Great British Railways: ‘The target is to increase use of the railway’
Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network.
CSX awards $670m contract for new and modernised locos
USA: CSX has awarded Wabtec a $670m contract to supply 100 Evolution Series locomotives, modernise 50 existing locos and provide a suite of digital services.
EMU featuring ‘sunny space’ enters service in western Tokyo
JAPAN: Keio Electric Railway has put the first of its Series 2000 EMUs into commercial service.
UN Model Rules for rolling stock updated to include digital platforms
INTERNATIONAL: The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Working Party on Rail Transport has published the third revision of the UN Model Rules for the Permanent Identification of railway rolling stock.
CrossCountry unveils its first refurbished Voyager trainset
UK: Long-distance passenger train operator CrossCountry has unveiled the first of its 70 Voyager inter-city diesel-electric multiple-units which are being refurbished by Alstom in a £75·1m programme funded by leasing company Beacon. Andrew Grantham reports from Derby.
Spanish operation of Haramain high speed railway extended as more trains ordered
SAUDI ARABIA: Talgo is to supply a further 20 trainsets for use on the Haramain High Speed Railway as part of a wider package of investment agreed with the Spanish consortium that developed the line.
Stadler to supply 35 Euro4001 diesel locomotives to Turkey’s TCDD Taşımacılık
Infrastructure: Using data to make better decisions
CRRC starts work on São Paulo metro trainsets
Ireland: Next steps emerge in all-island rail vision
RENFE postpones high speed train procurement
Union Pacific and Wabtec sign $1·2bn loco modernisation deal
DB demonstrates remote controlled S-Bahn train at München depot
High‑speed imaging to support pit stop style wagon maintenance
Italy: RFI deploys AI, drones and robots as part of monitoring suite expansion
Nigerian Railway Corp is out of intensive care and ‘ready to fly’
Brno operator orders trams for assembly in-house
Baghdad battery-powered retro-tram completed
Bogie-mounted wagon condition monitoring technology partnership launched
Japanese high speed train converted to carry freight
Titagarh orders ABB traction equipment for Mumbai metro trains
Kintetsu introduces Series 1A EMUs in Nagoya and Osaka
Edmonton selects Hyundai Rotem to supply high-floor LRVs
Siemens and Newag to co-operate in Polish high speed train market