All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2019 – Page 6
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NewsSouth Tirol infrastructure contract extended
ITALY: The South Tirol regional government has extended transport authority STA’s contract to manage local transport infrastructure until 2030. STA’s current contract which began in 2016 had been due to expire at the end of this year. During the extended period the authority will be responsible for ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangalore Metro electrification design contract
INDIA: Bangalore Metro Rail Corp has awarded Ardanuy Ingeniería a contract to design 750 V DC third rail power supply and SCADA systems for two lines to be developed under its network expansion programme. The 17 km Outer Ring Road Line being developed under Phase 2A ...
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NewsTyphoon breaches Hokuriku Shinkansen and Chuo Main Line
JAPAN: Services on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and various other lines are expected to be disrupted for several weeks as a result of typhoon damage, East Japan Railway confirmed on October 15. Rail and road links in the Kanto Koshinetsu and Tohoku regions were badly affected by flooding ...
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NewsRichard Hope, OBE
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on October 14 of Richard Hope, at the age of 85, following several years of ill health. He worked for the Railway Gazette Group for 50 years, serving as Editor of Railway Gazette International between ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond St Petersburg PPP tram concession signed
Photo: Vladimir Waldin The Chizhik tram route is currently the only tram route in St Petersburg developed under a PPP concession. RUSSIA: The St Petersburg city government signed a PPP concession for the construction of a tram route on October 11. The 30-year design-build-operate concession with the ...
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NewsStadler wins Taiwan loco order
TAIWAN: Stadler has won a €165m order to supply 34 diesel-electric locomotives to Taiwan Railway Administration, the Swiss company’s first major tender win in the Pacific region. The 1 067 mm gauge six-axle mixed-traffic locomotives will be built at Stadler’s plant at Valencia in Spain. They will ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens Mobility to supply Singapore metro signalling digital twin
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to design and supply a ‘digital twin’ replicating the signalling system which the company has supplied for the 42 km Downtown Line. Located in the operations control centre at Gali Batu depot, the facility is intended to ...
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Rail Business UKEast West Rail engineering partner appointed
Map of the future Oxford - Cambridge railway. UK: Project promoter East West Railway Co has appointed an Arup-led consortium to support early works for the Bedford – Cambridge section of the East West Rail corridor between Oxford and Cambridge. Arup will work with Environmental Resources Management, ...
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NewsJakarta – Surabaya route modernisation agreement
INDONESIA: A summary record agreement for the Java North Line Upgrading Project to provide ‘medium-speed’ operation on the 720 km Jakarta – Surabaya route on the island of Java has been signed by the Ministry of Transportation and Japan International Co-operation Agency following two years of negotiations. ...
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Rail Business UKRail industry responds to Queen’s Speech
UK: Industry bodies have responded to the announcement in the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of parliament on October 14 that ‘proposals on railway reform will be brought forward’. Details of the government’s plans were not given, pending the completion of the review of the rail ...
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NewsTravel industry confirms rail ‘renaissance’ in Europe
INTERNATIONAL: Assertions that long-distance rail services in Europe are rapidly becoming more popular as passengers eschew flying for environmental reasons were amply confirmed at the Rail Innovation Forum organised by Amadeus at its head office near Nice on October 9-10. Speakers from across the travel industry highlighted ...
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NewsSaudi Railway Co and Russian Railways to co-operate
SAUDI ARABIA: Russian Railways Chief Executive Oleg Belozerov, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev and Saudi Railway Co CEO Dr Bashar Al Malik signed a co-operation agreement in Riyadh on October 14. The parties expressed interest in Russian participation in the construction and modernisation ...
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Metro Report InternationalStudy indicates $7bn cost to restore New York suburban link
Photo: J M Calisi The Long Island Rail Road closed its Rockaway Beach Branch in 1962. USA: New York MTA released in early October a pre-feasibility study into a possible reopening of the former Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Queens. The ...
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NewsMeizhou – Chaoshan Passenger-Dedicated Line opens
CHINA: The Meizhou – Chaoshan Passenger-Dedicated Line in Guangdong province opened for revenue service on October 11. The 122 km line has seven stations at Meizhou Xi, Shejiang Bei, Jianqiao, Fengshun Dong, Jieyang, Jieyang Jichang and Chaoshan, where it joins the Shenzhen – Hangzhou PDL with trains ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London consults on latest Bakerloo Line extension plans
UK: Transport for London has begun public consultation on ‘the most detailed proposals yet’ for a southeastern extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate. Previous consultations focused on route options and station and shaft ...
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In depthItaly: Terzo Valico line to open in 2023
Construction of the long-planned third main line between Genova and Tortona is now in full swing. Benjámin Zelki reports fom northen Italy.
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Innofreight has delivered its first 40 ft ScrapTainer, a newly-developed design which will be leased by DB Cargo and used to carrying materials for the steel industry between Germany and Austria. PKP Cargo has signed a letter of intent to explore the possibility ...
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Rail Business UKUser-worked crossing gates and lights linked
UK: In what Network Rail said was a first, the user-worked gates at Jacky Duffin Wood level crossing on the route to Drax power station have been linked to the miniature stop lights, meaning they can only be opened by motorist when there is no train approaching. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBayonne – Biarritz e-BRT route launched
FRANCE: Keolis has begun operating a 100% electric bus rapid transit route between Bayonne and Biarritz on behalf of public transport authority SMPBA . According to Keolis, the service is designed to be simple for passengers to understand and use, with the 30 stops having real-time passenger ...
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NewsCustom lights for St Pancras International
UK: Zeta Specialist Lighting and station maintenance contractor NG Bailey have installed 118 high bay and 208 wall washer LED lights at the Grade 1 listed St Pancras International station. The lighting units were custom-designed for retrofitting to the station’s historic luminaires, with the colour temperature and ...