All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2021 – Page 8
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NewsCAF wins Swedish inter-regional EMU contract
SWEDEN: National passenger operator SJ has selected CAF as preferred bidder for a SKr3bn contract to supply 25 trainsets for use on inter-regional services, mainly in the Stockholm-Mälaren region. The Civity Nordic electric multiple-units will have a maximum speed of 200 km/h, with winterisation for Swedish ...
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Metro Report InternationalSofia metro cars refurbished
BULGARIA: TMH’s Metrowagonmash subsidiary has returned 12 Type 81-717.4/714.4 metro cars to Sofia Metro following their refurbishment. Sofia Metro has 168 cars which were built at the Mytishchi plant in Russia. A pilot batch of eight vehicles was modernised under a contract signed in December 2018, ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry
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NewsVietnamese government approves planning of nine lines
VIETNAM: Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has signed off the government’s formal approval for plans to be drawn up for nine new railway lines totalling 2 362 km. Design work is scheduled to be completed by 2030, with opening envisaged by 2050. The longest of ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaipei metro verification & validation contract awarded
TAIWAN: The city of Taipei has appointed Ricardo to provide independent verification & validation services for Phase 2 of the Line 7/Light Green driverless medium-capacity metro project. Rolling stock and railway systems for the line are being supplied by consortium of Alstom and CTCI under contracts ...
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Rail Business UKCouncils plan bids for Great British Railways headquarters
UK: A number of councils across the country have confirmed their intention to bid to host the headquarters of Great British Railways, under a competition announced by Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps. Chief Executive of Derby City Council Paul Simpson said the city ‘has ...
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NewsIndian plant begins assembly of Russian track machines
INDIA: Experts from Sinara Transport Machines have begun supervising the assembly of tampers and ballast regulating machines at the Russian company’s ‘Make in India’ partner San Engineering & Locomotives Co’s site in Bengaluru. STM has supplied staff from RPM Group, Kalugaputmash and ...
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NewsWagon wheel exports start
TURKEY: Steel producer Kardemir is to begin exporting wagon wheels to EU customers, having obtained TSI certification. The company announced on October 20 that it was about to begin exporting 30 000 freight wagon wheels to unnamed customers across the EU. The steel plant at Karabuk ...
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NewsQR awards concrete sleeper contract
AUSTRALIA: Queensland Rail has awarded Vossloh’s Austrak subsidiary a framework contract for the supply of concrete sleepers worth around A$25m over three years. Sleepers will be supplied from the Austrak plant in Rockhampton for use in modernisation and renewal works across the state’s 6 600 route-km ...