All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2011 – Page 4
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NewsFirst RegioPanter multiple-unit rolled out
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Transportation has rolled out the first of 15 three-car and four two-car Type 7Ev 'RegioPanter' single-deck regional and suburban electric multiple-units which Czech Railways ordered under a KC2·51bn contract signed in February. The partly low-floor air-conditioned vehicles have first and second class seats by Borcad, wheelchair-accessible retention ...
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NewsArriva wins Stockholm rail and bus operating contracts
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL named DB subsidiary Arriva as the winner of two rail and bus operating contracts on November 22. One contract covers the operation of Saltsjöbanan suburban rail, Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan light rail and local bus services from August 20 2012. A separate contract covers the narrow ...
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NewsUS$1bn double-tracking programme to modernise Trans-Java Railway
INDONESIA: Tenders are to be called in December for double-tracking the remaining single sections of the Trans-Java Railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, the Transportation Ministry announced on November 23. The US$1·1bn project calls for doubling of approximately 425 km of single line on the 727 route-km, 1 067 mm gauge ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2011
Bangladesh: Last month BR took delivery of five Hyundai locomotives; an order for 11 more is anticipated. Bosnia: Pragoimex has won a KC6·3m contract to supply electrical equipment for the modernisation of Tatra KT8D5 trams in Sarajevo. Brazil: Vale has taken delivery of two prototype ore cars with ...
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NewsABB buys Envitech Energy
CANADA: ABB has agreed to acquire power electronics and energy storage firm Envitech Energy for an undisclosed price. The agreement was announced on November 23 and the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Based at Pointe Claire in Québec, Envitech has 36 employees and ...
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NewsColton Crossing grade separation gets underway
USA: The Colton Crossing grade separation project to build a fly-over to eliminate a flat crossing between east-west Union Pacific and north-south BNSF lines in the city of Colton, California, was officially launched with a ceremony on November 8. The flat crossing was the scene of a 'frog war' in ...
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NewsPantograph inspection
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail is installing a linside Automatic Pantograph Monitoring System developed by Sensys and Lloyd’s Register. APMS does not require a physical attachment to the catenary; instead it uses radar and laser sensors to assess the speed and location of a pantograph as it passes along the ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market November 2011
Argentina: The government has awarded five contracts totalling 931m pesos for track renewals on 228 km of the Belgrano network between Mariano Boedo and Pozo del Tigre. The joint ventures selected to undertake the work are: Eleprint/Esuco/Rottio, Zonis/BTU, Herso/Ferromel/Emepa, Roggio/CPC and Helport/Chediak/Comsa Argentina/JCR. Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard ...
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NewsNedTrain's new home
NETHERLANDS: The Mayor of Tilburg officially opened Nedtrain's new component remanufacturing and refurbishment plant on November 17. NedTrain has relocated its activities from a central site near Tilburg station to the new facility in Berkel-Enschot, freeing its previous location for redevelopment. Although the new site is 40% ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Metropolis trainset for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS: The first Alstom Series M5 Metropolis trainset for the Amsterdam metro operator GVB was officially unveiled on November 24. Testing is well underway at Alstom’s Valenciennes plant in northern France with the first trainset scheduled to be in service by autumn 2012.A €200m contract signed in February 2010 will ...
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NewsWabtec buys motor component manufacturer
USA: Wabtec Corp announced its acquisition of motor brush holder and spring assembly manufacturer Fulmer Co on November 21. Based in Export, Pennsylvania, Fulmer has 100 staff and annual sales of about $15m in the rail, power, mining and industrial motor markets. 'Fulmer is the ...
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NewsChina backs Ethiopian rail project
ETHIOPIA: The government, its project promoter Ethiopia Railway Corp and China Railway Group signed an agreement on October 25 for the construction of a railway to replace the western section of the out of use Chemin de fer Djibouti-Ethopien line. Starting at Sebeta, 25 km from Addis Abeba, the new ...
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NewsMiskolc awards tram contract to Ganz-Skoda
HUNGARY: Miskolc muncipality has awarded Hungarian-Czech joint venture Ganz-Skoda Kozlekedesi a contract to supply 31 trams for the city’s tram network.The tender was the fourth to be called for trams as the previous three were cancelled by the Public Procurement Arbitration Board. These included a contract awarded to AnsaldoBreda in ...
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NewsMetrolinx readies Kitchener extension
CANADA: Toronto commuter operator GO Transit ran its first train to Kitchener on November 26 as part of testing ahead of the launch of regular services on December 19. Regional transit authority Metrolinx is investing C$18m to extend services on its Georgetown Line to serve the Kitchener-Waterloo area under ...
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NewsIstanbul line upgrading contract
TURKEY: Italian firm Salini Costruttori has won a €146·8m contract to modernise one of the busiest sections of the Ankara - Istanbul route. The contract awarded by the government's Central Finance & Contracts Unit on October 14 covers renewal of the 56 km Köseköy - Gebze section of line on ...
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NewsAnsaldo Honolulu signs metro contract
USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro. The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu ...
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NewsMoscow commuter privatisation planned
RUSSIA: The government has decided to auction a 25% minus three shares stake in Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co, Russian Railways announced on November 15. The minimum sale price will be set by an independent review. The RZD subsidiary was established on January 1 2006, with RZD owning ...
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NewsTrespass and suicide reduction project launched
EUROPE: The RESTRAIL research project which aims to develop cost-effective measures to reduce and mitigate the effects on railways of suicides and trespass was launched at UIC headquarters in Paris on November 17. Reduction of Suicides & Trespasses on Railway Property is being led by seven operators and infrastructure managers, ...
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NewsReferendum backs Stuttgart 21
GERMANY: Controversial plans to rebuild Stuttgart’s main station look set to go ahead after 59% of voters approved the project in a referendum held by the Land of Baden-Württemberg on November 27. ‘The people have spoken’, said Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. ‘I accept the results, even if it does not ...
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NewsDB retained for Rhein-Main S-Bahn
GERMANY: Following a competitive tendering process, Rhein-Main transport authority RMV named DB Regio as the winner of three contracts to operate the region's S-Bahn network of local passenger services on November 16. The contract covering routes S1, S7, S8 and S9 runs for 22 years from December 14 2014, that ...