All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2018 – Page 9
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Metro Report InternationalLisboa metro modernisation moves ahead
PORTUGAL: Metropolitano de Lisboa has called tenders for the supply of 14 three-car trainsets and CBTC to replace the signalling, which dates from the 1970s. A total investment of €127m is planned. The new rolling stock is expected to arrive in 2022, with entry into service of ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - October 2018
Australia: The government of Western Australia has prequalified Alstom, the Momentum West consortium of CAF and UGL and a consortium of EDI Rail and Bombardier Transportation for a contract to supply up to 41 six-car EMUs for the Transperth network serving Perth. It expects to select a supplier in early ...
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NewsTAZARA awards dry port concession
ZAMBIA: Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority and Dar es Salaam Corridor Group have entered into an agreement for the development of a rail-served dry port at New Kapiri Mposhi. DCG was the winner of a competitive bidding process, and is to develop the facility under a 25-year build-lease-transfer public-private partnership. TAZARA ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The 40th Traxx MS2 locomotive ordered by Hamburger Hafen & Logistik's rail subsidiary Metrans was handed over by Bombardier Transportation at the Praha Uhříněves container terminal on October 25. The locos are being used to haul trains between the North Sea ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam and Antwerpen, and the ...
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NewsGibela assembly plant inaugurated
SOUTH AFRICA: The Dunnottar industrial park where the Alstom-led Gibela joint venture will manufacture new EMUs for Prasa was officially inaugurated by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Transport Minister Blade Nzimande on October 25. The ceremony was also attended by Deputy Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga and the Premier of ...
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NewsBranch line to serve Samsun logistics hub
TURKEY: Infrastructure manager TCDD has awarded a TL190m contract for the construction of a railway between the existing Samsun - Sivas line and TCDD's Gelemen rail logistics centre. The lead contractor will be a consortium of Dekovil Entegre Sistemler and Feza Taahut. The contract involves construction of a 6·7 km ...
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NewsSt Petersburg to receive Volgabus electric buses
RUSSIA: Bakulin Motors Group subsidiary Volgabus is to supply 10 electric buses to St Petersburg operator Passazhiravtotrans for use on Route 128. The fully low-floor 12 m long Cityrhytm 12ELF buses are due to arrive by the end of the year. They will have capacity for 90 passengers, including ...
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NewsSaudi Railway Co and Greenbrier announce joint venture
SAUDI ARABIA: The Greenbrier Companies and Saudi Railway Co have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to invest in the Saudi rail freight market and potentially the wider Gulf Co-operation Council region. The agreement is subject to the completion of final due diligence by the parties and ...
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NewsKomsomolsk-na-Amure tram network formally closed
RUSSIA: Komsomolsk-na-Amure Mayor Andrei Klimov issued an order on October 26 to close the municipal tram operator. Services on the 11 km three-route network had been suspended since September 30, officially because of the poor condition of the branch serving the depot. This followed the closure in May 2018 ...
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NewsHitachi to buy Elliott stake in Ansaldo STS
ANSALDO STS: Hitachi announced on October 29 that it had reached an agreement to acquire the 32% stake in Ansaldo STS held by investment group Elliott. Hitachi is to pay €12·70 per share, giving the deal a value of €807·6m. The transaction is not subject to conditions, and is expected ...
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Metro Report InternationalGovernment confirms £350m loan for Crossrail
UK: The Department for Transport is to provide £350m of short-term repayable financing to the Mayor of London for the year 2018/19 to cover additional work required for the Crossrail project, Rail Minister Jo Johnson announced on October 26. The funding is intended as an interim measure as discussions ...
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NewsPKP Cargo purchases Dragon 2 locomotives
POLAND: PKP Cargo signed a 45·3m złoty contract for the purchase of three Dragon 2 E6ACTa six-axle electric locomotives from manufacturer Newag on October 25. The locomotives have already been produced and are awaiting regulatory approval for entry into service, which is expected by the end of this year. ...
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Rail Business UK
Signalling changes reduce delays where road traffic uses rail alignment
UK: Network Rail has made 'innovative' changes to the signalling system to reduce delays to road traffic at Stromeferry, where a section of the Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh line has been paved to enable it to be used by road traffic while Highland Council carries out works on a ...
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NewsGoldschmidt Thermit Group acquires inspection technology specialist PLR
GERMANY: Welding and maintenance specialist Goldschmidt Thermit Group has acquired Prüftechnik Linke & Rühe, a Magdeburg-based company which provides eddy current and ultrasonic inspection technology for the rail, automotive and aerospace markets. ‘PLR brings extensive know-how in the field of non-destructive testing of rail infrastructure to the Goldschmidt Thermit Group’, ...
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Rail Business UKVivarail Class 230 DMU entry into service delayed
UK: The three two-car D-Train diesel multiple-units which Vivarail is producing for London Northwestern Railway will not enter service in December as had been planned, the supplier announced on October 30. The Class 230 DMUs are being produced using the bodyshells and bogies from former London Underground D78 metro trains. ...
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NewsLevel crossing upgrading contract awarded
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has selected Portuguese company Efacec and its local partner IndustriSpar to develop, gain approval for and then supply a new generation of automatic level crossing protection systems, including control equipment, interfaces, barriers and road signs. The contract is worth €5m/year for an initial five years, and is renewable ...
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Rail Business UKRail in the October 2018 UK budget
UK: Northern Powerhouse Rail, East West Rail and the Docklands Light Railway are among the beneficiaries of funding allocations in the budget presented to parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond on October 29. The budget allocates a further £37m for development of the Northern Powerhouse Rail concept for ...
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NewsKiwiRail electric haulage reprieved
NEW ZEALAND: The government has agreed to fund the refurbishment of 15 locomotives to enable electric haulage of freight trains on the North Island Main Trunk line to continue. The Brush Class EF electric locomotives dating from 1986-88 have become increasingly unreliable, and in December 2016 KiwiRail announced its intention ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomating trolleybus inspection
INSPECTION: Austrian company Kruch Railway Innovations has launched Trolleybus Checkpoint, which uses 3D laser scanning to automate the time consuming and potentailly damgerous daily inspection of the sliding contacts on trolley poles. Trolleybus Checkpoint provides information on whether contacts are damaged or worn and detects hairline cracks which are too ...
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NewsRegioPanter EMUs for Plzeň on test
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of nine two-car Class 650 RegioPanter electric multiple-units which national operator ČD has ordered from Škoda Transportation for use on the Pňovany – Plzeň – Horažďovice line is undergoing trials at the Velim test circuit, ahead of entry into service with the December timetable change. The ...