All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2024

All articles published this month.

  • NOVOG_01
    News

    Narrow gauge infrastructure maintenance vehicle delivered

    2024-10-05T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Plasser & Theurer has delivered a maintenance vehicle for use on NÖVOG’s 760 mm gauge Mariazellerbahn. It is the first of two machines ordered for €7·2m. The second is to be delivered in 2025. Austria’s longest narrow gauge railway runs 84 km from Sankt Pölten ...

  • Vossloh Rolling Stock loco at InnoTrans
    News

    Battery-hydrogen modular locomotive unveiled

    2024-10-04T15:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Centrepiece of the Vossloh Rolling Stock presentation at InnoTrans 2024 was a modular battery-fuel cell freight locomotive for Duisport Rail. The Modula BFC is the latest of four variants in the modular locomotive range being developed by the Kiel-based manufacturer, and draws on the experience ...

  • Arenaways_livery 2024
    News

    Arenaways prepares to launch regional services in January

    2024-10-04T13:00:00Z

    ITALY: After a 13 year pause Arenaways is returning to the market in less than 100 days with the operation of two lines in the Piemonte region under PSO contracts. The launch timeline was confirmed by Arenaways CEO Matteo Arena, who spoke to Railway Gazette International ...

  • Passengers at London Euston station walking up the ramp from platforms to the concourse (Photo Network Rail)
    Rail Business UK

    Euston still has a problem

    2024-10-04T11:00:00Z

    UK: ‘Even on good days, the passenger experience at London Euston fails to match its importance as the capital’s main rail gateway to four of the UK’s largest cities. But it is when train services are disrupted that the station really struggles to cope, with high ...

  • HMAX train + tracks no logo black
    Metro Report International

    Nvidia partnership spurs Hitachi Rail’s condition monitoring drive

    2024-10-04T11:00:00Z

    InnoTrans: Shifting away from using dedicated test vehicles to monitor railway infrastructure in favour of attaching sensors to revenue-earning trains could increase the amount of data collected and processed ‘one-thousand fold’. This is the view of Koji Agatsuma, Hitachi Rail’s Chief Technology Officer for Vehicles. Speaking ...

  • eu Green Cargo Schenker wagon
    News

    German government approves sale of DB’s Schenker business

    2024-10-04T09:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s planned sale of the Schenker land, air and maritime logistics business to Danish transport group DSV was approved by both the DB supervisory board and the federal government on October 2. The sale forms part of DB’s ‘Strong Rail’ strategy of focusing on ...

  • Siemens Mobility and DMIA
    News

    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2024-10-04T05:00:00Z

    This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.

  • Cairo sign langage on platform (Photo RATP Dev)
    Metro Report International

    Cairo operator trials sign language services

    2024-10-04T05:00:00Z

    EGYPT: Operator RATP Dev is trialling sign language services on the Capital Train line which connects Cairo with the New Administrative Capital. Instructional videos with sign language translation will be available at ticket offices and on platforms at Adly Mansour station, enabling passengers with hearing impairments ...

  • A GB Railfreight intermodal train
    Rail Business UK

    Research and innovation are not ‘optional extras’ for rail freight operators

    2024-10-04T04:00:00Z

    UK: The Chief Executive of the Rail Safety & Standards Board has called on the rail freight sector to co-fund research to help achieve the previous government’s ‘bold’ goal of increasing rail freight by 75% by 2050. Speaking at the 32nd Rail Freight Group Conference in ...

  • Docklands Light Railway (Photo TfL) (2)
    Metro Report International

    KeolisAmey retains Docklands Light Railway operating contract

    2024-10-03T13:19:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has awarded incumbent KeolisAmey the next contract to operate the Docklands Light Railway automated light metro. The contract was awarded following a competitive tender and runs for eight years from April 1 2025, with an option for a two-year extension. The operator ...

  • Hitachi Rail ETR1000 at InnoTrans 2024 (Photo Railway Gazette) (2)
    News

    Wheelchair accessible ETR1000 on show in Berlin

    2024-10-03T11:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Hitachi Rail presented the latest version of its ETR1000 trainset for Trenitalia at the InnoTrans 2024 fair in Berlin. The manufacturer is supplying 30 more trainsets to the Italian state-owned operator under a €861m contract which includes a €287m option for a further 10. ...

  • Alstom Avelia Horizon high speed train impression
    News

    Proxima orders high speed trains for French open access services

    2024-10-03T09:24:00Z

    FRANCE: High speed rail start-up Proxima has signed a €850m firm order for Alstom to supply 12 Avelia Horizon double-deck high-speed trains for its planned open access services between Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Angers and Paris.

  • Moskva trams (Photo Moskva government)
    Metro Report International

    Moskva tram link line opened

    2024-10-03T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: On September 22 Moskva mayor Sergey Sobyanin inaugurated a 650 m section of tramway on the east side of the city centre along ul Sergiya Radonezhskogo between pl Ilyicha and pl Andronievskaya. The short connection has a single stop and links existing routes. The new ...

  • tn_au-fortescue-ore-empties-CJ.jpg
    News

    Fortescue and Downer to develop heavy-haul battery loco design

    2024-10-03T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Zero and rolling stock supplier Downer have announced plans to develop what they promise will be the world’s most energy-efficient battery electric locomotive. The partnership announced at InnoTrans in Berlin on September 25 is intended to develop what the companies call ‘an innovative zero ...

  • Recite Me used on Northern's website
    Rail Business UK

    UK railway news round-up

    2024-10-03T04:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • Brightline West Siemens Mobility high speed train impression (Image Brightline) (1)
    News

    Brightline West secures FRA grant

    2024-10-02T14:00:00Z

    USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has signed a $3bn grant awarded to Nevada Department of Transportation for the Brightline West project to build a high speed line to Las Vegas. This confirms a promise made by President Joe Biden last December to provide the funds under ...

  • Rail Business Awards
    News

    Manchester to host the 2025 Rail Business Awards

    2024-10-02T11:28:00Z

    UK: The annual Rail Business Awards which recognise and reward excellence across every aspect of the industry will be back in Manchester in 2025.

  • CRRC train at InnoTrans 2024 (Photo CRRC)
    News

    Hydrogen inter-city trainset designed to replace diesels on non-electrified lines

    2024-10-02T11:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: China’s CRRC has unveiled its prototype Cinova H2 New Energy Intelligent Intercity Train, a hydrogen fuel cell powered trainset which it believes could replace diesel trains on non-electrified railways worldwide. The company said the Cinova H2 developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang ...

  • WMT Class 730 drivers seat TM05
    Rail Business UK

    RSSB research supports lowering minimum age to be a train driver

    2024-10-02T11:00:00Z

    UK: Research into the feasibility of reducing the minimum age of train drivers from 20 to 18 undertaken by the Rail Safety & Standards Board has found that existing training, competence and safety systems could be deployed for younger entrants. RSSB found that experience, rather than ...

  • Casablanca tramway Habous_(Phtoo RATP Dev, Sifeddine.ElAmine.Wd)
    Metro Report International

    Casablanca tramway adds two lines

    2024-10-02T11:00:00Z

    MOROCCO: Public services on tram routes T3 and T4 in Casablanca began on September 23 after an extended period of trial running over the summer. The city now has a network of 72·5 km with 110 stops. The fleet of Alstom Citadis trams has been expanded ...