All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2009 – Page 4
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NewsDowntown Line train mock-up goes on display
SINGAPORE: A mock-up of Bombardier’s proposed Downtown Line metro train design has gone on display at the Land Transport Authority’s office in Hampshire Road.The mock-up is part of LTA’s design approval process, allowing the authority to evaluate the styling and interior finish. The trains will have a new seat designs ...
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NewsBeograd to buy 30 CAF trams
SERBIA: The city of Beograd signed a €70m contract for 30 CAF Urbos trams on November 3. The purchase will be financed using city funds and a €20m loan from the European Investment Bank. The 100% low-floor unidirectional trams will have five sections, supported on two motor bogies and a ...
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NewsItalian industry to co-operate in Kazakh rail upgrades
KAZAKHSTAN: A memorandum of understanding for 'wide-ranging co-operation in the development of the Kazakh rail sector' has been agreed by Askar Mamin, Chairman of Kazakh national railway KTZ, Chairman & CEO of Finmeccanica Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, and Chief Executive of Italian national operator Ferrovie dello Stato Mauro Moretti. It ...
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NewsPolish-built Dragon locomotive attracts interest
POLAND: The first locomotive to be built by the ZNLE repair works was unveiled at the Trako fair in Gdansk last month. Designed for 3 kV operation, the E6ACT ‘Dragon’ Co-Co is rated at 5 MW with a top speed of 140 km/h and a 20 tonne axleload. EC ...
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NewsLos Angeles Metro deal falls through
USA: Los Angeles MTA is to seek new bids for the supply of 100 light rail vehicles, after rejecting the terms of AnsaldoBreda's offer to supply them at a cost of US$300m as an option on an existing order for 50 cars.AnsaldoBreda's proposal had been provisionally accepted by the Metro ...
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NewsBarcelona suburban train order
SPAIN: On November 3 the board of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya approved a €155m contract with Alstom and CAF for 24 Class 113 four-car electric multiple-units. They will enter service on the Vallès suburban network in Barcelona from the second half of 2013. The 1 435 mm ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
Hoeft & Wessel’s Almex business unit is to supply 720 stationary ticket vending machines to Genève transport operator TPG. The TVMs will be powered by solar cells and operate independently of the power grid. Structural Composites of Indiana has been trialling a fibreglass cover for mineral hopper wagons with ...
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NewsHamburg-Köln Express to launch
GERMANY: A joint venture of US-based Railroad Development Corp, Locomore Rail GmbH and London-based investor Michael Schabas has announced that they have established an open-access inter-city passenger operation in Germany. Branded Hamburg-Köln Express, the venture will launch three train pairs between the two cities on August 15 2010. The trains ...
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NewsTrain lessor looking east
EUROPE: The Railpool leasing joint venture of HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank is aiming to expand its presence in eastern Europe, according to Account Director Torsten Lehnert, who was speaking during the Nordic Rail 2009 event. ‘Our focus is to go east, perhaps into Hungary or Romania’, said Lehnert. ...
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NewsBerkshire Hathaway to buy BNSF
USA: An agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire the 77·4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp it does not currently own was announced on November 3. BNSF Corp is the holding company which owns and manages one of the largest Class I railroads in North America through principal operating ...
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NewsLine 4 metro cars heading to São Paulo
BRAZIL: Hyundai Rotem has begun shipping 14 six-car driverless metro trains ordered in 2007 for use on São Paulo's Line 4, which is expected to open next year. Since entering the Brazilian rail market in 2003, the South Korean firm has also won orders to supply 24 metro cars ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur extension plans unveiled
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur transport operator Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has revealed details of its proposed 7bn ringgit light rail extension programme. Finance will be provided through internally-generated funds and Islamic bonds. The Kelana Jaya automated light metro extension will be 17 km long with 13 stations and run from ...
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NewsIzmir Metro buys Chinese trains
TURKEY: Mayor of Izmir Aziz Kocaoğlu and CSR Zhuzhou Vice-President Fu Jianguo signed a 350m yuan contract on October 28 covering the supply of eight four-car trainsets for the Izmir metro.The vehicles will be used on the city’s expanding metro network. Line 1 is 11·6 km long with 10 stations ...
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NewsRefurbishment to take Canadian cars upmarket
CANADA: National passenger operator VIA Rail has awarded US firm Avalon Rail a C$19·5m contract to provide higher-grade accommodation on 12 coaches used on the Toronto - Vancouver Canadian service. The refurbishment is being funded from C$407m allocated to passenger rail under the government's Economic Action Plan. ...
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NewsEurostar prepares for competition
EUROPE: 'Hopefully very soon, we will be a single Eurostar train operating company' in the UK, France and Belgium', Eurostar Chief Executive Richard Brown told the UK's Railway Study Association on October 14. 'At the moment, actually, in France I have no authority, I have no accountability. I ...
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NewsLinz tram maintenance deal
AUSTRIA: Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a €29m contract to maintain the 23 Flexity Outlook trams which it will supply to Linz from early 2011 under a €69m contract signed in July. The maintenance contract runs for 16 years. Bombardier will provide tech nical know-how, while the work will ...
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