All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2017
All articles published this month.
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NewsReducing vibration from vehicle-mounted equipment
VIBRATION: The passenger areas of rolling stock can be isolated from vibrations caused by underfloor or roof-mounted equipment such as air-conditioning units using the Isotop DZE Railway spring and damper developed by Getzner Werkstoffe. This has a height of 45 mm and can be optimised to reduce the propagation of ...
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Metro Report InternationalNanjing’s Qilin Line opens to passengers
CHINA: The Qilin Line tram route in Nanjing began trial passenger operation on October 31. Test running started last year on the 9 km route, which links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated. Services are operated using ...
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NewsBangladesh Railway orders locomotive simulators
BANGLADESH: Lander is to supply a pair of driver training simulators to Bangladesh Railway under a contract financed by the Asian Development Bank. Lander is to design, supply and maintain custom-made diesel locomotive simulators with motion platforms with six degrees of freedom, as well a building to house them. ...
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NewsDB awards electrification contracts
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded SPL Powerlines Germany contracts with a total value of €13m for electrification of the VE03 Mindelheim – Stetten and VE04 Memmingen – Leutkirch sections of the München – Zürich route. Powerlines is to install a total of 465 masts, 481 cantilevers, 38 km of high-strength ...
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NewsFree pre-peak travel in Singapore to end
SINGAPORE: A trial offering free pre-peak metro travel will end on December 28, Land Transport Authority announced on October 30. Launched in June 2013, the scheme offers free travel to passengers who end their journey at 18 designated stations in the city area before 07.45 on weekdays, while those ...
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NewsNew leasing business to supply locos to ZSSK
SLOVAKIA: State passenger operator ZSSK has selected S Rail Lease for a 10-year contract to supply 10 Siemens Vectron electric locomotives for use on its flagship inter-city services between Bratislava and Košice. Bratislava-based S Rail Lease was established in July, and is owned by finaince houses S Slovensko (97%) and ...
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Metro Report InternationalBreeze moves to the cloud in Atlanta
USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a $6·5m contract to migrate back office system for the Breeze Card to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. As part of the upgrade, Cubic will update the back-office software to the latest version of its NextFare package. Cubic ...
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NewsŠkoda wins Pardubice trolleybus contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric has won a KC150m contract to supply 15 trolleybuses to Pardubice, the manufacturer announced on October 31. The purchase is being co-financed by EU funds. The 12 m long low-floor air-conditioned 30 Tr vehicles are due to be delivered in the second quarter of 2018. ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Incumbent Arriva has withdrawn from the competition for the next Wales & Borders franchise. ‘This has not been an easy decision and we wish Transport for Wales well in concluding this competition‘, said a spokesman on October 30. TfW said it was ‘not uncommon for bidders for major projects to ...
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NewsHS2 Ltd reveals rolling stock contract shortlist
UK: Five bidders have been shortlisted for the contract to supply ‘at least 54’ trainsets for High Speed 2, project promoter HS2 Ltd announced on November 2. They are Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation UK, Hitachi Rail Europe, Patentes Talgo and Siemens. HS2 Ltd expects to issue invitations to tender ...
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NewsÖstgötatrafiken orders more Coradia Nordic EMUs
SWEDEN: Östergötland transport authority Östgötatrafiken has ordered three more Alstom Coradia Nordic electric multiple-units. They are scheduled to be delivered in spring 2019 to augment its current fleet of 15. The four-car 160 km/h units will be 74 m long with a capacity of 510 passengers. Announcing the order on ...
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NewsVTG launches Retrack freight subsidiary
GERMANY: Hamburg-based leasing and logistics company VTG has created Retrack GmbH & Co KG as a wholly-owned freight operating subsidiary of its VTG Rail Logistics division, by renaming its former Bräunert Verwaltung and Bräunert Eisenbahnverkehr businesses. Retrack emerged from the EU-backed four-year Reorganisation of Transport Networks By Advanced Rail Concepts ...
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NewsHKX to resume with support from FlixBus
GERMANY: Hamburg-Köln-Express services are to temporarily resume in December and January, long-distance coach company FlixBus announced on November 2. In August HKX announced its intention to suspend its open access passenger service from October 4 until December. The arrangement with FlixBus will see services running between Hamburg and Köln ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Finnish company Teleste has acquired passenger information system supplier Iqu Systems, which will continue with its current management as a stand-alone company. ‘We appreciate the deep experience Iqu Systems has in the German public transport market and regard their understanding of customer requirements as a valuable asset when further developing ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst driverless metro line in Santiago inaugurated
CHILE: President Michelle Bachelet opened the first driverless metro line in Santiago on November 2. Line 6 links Cerrillos to Los Leones on a 15·3 km underground alignment, serving 10 stations. Interchanges are provided with metro lines 1, 2 and 5, as well as the future Line 3 and ...
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NewsHSG-city to support i-Lena noise research
GERMANY: Vossloh Rail Systems’ HSG-city high speed grinding unit is to be trialled on the national rail network later this year in conjunction with the i-Lena noise reduction research project. Originally conceived as a way of maintaining metro and light rail tracks through regular preventive grinding, the unpowered HSG-city ...
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NewsNew model for metre gauge maintenance
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a joint venture of Comsa (35%), Cycasa (30%) and Tecsa (35%) a €33∙7m contract to maintain its 1 000 mm gauge routes. Running for 24 months, the contract follows a new model which aims to achieve desired levels of reliability and improve quality as ...
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NewsAeroexpress Kiss EMUs enter revenue service
RUSSIA: Airport shuttle service operator Aeroexpress put its Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units into revenue service on the Moscow Kievskaya – Vnukovo Airport route on October 27. The new units will also be introduced on the Moscow Paveletsky – Domodedovo Airport route during November. The 1520 mm gauge Class ...
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NewsNewag to rebuild PKP IC locomotives
POLAND: Newag submitted the only bid for a contract to extensively modernise nine Fablok SM42 diesel shunting locomotives operated by PKP Intercity. The contract covers a complete rebuild, retaining only the frames and bogies. The current single diesel engine would be replaced by two engines, with the replacement cab located ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended New York & Atlantic Railway’s concession to operate freight trains on the Long Island Rail Road network for a further 10 years. Rolling stock repair and leasing company Kladenská Dopravní a Strojní has acquired its first electric loco to join its diesel fleet. ...