential to the competitiveness of the European economy’, he suggested that by 2050, the single European rail market ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2010: All eyes on Berlin
GERMANY: With more than 2000 exhibitors, this year's InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin will be the biggest biennial event yet. Taking place from September 21 to 24, the show will occupy 30 halls and almost 5 km of tracks, with a wide range of rolling stock and maintenance equipment ...
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NewsTrain path deal signed
FRANCE: SNCF Geodis and Réseau Ferré de France signed an agreement on September 10 covering the allocation of freight train paths on major corridors to the southwest and southeast of France between December 2010 and December 2011. The agreement commits RFF not to cancel any of the requested paths, while ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market September 2010
Canada: Toronto regional transport agency Metrolinx has placed a C$54m order for four Lovat TBMs for the Eglinton Crosstown light rail project. The initial Kennedy metro station – Jane Street section of the two -phase 31 km light rail line to Pearson airport includes an 11 km tunnel. ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2010
Bangladesh: BR is to study the feasibility of setting up a domestic passenger rolling stock plant at its Saidpur workshops. China: CSR Puzhen has begun delivering 700 Type 25G coaches to the Shanghai Railway Bureau. Egypt: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a consortium of Mitsubishi, rolling ...
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NewsNews in Brief
In the first half of 2010 Russian Railways spent 348m roubles on infrastructure works to convert the rail network on the island of Sakhalin from 1067 to 1520 mm gauge. Revisions bringing appendices E, F and G of the Cotif convention which concern infrastructure and technical approvals ...
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NewsAngolan railway rehabilitation progress
ANGOLA: A step forward in the rehabilitation of the war-damaged railway network was made with the launch of a twice-weekly freight service on the 190 km Luanda – Dondo route at the end of July. Dondo is the terminus of a branch from the 424 km route from Luana to ...
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NewsKiwiRail recovers from earthquake
NEW ZEALAND: Rail services around Christchurch were restored three days after a magnitude 7·1 earthquake hit the Canterbury region at 04.35 on September 4. The earthquake caused a 22 km surface rupture and up to 4 m of horizontal displacement, with total property damage estimated at NZ$4bn. KiwiRail Network established ...
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NewsWorld rail market September 2010
Japan: JR Central is to spend ¥87bn rebuilding its Hamamatsu high speed train maintenance depot to increase the degree of automation and vehicle throughput. Taiwan: Femco has ordered six bogie rotators, a wheel drop and two bogie presses from Mechan for the Taipei airport rail link. UAE: ...
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NewsPointers September 2010
The government of Oman is to launch feasibility studies for a rail link from Duqm to Salalah via Shuwaymiyah and Thamrait, augmenting the 1000 km network now under development. Tenders have been invited for project management of the initial stages, which would connect Masquat with Sohar, Al Aïn, Duqm and ...
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NewsBalfour Beatty acquires power supply business
USA: Balfour Beatty’s US rail division has completed the purchase of Reuel Inc’s Traction Power division for an undisclosed sum, Balfour Beatty Rail Inc announced on August 30. Based in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Reuel is a specialist manufacturer of electrical components and power supply equipment. The Traction Power business unit ...
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NewsMarmaray upgrading contract retendered
TURKEY: Suppliers have until January 7 2011 to submit bids for a contract to modernise existing commuter routes as part of the 77 km Marmaray Project in Istanbul, which includes a rail tunnel beneath the Bosporus connecting Europe with Asia. The retendering follows termination earlier this year of the previous ...
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NewsDoT sets common standards for passenger coach design
USA: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on August 31 that ‘uniform technical standards’ were to be introduced for the design of inter-city passenger coaches to ‘enhance the ability of US manufacturers to compete’ in the market. The Department of Transportation believes that adoption of a common design with fixed ...
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NewsFrance and Germany seek co-operation
EUROPE: Meeting in Berlin on August 31, Germany’s Federal Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer and his French counterpart Dominique Bussereau agreed to establish a high-level railway group bringing together representatives from both countries. Building on existing agreements, the new group will aim to foster co-operation in order to remove bureaucratic obstacles, ...
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NewsRoyal ceremony marks Botniabanan opening
SWEDEN: A ceremony in Kramfors on August 28 attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf marked the start of a rolling inauguration of the Botniabanan in northeast Sweden. A royal train then left for Örnsköldsvik and Nordmaling, where further celebrations were held, before it reached Umeå in the evening. Revenue passenger ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn completes Arriva takeover
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn announced the completion of its acquisition of Arriva on August 27, following the registration of necessary court orders. DB UK Holding Ltd has acquired all the shares of Arriva plc, which is now its wholly-owned subsidiary. The German national railway company said it will conduct its ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2010
Angola: Using US$89m of government funding, CFB has signed contracts with China's CMEC for eight locomotives, 66 coaches and 94 wagons. Staff are to be trained in China. Australia: Pacific National has ordered a further nine Class 7100 electric locomotives from Siemens for use on coal trains in Queensland. ...