All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2014 – Page 4
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NewsWorld rail market November 2014
Poland: Scheidt & Bachmann has a 5·7m złoty contract to supply PKP PLK with a control centre simulator which will enable staff to be trained to handle emergency scenarios. Slovakia: National passenger operator ZSSK has awarded sole bidder Wagon Slovakia Košice a €15·4m four-year contract to provide onboard services ...
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NewsTaipei opens Songshan metro extension
TAIWAN: An 8·5 km, eight station east-west extension of Taipei metro Line 3 to Songshan was inaugurated on November 15, with Line 3 services no longer running to Tamsui in the north. The opening coincides with additional peak-hour services on the Red and Green lines. Headways on the Green ...
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NewsSBB awards Eppenberg tunnel contract
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways announced on November 14 that it had awarded a SFr273·7m contract for the construction of the 3 km Eppenburg tunnel, the key element in the SFr855m project to four-track the busy Olten – Aarau line by 2020. The contract awarded to the ARGE Marti Eppenberg ...
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NewsStockholm deploys interlocking software
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL has licensed iLock software from local company Prover Technology to use when creating its interlocking requirements. Running on a standard PC with a drag-and-drop editor or by using imported files, iLock draws on a formal specification library defining the general principles for Swedish interlocking ...
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NewsBuilding a train from a foam sandwich
FRAUNHOFER: The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools & Forming Technology has produced a demonstration high speed train cab assembled from aluminium foam components, to highlight the potential applications of the strong but lightweight material. The aluminium foam material comprises a metal sandwich, with top and bottom external layers separated by ...
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NewsGovia and Bombardier sign Gatwick Express train contract
UK: Passenger franchisee Govia Thameslink Railway announced on November 18 that it had signed a £145·2m order for 27 four-car Bombardier Electrostar Class 387/2 electric multiple-units for use on Gatwick Express services. The EMUs are scheduled to enter service between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport in 2016, with some ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern announces plan to acquire Delaware & Hudson line
USA: On November 17 Norfolk Southern Corp announced plans to acquire 455 km of track between Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and Schenectady, New York, from the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway. The US$217m purchase is subject to approval by the Surface Transportation Board, which the railways hope ...
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NewsHitachi bids to buy Finmeccanica rail businesses
ITALY: Defence and aviation group Finmeccanica announced on November 18 that Hitachi Ltd had submitted the previous day an offer to buy its AnsaldoBreda rolling stock business and its 40% stake in signalling supplier Ansaldo STS. A statement by the Italian group added that it intended to analyse Hitachi’s offer ...
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NewsSMEC India acquires Leadrail Infra Solutions
INDIA: The SMEC India subsidiary of Australian infrastructure consultancy SMEC announced on November 14 that it had acquired Leadrail Infra Solutions, a Bangalore-based company providing railway engineering services including track, alignment, bridge and structure design. Leadrail has worked on metro projects in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmadabad and Monterrey, and rail ...
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NewsBucureşti exercises metro car option
ROMANIA: Bucureşti metro operator Metrorex has exercised an option for CAF to supply eight six-car trainsets. The contract value is €47m, and is financed with European Investment Bank funds. The stainless steel sets would be similar to the 16 that CAF has delivered under a €97m contract awarded in ...
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NewsXinjiang high speed line opens
CHINA: The Passenger-Dedicated Line between Urumqi and Hami in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region of western China opened on November 16. The 530 km route serves stations at Urumqi South, Turpan North, Shanshan North, Tuha and Hami. Construction of the line began in January 2010. The alignment through the Gobi ...
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NewsChinese sign US$12bn contract to build Nigerian Coastal Railway
NIGERIA: China Railway Construction Corp and the federal government officially signed the US$11·97bn contract to build the Nigerian Coastal Railway linking Lagos and Calabar at a ceremony in Abuja on November 19. According to CRCC, the deal is the single largest international contract awarded to a Chinese firm. CRCC’s parent ...
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NewsSaudi Railways Organization to use digital acoustic sensing for lineside security
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railways Organization has awarded QinetiQ subsidiary OptaSense and its local partner Abdulla Fouad Holding Co a US$12m five-year contract to install and maintain a 1 000 km optic fibre intrusion detection system on its Riyadh – Dammam routes, in what the national railway says is the first ...
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NewsSBB gets free trains following double-deck delays
SWITZERLAND: A revised schedule for the delivery of Twindexx Express long distance double-deck electric multiple-units ordered in 2010 has been agreed with Bombardier Transportation, Swiss Federal Railways announced on November 19. In compensation for a further one-year delay to deliveries, Bombardier will supply SBB with three additional EMUs and spare ...
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NewsG&W to buy Arkansas lines
USA: An agreement for Genesee & Wyoming Inc to acquire Pinsly Railroad Co’s Arkansas Division was announced on November 19. Subject to regulatory approval the transaction is expected to close in early January, with G&W paying $40m in cash adjusted for final working capital. G&W estimates that Pinsly Arkansas will ...
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NewsSouth Wales electrification funding agreement
UK: Agreements to fund electrification in south Wales and devolve the award of the next Wales & Borders rail franchise from the Department for Transport to the Welsh government were announced by Prime Minister David Cameron on November 21. This brings to an end a dispute about which government should ...
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NewsGovernment mulls more airport rail links
THAILAND: Two more airport rail links are being evaluated by the government, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong announced on November 20. The two proposed lines would complement the 1 435 mm gauge line which has linked Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with a city centre terminus at Makkasan since 2010. One would ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market November 2014
Argentina: Sbase has awarded Siemens a €30m contract to upgrade the 5 km Buenos Aires metro Line C with Trainguard MT train control and Controlguide Vicos operations control systems, Airlink radios, Sicas interlockings, and passenger information systems. Azerbaijan: Bouygues Travaux Publics is to build a tunnel at the ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2014
Australia: Expressions of interest in a A$2·8bn contract to supply and maintain 520 EMU cars for NSW TrainLink Intercity services were submitted by Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Downer EDI Rail/CNR Changchun, Hyundai Rotem, Stadler and UGL Rail Services/Mitsubishi Electric/CSR. Brazil: Paper manufacturer Klabin has placed the first order for GE ...
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NewsKéRail iron ore line opens
CANADA: The inaugural train on a 21 km rail spur serving Tata Steel Minerals Canada’s Direct Shipping Ore Project in the Labrador Trough near Schefferville was operated by Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary KéRail on November 2. From Schefferville-Knob Lake Junction the iron ore is transported over the Tshiuetin Rail Transportation ...