Passenger rail news – Page 272
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NewsNürnberg Talent 2 commuter train on display
INNOTRANS: In the first of many product launches lined up for InnoTrans 2008, Bombardier Transportation unveiled a Talent 2 EMU for Nürnberg commuter services shortly after the opening of the show on September 23. Deutsche Bahn and Bombardier signed a €1·2bn framework agreement covering up to 321 of the ...
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NewsRailpool places €192m order for 58 Traxx locos
EUROPE: The Railpool joint venture of HSH Nordbank and KfW-IPEX Bank has placed its first order for locomotives. On September 22 Bombardier announced that it had signed two contracts to supply the leasing firm with a total of 58 Traxx locomotives worth €192m. Deliveries will begin in August 2009, ...
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NewsWest Coast Pendolino contract signed
UK: Leasing company Angel Trains announced on September 19 that it had signed contracts with Alstom for 106 extra Pendolino vehicles for West Coast services. Alstom's Saviglinao plant is set to begin work in January on the production of four 11-car trainsets plus 62 vehicles to lengthen 31 existing ...
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NewsKawasaki unveils 350 km/h efSET
JAPAN: Kawasaki Heavy Industries has unveiled the design concept for efSET, a 350 km/h high speed train which it is developing to compete in the global export market. The basic design of the Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train will be completed by March 2009, with engineering verification to be ...
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NewsAir France-KLM confirms high speed rail discussions
FRANCE: Speaking at the opening of Terminal 2G at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on September 9, Air France-KLM President Jean-Cyril Spinetta confirmed that the airline was in discussions with Veolia Transport over the establishment of a joint venture to operate high speed trains in place of short-haul flights. 'We are looking ...
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NewsDual-system EMUs will revitalise Mumbai suburban services
INDIA: Indian Railways has ambitious plans to boost capacity on its busiest suburban network around Mumbai. As part of a comprehensive renewal project, Siemens and ICF are supplying 174 dual-system EMUs to improve reliability and passenger comfort as IR manages the transition to 25 kV AC supply.
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NewsDancing partner
ITALY: Just days after the private-sector NTV consortium unveiled its plans to compete with Trenitalia in the domestic high speed market from 2011, potential partners started beating a path to its door. According to Chief Executive Guiseppe Sciarrone, NTV recognises that it does not have practical experience of 300 ...
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NewsKorail sets out its 2015 vision
SOUTH KOREA: With traffic climbing steeply in recent years, Korail is focusing on further expansion of its passenger business and seeking ways to strengthen its freight operations in a competitive global market.
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Moscow ring agreed
RUSSIA: On September 11 Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin and Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov signed an agreement establishing Moscow Railway Ring as an equally-owned joint venture of RZD and the city. The special purpose vehicle will be responsible for the development and funding of the 5bn rouble ring railway ...
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NewsFrancilien launches wide-body family
FRANCE: Bombardier rolled out the first Francilien trainset in July. Murray Hughes reports from the company's Crespin factory near Valenciennes in northern France.
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NewsIntercity Express design unveiled
UK: The Express Rail Alliance consortium has released computer-generated impressions of the designs it has put forward under the Intercity Express Programme to develop the UK's next generation of inter-city trains. The Department for Transport is seeking to replace the existing fleet of IC125 diesel and IC225 electric trains ...
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NewsLocal connections essential
EUROPE: 'High speed trains can be and have been a catalyst for economic and social regeneration as well as bringing the people of Europe closer together — and quickly', pointed out James Brathwaite, Chairman of the South East England Development Agency, addressing a conference in London to mark the conclusion ...
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NewsDSB orders 10 more Øresund trains
DENMARK: State railway DSB has placed a €82m order with Bombardier for 10 three-car Contessa inter-regional EMUs for use on services across the Oresund bridge to southern Sweden. The contract announced on September 5 includes an option for a further 30 units. The trains will be leased by the ...
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NewsHigh speed rail in Qatar plan
QATAR: Deutsche Bahn has revealed details of its agreement to assist with the conceptual development of a rail network in the emirate. A memorandum of understanding was signed by DB and state investment company Qatari Diar at the end of August. DB will develop conceptual designs and provide consultancy ...
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NewsVeolia to run S-Bahn from 2010
GERMANY: The NordWestBahn subsidiary of Veolia Transport has been selected to manage the future Regio-S-Bahn services in Bremen and Niedersachsen from December 2010. Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG confirmed Veolia as the winner after Deutsche Bahn withdrew an appeal against conditions in the call for tenders. Veolia said it is ...
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NewsRail-air competition hots up
EUROPE: We have long argued that there is considerable scope for high speed trains to replace short-haul flights between cities up to 1 000 km apart. Notable examples include SNCF's TGVs linking Paris with Lyon, Rennes and Avignon, Thalys between Paris and Brussels, and Eurostar on the London - Paris ...
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NewsZürich double-deck order confirmed
SWITZERLAND: On September 2 Siemens and Bombardier confirmed they had received a previously-announced €189m order to supply 121 low-floor intermediate double-deck coaches. SBB will receive 113 of the coaches to lengthen existing Zürich S-Bahn trainsets, while eight will go to the Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg Bahn. Deliveries will run from ...
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NewsAGV: Testing times ahead
Alstom's AGV demonstrator faces a lengthy programme of testing and approvals before the first trains enter revenue service in 2011. Technical Director François Lacôte talks to Chris Jackson in Velim.
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Toronto airport link edges closer
CANADA: The Ontario government is holding talks with engineering group SNC Lavalin to revive plans for a rail link between Toronto's Union Station and Pearson international airport. The company won a concession to build and operate the project five years ago (RG 7.03 p417). But progress stalled because of ...
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Railjet on test
AUSTRIA: Testing has begun of the first Railjet push-pull trainsets to be delivered to Austrian Federal Railways (RG 11.07 p713). ÖBB placed a €245m order for an intial 23 trains with Siemens in February 2006, excercising a €571m option for a further 44 in September 2007. The first two ...