All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2011 – Page 3
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NewsIR launches air-conditioned double-deck stock
INDIA: The first Indian Railways double-deck rolling stock to feature air-conditioning was officially launched by Minister of Railways Dinesh Trivedi at Howrah station on October 1. The Ministry of Railways said the successful development of an air-conditioned version of the double-deck stock by the Research Development & Standard Organisation and ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market October 2011
Australia: Ansaldo STS has won a A$7·3m contract to supply signalling and train control systems for Pacific National's Greta Train Support Facility in the Hunter Valley. The NSW government has awarded a consortium led by Aecom and including Parsons Brinckerhoff, Grimshaw and Cox Architects a contract to design the ...
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NewsSBB Cargo electro-diesel shunter unveiled
SWITZERLAND: The first of 30 Eem923 electro-diesel shunting locomotives ordered by SBB Cargo was unveiled at Stadler's Winterthur plant on October 14. SBB placed a SFr88m order for the two-axle locomotives in July 2010, with the aim of replacing the Type Bm4/4 and various outdated three-axle designs. The ...
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NewsTata Steel completes rail plant upgrade
FRANCE: Tata Steel held an event on September 29 to mark the completion of a €35m project upgrade the rail mill at its Hayange plant. Described by the steel maker as the most significant investment in the site for more than a decade, the 18-month project was undertaken to boost ...
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NewsAlstom and Transmashholding agree 2ES5 production split
RUSSIA: Alstom and Transmashholding have signed contracts setting out how they will co-operate to produce the 200 twin-section 2ES5 electric freight locomotives which Russian Railways ordered in June. Announcing the agreement on September 29, Alstom said its share of the €1bn deal is worth €400m. As with the EP20 ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market October 2011
Australia: UGL has won orders totalling A$88m to supply seven C44ACi locomotives to 'a leading resources company in the Hunter Valley region' and 13 GE Evolution locos for Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore operations. China: CSR subsidiaries have signed contracts to supply China Railway Investment Corp with wagons worth ...
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NewsLocomotive rebuilds target emissions and power
LATVIA: On show at Riga's Central station in conjunction with the 1520 Strategic Partnership meeting are two prototype locomotives rebuilt by the national railway's rolling stock services subsidiary LDZ Ritosa Sastava Serviss to comply with European Stage IIIA emissions standards. The more powerful of the two is a CME3-M Co-Co ...
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NewsLED signal conversion kit
UK: Following successful trials, UK infrastructure manager Network Rail has granted full approval for the SL35 LED Light Engine which has been introduced by Howells Railway Products as a direct replacement for signal filament lamps. The Light Engine is compatible with existing electrical and lamp proving systems, offering ...
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NewsMadrid - Barcelona at 310 km/h with ETCS Level 2
SPAIN: The journey times of four high speed services between Madrid and Barcelona are to be cut to 2 h 30 min from October 24, following the commissioning of ETCS Level 2 signalling between Madrid and Lleida. Commissioning between Lleida and Barcelona is scheduled for December, when more services will ...
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NewsIndia to increase LHB coach production
INDIA: Indian Railways plans to switch its entire coach production to the LHB design by the end of the 2012-17 five year plan, according to Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa. Approval has been given for upgrading the Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory and the Integral Coach Factory in ...
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NewsHydrogen fuel cell tram unveiled
SPAIN: Metre-gauge operator FEVE has unveiled a tram powered by two hydrogen fuel cells that can carry between 20 and 30 passengers at up to 20 km/h. The prototype was built at the company's Pravia workshops by Fenit Rail (in which FEVE holds a 37·5% stake), and it is ...
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NewsEU funding plan builds on TEN-T revisions
EUROPE: Rail and port expansion projects lie at the heart of a €50bn spending plan to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks unveiled by the European Commission on October 19. This will form a key element in the EU budget for 2014-20. The Commission said the Connecting Europe Facility ...
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NewsGE Transportation announces investment
USA: GE Transportation has announced plans to expand production facilities and invest $58m in research and testing technology to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions from large diesel engines used in locomotive, marine and stationary power applications. The investment announced on October 18 includes equipping laboratories at its Erie, Pennsylvania, ...
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NewsKashmir tunnel breakthrough
INDIA: The 10·96 km Pir Panjal tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir state was holed through on October 14. On completion it will be the longest railway tunnel in India, connecting the isolated Kashmir Valley line which opened in 2008-09 with the national network at Udhampur. The tunnel is being ...
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NewsAbellio awarded Greater Anglia franchise
UK: The Department for Transport named Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd as the winner of the Greater Anglia (Short) passenger train operating franchise on October 20. Following the required procurement standstill period, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen subsidiary will be formally appointed on November 1. The short franchise runs for ...
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NewsPPP model to fund Moscow – St Petersburg high speed line
RUSSIA: The Russian government has confirmed its support for a public-private partnership backed by Russian Railways to construct a 658 km high speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg. Speaking in London on October 20, Denis Muratov, Chief Executive of RZD’s high speed rail agency Skorostnye Magistrali, ...
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NewsCSR invests in stainless steel welding
CHINA: A new design of stainless steel metro car bodyshell was unveiled by CSR Zhuzhou last month. The company has been investing in resistance spot and laser welding techniques to improve the production of stainless steel vehicles, which it assembles from 5 000 stainless steel plates with more than ...
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NewsGrowth & the Capacity Challenge: join the debate
EUROPE: With demand for passenger and freight movement by rail projected to rise significantly over the coming 20 years, infrastructure managers and train operators across Europe are facing the challenge of squeezing extra capacity from busy networks and building new lines despite financial constraints. Railway Gazette International will be holding ...
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NewsElectrification programme approved
UKRAINE: National railway UZ has approved a five-year programme of electrification for 2011-16 covering 1562 km. At present 9877 km of the network is electrified, or 44% of total route length. The plan is costed at 173bn hryvnia and includes both 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC ...
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NewsNo bids for Brazilian high speed line
BRAZIL: Federal surface transport agency ANTT announced on October 8 that tendering for a concession to build, operate and maintain a 510 km high-speed line between Rio de Janeiro and Campinas had been cancelled as no bids had been received. The ANTT board has decided that work on the ...