All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2017 – Page 3
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NewsAir Nostrum applies to operate Madrid — Montpellier open access service
EUROPE: Via its subsidiary Intermodalidad de Levante SA, airline Air Nostrum has applied to Spanish competition authority CNMC to operate a high speed open access service between Madrid and Montpellier in France from October 5 2018. Departures from Madrid would be at 07.45 and 15.30, with services leaving Montpellier at ...
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NewsSiemens invests in remote monitoring specialist Wi-Tronix
USA: Siemens announced on October 9 that it had made a ‘significant’ equity investment in Wi-Tronix, which provides remote monitoring, video analysis and predictive diagnostic software as a service for rail infrastructure and rolling stock operators. Terms were not disclosed, and Wi-Tronix is to remain a standalone, founder-led company. Around ...
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Metro Report InternationalNavya plans US production of autonomous shuttles
USA: Keolis Transit America used the APTA Expo in Atlanta on October 8-11 to demonstrate the potential for autonomous bus shuttles to be used for ‘last mile’ public transport in urban and suburban applications. The vehicle carried passengers within a demonstration zone in the main exhibition hall of the ...
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NewsInfotainment available on Shatabdi Express service
INDIA: Digital services company Trolex|Aporta is to supply its Juxta closed-network infotainment package for Northern Railway’s New Delhi – Habibganj Shatabdi Express services. Passengers will be able to stream entertainment and news directly to mobile devices using a secure local wi-fi network, without buffering and without needing a connection ...
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NewsStadler unveils TEX Rail Flirt DMU
USA: Stadler displayed its first US-built Flirt diesel multiple-unit at the APTA exhibition in Atlanta on October 9. Unveiling three of the six cars from the initial trainset, Martin Ritter, CEO of Stadler US, said it was the company’s first ‘self-propelled commuter rail train to be Federal Railroad Administration-compliant’. Ritter ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground capacity upgrade programme ‘paused’
UK: Planned upgrades to increase service frequencies on London Underground’s Jubilee and Northern lines, including the procurement of additional trainsets, have been temporarily ‘paused’, Transport for London has confirmed. TfL said the decision to pause the World Class Capacity project had been taken in the light of other ongoing upgrades ...
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NewsSilverRail offers B2B ticket sellers access to SNCF inventory
FRANCE: Business-to-business travel technology company SilverRail has announced that it has become the first non-SNCF partner to be able to connect to the French national operator’s ticket inventories via its Portail d’Acces aux Offres API. This will enable travel management companies and online travel agents across the world to use ...
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NewsDB Regio selected for Dieselnetz Ulm contract
GERMANY: Following a European tender, Bayern railway authority BEG has selected incumbent DB Regio to operate Dieselnetz Ulm passenger services from December 2020 until December 2032. The contract covers regional services on the Ulm – Memmingen (– Buxheim) and Ulm – Weißenhorn routes which are to be operated using new ...
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NewsBochum tram extension opens
GERMANY: An extension of the Bochum tram network opened on October 7. Construction of the 2·6 km route between Unterstrasse and Langendreer S-Bahn station in eastern Bochum began in September 2012, and includes five stops and a new traction substation. This is the first phase of a ...
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NewsTrainline increases international options
TICKETS: Trainline announced on October 5 that it had added a further 11 websites to its portfolio, along with Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, European and Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Mandarin Chinese options to take the number of languages offered to 14. Prices are now offered in a further 15 ...
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NewsSophie Heurtault Malherbe
FRANCE: Sophie Heurtault Malherbe has been named Finance Director at Transports Publics Genevois, where Sheba Corti becomes Director of Human Resources. Both have joined the TPG management board headed by Director General Denis Berdoz.
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NewsFaiveley Transport awarded Paris EMU subsystem contracts
FRANCE: Faiveley Transport has been awarded contracts totalling more than US$100m to supply subsystems for 71 X'Trapolis Cityduplex double-deck electric multiple-units which SNCF has ordered from a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation for use on Paris suburban lines D and E. Wabtec company Faiveley Transport is to ...
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Production starts at Indian electric locomotive factory
INDIA: Alstom officially commenced production at its newly-built electric locomotive factory at Madhepura in Bihar state on October 11. The plant has been developed on a 100 ha greenfield site by a joint venture of Alstom (74%) and Indian Railways (26%) under a contract for Alstom to supply 800 Prima ...
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NewsProduction of next-generation Acela Express fleet underway
USA: Production of the bodyshells and principal components for the Avelia Liberty high speed trainsets ordered for Amtrak’s premium Acela Express service has begun at Alstom’s Hornell factory in New York state, the manufacturer has confirmed. The fleet is expected to enter service in 2021-22. Alstom displayed a ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis and Famoco form mobile ticketing partnership
FRANCE: Keolis announced on October 10 that it had entered into a partnership with Famoco to design a next-generation ticket validator. This forms part of a longer-term aim to accelerate the digitisation of transport ticketing. A trial of the validator is taking place in Orléans, and a general rollout ...
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NewsFirst Flexity Wien tram nearing completion
AUSTRIA: The first of 119 Flexity trams that Bombardier Transportation is building for to Wiener Linien is nearing completion at the manufacturer’s plant in the capital. The Wien transport operator awarded Bombardier a framework contract in 2015 covering up to 156 trams. The €431m base order for 119 trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalPraha tests electric bus charging infrastructure
CZECH REPUBLIC: Testing of electric bus charging infrastructure in Praha began on October 10. A 1 km section of overhead line has been installed on Prosecká Street as part of the EU’s Electrification of Public Transport in Cities (ELIPTIC) research project. A 12 m long SOR TNB 12 Acumario ...
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Metro Report InternationalNPRT wins Chinese metro train contracts
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co announced on October 11 that it had been awarded three metro rolling stock contracts. The joint venture of CRRC and Midas Holdings is to supply trains for the first phase of Wuxi metro Line 3 under an 890m yuan contract awarded by ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
The Department for Transport has published guidance to local authorities on mitigating security vulnerabilities outside railway, bus and coach stations. Advice on the prevention of terrorist activities in public environments includes staff vigilance, mitigation, rubbish management, bicycle storage, street environments, vendors and vending machines, parking control, CCTV, construction works and ...
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NewsVoters back second line to Slovenian port
SLOVENIA: A government proposal to build a second track on a new alignment to increase speeds and capacity on the route from the port of Koper to the main line at Divača has been backed by voters in a referendum. The existing single-track line is 44·3 km long, but the ...