All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2014 – Page 6
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NewsCalifornia begins high speed rolling stock procurement
USA: Expressions of interest are to be submitted to the California High Speed Rail Authority by October 22 from potential suppliers of high speed trainsets for the planned 836 km network that would link the San Francisco Bay Area with the Los Angeles basin by 2028. Issuing its call for ...
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NewsSRT plans multimodal hub at Bang Sue
THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand has reactivated long-standing plans to develop land around Bang Sue station on the northern edge of Bangkok under a property deal aimed at reducing the company’s debt pile. Three plots of land have been identified by SRT, and these would be developed for mixed ...
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NewsJapanese railway test centre opens to support export drive
JAPAN: What Mitsubishi Heavy Industries describes as Japan's first comprehensive railway transport system verification facility was officially opened on October 2. The Mihara Test Centre is located at the Wadaoki plant of MHI’s Mihara Machinery Works in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is being made available for use by all private ...
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NewsNew trams enter service in Daugavpils
LATVIA: The first six of 12 UKVZ trams ordered earlier this year entered passenger service in Daugavpils on September 30. The remaining six are to be delivered in April 2015. Tram operator Daugavpils Satiksme ordered eight type 71-623 single-section trams and four type 71-631 three-section trams from the Russian ...
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NewsTokaido Shinkansen turns 50
JAPAN: Celebrations were held in Tokyo on October 1 to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the world’s first high speed line, between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. The current operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen, JR Central, re-enacted the launch with a ribbon-cutting at 06.00 before dispatching the first ...
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NewsAlstom awarded ETCS Level 2 contracts
EUROPE: Alstom has announced contracts to supply ETCS onboard equipment to Belgium’s SNCB and Deutsche Bahn in Germany. The SNCB contract is worth €70m and covers the design, supply and maintenance for 10 years of Atlas 200 ETCS Level 2 onboard equipment for 449 trains of five types. Installation ...
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NewsBombardier's River Line contract renewed
USA: New Jersey Transit has awarded incumbent Bombardier Transportation a new $296m contract to operate and maintain the River Line diesel light rail service. The contract runs for 15 years from March 14 2015, with an option for a further five years. Bombardier has operated the 55 km River ...
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NewsClass 66 locos to get engine stop-start technology
UK: DB Schenker Rail UK is to fit Auto Engine Stop-Start technology supplied by ZTR to 90 of its Electro-Motive Diesel Class 66 locomotives by the end of 2015. Announcing the decision on October 1, the freight operator said trials undertaken since February had found that the amount of ...
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NewsLos Angeles breaks ground on Regional Connector
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Regional Connector light rail line took place in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles on September 30. The 3 km underground line will link the Blue, Expo and Gold lines and add three stations, at 1st Street/Central Avenue, 2nd Street/Broadway and 2nd ...
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NewsPort Authority requests PATH airport extension proposals
USA: New York-New Jersey Port Authority issued a request for proposals on September 26 for an extension of the PATH metro line from Newark Penn Station to Newark Liberty International Airport. A Port Authority study recommended the $1·5bn project in 2012, and it is included in the $27·6bn 10-year ...
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NewsFeature articles in the October 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the October 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Money, money, money News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...